Making DarkPlaces even MORE beautiful...

[inkub0]

seanstar, can you post a before-after screenshot? =)

[seanstar]

new version

i was trying to get brighter blood...this is the best i could get it.


the blood still seems a little dark.

heres the particlefont.tga that is 4mb...rar is 300k
Download particlefont.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

[metchsteekle]

i like these

[IronWarfare]

new version

i was trying to get brighter blood...this is the best i could get it.


the blood still seems a little dark.

heres the particlefont.tga that is 4mb...rar is 300k
Download particlefont.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way

Nice work, tomorrow I'll test the new blood. It looks great in screenshots

[seanstar]

to osjclatchford
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the old q1 explosion sprite is realy ugly, especially with custom effectinfo.txt - that's true. however, you can't just delete explosion.spr from pak0.pak (not sure if it is correct filename, but it's something like this). if you do that, darkplaces will display in the centre of the explosion big ugly colourful strangely-shaped something instead. my solution is simple. i opened spr file in spr editor - there are many - and altered it. explosion.spr consists of eight frames, i deleted seven of them and set the whole remaining one as alpha. that's all - the file is still there, dp has no problem with these changes and the sprite is fully transparent.
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other topic - there is new darkplaces autobuit available inside the "files" directory in the download section of darkplaces homepage. exploding boxes now use the correct effectname and custom effectinfo.txt now works with exploding boxes too.
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jakub

wow

i just found out you can load sprite texutres in progs folder...used the tenebrae ones, with same file name for s_explode.spr_0 and they loaded...the explosion has a black box around it but i think i just have to make a new alpha channel.

sweet.

[gdiddy62]

Sean,
I'm hoping you will share the results of this with the rest of us! You do produce some great modifications to Quake!
Jeff

[Seven]

Hello seanstar,

loading sprite textures in replacement folders is not a new thing to do.
LordHavocs DarkPlaces engine is a real "Replacement Engine".
Thats why you and I (and I guess many more out there) love it and use it !

Many Quake sprite replacements are already available.
Just recently Moon[Drunk] & My-Key released a couple new ones in his awesome pack.
You should dig through them and you will find out.

You will find wonderful things like this (before / after):






If you dont want sprites to be present at all, you can use the trick that jakub1 explained.

It doesnt matter what you do: Use transparency (a lot of it !).

Kind regards,
Seven


EDITED:
Another famous sprite that came into my mind is LH�s beautiful torchlight.
It is not a simple texture replacement though, but uses the same trick.

[seanstar]

hi

i made these textures last night...my wife told me they're great=P


i need a new s_explod.spr with more frames...i made my own but the game doesnt pick it up.


anyway this is what i came up with and i like it prettty much.



here are the textures in a pk3
http://www.quaketastic.com/upload/fi...s/s_explod.rar

[gdiddy62]

Sean and Seven,
You guys are great! Thanks so much for sharing your efforts with the rest of us. Sean, I'm Jeff from the Youtube request for the SR8 by the way. How about your rocketlauncher model, would you mind sharing it. My Quake has so many options with all of the ammo, weapons, textures and monster models, it's like playing a new game each time! I'm so glad I stumbled upon this forum and the people here are great and so patient with Newbs like me.
Regards gents
Jeff

[osjclatchford]

...Many Quake sprite replacements are already available.
Just recently Moon[Drunk] & My-Key released a couple new ones in his awesome pack...

hmm, I'd love those bubble and torch/globe light sprites but not sure which of those files to dowload to get them, are they available seperately at all?

[Seven]

osjclatchford,

visit QRP�s beautiful new website here.
Go to their Download page and grab the "Item textures v.0.73 - December 24, 2010".
Dont forget to post a "Thank you" in their thread if you like it.
Unfortunately that is something many people seem to forget these days...

The sprite files are in the progs folder.

Dont worry the 55MB file, there are also other goodies in there
(check their screenshot page to see them)

Kind regards,
Seven

[osjclatchford]

thanks seven, many thanks as usual, and gdiddy62, awesome sprite work there, I'm using it now!

*edit* sorry meant seanstar, there!

[jakub1]

hi seven,
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thanks for the tip regarding the globe sprite. i've completely missed that item pack. i don't use explosion sprite 'cause it looks bad together with the particle-based explosion, but i will definitely try the other sprites from that pack. i'm back to serious quakeing after a few months hiatus... there are so many releases - models, skins etc.. right now, i'm again knee deep in my effectinfo.txt, trying/tweaking...
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jakub

[Seven]

jakub1,

A very warm welcome to you my friend !

I am really glad, that you came back to the roots
...where it all began.

Yes, it is definitely true. Magical things happened here the last months.
Even Ruohis himself is active again.

Quakeone.com is really the place to be

Unfortunately I planned to draw back a little from this forum, because of my family.
But how could I ? Damn, I am addicted.

Best wishes,
Seven

[osjclatchford]

...Unfortunately I planned to draw back a little from this forum, because of my family.
But how could I ? Damn, I am addicted...

Thats good I thought it was just me with this dilema!