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[sock]

Athens - Greek Statues


A facebook of the ancient world ...

[skinNCNmaster]

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[corsair]

learning houdini... (procedural modeling

[Hipshot]

Looks very cool... but what is it?

[fKd]

some pics etc of the game im workin on.

http://www.moddb.com/games/steel-storm

[corsair]

lookin good there, fKd! are you nearing completion already.. at any rate.. ? ;]

Hipshot: they're fractal (or sierpinski) versions of platonic solids - which are 3d shapes defined by simple, regular 2d shapes such as squares, equilateral triangles, etc. The fractal bit means that every 3d shape gets repeated at every point of the same shape, but then smaller at every consecutive step, or iteration.

i built them to learn houdini, to preparate for some demoscene party and other 'general purposes', as well as to act as a little capitalist by trying to sell em for $5 a piece on turbosquid.

[^Ghost]

reminds me of contra for snes

[Hipshot]

Working on a level for the maverick competition too, haven't come far though...
Those stairs used to be some 128 units higher and also in a perfect quarter circle, but I decided to go with the more squarish look.

[jal_]

Did you use a decal on the lava border?

[Hipshot]

No just a simple alpha blend.
It's just a test shader really.

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textures/hipshot_m15/lava
{
	qer_trans 0.5
	qer_editorimage textures/colors/orangered.jpg
	q3map_surfacelight 700
	q3map_globaltexture
	surfaceparm trans
	surfaceparm nonsolid
	surfaceparm nomarks
	surfaceparm nolightmap
	nopicmip
	noMipMaps
	cull none
	deformVertexes wave 256 sin 0 10 0 .25	
	{
		map textures/colors/a.jpg		
		rgbGen identity
	}
	{
		map textures/liquids/lavahell.tga
		blendFunc blend
		tcmod scale .25 .25	
		tcMod scroll .01 .005   		
		rgbGen identity
		alphaGen vertex	
	}		
	{
		map textures/hipshot_m15/test.tga
		blendfunc add	
		rgbGen wave noise 0 1 0 .4		
		tcMod scroll .01 .005  
	
	}	
	{
		map textures/hipshot_m15/test.tga
		blendfunc add
		tcmod scale -1 -1		
		rgbGen wave noise 1 1 .5 1		
		tcMod scroll -.01 -.005  
	}		
}

[Kat]

You might find it looks better the other way around, dark edges... the temperature difference of the surrounding surfaces tend to cool the lava which results in it going darker (because it's solidifying back into solid rock).

[Fjoggs]

Don't listen to that silly person, the lava looks amazing.

[jal_]

No just a simple alpha blend.
It's just a test shader really.

It's a interesting one, tho. So, if I get it right, the lava isn't a single brush, but several brushes in the shape of the pit so it uses the vertexes colors for blending the inner part of the lava?

[obsidian]

Yes, vertex alpha. You also need some editor shaders to control the vertex alpha values, which are included with Q3Map2 and/or with Q3Map2 Extras Addons

See Sock's tutorial here:
http://simonoc.com/pages/articles/terrain2_1.htm

[Hipshot]

You might find it looks better the other way around, dark edges... the temperature difference of the surrounding surfaces tend to cool the lava which results in it going darker (because it's solidifying back into solid rock).

I did dark edges in Industrial and I think that the lava in that level gives the impression to be slowly cooling off and not being very hot and active.
This time I just wanted something that looked more alive and I think doing bright edges gives me the look that I want.

[Kat]

Don't listen to that silly person, the lava looks amazing.

Hipshot obviously isn't

[corsair]

I agree with the silly person, the bright edges on the lava do look weird! :]

Your argument for having them this bright makes good sense tho, but perhaps in order to make it more wholesome, the effect may have to continue to the vertical walls adjacent to the lava - I'm not sure what and how exactly though xD

[SoM]

I agree with the silly person, the bright edges on the lava do look weird! :]

Your argument for having them this bright makes good sense tho, but perhaps in order to make it more wholesome, the effect may have to continue to the vertical walls adjacent to the lava - I'm not sure what and how exactly though xD

i'm not a regular here, and yeah it does look fucked up

switch the lava for some acid ala mortal kombat

[Hipshot]

I'm not done with it.
But I know for certain the more time goes, that I will keep my bright edges =) =)

Edit: But yes, acid, that might be something, I don't think I ever had acid in any of my levels...

[Chretien]

@Hipshot: Free the wall from the stairs for depth

[corsair]

Mapping! 8D



I'm hoping to complete a small q3 level in three ('work')days, this is day one's effort ^^


direct link to unscaled img: http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/2126 ... 9wip00.gif

[obsidian]

I am intrigued. Looks a bit like you have a bunch of planetoids floating around. You know, God took SEVEN days but you're planning on just three?

[sst13]

An old layout (13dawn - Gothic Dawn) in a new style. Using Evillair's eX textures, pimped with some shader effects.

[cityy]

Looks really great! I like the green lights.

[Fjoggs]

That is awesome! I love it. The last shot is amazing, good job!