Mirros on 3d floors?

Birdy · Post by **Birdy** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:59

Hello,

I am new to the forums (signed up awhile ago though

)

And I was wondering if you can make mirrors on 3Dfloors (like a bathroom wall).
I searched the forums for about ten minutes, and didn't find anything.
heres a Screen shot.

Edit: umm... But you get my drift right?

[IMG][URL=http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mirrorsbx3.png][/IMG][/URL]

Post by **KeksDose** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:43

With Image Shack! Search your screenshot, host it and use thumbnail, or hotlink, or whatever.

Logan MTM · Post by **Logan MTM** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:54

Graf Zahl wrote:Reflective floors and ceilings

Action special 159: Sector_SetPlaneReflection(tag, floor, ceiling)

tag: tag of the sectors to be affected
floor: Amount of relectiveness of the floor. 0 means none and 255 means fully reflective.
ceiling: Amount of relectiveness of the ceiling. 0 means none and 255 means fully reflective.

Note:

If used improperly this can reduce the frame rate quite drastically. You should keep the amount of reflective planes as small as possible.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 18:07

Looking at the image, it's not a reflective floor that is required (as Logan suggests) but one side of a 3D floor. I'm sorry, I don't know if that's possible.

Post by **KeksDose** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 18:13

Maybe it is possible trough ACS. Have the 3D floor sector a line ID on one of the sides, without the 3D floor special, and maybe you could then set via ACS Line_Mirror and Sector_Set3DFloor. But I don't really know if it's possible to set a mirror via ACS. It's just a theory.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 19:49

It is possible to set a mirror via ACS. I've done it a number of times. It's useful if you want the mirror to be smashable - because you need to be able to remove the mirror via ACS as well as create it in the first place.

However, I've tried a few things now and not managed to get a mirror on the side of a 3D floor. I suspected that would be the case. So, as far as I can tell, you can't get a mirror onto the side of a 3D floor.

Shinjanji · Post by **Shinjanji** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 23:50

Given the way that reflective effects were done in ZDoom, I would guess to say that it's not much different for GZDoom, and thus, impossible to use on the sides of 3D floors. Granted, if there was a room behind your bathroom, you would have some very screwy problems with your mirror anyway.

But, if you are so bent on making the mirrors, it'd be easier to make them as small alcoves in the wall (so that a 1s line becomes the mirror surface) and use 3D floors to create the border that can stick out.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 23:59

GZdoom is much less fussy about having plenty of void space behind a mirror compared to Zdoom. In fact, I've set up quite a few mirrors with virtually no space behind them in GZdoom and had them work just fine. But yeah, 3D floors seem unlikely and alcoves with mirrors on 1s lines would be the way to go IMO.

Birdy · Post by **Birdy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 0:58

Thanks for the help guys, I think I'm gonna do it the way Shinjanji said.

I love this forum now. you're all so supportive!

Post by **KeksDose** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:28

We're supposed to be supportive

...

*Cough*

Yeah.

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