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[Taton]

Just the other day, I was playing a fine game called Halo. I was admiring the beauty of the waterfalls, when I realised I could produce a similar one for my Dark Forces Level.

However there's 2 things I dont know.

#1. How many frames can an animated wax have?
#2. Is it possible to scroll the bottom texture and sign texture at different speeds at the same time?

Any help would be appreciated.

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[Patrick Haslow]

#1 I'm gonna say 32 (?), Maybe, I dunno for sure- but - it's also dependent on the size of each frame in the WAX, too big and it may crash. Once again it is a matter of trial and error.

#2 No. Maybe you should try overlapping layers of transparent adjoining middle BMs instead and scroll them at different speeds. Or- you could also try "flickering" the front adjoining middle BM by toggling its flag on and off at an extremely fast rate.

Why don't you try and get back to us?

[Taton]

Thnks for the Wax info. The resaon I wanted that way is because if I add any more sector to the are, Im gonna start to HOM (Which it does sometimes, but is barely noticeable. Also, theres a sector at the top of the water fall. If I did it with the overlapping adjoined layers, the waterfall yould fall from the sky.

*Bangs head against wall*

Ill think of somethin.

Ooh just had inspiration... Say the waterfall is 100 units high. I I make a sign texture thats a hundred units tall, do the overlapping adjoins, and make the sign scroll, would it only scroll within that hundred units?

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"A fight should be clean and elegant, without waste"
-Asuka Langley Sohryu, Evangelion

[DarthDoctor]

I'm gonna say no. I think. Bear in mind, the engine isn't that advanced, so, I mean, there isn't even an if statement in the inf, I don't think there's a way to have a texture sense its dimesnions...

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[Nottheking]

No. DF cannot possibly be expected to know the dimensions of a texture. I've been trying to make a decent-looking waterfall for a level I'm working on, and using the same ideas you are. I've had no luck so far. Unfortunately, I can't think of a way to get textures to scroll different ways, or else I'd have already posted screenies.

(speaking of which, I've made an acomplishment with INF - something usefull/nifty that hasn't been done before. I'll post screens, assuming I can refrain from being lazy long enough)

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[Barry Brien]

I have a rather decent waterfall that I built for Nathan Wilson, and if he doesn't mind I can post it for you guys if you want to see it.

[Nottheking]

[eargosedown]

can someone please tell me how to load wax files i got from this website on to wdfuse.
i cant get it

[DarthDoctor]

Take whatever.wax, copy it, and paste in the folder of the project of your choice, within the Wdfuse folder. Easy.

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[The MAZZTer]

Yes, and please try not to post in old threads that have died (this one wasn't terribly old, but it was aging :p). You'd might have gotten a slightly quicker responce if you made a new topic... maybe... .'/

And anyways, it's considered bad form to "hijack" a thread.

Just wanted to let you know.

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[Nottheking]

Oh, and while the thread's hijacked, welcome to DF-21.net, eargosedown.

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[eargosedown]

thanks for helping me with the .wax problem.
its funny, you download all the waxs and nobody tells you how to use them.
i spent 3+ hours online trying to find somthing to tell me how.
so have any of you made some good levels?

i like levels with alot of dark troopers.
mostly phase 3!!!

i just started lerning wdfuse.

but a stell made a room full of phase 3s.

[Tom Manning]

Cool, There was a guy here once named Matthew_Horrox, yuo two should talk.

Welcome to DF-21!

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For all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you, Stand, Men of the West!
Aragorn: Return of the King

[Kir Kanos]

Everybody loves General Mohc. He adds a boroque feel to a level.

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[DarthDoctor]

[Nottheking]

[Burning Gundam]

I'm planning to use 2 DT1s and a DT3 in my upcoming series The Jedi Crystal (Because SBoT crapped out on me). But they will all have new looks. The phase ones will be two twin sisters who are skilled assassins (Who's swords are made of phrik metal ). But I'm not going to tell you what the Phase 3 will be used for.

As for the waterfall stuff, I'm going to try and incorporate that as well. Wouldn't it be possible to make an animated sign texture, and then paste it on to a scrolling wall to make a different effect? Like a water scrolling texture along with a misty kind of effect as the sign and paste that onto a wall to make it appear as if one is moving faster than the other? Sure it would be choppy (depending on the fps you use), but it would probably look pretty cool.

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[Tom Manning]

ohh, and if you can't find Matthew_Horrox, then look for DarthDoctor2

He might like you too!

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Tom Manning
For all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you, Stand, Men of the West!
Aragorn: Return of the King

[DarthDoctor]

I vaguely remember something about that...

Or maybe Dark Banana (remember that?)

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"At least, I think it was primitive DD that was the source of the bug" - Nottheking

[Tom Manning]

Was Banana Horrox too?

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For all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you, Stand, Men of the West!
Aragorn: Return of the King

[Nottheking]

Just how many users were there registered on the old forum?

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[eargosedown]

i dont know! "a lot".
but anyway we got a little off-subject.
so lets go back ok.

oh and by the way look for my new two level sires coming out by the end of the year :D .

im trying like hell to make new waxs for it but i cant figure out how to edit a wax.
if any one coud help me that woud be nice?

and if you do help i'll maybe even let you try the first level before the secand level comes out.

and i'll give you a copy of the waxs.
:D

[eargosedown]

ok i figured it out.
and i made a custom phase 1

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[Nottheking]

Just a reminder: new topics are highly recomended for any subjects that are notably different. If you're talking about different projects, that's enough to merit another thread. Thank you.

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[eargosedown]

oh sry.
ok back to what we were talking about

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