[bb] Planet halo/sunflare without clipping problems by Rob [ 1+ years ago ]

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Title : Planet halo/sunflare without clipping problems
Author : Rob
Posted : 1+ years ago

Description : This is useful in many situations. For example, you really do need a beautiful gentle hue around your object however you don't want to use sprites for a variety of reasons. Usually this will be due to clipping problems.

Code :

Code: BlitzBasic

1. ;bugs: rob@redflame.net
2. Graphics3D 640,480,16,2
3. camera=CreateCamera()
4. planet=CreateSphere()
5. glow=CreateSphere()
6. ScaleEntity glow,1.6,1.6,1.6
7.  
8. light=CreateLight(2)
9. MoveEntity light,1000,1000,-1000
10. MoveEntity camera,0,0,-10
11.  
12. tex=CreateTexture(64,64,48+64+512+2)
13. SetBuffer TextureBuffer(tex)
14. For i=1 To 64
15.         Color i*3,i*3,i*4
16.         Oval i/2,i/2,64-i,64-i,1
17. Next
18. EntityTexture glow,tex
19. EntityBlend glow,3
20.  
21. While Not KeyHit(1)
22.         UpdateWorld
23.         RenderWorld
24.         Flip
25. Wend
26. End

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