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3 Dimensional Chat / how do i create that?

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Shafan
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Posted: 5th Mar 2004 21:39
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i know how to make glow light with plain but how i can do this?
(screen taken from the game lord og the ring: the return of the king)


an this flying ghost how the do them so glow?

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Shlomi_Nahari
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Posted: 5th Mar 2004 22:27
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good question , i really dunno and i reall want to know soo..
i think sprites am i right ??
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Epimetheus
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Posted: 5th Mar 2004 22:38
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simple really, but taxing on a compuer

first model a basic shape of the energy thing, about 3 or 4 plains aranged in the shape you want is good.
then texture with a good energy type texture(MAKE SURE THE AREA YOU DONT WANT TO SEE IS BLACK)

then put up the emissive to pure white(VERY IMPORTANT)

then bring it into DB and put a ghost effect on it.
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zircher
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Posted: 5th Mar 2004 23:11
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You can also use a 32bit PNG file to get multiple transparency values. Load the object, set object transparency to 1, load the texture, and apply it to the object. The kicker is you have to spend a lot of time on the texture to create the image and the variable transparency levels.

Empemitheos's method works, but it only allows two transparency settings: black at 100% and everything else as automatically ghosted at roughly 50%.

Pros and cons to each method.
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Epimetheus
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Posted: 6th Mar 2004 02:10 Edited at: 6th Mar 2004 02:13
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my method actually ends up pretty good
http://www.freewebs.com/empemitheos/enogy.JPG
this is a screenshot from the actual program.
only problem is that it kinda slows down when too many blasts are on screen
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indi
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Posted: 6th Mar 2004 02:19
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a dds file retains multiple levels of transparency as well. similar techniques could be frosted glass in a building etc..


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