Cameras

[Llawnroc]

Has anyone managed to get cameras working in MP yet?? I've tried but with no success, if anyone has managed it please can they let me know.

 

Cheers

 

Llawnroc

[Cmdr. Antilles]

Here's a nifty ASCII diagram:

 

Brush

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|____| misc_portal_surface ----> misc_portal_camera ----> target_position

 

One face of tha brush should have a 'portal' shader applied to it. I think 'system/portal' should work.

 

The misc_portal_surface ent. must also be withing 64 GU (or one big box) of the surface of the brush w/ the portal shader applied to it.

 

And remember, Portals will often times drastically reduce FPS, so use them sparingly.

 

And NEVER point a portal camera at a portal surface. You will not get a cool repeating mirorr effect. No good can come.

 

Hope that helps.

[Llawnroc]

Agent:

 

Thanks for the prompt response, but I still cannot get these little blighters working!

 

I've tried every portal shader I can find (black background, white border and the words PORTAL written across them)

 

If you or anyone does manage to get it working, please reply here or msg me.

 

Cheers again for your help.

 

Llawnroc

[Cmdr. Antilles]

What does it look like in-game?

I've never tried it myself in JK2, but I helped someone else get it, and they used 'system/portal', IIRC.

[RelFexive]

I've tried it using system/portal and got nothing; I could just see right through the portal to the brush below it.

[UniKorn]

I'll make a testmap of it (that is if I can get it working )

[RichDiesal]

I know it works in SP... I have gotten it working there...

[Cmdr. Antilles]

Maybe for some odd reason it's SP only.

 

Let's see what Uni comes up w/. I'm far too lazy to do it myself, sorry.

[Llawnroc]

Agent:

 

Cheers for the help so far, hopefully Unikorn can help out!

 

It's nice to see some of the EF guys helping out over here!!

 

Llawnroc

[Cmdr. Antilles]

Good to be here.

 

I'm glad to be mapping for JK2 now... I am NOT trekkie afterall...

[Tigris]

Out of curiousity, has anyone already found out how big the mirror can be? I think I've heard rumors of 64 Units, but I don't really know.

[RichDiesal]

I know it can't be 1200 units, because I tried that.

 

Was trying to make a half circle dueling arena with a gigantic camera surface next to the duelers (with the camera pointing straight down on the duelists)... That was you could see yourself from above in the mirror next to you while you fought...

 

Needless to say, it didn't work...

[Llawnroc]

Unikorn:

 

Have you managed to take a look at the camera issue??

 

Llawnroc

[Tigris]

On the Mirror-Issue: I just tried to make a big mirror by placing several squares side-by-side, each 64 units big, BUT theoretically you can use anything, only the borders of your mesh mustn't have a greater distance than 64units from your surface-portal (Especially the corners!).

[RelFexive]

So the portal surface has a size limitation? Too big and it does not work?