Starshell illumination - or rather, lack thereof

Ducimus · 04-04-08, 10:06 PM

Anyone have any idea of a shader file associated with the starshell illumination? I spent some time looking the associated dat files with starshells and its effects, and if theres any setting therein (particles.dat, materials.dat), that makes the illumnation.....illuminate, i didn't see it. Which leads me to believe im looking for a shader file.

Trouble is, theres so many to choose from.

CaptainHaplo · 04-05-08, 11:31 AM

I have a stupid q for ya Ducimus - is this in regards to getting player usable shells to work? I have noticed that the enemy starshells seem to function. If so, why not just use their starshells as a baseline and then change em to fit your need?

Ducimus · 04-05-08, 12:55 PM

Did that.. sorta. I loaded the player deck gun with starshells so i could test. Player and AI use the same thing as starshells go. I just wanted it to light up the sea like it did in Sh3.

Nisgeis · 04-05-08, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Did that.. sorta. I loaded the player deck gun with starshells so i could test. Player and AI use the same thing as starshells go. I just wanted it to light up the sea like it did in Sh3.

I'll preface this by saying I have no idea about this.

Having said that, would the starshell object not need to have an omnidirectional light source attached to it, rather than it being controlled from a shader?

Nisgeis · 04-06-08, 10:02 AM

OK, I finally had time to take a look. Very strange.

Node @Flare in particles.dat is attached to Light node - Flare_omni in materials.dat. This node is set up as an omni directional light sourcce. This is made up of a mix of three graphics, blured_spikey_star_add, blured_sharp_star_add and expl_hallo. The only difference that was obvious to me was the opacity settings of the files was 255, whereas the opacity for lightning was 0. I tried various things, but nothing see,ed to have an effect.

As far as pixel shaders goes, the only files I found that mention omnidirectional lights are in the InteriorIllumination folder.

Lightning does light up the whole scene doesn't it? Come to think of it, I can't remember seeing any effects that light up the sea / ship at night.

04-04-08, 10:06 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Starshell illumination - or rather, lack thereof Anyone have any idea of a shader file associated with the starshell illumination? I spent some time looking the associated dat files with starshells and its effects, and if theres any setting therein (particles.dat, materials.dat), that makes the illumnation.....illuminate, i didn't see it. Which leads me to believe im looking for a shader file. Trouble is, theres so many to choose from.

04-05-08, 11:31 AM	#2
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I have a stupid q for ya Ducimus - is this in regards to getting player usable shells to work? I have noticed that the enemy starshells seem to function. If so, why not just use their starshells as a baseline and then change em to fit your need? __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

04-05-08, 12:55 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Did that.. sorta. I loaded the player deck gun with starshells so i could test. Player and AI use the same thing as starshells go. I just wanted it to light up the sea like it did in Sh3.

04-06-08, 10:02 AM	#5
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	OK, I finally had time to take a look. Very strange. Node @Flare in particles.dat is attached to Light node - Flare_omni in materials.dat. This node is set up as an omni directional light sourcce. This is made up of a mix of three graphics, blured_spikey_star_add, blured_sharp_star_add and expl_hallo. The only difference that was obvious to me was the opacity settings of the files was 255, whereas the opacity for lightning was 0. I tried various things, but nothing see,ed to have an effect. As far as pixel shaders goes, the only files I found that mention omnidirectional lights are in the InteriorIllumination folder. Lightning does light up the whole scene doesn't it? Come to think of it, I can't remember seeing any effects that light up the sea / ship at night.