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shado
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Posted: 7th Apr 2006 01:38
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i need some help creating 3d bubbles. i am making a program that will be projected onto a set piece for our prom and i need some at least semi realistic looking bubbles. i have the base code done now i just need graphical ideas. i tried using a combination pixel/vertex shader but had trouble getting it to work. any ideas/code would be appreciated


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Posted: 7th Apr 2006 01:46
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idea: fix the url

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shado
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yeah yeah seriously any advice tho? i havent used db in a while but figured this would be a good project to bring it back for.


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Posted: 11th Apr 2006 06:00 Edited at: 11th Apr 2006 06:02
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hmm theres already an app... just run the exe (its already in fullscreen exclusive) and then project away!

http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=showcase_view&i=89

Other than that Id say use geospheres (hi poly spheres) and a glass shader, if there is no bubble shader... Look thru the thread below for instructions and make sure you have Direct X 9.0 and the latest video drivers on the mchine your using. If the machine doesnt have a good graphics card you might have to go with the cheaper options.

Check the Shader thread for shaders. Just skim thru the pages, I think the ninja matt guy posted a few glass ones.
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http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=49137&b=1


Another method is getting a transparent sprite. You wont be able to rotate the bubbles in 3d space but they will still look semi real.

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Keemo1000
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Posted: 11th Apr 2006 15:53
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Bubbles in wings3d : Simple opaque spheres with a light blue color.



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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 04:02 Edited at: 12th Apr 2006 04:04
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"Bubbles in wings3d : Simple opaque spheres with a light blue color."

erm he said realistic . If anything you would need a very shiny specular on it... but even then he needs it in an application so what it looks like in wings will be nothing close to what it will lok like in DBPro.

BTW Opaque means you cant see thru it... like "opacity" in photoshop, 100% means you cant see thru it. Tansparent is the opposite.

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