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			| Rocksonic 
					Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:55 am
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   |   Glowing Laser Beam TrailI am working on a laser gun/railgun, and I need help with some glow effects. I want a solid green beam to follow the projectile and stay in the air for a few seconds before disappearing. Right now, the effect looks like this:  How can I make the trail a solid line instead of a dotted one? Here is a link to the mod: http://www.sendspace.com/file/idrd5x I didn't know wether this belonged in mod making or requests, so I hope this is the right place.
 
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			| 411570N3 
					Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:26 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailThere is no simple .ini code way to do it without an obscene amount of particles or an obscenely slow projectile. However, I am sure that the maker of the smoke trail thing from the District 9 mod will be more than happy to let you edit his code. You will, however, have to get someone to explain it to you. 
 
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			| Duh102 happy carebear mom 
					Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:40 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailThis what you're looking for? It requires a bit of Lua, but is fairly simple to customize. 
 
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			| dragonxp 
					Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:16 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailI dont know about you but, p3lb0x made a decent laser trail for his matilda revolver, which i ripped for my own use, (credits to p3lbox) you can find it HERE p3lb0x's matilda revolver gif:  Me stealing it xD: [img]CUT%20OUT%20TO%20AVOID%20FLAMING%20xD[/img]
 
 
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			| TorrentHKU Loose Canon 
					Joined: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:07 pm
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailYou have 3 seconds to live before I kill you for besmirching the holy visiage that is the Matilda Laser Revolver. 
 
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			| dragonxp 
					Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:16 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailGah, i gave him credits, however upon p3lb0x's requesti will remove me energy gatling and ion sniper from X2 technologies.
 
 
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			| Metal Meltdown Banned 
					Joined: Thu May 14, 2009 9:22 pm
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailHyper's point was that your version looks... sucky. To use a mild expression. 
 
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			| Geti 
					Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:57 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailWell, the sprite is crap but whatever, doesnt matter. what you want to do OP is basically store the last position it was in, and use that to draw a line of particles to where it is now. something like Code: --NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK TYPED LATE AT NIGHT FROM NOTHINGfunction Create(self)
 self.oldpos = self.Pos --set the old position
 end
 
 function Update(self)
 self.numberofdivisions = math.random(4,6) --some randomness never hurt.
 for i = 1, self.numberofdivisions do
 local particle = CreateMOPixel("<PIXEL PRESETNAME HERE>", "<RTENAME>.rte")
 particle.Pos = self.Pos - (SceneMan:ShortestDistance(self.Pos,self.oldpos,true) * (i/ (self.numberofdivisions + 1)))
 --the above should position a mopixel (which i assume you're using) a fraction of the distance the particle has traveled.
 particle.Vel = self.Vel * (math.random(8,12) / 10) --more random, this time velocity
 MovableMan:AddParticle(particle)
 end
 self.oldpos = self.Pos --set the old position again, at the end of the function so it works for next time, but doesnt ♥♥♥♥ it up now
 end
Should work, used a simmilar method for naxx's acid thing's trails. have a play around with it.
 
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			| dragonxp 
					Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:16 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam Trailo.0, you mean sprite or glow used, (sprite sucks i know     )
 
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			| Geti 
					Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:57 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailSprite. Way too blocky and too much contrast for anything but a NES sprite that ABSOLUTELY NEEDED TO HAVE TWO COLOUR ZONES.Glow was okay.
 OP's Sprite is pretty bad too upon reflection, too much gradient. Have a look at the vanilla weapons and how they do lighting for ways to make it better looking, OP.
 
 
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			| Rocksonic 
					Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:55 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailKay, I used the script and it gave me the same results as the .ini coding I had before. (a dotted line) Is there anyway to make the glows closer together? 
 As for the sprite, thats just a placeholder.
 
 
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			| Geti 
					Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:57 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam Traili ♥♥♥♥ a few things up, most likely.
 looking at it it doesnt seem like it though, does the console throw any errors. i can't be sure without running it and saying "oh god im an idiot fix this huge problem" but it looks okay from here.
 
 
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			| Rocksonic 
					Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:55 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailNope, no errors. Here's the mod again with the script included this time. 
 
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			| Geti 
					Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:57 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailI'll look at it at some point this weekend or next week, going out tonight and today. 
 
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			| Rocksonic 
					Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:55 am
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   |   Re: Glowing Laser Beam TrailSooooo.... any ideas? 
 
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