Brightskins.

by im a tree • 2 Jan 2007, 00:15 • Journals
Personally, I think it's about time ET had brightskins, it's not like CoD2 where being that visible would ruin gameplay, 99% of the time you know where the enemy is anyway. There are lots of discussions, but imo the next config should force r_ambientscale 1.

Thoughts?
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Deactivated6376 2 Jan 2007, 00:18
STFU U NERD
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im a tree 2 Jan 2007, 00:20
I just woke up, good morning.
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godverdomme 2 Jan 2007, 00:21
man you are so k00l
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Pr0mo 2 Jan 2007, 00:22
Would be awsome, but i dont think its going to happen:\
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defOK 2 Jan 2007, 00:24
what does the command do ?
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lettu 2 Jan 2007, 00:26
i agree!
maybe make a vote here in crossfire i bet many people would like to have brightskins
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evan 2 Jan 2007, 00:32
need coloured shells instead!
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suA 2 Jan 2007, 00:40
brightskins as known from other games is a bit too much, but "r_ambientscale 1" has my vote...
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dimi 2 Jan 2007, 00:45
r_intensity 5 ftw
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Whitey 2 Jan 2007, 00:55
There really isnt a need for brightskins, and even if there was, some system would have to be invented where you could tell the different classes apart when theyre glowing bright pink.
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overdrive 2 Jan 2007, 02:10
I dont think we want to see Quake like red or green blobs. We want settings that allow you to see your opponent at all time rather then changing the ET models.

ET still lies in between Quake like fiction shooters and CS/CoD like shooters wich focus on realism. Flashy skins wouldnt really suit the ET 'universe' though settings like r_intensity or r_ambientscale wich only make ET look more simpler (read sucky graphix but better gameplay)
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walle 2 Jan 2007, 00:57
agree totally
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Spirea 2 Jan 2007, 01:34
agree!

I still got difficulties to see allies in some maps :/
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m!das 2 Jan 2007, 01:35
good morning

and imho it would be rly n1
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ag0n 2 Jan 2007, 01:45
r_directscale affect the skin bright too ;)
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m!das 2 Jan 2007, 01:56
pic plz !! ;)
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ag0n 2 Jan 2007, 02:40
image: TEST

In some maps is nice change this (for moviemakers) , like @ gr.. b4...

ps: i tested only low numbers...try like r_directscale 50 xD
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sharky 2 Jan 2007, 02:01
I was thinking about this last week after playing on an etpro server where everyone had nice bright red xmas hats on :). It was just a little pk3 download so it must be pretty easy but whether or not the game needs it is another matter. (@ Whitey i would have a big white M on the front and back of the pink blobs shooting at me and a big E on the ones hiding behind a flat corner).

p.s If u wanted to go extreme then replace the player models with just big blocks that accurately show the hitboxes.

On a side note maybe in the next etpro they can have settings in the options gui (there's a lot already i know :<) that do the r_ settings etc. i.e the settings that everyone likes to change but u have to do it in the cfg file or not at all. Minor change but maybe its relevant. If brightskins were included then u could add this as well. (some folks like dark skins on bright maps and others dark maps and bright skins.)
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overdrive 2 Jan 2007, 02:03
run a test server wich forces cvars
r_intensity 5
r_ambientscale 1

will be most popular frag server in ET
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ENSJQM 2 Jan 2007, 02:16
would be nice
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teente 2 Jan 2007, 02:17
I dont think that r_ambientscale 1 is enough... I would brighten it more and add red/blue helmets instead of those we have now... that would be imo the best option.
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mKr 2 Jan 2007, 02:30
it will only make the game easier tbfh and i find it quite easy so disagree + less teamplay and that sucks
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Dersaidin 2 Jan 2007, 05:29
http://www.dersaidin.ath.cx/maps/pak3compbs2.pk3

Brightskins.
Goes well with r_ambientscale 10

Need to be serverside (unless its an impure server like ETTV servers - it'll work on them)
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Dersaidin 2 Jan 2007, 06:26
Screens:
http://www.dersaidin.ath.cx/pics/brightskins/
Bullets are bright (looks cool imo) - see 3
Packs (med/ammo) are green - see 1

Taken on ETTV, r_ambientscale is default though.
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overdrive 2 Jan 2007, 12:30
I find it hard to see what class ppl are playing at longer distances. Normally you can see that a whiter blob will be an allied medic etc, maybe this needs getting used to.
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tactics 2 Jan 2007, 07:59
Definately not... From the screenshots above 'brightskins' look almost like some hacks. At that point you might as well unlock r_shownormals. :)
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overdrive 2 Jan 2007, 12:18
You havent tried it yet, lets not do this the way we did with 5on5. First try out something, give it a real change. Try out different things. Then if you dont like it flame it as much as you want.
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Dersaidin 2 Jan 2007, 10:07
Its not at all like r_shownormals.
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hoho 2 Jan 2007, 12:46
a test server would be nice
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Aramusha 2 Jan 2007, 16:57
Test server please.

Sounds quite good for me. I wouldn't really protest against brightskins.

And white blobs wouldn't annoy me neither. Models already look like blobs/potatoes with my shitty cfg.
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