Oops, I guess that was as clear as mud.. ;) What we wanted to accomplish was this: - have an animated, transparent thing that our mappers could use for effects like swaying grass or brush or reeds or whatever - we thought about sprites, but the engine draws them at 90 degrees to the player's viewpoint at all times, so they pivot (which isn't quite what we wanted)
Instead, what we came up with was a scheme where the mappers specify the origin and angles of the sprite in the BSP, and I shoot a message for each of these entities from server to client. Using the origin and angle information, along with the sprite name, I load the sprite file (on the client), draw a poly four corners of the sprite (after getting the size of the sprite from the file), texture it with that sprite, and then rotate it appropriately in space. I also advance the frame every now and then, in accordance with the framerate specified in the BSP. Then, we end up with some swaying grass that while purely 2D, if placed cleverly by the mappers (a few of them overlapping and at angles to each other), gives us a sort of effect of a field of swaying grass.... I don't know if what you're trying to do could be approached with a similar scheme or not.. and I sometimes wonder if what we did would be better done with some models or something, but that was one solution we came up with :D We still haven't had any decent test maps done up using this scheme, so I don't know how useful it will end up being, but I was kinda bored one weekend, and gave this a try.. :D > how can u render an entity clientside using TriApi? I mean like if it was a > model then you woulldnt use triapi (efxapi?) and how do you get all of the > planes of a brush entitiy? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Magnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Map entities client-side > > > > Two solutions come to mind: > > - parse the BSP client side... > > - transmit the value of that keyvalue to the client in a message, just > > once while the HUD is initializing should do it (keyvalues don't change > > do they?). > > > > I chose the latter for an entity that was placed in the map, and > > rendered client side by TriAPI. I think some folks were working on > > trying to parse the BSP client side, but ran into trouble keeping > > things in synch... > > > > I think you've been around longer than I have and may not need it, :) > > but if you want to see an outline of my approach, I did up a tutorial > > (concept mostly) here: > > http://www.tourofdutymod.com/tutorials.php > > > > > Is there a way to access keyvalue info in the map from the client- > > side? > > > I keep on thinking you must be able to, since obviously the client > > side > > > has the map, but I haven't been able to find any way to do it. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Persuter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > Eighty percent of life is showing up. > > -- Woody Allen > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > --------------------------------------- Eighty percent of life is showing up. -- Woody Allen _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
