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feldon34 · 04-23-2003, 02:41 PM

I guess the Z-Buffer went back to hardware cause the fins don't pop in and out of existance and/or suddenly get affected by lights. Looks awesome.

So Frank and I are here tinkering with MA2/MAT and found out the exact timing, etc. of the light fading. The starfish being up on the glass helped immensely in diagnosing this.

When fading up manually from black, the first 10 "steps" (pressing the UP arrow on the keyboard) incrementally bring up the foreground front ambient/area light a little at a time. On the 11th "step" , the "top light" comes on from 0% to 100% intensity. I am guessing that Jim's code originally faded up the top light over a few steps?

Well, Jim and I can chat about this. Leaving for his home here in a few minutes.

04-23-2003, 02:41 PM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	I guess the Z-Buffer went back to hardware cause the fins don't pop in and out of existance and/or suddenly get affected by lights. Looks awesome. So Frank and I are here tinkering with MA2/MAT and found out the exact timing, etc. of the light fading. The starfish being up on the glass helped immensely in diagnosing this. When fading up manually from black, the first 10 "steps" (pressing the UP arrow on the keyboard) incrementally bring up the foreground front ambient/area light a little at a time. On the 11th "step" , the "top light" comes on from 0% to 100% intensity. I am guessing that Jim's code originally faded up the top light over a few steps? Well, Jim and I can chat about this. Leaving for his home here in a few minutes. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman