Shots in 2.4 Beta --- How should they look like?

[Yrogirg]

I'm confused with the new look of sb, thief and laser. Their look is not so rich and juicy as it used to, but I'm not sure it's a bug, not a feature.

so that's how sb and thief appear to me:

http://ubuntuone.com/p/zLf/
http://ubuntuone.com/p/10aC/

The ordinary bullets look like in 2.0.10, not like in 2.0.16:

http://ubuntuone.com/p/10aB/

bzflag beta, ubuntu 64 bit, nvidia GTS 450, quality experimental

btw there is still that bug with zoomed in radar --- tank has no textures and threads, but it is already known.
http://ubuntuone.com/p/zLe/

[JeffM]

what are your other graphics settings? texture?blending? etc..

[Yrogirg]

what are your other graphics settings? texture?blending? etc..

bzfi0014.png

Display Settings

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[JeffM]

The laser shots are correct, you are seeing the "GeoBolt" It is now a round shot instead of a textured "+" you can see it much better when the beam ricos off of things or goes by you.

The standard shots were changed slightly for 2.4, there were complaints that the orange tails on blue shots blended and made the shots look purple. The tails are now the same color as the shot and are a little smaller so they don't get in the way. Again they can't be seen end-on but you will see them when a shot goes by you or you do a rico.

As for the radar, nothing was changed with that code so it's no surprise that the bug is still there.

[Yrogirg]

>The laser shots are correct, you are seeing the "GeoBolt"

There is no laser on my screenshots, there are only super bullet, thief and normal bullet. So what about sb? Do I have the correct variant?

[JeffM]

thief uses the laser graphic, it's just shorter.
SB uses geobolt to look different, it looks like a blaster bolt from star wars

So yes I don't see any bugs in there, those are intended changes.