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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / When will Pro have fully functioning bsp collision?

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QuothTheRaven
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I really want to add lightmaps in my level, but I can't find a way to make a .3ds file have a lightmap. AND the dll Dark Collisions has blazingly fast .3ds collision. I don't want to switch to BSP collision in DBP if it's slower than Dark Collisions, but I also want to have lightmaps for my level.

So I'm asking: When will DBP have fully functiong BSP collision OR can .3ds files handle lightmaps? And how would I apply them in pro?

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Scraggle
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@QuothTheRaven

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Genesis Rage
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i dont think .3ds can have lightmaps... but what about .x files? because the Dark Collision also does .x files

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KajiSan
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Write your own lightmap's engine, it isn't so difficult, the matter is about extraction of each vertices, and convert each polygon to a a limb, because you can't directly set a texture polygon per polygon with DbPro.


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QuothTheRaven
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Ok, is that actually possible, and have you done it before? Has anyone done this before? Is there a code snippet on it somewhere? This'd be great if it's something we can actually do.....

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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 28th Oct 2003 00:14
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bump for answer

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Shadow Robert
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Answer... god knows
don't worry a slightly better BSP thingiemabob is on the way
not sure how good it is, but it does look to have a tad more features

i might be looking into making one soon, cause of something ... but thats just a might

though the current BSP collision is alright, just not fantastic for staircases if what i hear is true


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Sonic
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Don't forget that currently lightmap objects can be loaded as a second display object and then "Dark Ghosted".

It means you need twice the geometry rather than just another set of UV coords but it will get your 3ds/x file looking moody & nice

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QuothTheRaven
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but wouldn't that overlap all of the geometry and cause a lot of texture problems? like one texture diagonally striping into another?

I need a good way to add lights to a 3ds/x file!!

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Sonic
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Yes its a very good question and it can do if not done properly.

The last time I tried a working version of CShop (for me that was V2) all the geometry worked out just fine.

Another product I liked was this one, it can apply lightmaps to any old x or 3ds model, no need for BSP like editors. Again it creates a seperate file but when dark ghosted looks real nice.

http://www.windssoft.com

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QuothTheRaven
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omg nice, but there's no diagonal texture thingy problems with overlapped faces?

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