SHP Life Engine Announced

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

The SHP Life Engine is a program designed to fake RA2 (ATM not TS since it uses a different scale). Its currently in the early days but it shows that it may be able to save modders time, allowing them to preview SHP's and get a general feel about it without having to go into the game.

Yes the mod announcement i made was a Hoax to see if SHP Life could make ppl believe it was RA2.

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DeathRay2K · Commander **Joined**: 01 Sep 2002 **Location**: Canada

Shadows should be semitransparent. #Tongue

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m666 · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:35 am Post subject:

Dude, that is awesome! Just what I need...
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when can I download it?

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

I got to admit I thought it was in the game. Nice program, going to be very useful, I think. Will you make a TS version too?

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Droke · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:13 am Post subject:

Looks good, but shadows need fixing and the buildings are blurred. Hmm, actualy the whole 'ingame' thing seems blurred...

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Thats called MipMapping. Without mipmapping for some reason u get extreme lag.

2 Clone Vats + 1 Radar without MipMapping = 15FPS
Same With MipMapping = 60FPS

And my PC ain't shit. Geforce 5900 XT

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Holy_Master · Commander **Joined**: 21 Jul 2004 **Location**: Thailand

sound a lot of fun!! thank for this program. #Tongue

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Attached is a comparison of the 'Quality' between mipmapped and non.

User can select to use mipmaps or not and shadows are now semi transparent.

Note: "Its currently in the early days" means that the program release date is unknown. And it means that the project hasn't been going for that long. This thread is just announcing that the project exists.

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DeathRay2K · Commander **Joined**: 01 Sep 2002 **Location**: Canada

Are you putting the SHPs in memory before displaying them or just displaying them OTF (On-the-fly)? #Tongue

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

The SHP is loaded, then its converted to a OGL texture. ATM it needs the shadows to be merged. Tho in the future it will have the shadows as a seperate frame and draw that b4 the buildings.

On a plus note: switiching to GL_NEAREST insted of GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR makes the image basicaly the same as the non mipmaps.

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Holy_Master · Commander **Joined**: 21 Jul 2004 **Location**: Thailand

wow look better but terrain still blur...

Ickus · General **Joined**: 25 Nov 2002 **Location**: @__@

Oh my, that is fantastic! I always dreamt of something like this, a sort of mini-engine, a sort of proving ground to test our newly spawned ideas.... that tells us modders what is wrong with our rules.ini instead of dumping am undechiperable expect.txt

I know its quite in its infant stages,

but with the technology of peace.... Wink

great job!

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christophski the great · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

awesome maybe i might actually get something done now.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Holy_Master wrote:

wow look better but terrain still blur...

There is no Terrain. Only a nice backdrop BMP.

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Banshee · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject:

By the way, happy birthday, Stu! Wink

Holy_Master · Commander **Joined**: 21 Jul 2004 **Location**: Thailand

Ohh.! to day's your birth day? Happy New Year!! OOps!!!
Happy birth day. Laughing

christophski the great · Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject:

happy birthday!

and i hope you can change the bmp cos that'd be cool

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Corce u can change the bmp. U could have it as a porn image if u rearly wanted to.

21 again, 21 again.... well for the first time. So now i can legaly Drink in America! (Been able to drink in the uk since i was 18... not that ill ever goto America)

A Little Background on SL Engine:

originaly the idea was to create a Easter Egg to place in SHP Builder, unlocking say units fighting in a scene. Tho MadHQ's thoughts on what the image i posted on the SHP Builder forum was changed the project to his idea. (So he was wrong at the time, tho its all down to him that the idea cought on)

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DeathRay2K · Commander **Joined**: 01 Sep 2002 **Location**: Canada

Happy 21st! Smile

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wthigon · Vehicle Drone **Joined**: 10 Jan 2005

I'm sorry about reviving this old topic.

I found this link in AcidVats, and was wondering if any further development on this was made?

Banshee (logged out) · Guest

Stu has released a beta version and that's all. He has recently sent me the source. At the moment, I have no plans to continue, but I might incorporate a bit of it in the new OS 3D engine.