eat coherent light ( big image )

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:14 am

cus the old laser kinda sucked

2.1.7 using experimental mode

Saturos · Post by **Saturos** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:52 am

Looks good... no textures anymore?

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:31 pm

I liked old laser better

tw1sted · Post by **tw1sted** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:43 pm

ducatiwannabe wrote:I liked old laser better

no way this one is awsome

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:49 pm

This one looks choppy to me :/

But it's still pretty neat

The Knights Who Say Ni · Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:47 pm

ducatiwannabe wrote:This one looks choppy to me :/

It is in experimental...

And i like it alot

smartkid · Post by **smartkid** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:00 pm

ausomeness ..!

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:01 pm

in 2.1.x everything that was "experermental" was moved down to "high", most of the "high" stuff was moved to medium, and medium was removed ( it didn't have much difs from low ), and low was left alone. So if you used to run expermental, and don't like the new stuff, just use high.

the new laser is only for the new expermental, and the jagies go away with antialiasing on ( as they do for all geometry ).

DJ Atomica · Post by **DJ Atomica** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:08 pm

So experimental is better than high? And I'm stupid! I didn't know you secretly worked on the 2.1.x line already.

CannonBallGuy · Post by **CannonBallGuy** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:11 pm

What else would they be working on?

DJ Atomica · Post by **DJ Atomica** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:24 pm

IDK Maybe 2.1.1? So is experimental the best? And I do like the laser!

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:48 pm

Wow, that is beautiful! I can't wait!

JeffM2501 wrote:the new laser is only for the new expermental, and the jagies go away with antialiasing on ( as they do for all geometry ).

New video cards only, eh?

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:09 pm

2.1.x was started right after 2.0.4 came out. We never planed on a 2.0.6 it just kind of happend.

Experimental will allways give what we feel is the best graphics, but at the cost of requireing better hardware then the normal bzflag system requirements.

For experimental you'll want a somewhat modern Video card that does hardware T&L, something like a GeForce FX 5700 or ATI Radeon 9000 or better.

a good GeForce 6800 or radeon X800 will do the best tho.

basicly stuff that's been around for a year or so.

you can try to run experemental on any card, it just may run slower then hell

smartkid · Post by **smartkid** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:15 pm

ROFL - i have a GeForce 5500 FX, 512MB in my pc but its not connected to my network so its dial up

eather way slow as hell

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:19 pm

the graphics do not add any aditional bandwith, so the speed shoudl be the same regardless of your connection type.

DJ Atomica · Post by **DJ Atomica** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:32 pm

Umm... I have a video crad Q now. I never could find the answer either. But which is better, an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO or ATI RADEON X800? Also, I have an ATI RADEON 9800 PRO right now.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:57 pm

X800 hands down.

they are not even in the same class.

the 9800 pro is just about the same speed as an X300

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:08 pm

Jeff, maybe it's just my computer, but that sort of looks like it's from an old Star Wars game...kinda choppy looking

TD-Linux · Post by **TD-Linux** » Thu May 25, 2006 9:33 pm

Wait a minute... coherent light? That means all the light goes straight out the barrel - we shouldn't be able to see the beam at all

The reason it looks 'choppy' is because he used entirely polygons. The ones on the outer 'glow' abruptly change color. How about something like Gourald to make the 'glow' look more natural? But I like the really sharp center main beam - and the rounded turns look AWESOME! Did anyone look at the muzzle of the tank?