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| Epistax
god@unitedstates.com
1356856
|  "Mirrors?"
, posted Mon 30 Apr 16:42  
The zdoom KB mentions mirror walls. The explanation in the KB consisted of only phrases such as "it's really easy!". It mentions some special value, then gives an example wad.
I cannot get the example wad from the link in the compiled html file. Could someone explain to me how to make a mirror using WA?
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| Wildman
rickclark58@yahoo.com
| "Re(1):Mirrors?" , posted Mon 30 Apr 17:41
There isn't much to it. Just set a linedef to type 182. Make sure you have void area behind the line equal to the area of the sector that contains the mirror. If you are using WadAuthor just add a mirror type to the WCF file or select the line and right click, then select edit Raw data and set the line type to 182.
I am not sure why people are having trouble with the links. My copy works fine. I uploaded all the example files to CDROM. Look for zkbmaps.zip.
Rick Clark
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| | sirgalahadwizar
sirgalahadwizard@hotmail.com
45229070
| "Re(2):Mirrors?" , posted Wed 2 May 09:15
Why the hell do mirrors require larger blank sectors behind them?
I have never understood this... seems really stupid, a complex in-efficient way of doing something really simple.
Experiment a little with the logic center of your brain before a zombie eats it.
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| | Enjay
Enjay001@hotmail.com
| "Re(3):Mirrors?" , posted Wed 2 May 12:03
For information, this is how Randy explained mirrors in Zdoom:
If you put a mirror on a wall, there must be , and I quote "an empty space behind the mirror at least as large as the area in front of it that it can be viewed from, because mirrors are drawn by physically moving the player behind the mirror and flipping the view horizontally. Earlier versions had some code that tried to throw out subsectors behind the mirror, but it was not perfect, and it interfered with the drawing of sky boxes inside mirrors, so I took it out."
So at least now you know.
Meek
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| | Epistax
god@unitedstates.com
1356856
| "Re(2):Mirrors?" , posted Mon 30 Apr 18:11:
I'm not sure what you mean line def type, there is no field called that on the raw data screen. I tried changing the bitset but in retrospect that was probably wrong. Also when you say 182, do you mean decimal 182 (hex b6) or hex 182 (decimal 386), and which does it go in as?
Thanks
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nm i figured it out. thanks!
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God is made out of faith.
You have proof there is a god?
Therefore there is not.
- Spake the Mule
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| | Wildman
rickclark58@yahoo.com
| "Re(3):Mirrors?" , posted Mon 30 Apr 18:21
For future reference:
Hex numbers in WadAuthor are always of the format 0x0b6 and this is the format I use as well. 182 would be decimal.
To make your life easier you can add it to the wcf file. I have a tutorial on the wcf file in the ZDoom KB and the WCF file has comments in it that explain its structure.
Rick Clark
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