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Name:	Apparatus
Date Posted:	Jun 17, 2008
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I still have some tweaks to do on this one, but I am quite content with the results; It's no real rainbow but might be good for some scenes; next, fake light shafts and other similar stuff; that, if i manage to complete the waterfall tonight : )

I wrote this to a friend and really explains this blog post:

See, I can't stand designs that have 'visual' flaws; ...; to see my point, check out my last blog - i want beautifull games (as in beautiful visually, not high-processing power ultra realistic stuff ala crysis); you know, stuff that might come right out of a nice tale of our childhood..

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Mike Rowley (Jun 17, 2008 at 22:02 GMT)

Wow, that looks really cool.

Deborah Marshall (Jun 17, 2008 at 23:03 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

I suddenly want to sing songs about bluebirds. Very nice!

Apparatus (Jun 17, 2008 at 23:21 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

One will actually hear and see birds in the final release of this environment pack :)

Novack (Jun 17, 2008 at 23:48 GMT)

Excellent again! and Very good final phrase

Novack (Jun 17, 2008 at 23:50 GMT)

BTW, this kind of visual composition is more than never well called "Art"

J.C. Smith (Jun 18, 2008 at 00:35 GMT)

Looks great.
Edited on Jun 18, 2008 00:35 GMT

Rubes (Jun 18, 2008 at 01:53 GMT)

I agree, very cool.

Adib Murad (Jun 18, 2008 at 03:42 GMT)

What a nice result you got there.

Is it color on a skybox? How did you do this rainbow?

Apparatus (Jun 18, 2008 at 04:02 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

@Adib - It's actually dynamic, it can slowly rise or get smaller with any speed (the slower the nicer), it blends nice with everything (except terrain w is ok); a simple texture and a light datablock with flare option ON. I'll probably have a pdf in the pack explaining all these waterfalls and rainbows and birds an shorelines and whatnot.

Josh Moore (Jun 18, 2008 at 04:07 GMT)

Truly great work there, the rainbow looks fantastic.

What are the alpha channel setting on the effect, if you don't mind?

Apparatus (Jun 18, 2008 at 04:14 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Josh, there's nothing fantastic there but stock TGE (formerly TLK) code and that is the light datablock with flare (any light datablock has this option I think);

Just pick up a PNG texture, make sure you type in the full path to it (ie. starter.fps/data/~/rainbow.png) and play with size and everything; it really depends on what you want to achieve; The beauty of it is when you move around and as you go farther it grows and rises. I'll make a video as soon as the rest of the stuff is done.

Apparatus (Jun 18, 2008 at 04:27 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Something like this:

Leroy Frederick (Jun 18, 2008 at 10:37 GMT) Resource Rating: 5

Very cool!

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