Hera Fog

Barathrum

<div class="IPBDescription">Maintenance Corridor-fog</div> I admire ns_hera, and I think it's the most beautiful map ever created to a Half-Life mod or game.

To the subject: In ns_hera's "Maintenance Corridor", there is some kind of nice-looking fog. My simple question is: which sprite is this and how should I set its properties in order to achieve this nice effect?

Thanks for any answers.

Jeb_Radec

not sure pf the sprite but it looks like adative render mode to me and very very low render amt

Barathrum

Yeah, I think so too, and maybe it's a greatly scaled-up sprite?

RyoOhki

Hmm, getting an answer on this one might be tough. The maker of Hera, Merkaba, seems to have retreated a bit from the community. Which is a real pity, given that Hera is such a great map.

If you can grab the attention of XP-Cagey, he'll know the answer. There are few NS mapping things that Cagey doesn't know about <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Btw welcome to the forums.

Harmondo

I would assume it's hera_fog located in your ns/sprites folder. It looks the same as the fog in the corridor and after all, it's name <i>is</i> <b>hera</b>_fog

esuna

I created a similar effect using haze.spr scaled up to 28.0 with a max alpha of 0.5

Barathrum

Thanks for all replies.

<b>Ryo-Ohki</b>
Oh, I see. Hmm okay, maybe I can send him a PM or something, if that function exists on this forum <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Thanks! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

<b>Harmondo</b>
Yeah, I checked hera_fog.spr before, but I thought it looked very much like a light-glow. Maybe it'll look different if you scale it up and make it more transparent <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> I'll try again just for sure.

<b>::esuna::</b>
Hmm, okay, thanks for the tip! I'll check it out.

Cagey

<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->
{
"origin" "1336 -1504 -2816"
"framerate" "10.0"
"scale" "6"
"renderamt" "32"
"rendermode" "5"
"model" "sprites/hera_fog.spr"
"rendercolor" "141 83 18"
"classname" "env_sprite"
}

{
"origin" "1208 -904 -2816"
"framerate" "10.0"
"scale" "6"
"renderamt" "32"
"rendermode" "5"
"model" "sprites/hera_fog.spr"
"rendercolor" "121 58 17"
"classname" "env_sprite"
}
<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

There are around 8 total sprites clustered together in this area with low render amounts, slightly different colors, different scales, etc--all have a red tint, and I think this is probably the maint corridor fog since it's near a relatively low point on the map.

<!--c1--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->
{
"origin" "-1152 1592 -2416"
"framerate" "10.0"
"rendermode" "5"
"scale" "4"
"renderamt" "100"
"model" "sprites/hera_fog.spr"
"rendercolor" "0 0 0"
"classname" "env_sprite"
}
<!--c2--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

Another use of hera_fog.spr in a different location -- here it's white, smaller, and easier to see.

Barathrum

<b>XP-Cagey</b>
Thanks alot, I really appreciate your help! I'll try this out immidiately <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

Nazul

AND XP-CAGEY SAFES THE DAY ONCE AGAIN !! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

gj <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

The_Real_Quasar

I have no idea why Cagey pwns so much... It must be something in the water...

Wolv

Next time you're wondering how a certain effect was created, open the .bsp file with QuArK and check the entity properties. You can even copy point based entities.

Barathrum

<b>Wolv</b>
Ah, I see, I'm not that familiar with QuArK, but I'll give it a try!

NerdIII

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