What is the purpose of multipurpose bitmaps?

TheGuiltyOne · Post by **TheGuiltyOne** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 3:01 pm

Ex. ghost multipurpose. I want to know what this is for. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Phoenix9 · Post by **Phoenix9** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:18 pm

i dont know but i always thought they were a layer for detail. accutuly probably if we knew that we'd know how to get out of the red vs blue thing.

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:07 pm

i thought multipurpose bitmaps changed the way light reflected off a model....

FirePhoeniX · Post by **FirePhoeniX** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 10:19 pm

Yes. Multipurpose is for the reflection. EG: If you make the ghost white, it will still have a purple glow if you have -use11 or -use20 on.

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:12 am

yeah i thought so

Hivemind · Post by **Hivemind** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:04 am

its for multi-purpose.. just like it sounds.. one things it does is reflection.. but it also adds details.. and sum other stuff

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:04 am

what "else" does it do?

Phoenix9 · Post by **Phoenix9** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:48 pm

i still think this is the secret to the red vs blue thing

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:10 pm

what red vs blue thing?

Phoenix9 · Post by **Phoenix9** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:50 pm

how people were talkin bout switching a skin for each team i think the code just uses cyborg multi purpode to change the color to red (on red team and blue (on blue team)

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:07 pm

well yeah... change the mp bitmap to completly green, it should change the bitmap... id test... but my laptop sucks so much it shows both teams as white

FirePhoeniX · Post by **FirePhoeniX** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:00 pm

That won't work. Changing the multipurpose bitmap to green will just give him a green reflection. Both teams would have a green reflection.

BlacGrunt55 · Post by **BlacGrunt55** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 10:33 am

heh that would look cool

seriously though, i didnt know it was used 4 glow, i just knew that is what made the diff colors... god the patch is takin 2 long!!!

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 11:54 am

FirePhoeniX wrote:That won't work. Changing the multipurpose bitmap to green will just give him a green reflection. Both teams would have a green reflection.

exactly, it wouldn't be red vs blue anymore, it would be greenish-red vs greenish-blue, how is that wrong?