Author: | {wf}shadowspawn <shadowspawn_at_shadowspawn_dot_net> | |
Date: | 10/9/2003 10:39:01 PM | |
Subject: | RE: ok, i gotta stop for a bit | |
i know it looks the same, and its not perfect, but this is a basic expanding RT_BEAM equvilant. spawn effect at cgame. i can't figure out how q3 did it, but what i'm thinking is that the engine is given the start and end position. why its an engine-only in q3 i have no idea. engine figures out the origin of the poly, its a 4 faced poly shaped like a star. the engine orients it from start to end point, then scales it from 1/2 of the distance to start to end basically blowing it up from the middle to each point then draws it. least thats how i think it happens after slowing down q3 to frame by frame. cgame effects are fun to work with.
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