How to get better graphical screenshots for ns2 maps ?

yimmasabi

<div class="IPBDescription">Which parameters ?</div>To snap a better screenshot what should I have to do ?

I set to full screen, at 1920x1200 ( Im not sure if higher resolution is the best one to show your details),
set to best graphics,
r_shadows 1 (or true)
r_flash 1 (or true, i dont know if this effects)
r_atmospherics 1 (or true, Im not sure about this command cuz I didnt see any changes in my views, do I miss something to set here?)

Do you know any more commands to have a better screenshot ? (Anti-alias, Shadders, particles, other effects etc.)

Thaldarin

You need to set your lights to "Atmospheric: True" in the editor flag to make your lights have the atmospheric effect.

Honestly, I just print screen the editor, resize it to something that isn't huge (800xwhatever the scaling does) and sharpen so it's slightly less blurred. Nothing else added.

dux

r_shadowsfade false

SgtBarlow

some commands only accept true/false not 1/0

yimmasabi

Thank you all

Deadzone

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Is "shadowsfade" what makes the dynamic shadows disappear when you walk too far away from them?

Thaldarin

Deadzone the shadows disappear because the light distance falls off before then.

For example,

I make a spotlight with distance 500.

You stand at distance 700 you can't see the shadow. You stand at distance 400 you see it.

dux

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Yes. It's coupled with the lights being told when to fade. So if you set that to false they never fade.

Deadzone

Got it, thanks guys :)
I still remember that being one of the first things I noticed about the game, so it's good to know it's a variable. Hopefully when things are optimized it stays set to false? ^^

Insane

We have a variable you can set in the editor which tells each light how quickly to fade off as you walk away from it (the closer to zero, the further you can get away from the light before it fades). By default they fade away quite quickly but it's possible for designers to set each light to have a fade-off rate that suits how they want the environment to look.