Projectiles Supported?

#1 There's a bunch of stuff that has not been ported over from the TGE yet. If you look at projectile.cpp, the renderObject() call is commented out. I'll put it on my list, this is a fairly simple fix, at least to get the objects rendering. Particles aren't in yet either, I may put up a crude conversion soon. My list is pretty long right now though, so if any wants to pitch in, things will go much faster.

#2 Greetings!

No problem, Brian. I'll take a look at the projectile renderObject() method myself.

Thanks.

- LightWave Dave

#3 Greetings!

I've got projectiles rendering now in the TSE. I've not only made changes to the ::renderObject() method, but also ::prepRenderImage() to allow for glowing projectiles (which are cool BTW).

Here's my first patch for the TSE (first end user patch ever?? :o)

bool Projectile::prepRenderImage(SceneState* state, const U32 stateKey,
                                       const U32 /*startZone*/, const bool /*modifyBaseState*/)
{
   if (isLastState(state, stateKey))
      return false;
   setLastState(state, stateKey);


   if (mHidden == true || mFadeValue <= (1.0/255.0))
      return false;


   // This should be sufficient for most objects that don't manage zones, and
   //  don't need to return a specialized RenderImage...
   if (state->isObjectRendered(this)) {
      SceneRenderImage* image = new SceneRenderImage;
      image->obj = this;
      image->isTranslucent = true;
      image->sortType = SceneRenderImage::Point;
      state->setImageRefPoint(this, image);


      // For projectiles, the datablock pointer is a good enough sort key, since they aren't
      //  skinned at all...
      image->textureSortKey = (U32)(dsize_t)mDataBlock;


      state->insertRenderImage(image);


	  // DAW: Added glow pass for projectiles.  Could comment out if
	  // your projectiles will never glow to save on a scene graph pass.
      // glow pass - after everything has rendered to zbuffer
      image = new SceneRenderImage;
      image->obj = this;
      image->glow = true;
      image->isTranslucent = true;
      image->sortType = SceneRenderImage::Glow;
      state->insertRenderImage(image);


      // DAW: Uncomment if projectiles will have refraction.  Kind of
	  // heavy weight for a projectile, but maybe you need it...
      // refract pass - after everything has rendered
      //image = new SceneRenderImage;
      //image->obj = this;
      //image->isTranslucent = true;
      //image->sortType = SceneRenderImage::Refraction;
      //state->insertRenderImage(image);


   }



   return false;
}

void Projectile::renderObject(SceneState* state, SceneRenderImage * image)
{
   // DAW: New code for TSE
   MatrixF proj = GFX->getProjectionMatrix();


   RectI viewport = GFX->getViewport();
   state->setupObjectProjection(this);


   // hack until new scenegraph in place
   MatrixF world = GFX->getWorldMatrix();
   TSMesh::setCamTrans( world );
   TSMesh::setSceneState( state );
   TSMesh::setGlow( image->glow );
   // DAW: Uncomment below if projectiles support refraction
   //TSMesh::setRefract( image->sortType == SceneRenderImage::Refraction );



   GFX->pushWorldMatrix();


   MatrixF mat = getRenderTransform();
   mat.scale( mObjScale );
   GFX->setWorldMatrix( mat );


   if(mProjectileShape)
   {
      AssertFatal(mProjectileShape != NULL,
                  "Projectile::renderObject: Error, projectile shape should always be present in renderObject");
      mProjectileShape->selectCurrentDetail();
      mProjectileShape->animate();


      mProjectileShape->render();
   }



   GFX->popWorldMatrix();


   GFX->setProjectionMatrix( proj );
   GFX->setViewport( viewport );
}

Now, I'm the first to admit that I'm not yet familiar with how the TSE rendering pipeline works. Heck, it feels like I'm still learning with the TGE! And, well, we've only had the code for a day. So, perhaps there are better ways of doing the above, but all appears well with my test TSE game.

- LightWave Dave

Edit: Line breaks missing in code...hmm can't seem to get any line breaks in the code block at all. Sorry about that.

#4 Great David, I'll try that out.

#5 Sorry to bump this old post

but has anyone gotten glowing projectiles working witht he lastest tgea 1.7.1? or tgea 1.7.1 with arcane fx?

this would be really cool but part of this looks nothing like the current code:s

#6 Would the projectiles glow if you changed their material to glow, like the Orc eye?

new Material(OrcEye)
{
baseTex[0] = "orc_ID6_eye";
emissive[0] = true;
glow[0] = true;
};

#7 Thats what i was thinking

but whenever i try that

the engine seems to not be able to load the weapon and projectile at all
something about unlinked namespace failure

so im thinking it has somerthing to do with this, i could be wrong tough

#8 We got glowing projectiles, check your stuff.

#9 Ehm, i have tgea 1.7.1 with arcane Fx, and my projectiles do not glow

i got everythign working, but only the baseTex flag in the materials.cs file has any impact
glow, emissive and any other do not affect my projectiles