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Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: psyburn on May 14, 2006, 01:14:08 pm

i would like to see lasers bouncing off objects like glass etc
because lasers are lightbased.
there are 3 reasons why i ask this
1 it would be a lot more realistic
2 you can use it as a tactical improvement <- hope you know what i mean couldnt come up with the word.
3 it would look c00l

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Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: Neo on May 14, 2006, 01:22:23 pm

glass would refract lasers rather than reflect them ;) So they'd just go through but at a slight angle, assuming the heat doesn't melt the glass :D

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: [HUN]N.M.I. on May 14, 2006, 03:39:50 pm

Lasers won't melt glass, as long as the glass isn't colored  :wink:
I think he meant mirrors. Mirrors indeed reflect laser beams although I haven't found mirrors in Tremulous yet  :P .

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: Neo on May 14, 2006, 05:19:35 pm

Though the engine does support them, so they can be put in maps I believe.

The heat generated by the focussed energy beam would :D

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: Catalyc on May 14, 2006, 05:49:12 pm

Even more pulse spam!

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: psyburn on May 14, 2006, 07:00:22 pm

well ok i think you may be right
forget my realism thing
it would look cool :)

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: Neo on May 14, 2006, 08:21:52 pm

If they could tie it to mirrors it would be fun, imagine the numbers of newbies killing themselves while spraying :D

Title: bouncing lasers
Post by: Paradox on May 14, 2006, 08:28:58 pm

They already do, sometimes. If you shoot blasts at the corner of a floor, they sometimes hit, and sometimes bounce off at an angle.