Add optional "infrared" goggle rendering

Caligari_87 · Post by **Caligari_87** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:24

This is along the same lines as the enhanced night-vision goggles.

Make an optional rendering style somehow accessable through custom inventory items, that would mimic, not a light-enhancing night vision system, but a true infrared camera.

This could be accomplished by applying a "full saturation spectrum" (red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, red, at full intensity and smooth gradient) across the entire image.

Levels and such would be rendered in the lower, "cold" half (cyan, blue, purple, red) in order of color brightness(white=cyan, black=red).

Any object tagged in DECORATE as +HOT would be rendered in the upper, "hot" half (red, yellow, green, cyan) in order of color brightness (white=red, black=cyan).

Obviously, this isn't true infrared, but even in photomanips, this simple technique is extremely convincing.

YouTube · Post by **Nash** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:50

I approve. Please add, Graf.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:05

This only works with massive changes to the internal actor definitions.

Sorry, that's something I won't add now.

Caligari_87 · Post by **Caligari_87** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 16:11

Would there be some way to fake it then? I'd like to be able to do this.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 16:29

No. Too much work for questionable benefit.

Caligari_87 · Post by **Caligari_87** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 16:39

I meant with existing features, like palette translations and such.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 16:44

Feel free to try. I can't help you though.