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 Post subject: FixMore.pod
PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:39 am 
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Okay... I'll probably download and try FixMore.pod before I get an answer, but what does FixMore.pod fix? Surely it can't fix more than "All"!?! ;o)

I liked the blue water in FixAll.pod, but I kinda missed the train whistle on choo-choos. (If only just TRAINS had a train whistle and not ALL moving objects! Image!)


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 2:55 am 
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FixMore.pod includes fixall.pod, three versions of mtm2mtm2.pod, tiresmoke.pod, new headlight textures and many many more additional fixes that have always been pet peeves with me (eg, lasx cps). I agree, losing the train whistle is a bummer but it's one of the trade offs. You can work around that by placing the sound pod higher than fixall/more.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 6:49 am 
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Hey there Clawfford, "mtm2mtm2" is something I whipped up, you can read about it <a href=http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Corridor/9018/fixes.htm>here</a>, and Fixall, while excellent, was misnamed from the beginning - when in fact it breaks the train horn, which I insist on keeping, via pod mounting order. Image


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 8:38 am 
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Okay, thanks!

I'll adjust my FixMore.pod to follow sound.pod and preceed everything else.

I'm glad to see the mtm2mtm2 thingy! I made use of several MTM1 objects (including checkpoints) in a few of my earlier tracks. I'll recommend FixMore.pod for them on my website ("Clawfford's Game Room", found at www.gameroom.com/clawfford or in the MTM2 WebRing).

Anything else? I know Fixall helps the "Hall of Mirrors" somewhat, and I kinda like the new brown dust clouds.

Clawfford


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:10 pm 
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Hmm...

What's the magic order?

I arranged FixMore.pod after sound.pod, and now I have my blue water AND my choo-choo whistle. But now I've lost all smoke effects.

Do I have to decide which effect to sacrifice, or can I get all 3 working? (Train whistle, blue water, and FixMore.pod brown smoke effects.)

If you have all 3 working, please let me know the order of your system pods/FixMore.pod - mine is hopelessly scrambled from changes and testing.

Thanks!

Clawfford


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:46 pm 
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smoke an the water... in startup.pod, so make sure it's below the fix.
fire in the sky... mount Zilla vs. Bigfoot. (sorry, couldn't resist)


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:01 am 
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I feel like such a fookie!

I wasn't testing on enough tracks... first was one I am currently working on, and I hadn't given the "dirt" attribute to the texture yet, so of course it wasn't kicking up any dirt clouds.

And when I wanted to test the dirt out I tried Tumbleweed Flats since there's lotsa dirt there. But it seems there's very little blue in that track palette, so I discovered that the water ALWAYS looks silver there even when it looks blue on other tracks!

Image!

Oh, well. I have an excuse. I turned 40 today, so I guess I'm not wasting any time before everything starts going downhill! ;o)

Clawfford


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:11 am 
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LOL so like...where is this "Fixmore" pod? Seen lots of talk about it, but no link to it lol. What kind of place you runnin here, Phin? lol


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:33 am 
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once phin recieves our monthly union dues he'll.... oh nevermind lol... link

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 7:35 am 
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About the water issue. I thought about what you said, Clawfford, and figured I'd have a look and maybe do a comparison. So, first thing I did was look at [url=javascript:void(0)]<font class=nf>Tumbleweed Flats</font>[/url] and compared fixall and fixmore with reflections turned off and then on for each one. As you can see, there's not a lot of difference, with maybe a bit clearer color tones in the fixmore.pod but not so much it's worth troubling over. But with other tracks I've seen huge differences and next tried [url=javascript:void(0)]<font class=nf>The Heights</font>[/url]. With reflections on or off, the fixmore is a considerably deeper blue. I won't say it makes fixall look like stock water, but it definitely pales when placed side by side. Of course, this brought up the question of stock so I tried [url=javascript:void(0)]<font class=nf>Crazy98</font>[/url] and took pics for all three versions. I guess which version you prefer depends on your experience with lake or ocean water. If I were going for realism based on lake ontario, then I'd probably stick with the stock textures, lol. But I want the game to look better so I went for the third version.

Download <font class=nf>FixMore.pod</font>. (pay attention cope and you'd already have it)

Complete mtmg <font class=nf>inventory</font> of utilities is available too.


p.s. oops, mal beat me with the link :-)


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:21 am 
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*Said with a whiney, mocking voice - (pay attention cope and you'd already have it) Yeah, yeah sure pal.

Thanks Mal...and I got a good mind to tell Mr. Phineus what he can do with that Union Dues crap! lol


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