Planet problems

[w0dk4]

Ya, I hope we can release FLHook v2.0 soon, long overdue. Its currently a work in progress on the SVN and as FF said, we updated it quite a lot - especially the SDK with newly reversed stuff.

[NeXoSE]

w0dk4 wrote:
Ya, I hope we can release FLHook v2.0 soon, long overdue. Its currently a work in progress on the SVN and as FF said, we updated it quite a lot - especially the SDK with newly reversed stuff.

And, wodka, please also pay some attention to compatibility.

Upgrade a mother software case incompatible is frustrating for me. You need check whose new sdk and so on to rebuild a new plugin.

And i think there some good plugins already under the status of unmaintainable, because of code lost, people afk and other reason.

[Alucard]

On the .sph file, in the nodes, I understand the first 4. Example:

M0 = -x /left
M1 = +z /front
M2 = +x /right
M3 = -z /back
M4 = ? +y /top (maybe)
M5 = ? -y /bottom (maybe)

I know they have to be flipped vertical, the first 4 nodes, but which way to flip the last 2? Flipping the last 2 vertical isn’t right, as the edges don’t match.

[FriendlyFire]

I’ve never had to flip any texture for mapping onto SPH files, so I’m not sure what you mean by that.

[Alucard]

Are you saving as dds or tga?

[FriendlyFire]

Always DDS. TGA serves no purpose, especially for planets, which should always have square power of 2 textures.

[Alucard]

Maybe this will help you understand. Look in the txm file, and click a node. When the picture comes up, on the bottom right corner, it say flip. I packed it all up if you try it out and see where the messed up cords are.

[FriendlyFire]

The UTFEditor will always have the “Flip” box checked, whether the texture should be flipped or not. If the texture is a DDS, you should NOT flip the texture, ever. Just untick the box to see it as it will be used by the game.

[Alucard]

So let me some it up, even if it’s flipped in utf, that doesn’t mean its flip ingame unless I do it in photoshop, correct? Sorry, just wanna make sure FF.

[FriendlyFire]

The game will flip TGA textures upside down. It will leave DDS textures intact.

UTF Editor by default displays textures upside down, regardless of format.

[Alucard]

Cool beans, I test when I get on my comp. Cheers.

[Alucard]

Thanks FF, got it to work, though flickering is a issue now. Used the hack, no go. Anything over 200k away from your spot flickers. (wonders how Swat did it in thier Sol system, seen it on youtube ) But I have another question. I asked before, did a search on it here first, about FL material types. The link to LS’s old forum is dead. Anyone have the types and what exactly the do?

[LancerSolurus]

Try this link, don’t know if it has what you are looking for…

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10971457/Freelancer/Digital Brilliance backup.tar.gz

[Alucard]

Wow, LS. Alot of good stuff in there. I haven’t found it in there. Here’s what I meant:

Fl material type:

DcDt
Oc
Ec

You use to have a page that named them all and what they did. Don’t know if you remember what they were.

[FriendlyFire]

D = Diffuse
O = Opacity
E = Emissive
c = Color
t = Texture
Two = two-sided

That’s basically all you need to know.

[Alucard]

Thanks FF, that’s exactly what I was asking. One more thing, in the atmosphere nodes there are i.e. fade, alpha, etc. Will these do anything for the other the other material nodes? I tried and saw no results.

[FriendlyFire]

Nah, it’s a special node type, just like Nebula in starspheres. They have unique properties.