Oolite v1.70 - Shader binding "laserHeatLevel"

[Griff]

Yay it works!
Just downloaded oolite 1.71 and modified the griff_krait shipdata.plist to include the subentity binding thing and it's working great!
I've reworked the effects map to make the laser glow more of a 'flash' along the gun barrel, it looked a bit odd as a heated metal effect, but i think i actually prefer this 'flash' effect to how i originally imagined the laserheat glow would work.
I've uploaded the new version of the griff_krait here: http://www.box.net/shared/p0feglnwos
edit: fixed the link: http://www.box.net/shared/6ugzbf1ofo

[JensAyton]

Yay it works!
Just downloaded oolite 1.71 and modified the griff_krait shipdata.plist to include the subentity binding thing and it's working great!

Oh, good. It had just occurred to me to worry about this, since making shader bindings work at all (again) was my last-minute effort on 1.71. :-)

Your link is broken, though: “No shared files/folders found.”

[Griff]

oops, i think i uploaded the file, posted the link ,then went back to my box.net account to do a bit of spring cleaning and deleted it!
i've re-uploaded it here: http://www.box.net/shared/6ugzbf1ofo

thinking about it now, i wish i'd painted some of the laserglow effect onto the side hull of the spaceship so that when it fires, the side of the hull would 'light up' from the flash.
Anyway thanks for working this subentity binding thing into the game code Ahruman, i did moan about it quite a bit didn't i

[Griff]

whats the xml version of this?

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uniforms =	
   { 
     gun_heat = { binding = "laserHeatLevel"; bindToSubentity = YES; };
   };

is it

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<key>uniforms</key> 
   <dict> 
      <key>laser_heat_level</key> 
      <string>laserHeatLevel</string> 
      <key>bindToSubentity</key> 
      <string>YES</string> 
</dict>

Does the laserheat binding apply if the subentity is a plasma turret?
Basically i'm mucking about with the turrets on the space bar, they should have a heat flash effect on them and now version 1.71.1 is out i thought i'd modify the shipdata.plist to put the bindtosubentity thing in, but i can't get it working, i've also forgotten the key you press when paused to write a lot of usefull info about scripts etc into the stderr file, i thought it was pause then o but that's making the hud dissappear!
edit: aH! Pause then s dumps alot of info about shaders into the stderr, i've definately got the syntax wrong, theres lots of "Warning: could not bind uniform "bindToSubentity" for target <ShipEntity 0xb86e000>{"(nil)" ID: 0 position: (0, 0, 0) scanClass: CLASS_NOT_SET status: STATUS_IN_FLIGHT} -- could not interpret definition:
YES" going on.

[JensAyton]

whats the xml version of this?

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uniforms =	
   { 
     gun_heat = { binding = "laserHeatLevel"; bindToSubentity = YES; };
   };

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<key>uniforms</key>
<dict>
    <key>gun_heat</key>
    <dict>
        <key>binding</key>
        <string>laserHeatLevel</string>
        <key>bindToSubentity</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>
</dict>

is it

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<key>uniforms</key> 
   <dict> 
      <key>laser_heat_level</key> 
      <string>laserHeatLevel</string> 
      <key>bindToSubentity</key> 
      <string>YES</string> 
</dict>

You’re missing the gun_heat dictionary. That’s equivalent to:

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uniforms =
{
    laser_heat_level = laserHeatLevel;
    bindToSubentity = YES;
}

Does the laserheat binding apply if the subentity is a plasma turret?

I’d have thought so, but I’m not sure.

[Griff]

Thanks Ahruman, that worked great! The plasma turrets are working fine with the 'bindToSubentity' stuff.