Gaulish Gaming Banquet: xxl

pegperegogaucho

There is actually no information about the UV animation at all in XXL1, only those Renderware extensions for the geometry

pegperegogaucho

At least you can somewhat configure it in the water or waterfall hook

pegperegogaucho

I'm still curious if Bump or specular maps work in XXL 1 or 2 :PauseChamp:

adrientd

I think the games use the Renderware MatFX extension, which is used for specular effects I guess, and that extensions also contains bump mapping if I'm not wrong.

adrientd

So maybe there is code for bumpmaps but it's unused.

adrientd

I do know the Renderware versions used in XXL1 already supports Direct3D 9 and pixel shaders, so bump mapping should be totally doable.

pegperegogaucho

MatFX is probably the name of OSome's particle engine

pegperegogaucho

it also supports texture blending as well, right?

adrientd

I guess

adrientd

pegperegogaucho

I guess "Dual pass texture mapping" can be used for blending

martyste

I always loved texture blending... Shame it takes some weird geometry tricks to use in old games.

martyste

I used it 5 years ago on this would-have-been SM64 Online arena level, to blend inbetween seasons... but in reality, it was just vertex alpha on overlayed polygons. Doesn't work well on very spacious levels where Z-fighting could occur.

mr.rubinshtein

@pegperegogaucho from Jonas reaction its clearly was not the best solution with the camera

mr.rubinshtein

pegperegogaucho

Yes

mr.rubinshtein

poor guy is cursing it

mr.rubinshtein

camera changing is always risky

pegperegogaucho

It was a mistake, the cameras

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