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  1. BOOOO, shader manual. Throw it away. Who needs it. 0:) Now, no offense, you're quite far from the truth here...so let's see if I can help set the record straight.

     

    Firstly, RGBGen Wave Sin is not what's casting light. q3map_surfacelight 3000 is. As I understand, the engine normally takes the color of the texture and casts it on the surroundings during the lighting compile, but in this case, it's using q3map_lightimage textures/mp/s_bluestrip_blend.tga for a value.

     

    Second, About the 0-1 intensities, it's easy enough to work with. To get your RGB values from the shader's 0-1 values, multiply the number by 255. To get the RGB value to use in the shader from a normal 0-255 value, divide it by 255. You *CAN* use a number greater than 1, and it can have some fun effects - but it can also screw things up sometimes.

    Or you can take the easy way out and view them as percentages, which is the intent anyway.

     

    Third, those are not RGB values. RGBGen Wave sin is telling the engine to make the shader's RGB values oscillate, in a sine wave pattern. When you're using RGBGen Wave, you don't have control over the RGB values - just the overall brightness.

     

    The first value is the initial brightness (base), the second is the amplitude (How much it will oscillate), the third is the phase (How far into the first oscillation it is when the engine begins rendering), and the fourth is the frequency (How fast/slow to oscillate).

     

    I know nobody ever says this but I *HIGHLY* recommend trying out shaderED. A lot of the fun things become visually clear, like RGBGen and...well, RGBGen.

  2. Assuming EffectsED isn't like Radiant and hates my graphics card I can totally help out.

     

    Thing is, though, I'm not too great at making anything beyond basic textures, and I have two looming deadlines. So I'll be a slow help. XD

     

    Blaster shots are easy, though...still, I haven't played ME2 or ME3 yet so I don't know what they even look like.

  3. W and B as well.

     

    OMG I love Warner Bros!

     

    Welcome to the mad house.

     

    More like Pony House.

     

    Did you just suggest you're the mother, Cael?

     

    You're the mother. He's just the one carrying it. Don't ask.

  4. Oh, one more edit, you won't (read: shouldn't) catch a virus if you visit the JKG site, the hacked javascript just goes to a russian website that just tries to download an empty .php script. That, or it'll just be a 404.

     

    Be cautious though.

    What? What happened here? I missed it...

  5. i'm not sure if anyone remember me from the JKA forums (been there 1 or 2 years) i didn't really post that much :ph34r:

    just wanted to say that the website looks really good so far

    so keep up the good work :)

    I do. I think that was back when I was still a postwhore trying to get Inyri's attention/affection.

     

    Kidding, of course, welcome. Pinkie Pie style.

  6. I don't tend to use forums in general, but I will do my best to pop in from time to time. But for now, I must tell Acrobat about this site....

    I would imagine theres a number of mappers who should be made aware, as not too long ago, map-craft.com went under unexpectedly, and a lot of talent was active on that forum :wacko:

     

    Yeah I heard about map-craft. Sad. :(

  7. Long time no see. If anyone remembers me, howdy. :) Haven't done any JA modding in years... until today, figured I'd join up on the forum and participate.

    I remember you and your south park avatar. *shudder*

     

    Welcome to the forums. Glad to see we're dragging some people back in. :)

    Yeah, with their wings cut off and their insides gutted.

  8. I'm ZidZabre, old timer JKA player and map maker, (No, i do not do requests for your clan or whatever.)

     

    I have been working on a map project, that may be very well my last one.

     

    We will see.

    Wow, this is interesting...seeing a good number of the old-timers come out of obscurity for this. Never had a chance to chat with ya, Zid, but I will say I liked your stuff too. :D
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