Albert on 15/10/2012 at 18:35
I second that. They look like conical bits of compressed foam, formed into a blob of stalactites. The icicles, that is. :p
vurt on 15/10/2012 at 18:57
If you want to help out and have a save near icicles or lava it's of great help to me. I'm trying to both play and mod, but i usually tend to get stuck with modding for hours instead of playing. Played some last night (first 2 levels, took me ages on Hard lol) and realised I enjoy it more these days than i did when it was new :)
Renzatic on 15/10/2012 at 19:25
Quote Posted by Albert
(with an env_map possibly)...
Wait. Thief can do environment maps? Like cube maps and all that good stuff? I didn't think that was possible.
vurt on 15/10/2012 at 19:27
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Wait. Thief can do environment maps? Like cube maps and all that good stuff? I didn't think that was possible.
It is now :) download my water mod for example and you can take a look at how its done.
Renzatic on 15/10/2012 at 19:55
Cool deal. I'll check it out. :D
Yandros on 16/10/2012 at 03:54
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
it seems fitting that the gems were naturally formed, pulled from the earth already in their octahedral shape
Assuming that these are supposed to be rubies - which are actually just red sapphires - they should be hexagonal and not octahedral, if the intent is to make them look natural.
ZylonBane on 16/10/2012 at 04:10
Umm... uncut gemstones tend to be in the shape of a rock, no matter what their underlying atomic structure.
Besides, we're talking about about mystical Trickster gems here, which could be literally anything.
voodoo47 on 16/10/2012 at 08:47
I would go with the shape of that rough one ZB posted.
Angs on 16/10/2012 at 11:28
I'd go with something shaped like the original, all rubys aren't hexagonal prisms. Uncut stones for the pagans of course. Something like the one ZylonBane posted or this:
Inline Image:
http://i.imgur.com/EysVZ.jpgIt could even really be an uncut ruby-colored spinel, in which case the original model will do nicely :)
Inline Image:
http://www.minerals.net/MineralImages/spinel-red-matrix-mogok.jpgQuote Posted by ZylonBane
Umm... uncut gemstones tend to be in the shape of a rock, no matter what their underlying atomic structure.
Uncut gems show their atomic structure. Even rock shows it's atomic structure, it's just normally too fine grained to see much.
ZylonBane on 16/10/2012 at 14:33
Quote Posted by voodoo47
I would go with the shape of that rough one ZB posted.
Really? The one in that pic didn't have much of a defined shape at all, I thought.
I would think that, given its role in the game (activating the portal), it should definitely look like a deliberately formed artifact, not just a blob of red rock.
