Mirrors, nothing but good intentions staring back at me.
zackmaster666
Join Date: 2013-08-30 Member: 187344Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Join Date: 2013-08-30 Member: 187344Members, Reinforced - Shadow
Mirrors!
I have no idea where to say this so I'm just gonna give it a shot here.
On the next map that is released i would love to see mirrors on the map. Maybe a mirror maze like map where every corner you turn you could see some movement here or there and go off on your own reflection. I know that this kind of map would be hard to get balanced right because to many mirrors and a Ninja aline rush would be way overpowered. Plus mirrors would really only affect marines do to the alien vision. An answer to this might be so that the aliens could see their reflection in heat form as well, or maybe they see the mirrors as glass. With this the mirrors could be used as traps to lure an alien after a marine only to realize its a reflection. To me and a few of my modding friends they seem like they would add a nice little twist to the game. I would love to see someone run into a dark room and start shooting at there own reflection. But I am not a modder and do not claim to be so I can't even imagine the amount of work and codeing to get mirrors into the game.
P.S. Even I'm iffy on this because it seems like a fun little extra to consider... But at this far along into the game it maybe an unnecessary thought. One of those "It sounded GREAT", ideas but when test was terrible.
I have no idea where to say this so I'm just gonna give it a shot here.
On the next map that is released i would love to see mirrors on the map. Maybe a mirror maze like map where every corner you turn you could see some movement here or there and go off on your own reflection. I know that this kind of map would be hard to get balanced right because to many mirrors and a Ninja aline rush would be way overpowered. Plus mirrors would really only affect marines do to the alien vision. An answer to this might be so that the aliens could see their reflection in heat form as well, or maybe they see the mirrors as glass. With this the mirrors could be used as traps to lure an alien after a marine only to realize its a reflection. To me and a few of my modding friends they seem like they would add a nice little twist to the game. I would love to see someone run into a dark room and start shooting at there own reflection. But I am not a modder and do not claim to be so I can't even imagine the amount of work and codeing to get mirrors into the game.
P.S. Even I'm iffy on this because it seems like a fun little extra to consider... But at this far along into the game it maybe an unnecessary thought. One of those "It sounded GREAT", ideas but when test was terrible.
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Even id Software had to "asspull" some magic number to optimize calculating reflections.
NS2's optimal system requirements would skyrocket from NASA supercomputers, to some alien high-tech civilizations' quantum computers.
I might be wrong but that shouldn't be that hard. You simply add a camera at the same distance you're from the mirror, but in the "dimension" of the mirror... Takes the view field (right term ? or is it viewport) of that 2nd camera and put it in the texture of the mirror. For non-shaped mirrors that is.
note : If the mirror is small, a lot of clipping would be done, hence having a non-laggy mirror.
But it is really something I do not want to see on a short term (that's inviting lag), as I consider that there are more important things that can be done.