Laser remodel and skin

[LambentHammerBurst]

Never really saw any laser models. Still very low poly but it's a smoother model and fades out. So it doesn't look like a flying rectangle.

Download:
Download ooppee-laser.pk3

Preview below

[Seven]

ooppee,

this is a great enhancement !
Thank you very much for sharing.




Quake looks way better since you are here !

Glad you joined this forum.

Best wishes,
Seven

[sb306]

Wow, it looks great!

[golden_boy]

Nice! I love all this new content you guys are coming up with.

[LambentHammerBurst]

Did a 2nd version that adds smoke. It uses the DeathKnights attack effect. So the actual effect may vary depending on your effectinfo.txt
However regardless you will get some smoke with it.
Just added effect for those whom what it. Some will like others would just want the glowing laser



Download:
https://rapidshare.com/files/1315215...aser-smoke.pk3

[enki]

What.. you don't like the flying rectangle?
The flying rectangle's not good enough for ye, hah?

j/k Try using "type beam" rather than "type smoke" in your effectinfo.txt, maybe stretch it out a bit with the trailspacing and lighttime.. You know, for purity.

Cool laser, man!

[LambentHammerBurst]

Ah didn't try that. The 2nd version I just tagged the model to assign the Knights projectile attack (so it shares the same effect info).
I will make a 3rd version for purists
Issue I was having though is I have NO idea what the laser's effect is titled the list I found is:
TE_GUNSHOT
TE_GUNSHOTQUAD
TE_SPIKE
TE_SPIKEQUAD
TE_SUPERSPIKE
TE_SUPERSPIKEQUAD
TE_WIZSPIKE
TE_KNIGHTSPIKE
TE_EXPLOSION
TE_EXPLOSIONQUAD
TE_TAREXPLOSION
TE_TELEPORT
TE_LAVASPLASH
TE_SMALLFLASH
TE_FLAMEJET
EF_FLAME
TE_BLOOD
TE_SPARK
TE_PLASMABURN
TE_TEI_G3
TE_TEI_SMOKE
TE_TEI_BIGEXPLOSION
TE_TEI_PLASMAHIT
EF_STARDUST
TR_ROCKET
TR_GRENADE
TR_BLOOD
TR_WIZSPIKE
TR_SLIGHTBLOOD
TR_KNIGHTSPIKE
TR_VORESPIKE
TR_NEHAHRASMOKE
TR_NEXUIZPLASMA
TR_GLOWTRAIL
SVC_PARTICLE

Next thing I will be doing is headgibs for the Vore/Scrag/Fiend/Shamber that I am using.
Those ones will have 2 versions. One being normal blood trail, other is 2x the blood - applying the "tag" in the model to spawn the gib blood AND the zombie projectile attack blood. So 2x the blood without extra decals

[LambentHammerBurst]

Ok found what it uses:
EF_DIMLIGHT

I could edit this, but I am concerned to edit that because it will effect ingame light sources. I could try and apply the blur to it. If the light source is still - shouldn't blur it but if it does - the smoke trail will be the best option.

Edit:
Hmmm ok EF_DIMLIGHT - SHOULDN'T be edited. It's used to give off the glow for Pent and Quad player glow. So if I apply a laser effect to that - it will have the player looking like he has a laser blur behind him. So sadly best option is my "DeathKnight Effect" Laser as for me to make a Laser glow would require me to change the code on the Laser to apply a different effect.

Edit2:
And no matter what I do in the effectinfo.txt to EF_DIMLIGHT nothing happens.

[Phenom]

Forgive me for being lazy, but could you do a side by side with the original laser?

[LambentHammerBurst]

Here's a shot of the old

[osjclatchford]

what a beautiful peice of work for such an overlooked model! lol
and mixing it with the smoke; excellent, little touches like this make quake SO much better.

downloaded immeadiately and everyone else should too!

well done sir.

[Seven]

ooppee,

you know, that DarkPlaces adds a shine/glow to this model,
when its fired from Enforcer.
This effect will stick on it till the laser hits an enemy or wall.

So basically, adding a "glow" or "luma" texture is a little overdone, cause it glows by itself.

I mention this, because every additional texture must be loaded and therefore needs time to load the map.
It may also drop FPS slightly (in summary).
So trying to avoid multiple textures like glow, gloss, luma, norm is always a good thing.
Putting the colors, shades and things in one diffuse texture is sometimes Best.

Thats why I recommended to delete the normal texture for the "Lava nail" in the other thread.
Because adding a normal to a completely flat model like the nail is nonsense.
Even more, when it flies so quick, that you will never see any effect,
unless you use the "sv_freezenonclients" cvar.

Nevertheless, keep Žem coming my friend.
Seven

[LambentHammerBurst]

I would recommend keeping the glow texture, it can be resized to 50% without seeing much of a difference. I added them because when I was doing tests on E2M1 some of the enforcers were in pitch black areas (like one right after dog/grunt combo at map start) and when they fired the model was greatly effected by the lighting due to the alpha channel. So keeping at least the luma or the glow I would recommend - both makes it have a nicer look BUT as you said at the cost of FPS.
I will see how a "Lite" version will look - the diffuse texture and then the glow at 50% - then a second test with the diffuse at 50% also. See if there is any noticeable differences.
I did my testing at the end of E2M1 where you hit the laser trap with also 3 enforcers present (5 laser shooters)

[Spinvis]

Thanks again for your work ooppee, i like the first one more with no smoke, it's a laser after all. Can't wait to see it in game.

[CarVio]

Downloadlink is dead. Please reupload the file. Thanks a lot.