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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0012565Bionic DuesGraphical BugSep 25, 2013 11:24 am
ReporterMisery Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status closedResolutionnot fixable 
Product Version0.915 Linux Support! 
Summary0012565: Enemy targeting laser covered by trap
DescriptionThe electric floors, specifically. The laser becomes invisible if it's passing over them.
TagsNo tags attached.
Internal WeightMajor Problem

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Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 25, 2013 11:24 am

administrator   ~0034043

Actually, they aren't being covered by it' -- it's a side effect of doing an Additive blend with the lasers. An additive blend takes the source and adds the destination to it, which makes it whiter where two colors overlap. The effect looks really cool, and would look markedly less clear if it wasn't around.

With the electric floors, the problem is that those are already extremely white, and thus the addition of the additive-blended line above it causes it to hardly change at all.

I tried darkening the electric floors, but they have to get pretty dark before this can really be visible, and even then it's very subtle. And then the electric floors look much less impressive.

It is possible to turn off the additive blending in the code, and I tried that and of course then the lines are very visible. But without their blending, the lines look... well, pretty cruddy, to be honest.

It kind of creates an impasse, and I think the current situation is what looks best all around.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Sep 19, 2013 9:04 am Misery New Issue
Sep 19, 2013 3:23 pm Chris_McElligottPark Internal Weight => Major Problem
Sep 19, 2013 3:23 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Sep 19, 2013 3:23 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => assigned
Sep 25, 2013 11:24 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0034043
Sep 25, 2013 11:24 am Chris_McElligottPark Status assigned => closed
Sep 25, 2013 11:24 am Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => not fixable
Apr 14, 2014 9:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Bug - Graphical Issue => Graphical Bug