Volumetric effects?

jkflipflopjkflipflop Join Date: 2010-10-13 Member: 74423Members
in NS2 General Discussion
Are we planning on putting Volumetric effects into the game eventually? I know it's a crazy pie-in-the-sky request, but I think it would really add a lot to the game and help you stand apart from the pack even further. Like if you light up a FT in an open room, it doesn't go very far and it spreads out as it burns, but if you shove the nozzle in a vent it would go a lot farther and burn hotter because of the volumetric space constriction.

We could even hook the big fans up to the power nodes in a room, and make things like lerk spores volumetric. If the aliens have the node down, then the fans stop and the spore clouds linger for a while - but then the rines take the room and repair the node, thus starting the fans and sucking all the spores out of the room. Maybe have the vents have air flow in certain direction. Flamers wouldnt do much from one end due to the flow coming back in your face, but put them on the other end and you can cook the entire vent end-to-end. Lerks could just glide in and the current would express lane them to the other end.

I think it's worth looking into as you enter this "adding new features" phase.
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    edited October 2011
    the engine already supports voluminetrics, its just disabled for performance reasons

    fast forward to 00:01:01 to see some of it

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  • FehaFeha Join Date: 2006-11-16 Member: 58633Members
    r_atmospherics true
    if you want to see that ingame lighting ingame.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1878619:date=Oct 7 2011, 11:48 PM:name=jkflipflop)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jkflipflop @ Oct 7 2011, 11:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1878619"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Are we planning on putting Volumetric effects into the game eventually?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, it's planned for the not-too-distant future.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited October 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1878670:date=Oct 8 2011, 04:30 PM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Oct 8 2011, 04:30 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1878670"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes, it's planned for the not-too-distant future.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Do I need to order my nuclear fusion reactor soon?
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  • konatakonata Join Date: 2011-08-24 Member: 118296Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1878684:date=Oct 8 2011, 06:32 PM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Oct 8 2011, 06:32 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1878684"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Do I need to order my nuclear fusion reactor soon?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    You don't have one already?!

    My fission reactor is on pre-order and has been for the past 2 years.
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  • jkflipflopjkflipflop Join Date: 2010-10-13 Member: 74423Members
    edited October 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1878626:date=Oct 8 2011, 02:28 AM:name=sheena_yanai)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sheena_yanai @ Oct 8 2011, 02:28 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1878626"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->the engine already supports voluminetrics, its just disabled for performance reasons

    fast forward to 00:01:01 to see some of it<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That's not what we're talking about.
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  • jkflipflopjkflipflop Join Date: 2010-10-13 Member: 74423Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1878670:date=Oct 8 2011, 09:30 AM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Oct 8 2011, 09:30 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1878670"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes, it's planned for the not-too-distant future.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Man, that is so cool! Innovation rocks.
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  • Deagle2Deagle2 Join Date: 2010-11-30 Member: 75360Members
    Not sure if Max is talking about the same type of volumetric effects as you, I think he talks about the one in the video.
    I agree it would look very cool, but imo it would quite very heavy performance wise (I know Stalker has this effect on smokes)
    So I wouldn't recommend it for gameplay stuff like lerk spores being aspired by fans etc... Because some config could probably not handle this and it should be possible to disable it. But yeah, if you just had it on some steam effect through wich you could see anyway, it would be cool!
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