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9 Aug 2024 23:29:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A shot in the dark  
From: Anthony D  Baye
Date: 26 Nov 2004 23:34:10
Message: <41A803C3.E97034D9@gold.sdsmt.edu>
Damn! You beat me to it.

I've been working on a similar concept, but I don't know that much about tanks.

Very cool tho.

ADB

Carl wrote:

> I used a scattering media and light sources to create the flash.  I expected
> the media to scatter enough light to illuminate the front of the tank.
> Looks like I'll need to turn on radiosity to do that.  I know emissive
> media doesn't "emit" light but I thought scattering media would if it were
> illuminated with a real light source.  Did I just pick poor settings or am
> I wrong?
>
> Enjoy,
> Carl
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

--
//Anthony D. Baye, Student - Comp.Sci.
#default{pigment{rgb<0,.4,1>}finish{reflection 0.3 specular 0.6}}#macro
m(a,g,e)#local A=0;
#while(A<360)#local
am=a*.75;cylinder{vrotate(a*x,A*g*z),vrotate(am*x,(A+135)*g*z)e}
#local A=A+90;#end #local B=0;#while(B<360)sphere{a*x,e rotate B/2*g*z}#local
B=B+1;
#end #end m(2,1,.03)m(2,-1,.03)light_source{<-3,10,-15>,rgb
1}camera{location-7*z look_at 0}


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