Zombine's Coding Cabana

[Zombine]

@Evil



worked my magic. behold.

 

[Zombine]

ok it works with some explosions



not all, though.

 

[Zak]

ok it works with some explosions



not all, though.

strider cannon next pls

 

[Ond]

@Evil



worked my magic. behold.

ok it works with some explosions



not all, though.

would neb you if i could

strider cannon next pls

yes please

and gunship when???

 

[overki11]

@Zombine question, is there a crash course somewhere on CLuaParticles? I need to make cool looking particles but not much info is on the wiki.

any help appreciated thanks i dont have any other friends to ask

 

[Zombine]

@Zombine question, is there a crash course somewhere on CLuaParticles?

nope. try dissecting some effect files from some addons, then you'll see how it works.
if you really want nice looking particles, though, you should look into creating particles with the source engine's built-in particle creator.

Lua-defined particle effects generally only go so far, and are much more time consuming to make look nice, the only attractive option being it's easier to make particles.

 

[Zombine]

Moonshot cannon from borderlands 2/PS

 

[Zak]

Moonshot cannon from borderlands 2/PS

having the projectile arc slightly would look super sexy instead of just travelling in a straight line

i dunno how the fuck catmull-rom splines work but maybe that's something you can do, nick code from the catmull-rom cameras or that rollercoaster track creator

 

[Zombine]

having the projectile arc slightly would look super sexy instead of just travelling in a straight line

i dunno how the fuck catmull-rom splines work but maybe that's something you can do, nick code from the catmull-rom cameras or that rollercoaster track creator

yeah i'm working on doing that using hermite splines

 

[Deleted member 374]

i wish i could code

 

[Zak]

yeah i'm working on doing that using hermite splines

would also be cool if you could incorporate skybox transitions, maybe look at the code to headcrab canisters?

 

[Zombine]

would also be cool if you could incorporate skybox transitions, maybe look at the code to headcrab canisters?

it already does that

 

[Blackquill]

it already does that

Explosion could do with some more 'oomph' if you catch my drift

 

[Zombine]

Explosion could do with some more 'oomph' if you catch my drift

yeah still working on more effects. right now i'm dying because i need to do curve-fitting for the arced trajectory, and the engine code for how headcrab canisters do it isn't public....

 

[Zak]

yeah still working on more effects. right now i'm dying because i need to do curve-fitting for the arced trajectory, and the engine code for how headcrab canisters do it isn't public....

just buy a source engine license :^)

 

[Zombine]

just buy a source engine license :^)

that's not even the issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Zombine]

curved trajectories. code is hacky though :(

 

[Zombine]

cleaned up the code, now it's better at predicting entry time from the skybox.
beefed up the impact with some dust, fire, and a lingering light.
also gave the incoming object a big blue glow for that sick screenspace lighting

 

[Zombine]

@Blackquill some guy volunteered to make particles out of the kindness of his heart. is this beefy enough????

 

[Blackquill]

@Blackquill some guy volunteered to make particles out of the kindness of his heart. is this beefy enough????

Simply epic tbh.