DUH. These lamps use several animated textures. It would not be possible to produce the effect I have created here with particles. Particles should be used with caution too, since the effect may not show in a club environment, where attachments and other effects are already using tons of particle based effects. Also, if any club owner is hurting for the 12 extra prims I used up to create the lava, he has bigger issues.
Further, you do know that wording things like you did are an insult, right?
Also by animated texture, I mean an alpha mapped texture of the lava bubbles pasted onto a flat plane, placed perpendicular to another one and applying a scrolling texture script.
Flat planes of animated textures would still not look 3d, like these do. I have some things animated that way, and sometimes it works fine. But for this, I preferred the results with prims.
DUH. These lamps use several animated textures. It would not be possible to produce the effect I have created here with particles. Particles should be used with caution too, since the effect may not show in a club environment, where attachments and other effects are already using tons of particle based effects. Also, if any club owner is hurting for the 12 extra prims I used up to create the lava, he has bigger issues.
Further, you do know that wording things like you did are an insult, right?
deadcrow 2 years ago
Also by animated texture, I mean an alpha mapped texture of the lava bubbles pasted onto a flat plane, placed perpendicular to another one and applying a scrolling texture script.
Astaroth6000 2 years ago
lol.. I was just having fun with your wording.
Flat planes of animated textures would still not look 3d, like these do. I have some things animated that way, and sometimes it works fine. But for this, I preferred the results with prims.
deadcrow 2 years ago