Topic: Screen Fail.

[Ronin RedFox]

This is one interesting level flaw. The screen half exists on two different cubes!



Submitted By Zantor.

[SaladBadger]

I once accidently did that with a light in D2. I had to replace it with a undestroyable one.

[Scyphi]

It's a common problem you run into with texture alignment with stretched cubes. As such, I've learned that the best thing to do with stretched cubes is to not put destroyable textures on them, or at least find some way to minimize this problem as much as possible (like using a smaller overlay texture).

Still, it can be fun to just leave those as is, as they do look interesting to see the screen with one side working and one side broke.

[-<WillyP>-]

You could build a whole level based on strange in game phenomenon.

For example the third level of my -factor series has a section where exterior walls are textured with a certain force-field. It's kinda like a fun-house of mirrors due to the hall of mirrors effect on the other side of the force-field.

The trick is to take advantage of this sorta thing and use it creatively.

[Scyphi]

Ah yes...the hall of mirrors effect...always fun to toy with.

Unfortunately, D2X-XL doesn't render that effect, and neither does Rebirth, if memory serves. 

[Ronin RedFox]

If someone makes a level made completely out of mirrors. That would be awesome. 

[-<WillyP>-]

That would be difficult, as D3 only allows 1 mirror per room. However, the 'Hall of Mirrors Effect' refers to what you get when you venture outside a level. Not good, I can assure you! But I found you can get some weird effects without being actually outside the level. This is because the force-field texture has some visibility through it and some unique properties.

[NUMBERZero]

Makes you wish we had D3's stupid code just to make that great sounding level.

[Foil]

There's a very good reason D3 only allows one mirror per room: continuous reflections (e.g. even just two mirrors facing each other) can be very taxing on the program and renderer.  The re-re-re-reflections could cause framerates to drop dramatically.

[-<WillyP>-]

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