Visual Effects

[mauvebic]

The camera bobbing animation made me think about earthquakes, and then I thought, what if you could apply such camera effects from Lua?

[h]Suggested Effects[/h]
-camera shaking (duration, intensity)
-color filter (r,g,b,a)
-wavyness (duration, noise?)
- more (?)

[h]How it could work[/h]
Probably like sound, where you have a choice of applying the effect at a position with a radius, or to the player directly, or to all players. Combining multiple effects should also be possible.

[h]Possible Uses[/h]
Earthquakes/cave-ins, TNT mod, potions/spirits, vehicles, teleportation, etc.

[PilzAdam]

That would lag horribly on servers.

[mauvebic]

How would it lag more than the camera bobbing or the death effects?

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And, would said lag be a problem for servers that don't install mods w/ visual effects?

Aside, mesecons isn't exactly light, but people still enjoy it, i'd expect it would be much the same with a decent potions mod.

[PilzAdam]

How would it lag more than the camera bobbing or the death effects?

Because the client has to send an event to the server, the server has to call the Lua function, the Lua function tells the server to send the effect to the client, and then its finally visible.
Bobbing is done directly in the client, wich is waaaaay faster.

[mauvebic]

Well, you could apply that argument to any significant API feature, the question is whether the uses outweigh the costs.

ABMs also cause lag, they are overused by plenty of mods, but no one would want to live without them, because they make the game more interesting.

[PilzAdam]

Well, you could apply that argument to any significant API feature, the question is whether the uses outweigh the costs.

ABMs also cause lag, they are overused by plenty of mods, but no one would want to live without them, because they make the game more interesting.

Nono, your getting it wrong, I dont mean "load", I mean actual latency between an action in the client and the resulting effects.

[mauvebic]

Well i'm just throwing the idea out there. Im not sure I understand the difference between visual effects and say, a mob (server) killing a player and the subsequent deathscreen (client).

[sdzen]

Well i'm just throwing the idea out there. Im not sure I understand the difference between visual effects and say, a mob (server) killing a player and the subsequent deathscreen (client).

triggers, nuff said

[mauvebic]

Well, if old bugs got fixed once in awhile, new features wouldn't be such a drag :p

[Inocudom]

Well, if old bugs got fixed once in awhile, new features wouldn't be such a drag :p

One old bug that could use a fixing is the lighting errors caused by lava.

[mauvebic]

I can understand why it doesn't get done, who wants to fix someone else's sloppy code? Still, if performance is enough of an issue to not add new features, then performance should be addressed so the engine can keep evolving.

[Jordach]

Well, if old bugs got fixed once in awhile, new features wouldn't be such a drag :p

One old bug that could use a fixing is the lighting errors caused by lava.

NO, NO! Anytime you burn a jungle down, the lights remain. That must be fixed.

[Inocudom]

Well, if old bugs got fixed once in awhile, new features wouldn't be such a drag :p

One old bug that could use a fixing is the lighting errors caused by lava.

NO, NO! Anytime you burn a jungle down, the lights remain. That must be fixed.

It looks like lava and fire cause the most lighting errors, though sometimes sunlight can end up shining underground and underwater as well.