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JoelJ

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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 03:52

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is there a way of making it look like my matrix goes on forever, but just restrict my guys to a certain area?

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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 05:27 Edited at: 10th Nov 2003 06:01

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A cheap trick would be an invisible player and walls with 100% reflective surfaces, but that won't work in most situations.

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Now I see what you mean... Northern_Fist's post makes more sense. I thought you meant a confined area with seemingly limitless boundries, as seen with Neverwinter Nights.

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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 05:56 Edited at: 10th Nov 2003 05:56

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There is a way. It is called "shift matrix up value". You would do this every time you character/camera moves the distance of a tile.

Check out the Caverunner demo that came with your DB - it has a really good example of this.

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Posted: 10th Nov 2003 18:20

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im at school right now, but i dont think i have caverunner, i dont recognize the name, but i could check when i get home

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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 02:15

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ok, i dont have it. can some1 send it to me?
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JoelJ

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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 03:20

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ok, reading the help files on that command, i find that i dont think thats what i want.
so im going to rephrase what i need:
i am making a game alot like scorched earth and Worms and the likes. but i want to do it in 3d (experiance with 3d objects, etc) so what i want is to make it look like the matrix extends on forever in all directions (x,z really, not Y

), but i dont want it to really, and i dont want to use background images, so that it will be random each time.

but while writing this, i think i know what to do.
just make the matrix slightly larger than what i want it to look like and restrict the camera from going further left/right than i want. and using fog.

if there is a better/faster way to do this, help!

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Posted: 11th Nov 2003 12:53

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If you make all your objects real small, and your camera reange starting at 1, or zero (if its possible) and extending to half th esize of the matrix, then, you make the camera restricted to a central area as you said, it'll look REALLY big... just a suggestion, because that is how Team EOD's current project makes the matrix look big (but it's in DBPro so it might not look as good in DBC)

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