changed PLAYER_MAX_DIST_END to 750000 (750km)
this makes the playing field much bigger
this way you don't get the "return to the field of battle messages"
in the future we should have the mission designer set this limit
Made some commandline variables fit the naming standard.
Changed timerbar system not to run pushes and pops if its not in use.
Put in a note about not uncommenting asserts.
Fixed up a lot of missing POP's on early returns?
Perhaps the motivation for Assert functionality getting commented out?
Fixed up some bad asserts.
Changed nebula poofs to render in 2D in htl, it makes it look how it used to in non htl. (neb.cpp,1248)
Before the poofs were creating a nasty stripe effect where they intersected with ships hulls.
Put in a special check for the signs of that D3D init bug I need to lock down.
and fixed a small error in the matrix code,
I told you it was indeed suposed to be gr_start_instance_matrix
in g3_done_instance,
g3_start_instance_angles needs to have an gr_ API abstraction version of it made
still needs a lot of work, ubt the frame rates were getting with it are incredable
the biggest problem it still has is a bad lightmanegment system, and the zbuffer
doesn't work well with things still getting rendered useing the sofware pipeline, like thrusters,
and weapons, I think these should be modifyed to be sent through hardware,
it would be slightly faster and it would likely fix the problem
also the thruster glow/particle stuff I did is now in.
--turrets will not fire at cargo
--MAX_SHIELD_SECTIONS substituted for the number 4 in many places
--supercaps have their own default message bitfields (distinguished from capships)
--turrets are allowed on fighters
--jump speed capped at 65m/s, to avoid ship travelling too far
--non-huge weapons now scale their damage, instead of arbitrarily cutting off
----Goober5000
* persistent variables
* rotating gun barrels
* positive/negative numbers fixed
* sexps to trigger whether the player is controlled by AI
* sexp for force a subspace jump
I think that's it :)
--Goober5000
cell shadeing has been added activated via the comand line '-cell',
3D shockwave models, and a transparency method I'm calling edge and center alpha that could be usefull for other things, ask for details
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