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by Jerry Shaw · 05/04/2005 (1:22 pm) · 6 comments

Tank tread dust emitters working... one minor issue: the material property map (MPM). The dust emitter code looks at the MPM to determine what the dust color should be. However, the MPM lookup fails at certain points on the map. I have found that this occurs especially on slopes and hills. The lookup code is used elsewhere in the engine orginally but I have not verified that it works on all maps.

So, while I am debugging this issue, I have hardcoded the MPM lookup so that brown dust is always used. Not very pretty on the snow maps :/

For all the current (and future) tank pack owners out there: expect a tank pack resource soon. I'll be putting together the steps I used to get the emitters and tread marks in place.

Screenshot of dust emitters in action:
gamers.hallofworlds.com/games/WarGames/extimages/p_screenshot_007_00001_ezg_2.jpg
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Associate Anthony Rosenbaum
#1
05/04/2005 (1:23 pm)
execllent can't wait to see

Torque 3D Owner Matthew Langley
Torque
#2
05/04/2005 (3:49 pm)
that looks great!

A video would be awesome :)

Torque Owner Ian Roach
#3
05/04/2005 (11:20 pm)
Having just brought the tank pack, i look forward to these improvements :)

Torque 3D Owner Billy L
#4
05/05/2005 (10:15 am)
Looks great !
There is a fix somewhere for the vehicle dust colors.
Simular fix that we use for players.

Torque Owner Vashner
#5
05/05/2005 (10:43 am)
Nice

Torque Owner Jerry Shaw
Roaming Gamer LLC
#6
05/05/2005 (12:47 pm)
@ all: thanks for the interest.
@ Billy, I have searched the forums w/ no leads. Would you please point me towards the post with the dust fix?

Edit: NM, I think I found it here
Edit2: Looks like the fixes mentioned in the post are already in the latest code. Bummer... back to debug for me.