Flare

[Patrice Terrier]

Mike

I have been playing to use a flare effect on the helmet glass.

Before to unzip the attachment, make a backup of your HUD_Helmet.

The name of the new material mesh is "flare".
To better see it in action, uncheck or check it in the listview.

You can also play with these settings:

1 - flare.jpg
newmtl flare
#alphatocoverage
Ka 0.01 0.01 0.01
Kd 0.975 0.975 0.975
Ks 1 1.5 2
d 0.64
Ns 52
illum 3
refl flare.jpg

2 - flare.png
newmtl flare
#alphatocoverage
Ka 0.01 0.01 0.01
Kd 0.975 0.975 0.975
Ks 1 1.5 2
d 0.64
Ns 52
illum 3
refl flare.png

3 - illum 4
newmtl flare
#alphatocoverage
Ka 0.01 0.01 0.01
Kd 0.975 0.975 0.975
Ks 1 1.5 2
d 0.64
Ns 52
illum 4
refl flare.jpg

Note: The previous ambient reflection is still there, they are just mixed together.

[Michael Lobko-Lobanovsky]

Thank you!

Re: 3 - illum 4

Illum 4 does not support individual reflection maps. Wallpaper reflection overrides the refl statement so it's redundant and practically useless.

Re: 1/2 - illum 3

Both of those have the right to live! (actually, I like the JPEG more)

But if you're going to use either one, I'd suggest adding a little more power to the Ke values in the emissive materials. The existing 0.5 setting is IMHO the absolute minimum but the flare mesh obscures emission to a much lower level.