particles in tilesets( update: in resources now too)

[Omega]

Dose volcanic have them too?

I'll add it when GAE adds support for tileset particles (or a merger beta?).

Why then? All you need to test your tileset is a ~1 MB compressed binary...  ::)

A ~1 MB compressed binary that I do not have. It's not in a release yet, just the SVN.

[ultifd]

A ~1 MB compressed binary that I do not have. It's not in a release yet, just the SVN.

Do I really need to state things specifically?  ::) Anyways, I just thought that since I compiled binaries for you in the past, it was obvious that I meant I would compile it for you...Anyways, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/?w7b313c2x9yly05

[Ishmaru]

Does this the syntax differ when it used in resources? I cant seem to get it to work.

[titi]

I am at work here, but from what I remember:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

<resource>
<image path="images/gold.bmp"/>
<type value="tech">
<model path="models/gold.g3d">
<particles value="true">
<particle-file path="particles.xml"/>
</particles>
</model>
<default-amount value="2000"/>
<resource-number value="1"/>
</type>
</resource>

[Ishmaru]

Thanks titi! Here i used static particles to make crystals glow:
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[Mr War]

what would be cool is for a player to have the ability to turn them off/on in the game set-up without affecting other players. I know this is asking a lot, but these could be a pain on poorer machines. Don't get me wrong, they look great!!! :D

[Ishmaru]

what would be cool is for a player to have the ability to turn them off/on in the game set-up without affecting other players. I know this is asking a lot, but these could be a pain on poorer machines. Don't get me wrong, they look great!!! :D

You can since 3.5 beta 2. In Options section you have options to turn off unit particles and option to turn off tileset particles. :)  As far as i know they shouldn't effect other players in multiplayer.

[softcoder]

Absolutely true Ishmaru, 3.5 release is coming shortly, just waiting now for translations.

[treba]

that crystals look just awesome!

[John.d.h]

Have you considered making the crystals partially transparent?

[Ishmaru]

Hey softcoder do you think its possible to have units with particles that could be classified as tileset particles? For example having a tank with 2 particles one is a dust trail when unit moves the other is a particle for when it attacks. Could there be a way to have the dust trail enabled/disabled using tileset particle switch, while the attack particles are enabled/disabled using unit particle switch.
This may be defined in the xmls:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<unit-particle-system>
    <texture value="true" path="images/particle_1.bmp" luminance="true"/>....

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<tileset-particle-system>
    <texture value="true" path="images/particle_2.bmp" luminance="true"/>....

Is this possible?

Have you considered making the crystals partially transparent?

I didn't think so but i could try it.

[titi]

its possible, but maybe it behaves a bit different compared to old glest.
I had to change the behaviour to allow details like leaves in objects without strange effects for selecting and displaying.

Best is you try it! Somehow it still works because I saw it lately in the vbros packs.

[Ishmaru]

Hey softcoder do you think its possible to have units with particles that could be classified as tileset particles? For example having a tank with 2 particles one is a dust trail when unit moves the other is a particle for when it attacks. Could there be a way to have the dust trail enabled/disabled using tileset particle switch, while the attack particles are enabled/disabled using unit particle switch.
This may be defined in the xmls:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<unit-particle-system>
    <texture value="true" path="images/particle_1.bmp" luminance="true"/>....

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<tileset-particle-system>
    <texture value="true" path="images/particle_2.bmp" luminance="true"/>....

its possible, but maybe it behaves a bit different compared to old glest.
I had to change the behaviour to allow details like leaves in objects without strange effects for selecting and displaying.

Best is you try it! Somehow it still works because I saw it lately in the vbros packs.

Doesn't work for me unless it somehow works in svn. What i want is a unit to be able to have a "tileset" particle, thus turned on/of using the "tileset particle" check box
in options.

[Omega]

I don't think that works for tilesets. For units, it should, but for some reason, models in tilesets are read differently, ignoring single/double sided models, animations, etc. Perhaps that could be the problem?

[Ishmaru]

Another issue is that if i turn off tileset particles, they turn off resource glow, but units such as the refinery still glow red cause the crystals are suppose to glow. This looks visually strange. This could be avoided if you can set some unit particles to be toggle-able with the tileset particles option.