Simple Movie Pack Mod

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 10:04 am

In case anyone is interested, I've made some simple modifications (lots of grids) to the original movie pack.

n54 · Post by **n54** » Fri May 14, 2004 1:29 pm

nice! very good idea

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:46 pm

simple and very effective

can i add it to my moviepack download page K ?

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:24 pm

looks like the star trek simulator room!

and are those TRANSLUCENT trails?? that must mean they are GIFs, correct?

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 7:54 pm

iceman wrote:simple and very effective
can i add it to my moviepack download page K ?

Thanks. That's fine with me. The zip only includes the floor, rim wall, and bike wall textures which shouldn't a problem. Makes it easier to use with whatever bike model you are currently using.

It should probably be noted to set System/Display/Detail/Floor Detail to Textured Plane for the floor texture to show correctly. And turn off the sky for the black sky.

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 7:56 pm

nicolas.b wrote:... and are those TRANSLUCENT trails?? that must mean they are GIFs, correct?

They are transparent PNGs. I borrowed lostrip30dir_wall.png from n54's web site and added the vertical segment and directional arrow. Thanks n54.

n54 · Post by **n54** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:58 pm

nicolas.b wrote:land are those TRANSLUCENT trails?? that must mean they are GIFs, correct?

no they're png's (gif's are proprietary just like jpeg/jpg and most others, there was even talk of having to pay licenses to use the gif "standard": png to the rescue!). now if only IE would start supporting png transparency like Mozilla & co does...

n54 · Post by **n54** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:00 pm

k wrote:They are transparent PNGs. I borrowed lostrip30dir_wall.png from n54's web site and added the vertical segment and directional arrow. Thanks n54.

you're more than welcome - you made beautiful trails *slightly envious*

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:04 pm

SWEEEET

all i need is for you to name your creation and i'll start the upload

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 8:18 pm

nicolas.b wrote:looks like the star trek simulator room!

It does, doesn't it. It's been so long since I've watched that show I forgot about that. Unfortunately the sky texture gets stretched across the entire sky instead of being tiled so I can't make it a grid to match the rim walls.

I see someone is playing with the "awesome empowering" word filters again.

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:27 pm

k wrote:Unfortunately the sky texture gets stretched across the entire sky instead of being tiled so I can't make it a awsome empowering grid to match the rim walls.

could you just make it more highly detailed then to compensate?

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 8:41 pm

iceman wrote:all i need is for you to name your creation and i'll start the upload

Um... *crickets chirping* I hate naming things.

*wind blowing* Some thoughts:

1. Blue Grid
2. Simple Blue Grid
3. Black Box with Intersecting Blue Lines
4. Help, Help, I'm Being Repressed!
5. Haystacks floating on a tranquil sea on a moonless night #1
6. Neon

I don't know.

Pick one or make one up.

Darn word filters

k · Post by k » Fri May 14, 2004 8:47 pm

nicolas.b wrote:could you just make it more highly detailed then to compensate?

I'll have to play around with it. Using the same texture for the sky as one rim wall texture it looks like it is getting scaled 4 times larger compared to the rim wall. 1 sky square is the same width as 4 rim squares. I'm not sure if this is a fixed scale or if the arena size affects the sky texture size.

nicolas.b · Post by **nicolas.b** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:02 pm

wow, finally played with the transparent walls and they are really cute. very nice for first-person perspec. biggest problem is, it's harder than ever to see people with grey walls. also, using the 'hearts' one, it looks like there are fishnet stockings all over the place. i keep thinking about sexy can-can dances and forgetting about the game...

n54 · Post by **n54** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:18 am

nicolas.b wrote:also, using the 'hearts' one, it looks like there are fishnet stockings all over the place. i keep thinking about sexy can-can dances and forgetting about the game...

lol, you know the sad part? i never heard from the girl i made those trails for

but hey they are still cool if you're into [slightly bouncing] hearts

hmm K what about naming it "Linear"? it rings good in my ears but that's either my accent or listening to too much music using earphones