Animated Battle Damage

posted on February 10th, 2005, 4:09 pm

Is it possible to have animated battle damage textures? The idea was that you could have a texture that would make the nacelle apear to be flashing as though it was broken or the deflector dish and some of the lights flickering. I just posted this idea elsewhere so thought that I might aswell have it over here aswell.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 4:30 pm

Yeah thats neat, I don't see a problem with it, me like.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 4:41 pm

sawnds good. and you cood add posibal bern marks on the ships with flicring sparks or fiers in the bern marks.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 7:36 pm

Yup, good idea, if it's doable.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 7:43 pm

is a good idea but i bet people will nag about it that it slows down the comp if your have a fleet of animated damaged ships, like the sweet shutlles around a base

posted on February 10th, 2005, 7:51 pm

I don't think slow downs would be a problem since your not really adding anything new to the ships except differant colors, and maybe some deformed hull. This is actually in FO to a limited degree, you notice it in mutara nebulas.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 10:38 pm

My poor compy! I think Intel is secretly funding the FO team ...

posted on February 10th, 2005, 11:17 pm

lol all gcard people for that matter, they are making such good game that i had to buy a new gcard last year so .

posted on February 10th, 2005, 11:22 pm

Im prety shure its not posible with a limited engine like the A2 engine.

posted on February 10th, 2005, 11:38 pm

But as I said it's already kinda implemented, it was in reg A2.

posted on February 11th, 2005, 4:51 am

Not to the extent that we would all like though.

posted on February 11th, 2005, 4:56 am

Of course, if it was we wouldn't be talking about it.