BanduMods: Invisible Hand

Squirrel7Hunter · Post by **Squirrel7Hunter** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:03 am

Lord-Bandu wrote:Yea , I have 4x AA and 4x anisotropic filtering

AA smooths the gfx so you dont see as many jagged edges and anisotropic filtering stops gfx from blurring out in the distance ( for those who didnt know)

I am wondering how i can add this AA to my map cause I hate the bluur effect in the backround

by the way, I really like the floor texture, it actually looks like there are cracks in the floor

WD

RDST · Post by **RDST** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:45 am

Squirrel7Hunter wrote:
Lord-Bandu wrote:Yea , I have 4x AA and 4x anisotropic filtering

AA smooths the gfx so you dont see as many jagged edges and anisotropic filtering stops gfx from blurring out in the distance ( for those who didnt know)
I am wondering how i can add this AA to my map cause I hate the bluur effect in the backround

by the way, I really like the floor texture, it actually looks like there are cracks in the floor WD

AA is different. It is graphic card specific. This means that if you video card isn't powerful enough to handle AA then basically you can't use it. (most DirectX 9 card will be able to run atleast 2x AA, however if you have a g. card that runs at DirectX 8 for get about. The blur effect in the background happend because you:

1. Might not have you view distance very high.

2. I belive that you are thinking about anisotropic filtering. Most g. cards will be set at trifiltering, however, if you want you can use programs like ATI tray tools (if you have a ATI card) to force anisotropic or AA on a game. However, again just like AA, its g. card specific. Also adding either AA or anisotropic can have drastic gameplay hits. Only do it if you have a good video card.

Bandu- Your idea for the floor texture is very interesting, and it seems to fit very well.

Post by **EraOfDesann** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:24 am

Geez, I can see why you wanted glow so badly Bandu. It looks great! Out of all your maps this is the one I've been looking forward to the most so I'm glad you chose to finish this one first.

Oh, one more thing. I didn't see you mention the hangar in any of your posts. Will you be including it? It looked very nice in that ancient preview video you released back in the original Battlefront days. Now that you've figured out glow and lighting I can imagine that the hangar would look especially great.

Jawa_Killer · Post by **Jawa_Killer** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:09 pm

making elevators doesn't take more than 10 minutes......for biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig distances the solution isn't that good because you must wait very long if you miss it

yoyam · Post by **yoyam** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:11 pm

Way cool
Thats aesome to think that BF2 has such potential

Lighting and blur and stuff really can change the feel of a map
Glad to see you're incorporating it, keep up the good work

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:37 pm

Ya the hangar will be included.

Elevators .. i didnt really see the point of including them with the map not including the spire , however , it might add a nice touch anyway.

The gfx blurring in the distance is due to the lack of AF ( not AA ) . I have a nvidia card and i can change the settings in my tool tray to force the game to use it.

Vyse · Post by **Vyse** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:53 pm

Looks great Bandu! The glow really does make it look better! Hope my graphics card can play it that nice!!

Just curious, did you use specular gloss at all, or is it all in the texture like you said?

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:59 pm

Theres no specualr gloss at the moment. I will be adding it(subtley) at a later stage. any shine you see at the moment is texture work.

Post by **Teancum** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:16 pm

I got to play around with this last night. The ray shield is my new favorite toy.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:58 pm

This is by far the best map I have seen. It beats all the rest.
Keep up the great work, Bandu!

Wadi · Post by **Wadi** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:30 pm

Wadi see. Wadi like.

Droideka88 · Post by **Droideka88** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:34 pm

I'm very impressed in this Bandu. You've really took time giving off some dynamic lighting.

I have one suggestion though. In ROTS, there wasn't any Command Post inside the Invisible Hand. Can you possibly move that blue CP near another room?

Leave the droids there if you want.

Laserblast · Post by **Laserblast** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:41 pm

Somehow, I doubt that there are CPs in any of the movies

. He has to put them somewhere...

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:52 pm

hehe

the cp is only there for testing reasons. Non of the rooms are made yet .

BTW , Droideka88 , Im gonna overpower the droideka and have it as the cis hero , just for you .

( J/K )

JabbaLovesLava · Post by **JabbaLovesLava** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:54 pm

You should name that droideka Droideka 88 XD

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:58 pm

Or put 88 Droidekas in the map

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Post by **EraOfDesann** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:11 pm

Lord-Bandu wrote:Or put 88 Droidekas in the map .

ROFL. Droidekas are probably really useful in those hallways.

DeathRow · Post by **DeathRow** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:21 pm

Lol. Well the Droidekas were used for the security on-board.. It would be nice to have more than 4

G-unit · Post by **G-unit** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:17 pm

Looks just like the movie, lots of details. I like the lighting. Keep up the good work

DeathRow · Post by **DeathRow** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:45 pm

It would be awesome to have a space battle outside too, but that would be incredibly hard