Mercenariesguild Client 1.0

[rotacak]

I vote no for colors in console texts. It making client too big and it is not necessary. And can't be turned off, bloom can be turned off. 

[Bissig]

Yes, why ever add a new feature at all. Your brain might collapse at the suprise.

[+ OPTIMUS +]

i just  want to add that every custom font i've seen is a crap. even MG's is distorted in a very crappy way when changing resolution.

[David]

Which font did you use?  Got to be one somewhere that works for you.

[Lakitu7]

Anyhow, sounds like Bloom is out since the reaction for that has been rather negative. That was less "Lak had the idea" and more "Lak said maybe if other people wanted it," fwiw. Odin is certainly welcome and encouraged to maintain a branch with these features, but it seems like folks don't want it in trunk.

i just  want to add that every custom font i've seen is a crap. even MG's is distorted in a very crappy way when changing resolution.

We didn't make, default, or bundle any font. There is no "MG's" font.

[Amanieu]

I believe he was referring to the mgdev font.

[+ OPTIMUS +]

i only said i don't like any custom fonting i've seen - in global -, regardless if its MG's or anything else.

[Vociferous]

Just tested it, and it appears that my ganger doesn't get turned upside down when wallwalking over lights like it does with trem-servers release. Also perhaps you should add a note about r_height and r_width in the docs  Good work !

[Odin]

I have made a version of mgclient(with Lakitu7's consent) with a couple graphics patches applied. I have decided to call this branch of mgclient "mgclient_eyecandy". Hopefully there will be more renderer changes in the future. For now, here is the source:
http://odin.mercenariesguild.net/tremulous/mgclient_eyecandy_source_1.0-1.tar.gz (now includes configurable entity light with r_minEntityLight!)

I have made this branch with the intention of using the ShinyTrem mod along with it.

Basically, it's the stock mgclient source with two patches applied(with more to come later):
http://patches.mercenariesguild.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=201 ("Working Bloom")
    This patch allows you to use a bloom post-process effect(tweak r_bloom* values for best results).

http://patches.mercenariesguild.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=209 ("Remove Entity Minimum Light")
    This patch removes the minimum light value for entities(players/structures/weapons/etc) and allows the light blending stage to reach black. This gives better results with shaders that use specular light(like in ShinyTrem). I hope to figure out a way to have this configurable, with a max value being the original unmodified default.

Binary releases: x86_64, x86, win32(coming soon)

Here's a screenshot of the battlesuit with ShinyTrem and mgclient_eyecandy:

[E-Mxp]

wow, that looks amazing Odin!! Good job on this!

[Odin]

I have made a new version of mgclient_eyecandy, with a new patch:
http://patches.mercenariesguild.net/index.php?do=details&task_id=210 ("Add specular light to all non-explicit shaders")
    This patch adds a specular light stage to all shaders which are not explicitly defined in shader files(pretty much 90% of the game).

Source (Just download, unpack, and build! Patches have already been applied)

Binary releases: x86_64, x86, win32(thanks, Lakitu7)

[rotacak]

It not work for me (winXP). I downloaded some libs, freetype, zlib and when I run it with +set fs_homepath "e:\hry\tremulous\_mg_client_eyecandy", then it runs, but resolution is 640x480. In options is 1280x1024. In autogen was still 640x480, dunno why. So I changed it even there to 1280x1024, it was overwrited to 1600x1024 but graphic is still only 640x480.

What I can do?
And btw, is possible to have maps for all clients in "e:\hry\tremulous\base" and configs in different directories?

example:
pk3: "e:\hry\tremulous\base"
mg client config: "e:\hry\tremulous\base\_client_mg"
tremfusion config: "e:\hry\tremulous\base\_client_tf"

[kevlarman]

set r_width and r_height in newer clients instead of r_mode

[Lakitu7]

Pending a short beta cycle, I have a novel and all-inclusive fix for that to release soon.

[Amanieu]

Will the new release just have that fix (and possibly a few other fixes) or will it add a bunch of new stuff?

[SlackerLinux]

set r_width and r_height in newer clients instead of r_mode

you should use either tw-client-server r_mode changes or fsm-trem changes (same as tw one more or less) or tremfusions.
then you wont get people with that issue which will probably turn people off your client.

sad but true if something doesn't work they wont care to seek advice even if its not a bug. best to make as much as possible 1.1 compatible

[kevlarman]

set r_width and r_height in newer clients instead of r_mode

you should use either tw-client-server r_mode changes or fsm-trem changes (same as tw one more or less) or tremfusions.
then you wont get people with that issue which will probably turn people off your client.

sad but true if something doesn't work they wont care to seek advice even if its not a bug. best to make as much as possible 1.1 compatible

the ideal solution would be to package a new ui.qvm and use amanieu's patch to load it when leaving a server (this has the side effect of fixing sort by ping as well), but unfortunately people complain that their custom menu no longer works.

[Amanieu]

That still won't fix the problem of changing the resolution while in the game.

[Lakitu7]

Good thing that's not what I'm doing at all.