rd-rend2 (old thread)

[ensiform]

mp/ffa4 would be a nice map I think to see some texture replacements going for rend2.

[Sithani]

Ok so it worked, gotta work on the normalmap textures, but I like it so much already, almost TFU quality

 

[DT.]

It's good, but doing a sculpt would produce much better quality.

[Sithani]

A sculpt?

[Xycaleth]

Not everyone has mad skills like you, @@DT85

 

Small update: fixed a few bugs to do with dynamic glow (there were problems when using it with MSAA). I will probably look at adding weather effects back into the renderer - I started this a while ago, so I have a lot of the work done, I just need to actually make it look right now Last I remember of it, the rain looked like black triangles.

[DT.]

Would that (black triangles) be due to sprites not working, or is it totally different?

[Xycaleth]

Totally different. I've rewritten the whole weather code cause it wasn't useable with rend2 (it was using old legacy code which shouldn't ever see the light of day again).

[ensiform]

@@DT85, Surface sprites don't work cause they're not implemented at all.  I made a commit to them a while back that actually disables the rendering of the surfaces so they don't look so weird.

[Archangel35757]

Aren't surface sprites used in EFX files? Will surface sprites be incorporated in the new renderer, or is there a better replacement?

[ensiform]

They're disabled until they can be replaced obviously

 

And no they're not used by EFX files.  They're attached to shaders.

[Xycaleth]

Aren't surface sprites used in EFX files? Will surface sprites be incorporated in the new renderer, or is there a better replacement?

Anything that was in the original renderer will be in rend2.

[DT.]

So what percentage would you say of rend2's completion?

 

Also, is release build still bugged with that wierd lightmap stuff?

[Xycaleth]

@@DT85 The lightmap problem was fixed a few months ago

 

I don't know about a percentage, but the remaining things I have left to do (to be on feature-parity with vanilla) are:

• Weather
• Proper support for marks on Ghoul2 models (they're a bit odd at the moment)
• Surface sprites
• Flares (as in the ones you get in FFA5 on the lights)
• Few bugs to fix regarding transparent objects
• Refraction (for force push, invincibility ball thing around player)

Of those, weather and surface sprites are probably the longest tasks.

[DT.]

Did you find out what caused holes in ghoul2 models?

[Xycaleth]

Oh, and I need to fix that too There's a bug on Luke where he has extra polygons by his eyes which I think is related...

[Mandalorian]

I've done something wrong? replaced the renderer in the config got this error.

[ensiform]

That's because you're trying to use it with Single Player (Version 12), and the MP Renderer is only version 5 at the moment.

 

Rend2 only supports MP.

[Mandalorian]

Ah! ok. thanks a lot ensiform.

I get the same error on mp but it'll change the renderer for sp back and see if  the mp works after that.

[ensiform]

Well the number changes when there's changes to the import/export tables in the renderer so if rend2 is too new for which openjk mp you are using it can also cause that too.  Changing the SP config won't affect MP.

[Mandalorian]

yes you are right there. So a newer ojk  should work? sorry to be a pain.

works after a fresh ojk. Thanks.

Edited June 7, 2014 by Mandalorian

[Sithani]

I love it

 

[eezstreet]

I love it

 

I think on the head it looks great, but on the clothing the bumps are a little too deep/intense for my liking. Looks great though, I gotta say.

[Sithani]

Yeah, possibly, I'll tweak it eventually.

[Mandalorian]

what shader do you use to get that effect @@Sithani?

[Sithani]

models/players/Duros/durosbody
{    
	{        
		map models/players/Duros/durosbody
        	rgbGen lightingdiffuseEntity
	}    
	{
	        stage normalmap
        	map models/players/Duros/durosbody-s
	}
}

durosbody-s is obviously the normalmap texture.