Fog effect pic

QuantumBeep · Post by **QuantumBeep** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:54 am

This is a screenie of about three different fog implementations at once... I'll tell more when I release a map.

Longhair · Post by **Longhair** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:41 pm

I'll be curious to hear more!

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:29 pm

that's cool

it could be a whole new style of play!

TD-Linux · Post by **TD-Linux** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:53 pm

Did you get the fog to only hover near the ground? Tell us more! (and release the map)

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:55 pm

this would be fun with bots on the server, because the bots don't care about the fog, even though the real players have thier vision obstructed

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:20 pm

ummmmmm.... i can't see the fog.... i can see everything else in the pic.... but not the fog.....

RPG · Post by **RPG** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:08 pm

Soraya wrote:ummmmmm.... i can't see the fog.... i can see everything else in the pic.... but not the fog.....

The fog is the ambient black stuff hanging in the air.

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:06 am

o....k.... why isn't it white? it doesn't look like fog....

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:26 am

Soraya wrote:o....k.... why isn't it white? it doesn't look like fog....

Because (as for as I know) you can set the color. Almost like a "only radar" server instead of the other way around, because it's harder to see out the window.

RPG · Post by **RPG** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:02 am

Soraya wrote:o....k.... why isn't it white? it doesn't look like fog....

Fog can be multicolored

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:31 am

Soraya wrote:o....k.... why isn't it white? it doesn't look like fog....

you can change the color of fog with:

/set _fogColor <color>

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:41 pm

huh... that's interesting.

i've never made a map so... i wouldn't know this kinda stuff.

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:14 pm

ohh, thats a good idea for a map...off to make it, hope itll be done soon...FFA or CTF?

Soraya · Post by **Soraya** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:01 am

ctf all the way!! woo!!

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:57 pm

aight, CTF it is. hmm, what style, more HIX or mofo sorta map?

eagle · Post by **eagle** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:04 pm

mofo sorta would be cool

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:15 pm

so more mofo stlye? ok. good. anyways, i already have a 4-team CTF mofo/hix made. ill just add the options of
-set _fogDensity ?
-set _fogColor black
anything else?

I_Died_Once · Post by **I_Died_Once** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:54 pm

_fogDensity is a funky variable. Setting it to 0.0009 is about as thick as it needs to be. Anything much thinker than that and you might as well have the Blindness flag.

What puzles me is the _fogColor default setting. Could someone tell me what it is? Everytime I go playing with the color of the fog, I can't manually set the fog back - I have to do /set _fogColor reset

I saw the default setting being something like 0.25 0.25 0.25 (thats three different numeric values in one line) It ain't gray, at least, it aint the color it gives you when you set it to grey. (yes, I tried both settings)

Nice fog settings I found are
_fogDensity 0.0002
_fogColor orange - this give the place a golden aura

_fogDensity 0.0001
_fogColor lightblue - reminds me of an early morning, the sun WOULD be shineing if it weren't so damn foggy - fog

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:12 pm

alright. Beep, what was it at in the screenie you took?

QuantumBeep · Post by **QuantumBeep** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:29 pm

OK....
_fogMode exp
_fogColor black
_fogDensity .01

Plus, a rather complex combination of three aperiodically interacting textures flowing on the ground, and a series of semi-transparent fog cylinders around the outside edge of the world.
To get that freaky, scary look, I found all three to be necessary, and yes, it is quite dark... you can see about a third of the way across the map, but beyond that, you just see bullets flying out of the blackness. Utterly uber-cool with the radar off.
The map I have in that screenie is Mofo, and my humble opinion is that the ultimate application would be 3-shot rabbit mode.
This is part of a Halloween map mod I'm creating... I'm not sharing yet, but what you see is just a sneak presneak. Think lightning, lava, big green moon, ghosts popping up and trolling around, etc.

Hannibal · Post by **Hannibal** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:38 am

cant effin wait for it. post it when done, even if only to vader. ah, well, i think ill go try those settings out on a-ds server.

QuantumBeep · Post by **QuantumBeep** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:01 am

I'm releasing a prelim of the map now in the "map releases" area.
Please note that this is a Halloween mod of a map originally written by Sir Pants. To him be all the glory.
Be sure to use a 2.0.5 release of BZFlag when viewing this map, or you'll totally miss the point.