[Fractals]

I've rediscovered fractals, here are a few I generated...

[..Lens Flare test..]

Nice on my machine. Lot of heat and glare in that city

[What Version Are You Using]

I went back to 2.31 because there were issues with shadows on large terrains in 2.32R5. Can't help but think that 2.32 was prematurely released and I'm hoping that Josh can sort out the bugs so that we can all move forward.

[..Korona again..]

Works ok for me although the model was not in view and it took me a while to find it. Like Rick, I'm wondering about the exe. Looks an excellent model for a medieval magical world.

[Official documentation]

Aggror will probably be hired to write most of this, if he wants to.

 

Good call, go for it Aggror.

[..tutorial or blog..]

Hence my suggestion that it be in Lua.

[..tutorial or blog..]

Because right now, we do not have anyone else thats even willing to give us this kind of expertise, much less in a tutorial form.

I agree (although Aggror is making an excellent effort) and I admire the goodness of Naughty's heart.

However, his original request was/is to give our opinions on what we thought and I have honestly given mine, Lua would be great Naughty Alien but if Mack gets his way and the lesson is in BMax then I look forward that too..

[..tutorial or blog..]

Besides it should not make a difference what language he uses, since the theory and methods should apply to all.

Then you won't mind converting it to BMax will you (also your language of choice)? No, I'm not demanding at all Mack.. Just hoping to save myself (and others) a whole lot of work and to be able to takle it in a language I can understand at least a little.

[..tutorial or blog..]

Hi Naughty,

I realise you are using BMax and that would be your language of choice for a lesson but BMax users are a small percentage of Leadwerks Users, so I think do it in Lua so that everyone can benefit from it because the Editor uses Lua and other languages are interpreted from there.

[Video tutorial #7. Creating particles with lua.]

Yep, another very informative tutorial.

[Video tutorial #6. Playing sound with lua.]

Very helpful..

[Save data to lua syntax (as text/compressed)]

I will be making a video tutorial for this.

Looking forward to that

[Lights in 2.32 r5]

It suddenly struck me, I havn't updated my drivers for a while so I went to Nvidia and did so. But the same problem persists.

Because I am using a large terrain. (2048x2048) I thought it may be too much for the GPU and so was leaving stuff out. But the same problem occurs when I halve the size to 1024x1024 and place the same simple objects into the scene.

[Lights in 2.32 r5]

 

Here are three assets including the crawler character and a simple textured cube and the above zombie. Run in the Editor they have shadows but outside the Editor Run in the Lua Engine, there are no shadows.

[Lights in 2.32 r5]

You're not alone. I'm having anomalies occur with lights also. Shadows missing and flickering lights on objects. What do you do, go back to 2.31

[Compiling via lua script]

Sorry, misunderstood. AndyGFX says he has a data file solution here..

 

Haven't explored it but....

[LESDK 2.32r5]

Download works fine.

[Compiling via lua script]

Aggror,

If it helps, I use this method all the time but I save and read from a text file.

 

--Record Scene4
io.output(io.open("Txts/scene.txt","w"))
io.write("01")
io.close()

 

This code will create a text file called scene.txt and write a line which says '01'. If the value changes it will overwrite the file, eg. '02'.

[Poser, Daz3D and Similar Software Support In LE]

As Pixel said.. Especially important for lip-syncing. (Mouth and face movement in time with recorded voice-overs. ie. for Characters that speak).

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

ZioRed,

Nice that works and I'm sure I can adapt it to my specific needs. Thankyou.

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

Hi ZioRed,

Thanks and when I do that the error of course disappears but not the object so I must have something amiss in the variable. I tried the below as well but the object does not toggle on and off.

Perhaps it is not possible to hide an object when it is parented.

 

local vwep = LoadMesh("abstract::object1.gmf")
--inloop--------------------------------------
if KeyHit(KEY_F5)==1 then
if showthing==0 then
local object=0.6
vwep:SetParent(fw.main.camera,0)
vwep:SetPosition(Vec3(-0.0*object,-0.01*object,0.45*object),0)
showthing=1
vwep:Show()
else
showthing=0
vwep:Hide()
end
end

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

This gives an error on the second toggle saying 'attempt to index global value 'vwep' a nill value'. It comes from the vwep:Hide() line. The object is appearing but still not disappearing. Can anyone see why?

 

if KeyHit(KEY_F5)==1 then
if showthing==0 then
local object=0.6
local vwep = LoadMesh("abstract::object1.gmf")
vwep:SetParent(fw.main.camera,0)
vwep:SetPosition(Vec3(-0.0*object,-0.01*object,0.45*object),0)
vwep:Show()      
showthing=1
else
vwep:Hide()
showthing=0
end
end

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

This is a little more tidy...loading the object once.

But I haven't got the vwep:Hide() and vwep:Show() working..

 

if KeyHit(KEY_F5)==1 then
if showthing==0 then
local object=0.6
local vwep = LoadMesh("abstract::object1.gmf")
vwep:SetParent(fw.main.camera,0)
vwep:SetPosition(Vec3(-0.0*object,-0.01*object,0.45*object),0)      
showthing=1
else
showthing=0
end
end

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

Ahh, well I adapted this bit of code from the FPS gun script that comes with the SDK. I agree, I don't want to load the object twice but it seems to be the only way I can get it to show. I'll play around with your suggestions. I'm actually trying to show and hide object1.

[Hide/Show mesh with parent]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me with this..

Basically, I want to be able to show and hide an object in front of the camera. It's actually showing the object fine with the keyhit but I'm unable to hide it again. The object is parented to the camera and so moves around nicely in full view. How can I hide, delete or shift the object from view. This code resides in the Main Loop of my program. Thanks.

 

if KeyHit(KEY_F5)==1 then
if showthing==0 then
local object=0.6
local vwep = LoadMesh("abstract::object1.gmf")
LoadMesh("abstract::object1",vwep)
vwep:SetParent(fw.main.camera,0)
vwep:SetPosition(Vec3(-0.0*object,-0.01*object,0.45*object),0)      
showthing=1
else
showthing=0
end
end