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ookami

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From: Mississippi, USA

Registered: 08/20/07

Strange Lights

Odd thing I've noticed with the lights in the game. I can see them through the walls. I don't think this is normal. It detracts from gameplay because I can see plasma rifles, mercury bows, and so forth as they are being carried about. Anyone have any ideas what causes this or how to fix it?

geyser

Member

From: beyond the veil

Registered: 01/14/07

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Re: Strange Lights

It's not supposed to happen for all the lights and all the time... For me it's just a few doorlights.
When it happens, it's something with Open GL depth reads. Might be OS- and hardware-specific.
Oni doesn't behave the same way on every PC, and we'd need to reproduce a bug to fix it...
Maybe give us some more details. Do all the lights show through whenever you play Oni?

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Behold the power of that which is yet unborn! For the swirling images that flow forth from the Chrysalis are only a shadow of the sleeper's true power.

ookami

Member

From: Mississippi, USA

Registered: 08/20/07

Re: Strange Lights

This is a picture of how the lights are shining through the wall. They appear to be slightly off the textures that represent the light. From the Airport Hangar level.

ookami

Member

From: Mississippi, USA

Registered: 08/20/07

Re: Strange Lights

This other picture is of a plasma rifle shining from some distance through the wall, and the red light to the left, under the crosshair, is actually a door light on another wall. From the second savepoint of the final level.

geyser

Member

From: beyond the veil

Registered: 01/14/07

Website

Re: Strange Lights

So, does it do it all the time?

About the screenshots:
1) I know what shine-through lights look like.
2) The BMP format is not a good idea. At all.

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Behold the power of that which is yet unborn! For the swirling images that flow forth from the Chrysalis are only a shadow of the sleeper's true power.

ookami

Member

From: Mississippi, USA

Registered: 08/20/07

Re: Strange Lights

Yep. All the time, it does it. Sorry about using bitmaps. Will take time to convert next time.