BZFlag in a new dimension: (3D Glasses Required)

Sir Lance-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Lance-A-Lot** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:35 pm

About a month ago I learned how to make anaglyphs, or 3D photographs.
I went around the house taking pictures of things, then converted them to anaglyphs so you could almost reach out and "touch" them.

I got the idea to try this with BZ, using the same technique.

The program requires a left and right image - so I went into observer mode.

You have to be focused on an exact point, then rotate around that for left and right screenshots.

Only about a centimeter of difference is needed to make the 3D illusion - if you are good, you can increase that distance and create images that shoot out of the screen.

Here's the two of BZ I've made so far - the one of Twin Peaks got a little distrorted - it was my first try.

Post by **trepan** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:43 pm

./bzflag -view anaglyph

Sir Lance-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Lance-A-Lot** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:01 pm

Your kidding - right?

If your not, Im about to go insane.

Saturos · Post by **Saturos** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:56 pm

He is not. Try it.

Sir Lance-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Lance-A-Lot** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:06 pm

That is incredible! It's so real it almost makes ya sick

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:11 pm

that's totally insane! though my 3D glasses leave alot to be desired

lol, trepan, why don't you tell us about stuff like this

lets see some others....

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:13 pm

no need - you do tell us about this stuff, i just diddn't look:

[-view {normal|stereo|stacked|three|anaglyph|interlaced}]

DJ Atomica · Post by **DJ Atomica** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:13 pm

:'( I don't have any 3D Glasses. (I usually eat them afterward) Where can I buy them?

Sir Lance-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Lance-A-Lot** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:42 pm

You could probably almost make them.

Buy 2 colors of celophane - red and blue.

cover your left eye with red, and your right eye with blue.

If you can't do that, some cereal boxes come with them, for some reason. Maybe to view "hidden" messeges on the box or something.

You can also buy them online somewhere, for about $2 or something...

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:46 pm

trepan wrote:./bzflag -view anaglyph

what dies that do? and where would i put it?

Post by **joevano** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:57 pm

Basically you need to use that switch, however you start your client. If you are on Windows modify your shortcut to look like this (of course your path may be different) "C:\Program Files\BZFlag2.0.5b6\bzflag.exe" -view anaglyph. You then need to whip out your cool 3D shades and play BZ-3D

Not sure how you do this on a MAC exactly, but I am sure it is a pretty similar situation.

EDIT:
For all you n00bs out there

To turn it off: "C:\Program Files\BZFlag2.0.5b6\bzflag.exe" -view normal

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:16 pm

ooo....

how cool

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:22 pm

It's a shame theres not an Xtra dimension eh? we can't see colors in analagliph (can't spel.)

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:25 pm

donny_baker wrote:Basically you need to use that switch, however you start your client. If you are on Windows modify your shortcut to look like this (of course your path may be different) "C:\Program Files\BZFlag2.0.5b6\bzflag.exe" -view anaglyph. You then need to whip out your cool 3D shades and play BZ-3D

Not sure how you do this on a MAC exactly, but I am sure it is a pretty similar situation.

ahh. ok thanks. wooo thats awsome

Tanner · Post by **Tanner** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:41 pm

Cool! Is it possible to have it be 3d yet windowed at 800 by 600?

-Tanner

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:38 pm

on a mac it's the same:

in terminal type (depending on your path to bzflag. [remember to get the path to the actual executable you have to right (ctrl) click the bzflag icon, click show contents, then the folder MacOS, as 'application' icons in mac os are actually diguised folders with all the program's data inside them.])

Code: Select all

/applications/bzflag-2.0.5p.2005.11.08/bzflag/contents/MacOS/bzflag -view anaglyph

RPG · Post by **RPG** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:35 am

Here's -view three (spread across 2 monitors):

BZFlag dual-head

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:09 pm

did you mod the source to do that Rpg?

PS: you must do this 3d thing on alpine assault it makes it look realy cool.

Sir Lance-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Lance-A-Lot** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:09 am

Win Xp wrote:did you mod the source to do that Rpg?

PS: you must do this 3d thing on alpine assault it makes it look realy cool.

Make sure you check out the butterfly while your there

TD-Linux · Post by **TD-Linux** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:54 pm

The bad thing about anaglyph is that it distorts colors something terrible.

There are some other methods out there...
You could split your monitor into two images, and stare into it like a Magic Eye puzzle. That _really_ causes eyestrain

There are also 3D glasses that sync with your monitor... it exposes the right eye for a tiny bit while showing the right eye image on the monitor, then quickly covers the right eye and exposes the left eye while showing the left eye image.

By far, anaglyph is the easiest.

Post by **L4m3r** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:32 am

Or, with some very expensive equipment (and probably extreme changes to the client) you could use that polarized trick that Imax uses.

I rigged some "3d glasses" and I wasn't able to see that well, heh. But then my glasses were crap anyway.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:31 am

bzflag has supported a number of view modes to work with various sterio 3d methods for a very long time ( since before it was open source ).

RPG · Post by **RPG** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:47 pm

Win Xp
No, it was not modded. Run bzflag in -view three mode, and you'll notice four little corners in your screen. Now, what I did was added another monitor to the mix. I plugged a 2nd monitor into my graphics card, and then had the graphics driver tell Windows that my screen resolution was a 2560 x 1024 monitor! Therefore, it tricked XP into thinking I had one very large monitor, but in reality the graphics card split the images in half and gave each screen a portion. Now, BZFlag instinctively takes up all the screen resolution in full screen mode. Since Windows thought my res was 2560 x 1024, BZFlag adjusted itself to that size. However, the graphics card cut the res in half, putting half of the image on each screen. Therefore, achieving the 2 monitor - 4 view effect.

Now time for the pictures:

1 monitor setup: [+] (bzflag takes up 4 corners of the screen)

my 2 monitor setup:
To windows, it appears as this: [--|--] (one big ass monitor)
But then, my graphics card splits it into this: [--] [--] (two tiny monitors)

Winterberry · Post by **Winterberry** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:48 am

I hate to bump this topic so late, but I just discovered this and was fooling around with it this afternoon...

Is anyone actively playing in any mode other than normal?

I found a nifty site giving away free 3D glasses. I'm sending off for a pair or two tomorrow; I'll let you know how well they work.

Also, I started up 2.0.6 in Stereo mode and I could see any difference between that and normal mode (I was hoping it would split the screen and I could do the crosseyed trick. I can usually sustain that for quite a while and it works great). Has anyone else experienced results unlike mine with this mode?

You could split your monitor into two images, and stare into it like a Magic Eye puzzle. That _really_ causes eyestrain Tongue out

Can you elaborate on this one a bit or are you describing the stereo method I talked about above?

meeba · Post by **meeba** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:41 am

Macrosoft wrote:i cant start it in stereo view, i get an error about an unsupported visual mode

Tell me you didn't just bump a topic that was over a year idle.