IRL Components - Pack Four Discussion

[Philippa]

#saveforkie

also maybe blueish green color

Like teal or turquoise?

Not sure if there needs to be two greys, I don't see much difference between the two, same with the two reds.

[Badnik96]

you literally have three different greys already with the alu/tite/steel extenders

just edit their stats if you need to

[dragonsteincole]

you literally have three different greys already with the alu/tite/steel extenders

just edit their stats if you need to

The two greys are there on Tommy's insistence. I am personally of the same opinion that two is unnecessary, but one may be worthwhile. 

[dragonsteincole]

Various events have prevented me from working on IRL pack stuff enough to make significant progress - namely being family members being in and out of hospital for operations, on top of Christmas itself. However, I do have something to show that may be of interest as a new set of skins.

[Badnik96]

ooh, that's some good sh**. I like it.

[dragonsteincole]

With the trend of people making frame bots where everything is visible, it seemed like a good way to offer some more customisation. I plan to do the same with the different batteries

[Badger]

Don't suppose you could tint the polycarb armour pieces? Reskins of the beater wedges would also be greatly appreciated. The plan to do stuff in the power tab is great too. Most wheels look pretty terrible, maybe you could give them a look?

Edit:
And maybe some sponsor decals or something, with no hitbox and weighing 0, that we can attach to our armour panels

[kix]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

[Baconus_Yum]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Easy solution: FAKE BRANDS

Example:
DragonSuperCoal Inc
Badger's Beavers
09 Ways to Dye
Demon Industries
Craaig's Crustatians.
Mega Tainted Pictures
Thacker's Metal Workings
etc

[TheRoboteer]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Easy solution: FAKE BRANDS

Example:
DragonSuperCoal Inc
Badger's Beavers
09 Ways to Dye
Demon Industries
Craaig's Crustatians.
Mega Tainted Pictures
Thacker's Metal Workings
etc

Or just use real brands because using them in a mod that you aren't charging for or distributing en masse almost certainly qualifies as free use, and even if it doesn't McDonalds aren't gonna sue someone just for using their logo in a mod for a relatively obscure 15 year old game.

[Baconus_Yum]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Easy solution: FAKE BRANDS

Example:
DragonSuperCoal Inc
Badger's Beavers
09 Ways to Dye
Demon Industries
Craaig's Crustatians.
Mega Tainted Pictures
Thacker's Metal Workings
etc

Or just use real brands because using them in a mod that you aren't charging for or distributing en masse almost certainly qualifies as free use, and even if it doesn't McDonalds aren't gonna sue someone just for using their logo in a mod for a relatively obscure 15 year old game.

nobody wants Mcdonalds to brand their robot...

[TheRoboteer]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Easy solution: FAKE BRANDS

Example:
DragonSuperCoal Inc
Badger's Beavers
09 Ways to Dye
Demon Industries
Craaig's Crustatians.
Mega Tainted Pictures
Thacker's Metal Workings
etc

Or just use real brands because using them in a mod that you aren't charging for or distributing en masse almost certainly qualifies as free use, and even if it doesn't McDonalds aren't gonna sue someone just for using their logo in a mod for a relatively obscure 15 year old game.

nobody wants Mcdonalds to brand their robot...

McDonalds was just a random example dude...

[Mr. AS]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Easy solution: FAKE BRANDS

Example:
DragonSuperCoal Inc
Badger's Beavers
09 Ways to Dye
Demon Industries
Craaig's Crustatians.
Mega Tainted Pictures
Thacker's Metal Workings
etc

Or just use real brands because using them in a mod that you aren't charging for or distributing en masse almost certainly qualifies as free use, and even if it doesn't McDonalds aren't gonna sue someone just for using their logo in a mod for a relatively obscure 15 year old game.

nobody wants Mcdonalds to brand their robot...

AHEM

[Badger]

Badger.. i dont think that would be good... license issues!!

Problem is RA2 already has issues with rendering components behind transparent components, I think it would be worse with transparent sponsor components. Guess its worth a shot if DSC wouldn't mind the extra work 

[dragonsteincole]

The main problem I see with it being a separate component with no hitbox is attaching them properly, and then having potentially floating pieces either still attached to the bot, or falling through the game world and causing CTDs.

Using actual logos and such wouldn't be a big deal for me, I've made the Control Unit reskins of RC receiver brands, and the blue one is the actual real-life model of the Control Unit. As such for things like batteries and such, I plan to use real-life makes and brands too.

Actual physical sponsors though - I feel thats something for either the actual chassis, or reskinning a component and hoping it doesn't clash with someone else's bot.

[Badger]

I was thinking more of a pixel hitbox with 0hp, so it doesn't interfere with anything. If the LED components are fine, I don't see why something like this couldn't work.

Any ETA on the release of the batts/CBs? They look so cool

[dragonsteincole]

Having difficulty with making an armor panel shiny, this is part of an experiment to make gold/silver/bronze Armour Panels stand out from the other colours.

In a decompiled 40x40 Black Alu Armor Plate, I have edited the following lines:

      *MATERIAL_SHINE   0.900000
      *MATERIAL_SHINESTRENGTH   0.900000

and

            *BITMAP   IRLARM__GOLD.bmp

With the desired effect being a shiny gold 40x40 Armor Plate. However, after recompiling and placing the component ingame, only the color has changed. Compared to any other black Alu armor plate, the shine is the same, only the texture has been altered.

I have also tried copying lines from other components that are known to be shiny or too shiny. A notable example would be some of the Firestorm panels, suggested by Rob. However these are set to 0.5, yet are also much shinier ingame than the armor panel I edited.

At this point, is there anything else I can do to make the panel have a higher shine, or something I have missed that would allow me to do so?

[09090901]

try using firebeetles compiler and changing MAP_DIFFUSE to MAP_REFLECT and then changing MAP_TYPE SCREEN to MAP_TYPE SPHERICAL or CYLINDRICAL. might have to play around with the two to get a good blamce

[dragonsteincole]

[Philippa]

Yaaaaaaay.