Announcement: A new discovery on scorch marks

RC-1290 · Post by **RC-1290** » Fri May 18, 2007 11:39 am

First screen looks very nice!

brokenshard_of_glass · Fri May 18, 2007 12:07 pm

It looks great phazon! seriously.

SEMI-ON TOPIC:

phazon on days when nobody posts much, I look throughthe old stuff on the pages that are to old to post on.
and I still haven't seen many scorch mark attempts. (I say this relative to other "successful" attempts at things besides scorch marks.)

CamandoMichael · Post by **CamandoMichael** » Fri May 18, 2007 7:40 pm

How long do the marks last?

phazon_elite · Post by **phazon_elite** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:03 am

They last about 2 seconds I think...

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Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am

I don't know how often my bolts end up hitting the ground, so the clipping wouldn't be much of an issue, but the hitting the walls looks awesome!

CamandoMichael · Post by **CamandoMichael** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:10 am

Perhaps you should increase the life span of those marks.

The_Emperor · Post by **The_Emperor** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:44 am

Meh, the computer needs to be able to handle it too

Making them last too long might give problems, effects might even dissapear.

CamandoMichael · Post by **CamandoMichael** » Sat May 19, 2007 2:59 pm

I don't know. 2 seconds seems kind of ridicules....then again, dead bodies disappering in seconds is also inaccurate.

phazon_elite · Post by **phazon_elite** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:00 pm

Believe me, you'll want it to last two seconds. This is according to actually counting to two seconds, not counting in some other crazy way.

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trainmaster611 · Post by **trainmaster611** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:21 pm

In your WIP thread, I saw little red things in the younger scorch marks. Are those just mini-explosions or are they actually part of your new scorch mark

phazon_elite · Post by **phazon_elite** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:50 pm

They are part of my scorch mark, yes. I tweaked my scorch mark for those ground effects by making it flat. I also have a flat scorch mark for my ordnance, so the clipping issues on the ground are fixed.

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CamandoMichael · Post by **CamandoMichael** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:53 pm

Are the sizes manipulatable? You know, bigger scorch marks for missles, grenade, etc?

phazon_elite · Post by **phazon_elite** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:01 pm

For that, it'll only work if I have new effects for them (with bigger explosions, etc.).

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CamandoMichael · Post by **CamandoMichael** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:44 pm

You said these marks come with a little explosion? That would be perfect for making space maps. It would certainly add to the realism.