1. trailer FOR A GAME. oops, did I say that OUT LOUD.
2. if you want I'll get that vid of a .50cal hitting a car (maybe it was just the gas tank...) and AFTER TAKING APART THREE CARS IN TWO WEEKS I KNOW that the average car is too flimsy to transfer any energy. and therefore, it will not move an inch.

blah blah and oh yeah, blah. What is going on now? fragments of walls? thats possible but not important. definetely not going to look good in ETengine as it does in BLACK.

Xeno makes a good point.

And I edited the thread title because the word "invironment" was slowly making me insane.

~Silentcrisis

(I know I'm just beginner in this forum... that's why I'm already sorry about annoying stuff I could say)

Not sure if this reply could match with this topic (but I've read "Interactive Environment")

Well, not exacly the same stuff, but I was thinking about wooden shards sticking of the surface when you hit plank or doors... Like Soldier of Fortune 2... I know it's not important, and it's just detail, but it really feels like it's wood (plus it's cool... but that's only my opinion...)

The definitively bad point would be: how many entities will it spawn in the map if you're playing with 16 players in a sawmill ?

Welcome to TCE.US

First of, the particles will be created and should disappear immediately or the game will suffer lag. Second, the engine cant create effects where the existing models are deformed. Last, the effect where splinters fly off is already incorporated in the game, try shooting at wood and youll see some bits of it come out, that is ofcourse if the settings are really high.

(thanks )
I wasn't thinking about modifying existing brushes (like the GeoMod does in Red Faction), I was thinking about spawning an entity how looked like wooden shard (just like the misc_model entity does). I thought it might be possible because the SOF2 engine is a slightly modified Quake 3 Engine… (I even wonder if it wasn't possible with the first Quake...but that's not the point anyway).

Thanks again for the answer

even if it is possible, we are not permitted by law and agreement to make engine modifications only game modifications. Until they start using the GPLed QIII engine, they cant do anything about it. The thing is however, they will not use the GPL engine because it compromises the TC code.

I wasn't talking about engine core modifications. I mean... it's just like spawning shells, bulletholes or trees... except its static and it looks like shards. I'm almost sure it's possible with game modification (Like the misc_model exemple, it's a part of the game code, not the engine core... just like everything spawned in a map except the World itself and the display)

Well, until the game code include the surface material, it can be done without any EXE modifications I guess...

But I might be wrong.

Those do exist, but since they are made of poly and cause rendering loads, they have to be removed almost immediately to ensure smooth fluid gameplay. Remember this is a multiplayer game. In SP, it is not a problem to have these and extra effects and eyecandy, but in multiplayer a little eyecandy could be too much lag to make the game playable especially for low-end users.

first off, thanks for staying cool. I agree that details would be nice, but it may not work due to lag (Wolfenstien: the frontline has some of this, and I find it slightly laggy) but if it were available as a higher quality I would go for it.


/me prays for GPL-ation...ness...

BTW, Where is the Frontlines? Never heard from it in the past few months.

Sorry, it will be long. I've been thinking a little about details (I do amaze myself sometimes ) and I've read a few things here and there on the forum, most of the ideas are about visual enhancement.

I remember that a guy in our team wasn't playing, simply standing at spawn point (was he eating, I don't know). I wasn't very far of the spawn point neither but when I heard "I'm taking fire" from that guy, I understood that an enemy was at our spawn point, right behind my back… and this call saved me.

I've read the dragonathan map idea (jungle/ruins themed), and I thought my anecdote could be applied here. You're in a jungle; there are many things you can hear, water moves, the wind in the leaves and various sorts of birds. Then imagine someone's moving and afraid birds, you might hear them flying, giving you information on players moves.

Of curse there are foot steps, fences hit and doors moves. But… Maybe could it be possible to adapt that kind of ideas to other maps. Like door alarms, splash sounds when you step in water puddle, barking dogs (I thought this sample was annoying, because looped and useless, but if it could tell me there's someone near this fence, it would be helpful), doors chimes, metal detector…

I think (it's just my opinion) that we could gain immersive feeling if the maps were more "alive", responding to player actions in various ways (not simply sounds, might be lightening or moves). Until now, maps look like playgrounds, or massive sculptures. I don't feel like someone else used to live in there. (I do not try to complain, I really enjoy playing TC:E when I've got time, these are just ideas I've got -- and other people may have long time before I)

(thanks for reading, that was long, sorry again)

as was said before, anyother effects dont have to be integrated into the game itself. These minor effects as you mentioned can be modeled by the mapper into his/her map to his/her liking