[TEC] Question about lightning

leovampire · 05-26-07, 09:57 PM

I havn't seen lightning ing the game but see it is in the game files and that there is a tweek file for it in Mini Tweeker when it says Height 20 do they mean 20meters? Is what the game is set for?

If that is the case is this why we never see lightning in the game?

Dave

kapitan_zur_see · 07-27-07, 07:37 PM

yeah, i found that too. I believe i tried quite about everything that was doable to mod the lightings back. Without success. Did you also looked for the textures? there are a set of 4 .TGA textures in Tnormal and Tlowres named lightning0x_add.tga (i tried removing this "_add" thing also). they're no RGB without Alpha channel. Since SH4 appears to more or so only use .DDS files (with RGB + Alpha), i converted those set in dds ,creating an alpha channel like they're made for those kind of textures in SH' (took exemple of things like foam textures etc.). It didn't work, no matter using dds or tga with rgb+alpha, alpha only, inverting greyscale etc. Also tried in conjunction with modding scene.dat. Still no luck, so at that point, i have strong belief it has been removed hard-coded way...! Give it a try though

leovampire · 07-28-07, 01:43 AM

about lightning but it was a long time ago and I don't remember where I guess I will have to look for it again and see what can be done.

Fearless · 07-28-07, 06:19 AM

where is that file located and what is the tweakfile called as I don't have it in my mini tweaker?

switch.dota · 07-28-07, 06:24 AM

I don't know if it was a graphical glitch but I did experience lightning. Wierd thing is that it only happened when swiotching views. And no, it wasn't a random artifact, it was a rather realistic looking arced lightning.

kapitan_zur_see · 07-28-07, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by switch.dota

I don't know if it was a graphical glitch but I did experience lightning. Wierd thing is that it only happened when swiotching views. And no, it wasn't a random artifact, it was a rather realistic looking arced lightning.

mmm... i didn't but could make sense as when i changed the lightning part values in scene.dat with minitweaker to match those of SH3, it made thunder to occurs apparently far closer from the sub, that is, whenever i was switching view from interior to freecam or bridge a far bigger thunder sound could be heard but only one time right after switching. Still i didn't saw a lightning but it may appear just once and in my back. Maybe something is interfering with lightnings graphics just after you switch to outside view as we know that some of the effects SH4 is using are triggered not instantly but rather few seconds after you switch view. Could you make any further testing? might be hardware related (like sun bloom not occuring on ATI's cards).

05-26-07, 09:57 PM	#1
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	[TEC] Question about lightning I havn't seen lightning ing the game but see it is in the game files and that there is a tweek file for it in Mini Tweeker when it says Height 20 do they mean 20meters? Is what the game is set for? If that is the case is this why we never see lightning in the game? Dave __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water

07-27-07, 07:37 PM	#2
kapitan_zur_see Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 614 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	mmm... yeah, i found that too. I believe i tried quite about everything that was doable to mod the lightings back. Without success. Did you also looked for the textures? there are a set of 4 .TGA textures in Tnormal and Tlowres named lightning0x_add.tga (i tried removing this "_add" thing also). they're no RGB without Alpha channel. Since SH4 appears to more or so only use .DDS files (with RGB + Alpha), i converted those set in dds ,creating an alpha channel like they're made for those kind of textures in SH' (took exemple of things like foam textures etc.). It didn't work, no matter using dds or tga with rgb+alpha, alpha only, inverting greyscale etc. Also tried in conjunction with modding scene.dat. Still no luck, so at that point, i have strong belief it has been removed hard-coded way...! Give it a try though __________________

07-28-07, 01:43 AM	#3
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	some where in one of the dat files I also saw somthing about lightning but it was a long time ago and I don't remember where I guess I will have to look for it again and see what can be done. __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water

07-28-07, 06:19 AM	#4
Fearless Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,047 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 1	where is that file located and what is the tweakfile called as I don't have it in my mini tweaker? __________________ Fearless System Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core 16 Thread CPU, 3.8GHz Base Clock, 4.7GHz Boost, 105W TDP, 32MB L3 cache \| MSI GeForce RTX3060Ti 8Gb Graphics \| Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32Gb (2x16Gb) 3200 MHz CL16 DDR4 Ram \| Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe SSD 1TB \| Seagate Barracuda 2.5in 2TB HDD \| AOC QHD 165 Hz FreeSync HDR curved 31.5in Monitor \| ASUS ROG Strix LC 240 ARGB AIO Liquid CPU Cooler White Edition \| ASUS ROG Strix Gold 750W Modular Power Supply \| Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Tempered Glass Mid Tower Case White.

07-28-07, 06:24 AM	#5
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't know if it was a graphical glitch but I did experience lightning. Wierd thing is that it only happened when swiotching views. And no, it wasn't a random artifact, it was a rather realistic looking arced lightning.