Time DEceleration

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:35 pm

Time deceleration. Why?

Because it would look cool.
It would help me take cooler screenshots.

Is this as easy as making a key for it? Because if it isn't, it's probably too much trouble.

EDIT: Deceleration as opposed to accelleration. I want to be able to make time go slower.

Post by **hellcatv** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:23 am

there is a key for it
<bind key="function-9" modifier="none" command="TimeDec"/>

that would make function nine decel time

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:28 am

Wonderful! Hopefully I will be able to use this to help take more well-timed battle screenshots, which may make for some exciting splash screens.

Surfdargent · Post by **Surfdargent** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:05 am

And you know what would be great ? A splash screen to display after a jump animation while the client is receiving the next star system data from the server

So if someday you are inspired to do a kind of in-jump screen I would be delighted.

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:08 am

Hmmmm. What should be displayed on such a screen? The same random stuff that will show up at the beginning of the game? If there are bunches and bunches of splash screens, that might be neat. Right now, I've only got 7.

Right now, the best I could think of for a generic 'jump' screen would be some sort of fancy wormhole effect or diagram.

pontiac · Post by **pontiac** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:03 pm

How about just displaying a list of items (planets,jumppoints, capships, no small ships) in the system you jump to and a simple (jumping) background. Though, i don't know if this info is already loaded at that time

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:26 pm

Yeah... but that might require some actual complex work to do something dynamic like that.

pontiac · Post by **pontiac** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:49 pm

PeteyG wrote:Yeah... but that might require some actual complex work to do something dynamic like that.

Knew that , the forum isn't called "Feature Request" for nothing

But you are right, it would be too much work to do.

I think the random background will do just fine, if we just get some more.

Pontiac

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 5:18 pm

Well, I've been taking some screenshots with the slowed-down time, and it is just totally awesome. It's letting me get some pretty neat camera angles.

The only problem I am having is with that colored target box when I am in the F8 view target camera mode. Is there any way to get rid of the target boxes? I could only figure out how to change their color in the VS.config

Post by **hellcatv** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:22 am

not at this time--- for now just make it black (maybe make the alpha 0 )
but... I'll try to add an option to turn those off later

Post by **dandandaman** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:18 am

PeteyG wrote:Well, I've been taking some screenshots with the slowed-down time, and it is just totally awesome. It's letting me get some pretty neat camera angles.

The only problem I am having is with that colored target box when I am in the F8 view target camera mode. Is there any way to get rid of the target boxes? I could only figure out how to change their color in the VS.config

you could always once the screeny is lined up target something not on the screen? or were you looking at everything?

Dan.a

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 5:18 am

Well, i was using the target view camera ( F8 ) to get multiple angles of the action at slow speed. If things are nice and slow, I usually just take a picture out the side or rear window and make sure i don't have anything targeted in view. But with the target cameras, I'm usually out of luck, and have to do my best to minimize the damage my target will do to the pic.

Post by **dandandaman** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 7:27 am

hehe.......ah, I see your dillema

Dan.a