posted 01-02-2002 12:24 PM               

Added shining attribute to the polygons, now you can build reflecting clothes like used in TRC VCI levels,

There is now a new control called *shining*, it's below the opaque/semi-transparent control.

The shining control is a value from 0-127 that define the how much the texture will shiny.

example:
Select a dark texture, put 127 in the shining control and then apply this textures in the Lara's torso, then in game the VCI shine effect will be seen.

Download Strpix 3.8 from my web site:
http://www.geocities.com/cyber_delphi/

Thanks a lot to E. Popov for found the Shiny control.

Turbo Pascal

posted 01-02-2002 12:28 PM               

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posted 01-02-2002 01:30 PM               

Please email the program to me.

Thanks in advance.

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posted 01-02-2002 02:07 PM               

I have this card and Strpix worked once but now it doesn't. Here is what it does. It works up to a point, mainly you can load the wad and export import the textures ok, and will display in wireframe sometimes but mostly hangs at this point, although only the display window, the rest still functions ok. It won't display textured objects so you can't use it to retexture.

Please let me know if you need more info, just email me.

posted 01-02-2002 02:16 PM               

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posted 01-02-2002 06:19 PM               

thanx TP, you are the best! I wrote a note to you and your strpix in my next level!
Anyhow, can you fix the transparent and opache textures visualization?

posted 01-02-2002 06:32 PM               

I agree Turbo, you are the greatest!

posted 01-03-2002 06:43 AM               

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Originally posted by dhama:
Thanks Turbo, can we expect a version that will run under the ATI Radeon card?

I have this card and Strpix worked once but now it doesn't. Here is what it does. It works up to a point, mainly you can load the wad and export import the textures ok, and will display in wireframe sometimes but mostly hangs at this point, although only the display window, the rest still functions ok. It won't display textured objects so you can't use it to retexture.

Please let me know if you need more info, just email me.

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Dhama,
I have the exact same problem as you, only i have a Voodoo 3 2000 card.
I've got round the problem by turning the graphics cards acceleration from 'full' to 'none' in display properties.

This allows stipx to work fully with the Voodoo card.

I know it would be ideal if it worked without doing this,'cos it means rebooting every time i want to use strpix, but it's worth that small bit of hassle.

posted 01-03-2002 08:17 AM               

The shining efect has nothing to do with your crash.

I have sorry to say that it's well known that strpix3 and custom WADs built with others tools are not 100% compatible, but it's not my fault, i am completely sure that strpix3 work ok WITH ALL ORIGINALS WADS FROM THE CD, but is not way to me to check how internaly was built the custom wads that all you people are using.

I used Trwest once to build a custom WAD, i just imported one object to a wad and i found that trwest built a mesh pointer table with some problems on in. I fix strpix3 to be aware about this ESPECIFIC problem that i found, but mixing another objects or from different version could cause different problems that strpix3 is not warning about.

I suggest to WADs builders to check the WAD file format document found in my web site to known what rules was used for built the originals WADs from CD.

Check the 2 pics about the shining efect in my web site at the strpix3 section.

About Video cards problems
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Well, i have not a software company, i am just a regular guy like all you, i even just work at a furniture manufacturing company making stupids accounts,invoice, payroll etc programs.

This mean that i have not the resources for build programs compatible with all kind hardware out there, i can only test my tools with my own computer (in my home and in my office) but tha's all. Videocards like Voodoos or Atis with geoforces are just a luxery devices that i never ever seen in my litly,tiny poor country...

Please, take a look at this solution if you have problems with strpix3 and uou videocard:
007327.html

good luck every one

Turbo Pascal

posted 01-03-2002 10:48 AM               

Hi Sage:
Nope, this scriptcommand is also in all VCI-Levels, but there is no wheater in a vci-level, isn't it?.

I try it with other parts of Laras skinjoints..Tomo

posted 01-03-2002 11:51 AM               

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Originally posted by Tijay:
So in my oppinion there is an hardcodelink over the Skin_Joints. Than this crash is my special problem. But if this happens by other users i will going on to find a way. But i don´t want to waste my time for fixing an hardware bug.
Tijay

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Yes, you are right, seems that some mesh from the skin_joint movables are specials.

I was trying to apply the shiny effect to all Lara's body, currently i found that if you put the shine effect to the stomach mesh (#39 in tut1.wad) THE GAME WILL CRASH.

Others skin_join accept the shiny efect with no problem (i had not tested all) but also i found that in some of them the shiny efect look very different, like translucent, also that happen with the butt mesh (#17 in tut1.wad).

For most skin_join i think that this is not much problem because they are tiny and you realy don't need to put shine on in, but there are some bigger that realy look diference with the rest body is they are not shiny, i suggest to make cheat and use a already texture "that look like the shiny" in those body part where the shiny effect can't be used.

Also seems that ONLY THE VALUE 127 make the shine effect, i have tried others values and i don't seem any difference.

If you known wich another Object in the last revelation game has shiny effect, then let me know, so i can check the shiny control in that object.

Good luck,

tp.