thx so far for your interest =)War_Master said:
The emitter system take a development time of around 3 years (!), since I'm 13 I was working on that system, often debugging, updating and removing something. It's highest strength is smoke, toxic, clouds, spell effects, fire. It has several methods (or mapping methods) to keep framerate up on a good level:
- on/off triggering of emitters you're not currently seeing in a far distance or when their're not needed
- Distance Control (after a specified radius is the emitter off)
- Performance Level Setting in the Menu (From "Off" up to "Highest")
- Line Of Sight Control (if the emitter has an uninterrupted LOS to the player then he's activated, otherwise not (wall between player/emitter))
- FOV Control (everything that is not in the FOV of the player is completely deactivated)
- Close Distance Control (often Particles in close distance eat performance like a monster, our system shots down average particle count to keep up performance)
The system is completely written in UC, it's maybe planed to code a hardware accelerated version via C++. Because the system is written in UC is it software accelerated that meens, that actors weither of c++ defined uobjects that provide the visual effect are spawned, so CPU (in that fact) is more important for the system, everything else not, for example: the particle texes go only to a max. of 128 pixel, which every gfx should handle smoothly.
Yay we'll may take the U2 Models as inspiration, especially the Skaarj looked much more aggressive and evil. But the Drakh for example will look different, more like machenic insects or something (not like a metal globe with 2 long arms Oo)
Yes definitly. LSoNP shall be more then just a giant Mod, it shall reanimate mapping/mod developing with the old mother engine, especially because you have the ability of native coding, what you not have in the UE2..
A seperated developing pack will be released after LSoNP comes out.
yap ! Singleplayer + Multiplayer, we try to get much people interested in it, the MP missions are special, think of coop infiltrating a base (that makes fun!) or blowing up some skaarj fighters in space.
under a new class, but a major subclass of ScriptedPawns, which provides general AI enhancements
yes, yes, yes =)
yes, a similar rocket trail I would say, here's a 'unoffical' smoke trail pic of teh good ol' Unreal Eightball:
We'll make heavy usage of the emitters, for nearly everything, weather, spells, weapons, blood and so on.
why not, older mutators can be updated and will be refreshingWill we be able to use Mutators from the mutators list built in UT99?... so that people can mod for it if it is allow to.
converted ? did I say anything of converting somethin' from U2 ? just taking inspiration, the models will be made from scratch^^
that was really good to hear =) I'm happy, such friendly and interested replies keep even us self up to go on developing, really thx !!
no no, ask as much as you want or as much as I can tell =) asking leads knowledge !
