Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 6:28 PM Subject: Colored Lighting =20 =20 Is this true, colored lighting is only supported in the hardware = accelarated version? If so that changes a lot of things. What's the use = of making a colored enhanced level if software accelarted people can't = see the pain and hard work you put into it. Also, I'm curious, how many = people out there don't have the benefit of a 3D acclerator card to run = Quake2 in? =20 =20 Thanks for all the opinions so far on colored lighting. It is giving = me a good ideal of what type of lighting to place in a level. --------------------------text from = message------------------------------------------- =20 =20 Personally, I'm waiting for SiN until I go psycho with colored = lighting.=20 Then it'll be equal, ya know? I personally don't yet have a 3Dfx (I = would ,=20 but I thought it wise to wait till Voodoo2 - schwing) yet and = without=20 something like that, a TON of peopel can't see the damn colored = lights. Of=20 course, being the hypocrite I am, as soon as my Voodoo2 arrives, I = will=20 truly not care whether software quakers can see it or not. :) Later. Edge =20 =20 Sam C -------------------------------------------- email: sman@redshift.com ICQ #6079198 Page me at: http://www.redshift.com/~sman/pageme.htm =20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_00B1_01BD1A08.8ABCC710 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Colored lighting only works with = specific 3D=20 accelerators (namely 3Dfx) in Quake II.

Regarding 3D accelerator popularity = (namely 3Dfx=20 again). When I first = released GLQoole,=20 it was downloaded maybe half as many times as WinQoole, if I recall=20 correctly. I just checked on the downloads for v2.30 so far, and = there are=20 30% more downloads of GLQoole then WinQoole.

So it seems, at least for the Quake = map editing=20 crowd, more poeple have 3Dfx cards then don't. I believe this = probably=20 applies to the whole Quake community at this point.

There's one fact; there are more people getting 3D=20 accelerators then there are getting rid of them. I think anyone = making a=20 Quake II map should be conscience of colored lights. They can add = so much=20 to the feeling of a room.

Matt

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From:=20 Sam Contapay <sman@redshift.com>
To: = ml@qoole.com <ml@qoole.com>
Date: = Monday,=20 January 05, 1998 6:28 PM
Subject: Colored=20 Lighting

Is this true, colored lighting is only supported in the = hardware=20 accelarated version? If so that changes a lot of things. What's the = use of=20 making a colored enhanced level if software accelarted people can't = see the=20 pain and hard work you put into it. Also, I'm curious, how many = people out=20 there don't have the benefit of a 3D acclerator card to run Quake2=20 in?

Thanks for all the opinions so far on colored lighting. It is = giving me=20 a good ideal of what type of lighting to place in a level.

--------------------------text from=20 message-------------------------------------------

Personally, I'm waiting for SiN until I go psycho with colored=20 lighting.

Then it'll be equal, ya know? I personally don't yet have a = 3Dfx (I=20 would ,

but I thought it wise to wait till Voodoo2 - schwing) yet and = without=20

something like that, a TON of peopel can't see the damn colored = lights.=20 Of

course, being the hypocrite I am, as soon as my Voodoo2 = arrives, I will=20

truly not care whether software quakers can see it or not. = :)

Later.

Edge

Sam=20 C
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