[bLacK-bLooD]

Hi guys,

I am using set_user_rendering to create a glowing shell around the players. The issue is that even though the "amount" argument is set to 25, the glow is way too thick.

My code:

PHP Code:

set_user_rendering(id, kRenderFxGlowShell, 0, 0, 255, kRenderNormal, 25); 


Outcome:



Using: AMX Mod X v1.8.3-dev+4932

What might be the problem?

Thank you for your time.

Edit:

The problem was because of the semiclip. See my last post in this thread.

[Ghosted]

Nope, it's working well, player height is 72, so 25 should be as shown on image
Btw its float value

[bLacK-bLooD]

Hmm, I should ask myself some questions then.

How would I make the shell to be very very thin, but very colored. I just want the outline of the player to be colored. If I set the amount to 1, I can barely see anything on the player.

[OciXCrom]

The glow in the picture does not match the code you gave. It's not even the same color. The picture clearly has pure blue (0, 0, 255) and not (0, 100, 255). Are you sure you set the amount to 25 and not 255?

I tested your code and here are the results:

25 - https://i.imgur.com/0ivJIzX.jpg
255 - https://i.imgur.com/49Jjqpd.jpg

Are you sure your code is compiled?

[bLacK-bLooD]

This is the full code. It's the last line of code that sets the rendering. The plugin is basically the original plugin which you can find here:

PHP Code:

#include <amxmodx>
#include <fakemeta>
#include <fun>

#define PLUGIN "Glowing Color By Speed"
#define VERSION "1.0"
#define AUTHOR "Garey"

#define FREQ 0.1

new bool:plrGlow[33] = { true, ... };

new TaskEnt,g_glowamount,g_minspeed,g_maxspeed, maxplayers

public plugin_init() {
    register_plugin(PLUGIN, VERSION, AUTHOR)
    register_cvar("Garey", "Glowing Color By Speed", FCVAR_SERVER)
    register_forward(FM_Think, "Think")
    
    TaskEnt = engfunc(EngFunc_CreateNamedEntity, engfunc(EngFunc_AllocString, "info_target"))    
    set_pev(TaskEnt, pev_classname, "speedometer_think")
    set_pev(TaskEnt, pev_nextthink, get_gametime() + 1.01)
    
    g_glowamount=register_cvar("gbs_amount", "25")
    g_minspeed=register_cvar("gbs_glow_min_speed", "250")
    g_maxspeed=register_cvar("gbs_glow_max_speed", "1500")
    
    maxplayers = get_maxplayers()
}

public Think(ent)
{
    if(ent == TaskEnt) 
    {
        SpeedTask()
        set_pev(ent, pev_nextthink,  get_gametime() + FREQ)
    }
}

public client_putinserver(id)
{
    plrGlow[id] = true
}

stock dynamicColor(min,max,Float:value,&red,&green,&blue)
{ //Don`t launch with max ~= min 
    #define MaxC 255
    #define MinC 0
    #define DtC 255
    
    if (value>=max)
    {
        red=MaxC;
        green=MinC;
        blue=MinC;
        return;
    }
    else if (value<=min)
    {
        red=MinC;
        green=MinC;
        blue=MaxC;
        return;
    }
    
    new Float:step = (max-min)/4.0;
    new Float:dt = value-min;
    
    if (dt <= step)
    {
        red   = MinC;
        green = floatround(dt*(DtC/step));
        blue  = MaxC;
    }
    else if (dt-=step, dt <= step)
    {
        red   = MinC;
        green = MaxC;
        blue  = floatround((step-dt)*(DtC/step));
    }
    else if (dt-=step, dt <= step)
    {
        red   = floatround(dt*(DtC/step));
        green = MaxC;
        blue  = MinC;
    }
    else
    {
        dt-=step;
        red   = MaxC;
        green = floatround((step-dt)*(DtC/step));
        blue  = MinC;
    }
    return;
}


SpeedTask()
{
static i, target
static Float:velocity[3]
static Float:speedh

for(i=1; i<=maxplayers; i++)
{
    if(!is_user_alive(i)) continue
    if(!plrGlow[i]) continue
    
    target = pev(i, pev_iuser1) == 4 ? pev(i, pev_iuser2) : i
    pev(target, pev_velocity, velocity)
    
    speedh = floatsqroot(floatpower(velocity[0], 2.0) + floatpower(velocity[1], 2.0))
    
    static r, g, b
    dynamicColor(get_pcvar_num(g_minspeed),get_pcvar_num(g_maxspeed),speedh,r,g,b)
    set_user_rendering(i, kRenderFxGlowShell, r, g ,b ,kRenderNormal, get_pcvar_num(g_glowamount))
}
} 


Edit: While if I look at the player, the glow is very thick, if I look at myself I get the wanted result (it's a very thin glow). I am using a 3rd person view plugin to see myself.

Picture:

[Airkish]

Are you using semiclip?

[bLacK-bLooD]

Originally Posted by Airkish Are you using semiclip?

Yes, I am using a ProKreedz, which has semiclip.

However, the value of semiclip is set to 255, therefore fully visible.

Might that be why?

Edit:

If I turn the semiclip cvar off, the glow works. However, due to the mod of my server, I really need the semiclip so players don't bump into each other.

Is there a way to keep the semiclip but also to have the nice glow effect?

Edit 2:

Fixed. Just disable these 2 lines (which disable the transparency option in prokreedz). This will make the outer shell of the player look good.

PHP Code:

// set_es(es, ES_RenderMode, kRenderTransAlpha)
// set_es(es, ES_RenderAmt, get_pcvar_num(kz_semiclip_transparency))