Author Topic: New paintball goggle effect and zoom crosshair (Read 5311 times)

TOT_HybRiD · « **on:** December 27, 2004, 11:11:54 PM »

Here is the more realistic 'goggle' effect, I figured it would make the game a bit more challenging and add some realism.

And just in case a scope ever gets implemented into pball (doubt it) heres a crosshair for it.

loial21 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 27, 2004, 11:19:43 PM »

nice ..if there was 20" steel barrel

......wait i got one

no kidding kewl job ...the zoom cross hair would promote sprayfest .. which is a big no no to most older players ....so what

...have tried to tried to make a scanner ? like in q2 weapons of destruction

loial21 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 27, 2004, 11:21:18 PM »

does it move like in so many first peron shooters ...sorry forgot to ask?

loial21 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2004, 11:50:35 PM »

correction do the cross hairs move when you breath..that goes in to my next questions...which i will post some place else ..way off topic sorry ...btw gettnig rid some filed of vision ...smart realism

Eiii · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2004, 02:11:23 AM »

Just so you know, scopes are useless in this game. You've got no chance of hitting someone you're looking at if you need a scope to be able to hit.

And nice triple post. You know about the 'modify' button?

Excalibur · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2004, 04:53:11 AM »

he is trying to catch up to you eiii.

anwyays i snipe all the time its a great way to zoom in one someone far away and correct your shots to hit him

loial21 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2004, 05:08:30 AM »

eiii watch out all do respect i got al day to debate

go play on public sometime .......so that i know ye

no i am new to the forum

trying to learn

there has been a zoom function on alpha .?

btw look a the time apart from post to another

i am trying and not crying

respectfully drunk,
loial

Eiii · « **Reply #7 on:** December 29, 2004, 11:37:49 AM »

Excal:
I know it's possible, but if you need a scope to see him, the arc will be enough so that the crosshairs won't be anywhere near him. You'd usually have to aim up quite a bit from where he is.

Excalibur · « **Reply #8 on:** December 29, 2004, 06:13:34 PM »

i dont need to scope to him but more to see where my paintball hit so i can adjest shot to hit him

loial21 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 29, 2004, 09:37:28 PM »

"Excal:
I know it's possible, but if you need a scope to see him, the arc will be enough so that the crosshairs won't be anywhere near him. You'd usually have to aim up quite a bit from where he is ".

this ties in with my new topic physics fo shizle ...if we could alter the effects of grave for a sniper class weapon it woudl be usefull ....or use my 20" hard steel barrell ...

for a more stratigic game ...hmmm that last part sounds familier ...I wonder if someone posting recently has wanted the same thing --more stratigic gameing on paintball ...i know its been explored before . just trying to help

Excalibur · « **Reply #10 on:** December 29, 2004, 10:50:30 PM »

i can see him just fine but its easyer to use snipe. like when im camping the top bridge on midnight paint.

loial21 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 30, 2004, 01:23:11 AM »

dont you ignor me...i want feedback or to be back fed ..wait no..bad xxxxx

TOT_HybRiD · « **Reply #12 on:** December 30, 2004, 07:47:37 AM »

Okay, changed the first mask so its not all blurry around the edges and looks a bit cooler (but not so err...paintball-ish?). Now to answer your questions simply.

All I really did was made a crosshair with transparencies that had the masking around it. Looks cool but might run a bit slow on older computers. Although I have talked to jitspoe about it, im gonna see if he could possibly implement it into the next version and make it move when you breath.

As for the scope, it really depends on the level of zooming you do, I usually only zoom to about 35-45, so the paint still hits inside the reticle. But with the drop, no it wont hit where the lil red dot is...

jitspoe · « **Reply #13 on:** December 30, 2004, 01:30:13 PM »

Whoa, paintball in the future!

This is something I've considered adding, but decided not to for a few reasons:
a) People would refuse to update because it would put them at a disadvantage.
b) If I made it optional, most people would probably just disable it, except for the new players that didn't know how and would be at more of a disadvantage than they already are.
c) You don't really "see" real masks while you're wearing them. They just reduce some of your peripheral vision, which you don't really have in the game to begin with.

I suppose it could be added as an optional feature, disabled by default...

Excalibur · « **Reply #14 on:** December 30, 2004, 05:00:59 PM »

my goggles let me see everything.

loial21 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 30, 2004, 06:08:41 PM »

sniper ppg !!!!!! tweak the phyisics to make it shoot in a strait line across the map

jitspoe · « **Reply #16 on:** December 30, 2004, 07:07:21 PM »

You mistype pgp a lot.

I don't know how well a sniper weapon would work in this game (do sniper paintball guns even exist?) It would require a properly designed map... maybe I'll look into it when I get the current stuff knocked off of the todo list... so like 10 years from now.

Excalibur · « **Reply #17 on:** December 30, 2004, 09:27:30 PM »

lol jit. no they dont exist if they did you would have to have the c02/comprased air to high for legel use. 10 years sounds good to me.

TOT_HybRiD · « **Reply #18 on:** January 01, 2005, 10:03:29 PM »

Okay, final remake of it, this time I kinda followed what jitspoe said about it removing some peripheral vision. I remade it after looking at a pball cam thats attached to the inside of a mask that emulates what the player sees. As you notice, not much of a disadvantage is added, you can still see practically everything.

Excalibur · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2005, 11:30:27 PM »

looks much better now.