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Side note (sorry for double post, editing system made it difficult to edit my post), if you want to fix 95% of the issues with cutscenes, make the following changes: Change this line in g_client.cpp: ent->targetname = ent->script_targetname = "player"; to: ent->targetname = ent->script_targetname = "kyle"; I hacked in both this and the Galak fix back when I was working on Jedi Knight 2 Uncut, which uses JA to play JK2.

That's because Raven derped and totally nerfed NPC_Galak for no reason whatsoever. In NPC_Spawn.cpp, change this: /*QUAKED NPC_Galak(1 0 0) (-16 -16 -24) (16 16 40) MECH x x x DROPTOFLOOR CINEMATIC NOTSOLID STARTINSOLID SHY MECH - will be the armored Galak DROPTOFLOOR - NPC can be in air, but will spawn on the closest floor surface below it CINEMATIC - Will spawn with no default AI (BS_CINEMATIC) NOTSOLID - Starts not solid STARTINSOLID - Don't try to fix if spawn in solid SHY - Spawner is shy */ void SP_NPC_Galak( gentity_t *self) { } to this: /*QUAKED NPC_Galak(1 0 0) (-16 -16 -24) (16 16 40) MECH x x x DROPTOFLOOR CINEMATIC NOTSOLID STARTINSOLID SHY MECH - will be the armored Galak DROPTOFLOOR - NPC can be in air, but will spawn on the closest floor surface below it CINEMATIC - Will spawn with no default AI (BS_CINEMATIC) NOTSOLID - Starts not solid STARTINSOLID - Don't try to fix if spawn in solid SHY - Spawner is shy */ void SP_NPC_Galak( gentity_t *self) { if ( self->spawnflags & 1 ) { self->NPC_type = "Galak_Mech"; NPC_GalakMech_Precache(); } else { self->NPC_type = "Galak"; } SP_NPC_spawner( self ); }

Not quite.

Tut for siege stuff is in the SDK.

Family Guy? Funny? Lynch this man, he's clearly a member of the Mafia. Didn't even claim role.

Detours looked shit.

BUT GUISE ROBOT CHICKEN AND FAMILY GUY DID THIS TOO, WHATS THE ISSUE??

-lomem actually does exist for vis as I remember, but I dunno if it works properly. I think the parser for it is in place but the keyword physically does nothing.

Yes you can. Use the hotkey for it or use the detail keyword in the shader.

Doesn't, I'm unable to invite more people.

Two options: 1. Use a func_group for the bits of water which you don't want light, and in the func_group, add these keywords: _cs: 3 _rs: 3 The water should no longer cast or receive shadows. 2. Create a new shader for the water using all the standard properties and add the following keywords: nolightmap nodlight

Converts wchar_t to char, dropping the extra Unicode information. Might be the solution to what you're looking for.

inb4 game crashes with VM_Create on UI failed

1. Elite Forces isn't locked at 60 FPS unless you have vertical sync on. 2. RPG-X mod is irrelevant. SDL refers to "Simple Directmedia Layer", Linux builds of OpenJK use it, albeit they use version 2.0 while RPG-X probably uses 1.2 or 1.5. Look at SDL.org and find precompiled 1.2 or 1.5 binaries for that. 3. JKA doesn't use SDL. I think the fix was done elsewhere

This is way too much of a hassle to do something even remotely complex. If you're searching for a branching storyline, do us all a favor and code it proper. Use cull distance + fog to occlude distance and use models to display stuff beyond the max grid. Players can't go beyond the max grid but models with misc_model_static (read: not misc_model) can. Or, you can use a sky portal, but I'm not a big fan of skyportals as you can clearly see their obvious lack of detail.

Why is the extras menu a map? Also, please god no. We don't need arbitrary cell shading modes or steampunk modes for no reason. They don't contribute anything to a game.

I already pretty much said what was possible. As far as loadscreens are concerned, ROQs in place of textures are possible and to some extent already used (Chicago streets used an animmap, which would have a similar effect). ROQs would likely be very jittery/stuttery though due to the way it works. If you're referring to JKG though, we're completely reworking the loadscreens and also working on SWFs being used in place of shaders, so I suppose that SWFs might be used during a load screen (playing a minigame or complex animation during a load screen? COOL.) Blank maps during loading = impossible without extensive changes to the code (think what we're doing with JKG -- asynchronous loading, but having to load another map on top of that which is incredibly inefficient on this engine)

Delete this topic. I can't, otherwise I would.

To elaborate more on what @@Xycaleth said and to tie it into what I said, you could in theory use level streaming by tossing out the PVS system and lighting and instead opting for more portal-based level stuff and dynamic lighting ala Doom 3 and use one BSP for each cell. But that leaves the texture loading, which needs less compression in order to lower load times, and the actual system itself. Lots of coding no matter what.

Essentially mapping right now works off of a system that has existed since the days of Doom, called Binary Space Partitioning (BSP). Quake 3 and beyond use a slightly different BSP system, instead of WAD like Doom does (I have no clue how id Tech 2 or id Tech 4 handle it). Here's a small listing of the formats: - IBSP -- Quake 3, Tremulous, Urban Terror (?) - RBSP -- Elite Forces, Jedi Knight 2 + Academy, SoF II - CBSP -- Call of Duty games up to (and possibly including) Ghosts - VBSP (sometimes referred to as SBSP) -- games made using Valve's Source Engine Each variant of the BSP uses different lumps, which constitute different data, such as lighting and so forth. There's also PVS, which helps determine which sections of the map are visible from different sections. Now, open world games use different forms of level streaming. Gamebyro and Skyrim's engine construct a giant grid, and only the cell containing the player and a few surrounding cells are loaded during load screens. Whenever the player moves in a certain direction, additional cells become preloaded based on position, and old cells are cached and compressed in a small chunk of memory for later use. Stuff like vegetation position and so forth is tossed out completely and reloaded or regenerated I think. The basic problem with open world games and attempting them in JKA is based off of three core problems: You cannot use level streaming, period. I've spent a lot of time trying to develop level streaming to a way that works, and frankly it isn't possible without extensive editsPVS is incredibly nasty to deal with in an open world game. @@Pande will know of the woes associated with using a -lomem vis compile.I lied, there's only two reasons. Just making sure you're paying attention here.JKG managed to fake this pretty well. Essentially what JKG did was build each map into a series of layers. Using the -cs and -rs on different func_groups, you are able to control which func_groups are able to cast and receive shadows. Each layer would have its own cs and rs values, starting from 2 and working its way up. Using maps in the shape of valleys and using small cutscenes, the player would transition between the layers. This works pretty well, actually, despite being static. You can achieve a map with a maximum of 5 miles x 5 miles (approximately) using this method. I have another theory about space and having massive star destroyers and such, but I don't want to spoil too many state secrets.

SQL server went down earlier with a failure, and now I have access to the moderator CP. Possible security breach or intended?

Zero. Ain't nobody got time for that.

bump I assume you know about WideCharToMultibyte/MultibyteToWideChar?

Really any trackers are subject to the same issue as the ones brought up with Gametracker.

I have a large private conversation going on right now, and someone has left the conversation. How do I remove that person from that conversation slot and replace it with someone else?