philcommando 0 Posted July 13, 2004 The amazing work of kegetys, Col klink and others has shown us there may be no limit to ofp and would like to take up this space to share your ideas on how to create thermal imagers in ofp. As most know, thermal imagers are infra red devices to pick up heat signatures from bodies or engines, used frequently in the scientific world as well as for military applications. The current military equipment of personalized thermal imagers are rather big and bulky and definately not the size of current nvg as portrayed in sci-fi...but then its only a matter of time it will go the way of the nvg..1960 nvg was big and handheld but now the nvg is a single eye piece. Application in ofp:- ------------------- 1. There is no 'heat signature' in ofp 2. How does soldiers recognise 'threats'? 3. What are the engine codes for 'threats'? 4. 'threat'code is but one way - another is to configure ofp to read models in colored wire mesh instead. 5. Can the engine read and show up the vertices of models instead when a user command for the 'threat' code or wire mesh mode is given? Its just an idea, would love to hear from those who know as it or just share my view on it for those in this community who are currently developing such equipment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ninja_STO 0 Posted July 13, 2004 I would think that doing this is possible, but would take so much work that it probably would not be finished any time before OFP2 is released. I am thinking, what about the method I have heard cheaters use, of making enemy units and vehicles appear as bright pink by editting their config files or something and changing textures? Maybe using a method similar to this, you could make it show all soldier units, vehicles, or other heat sources as more of a solid color to represent heat, while all else is an opposite color. It could be activated the same way NVG's are, turning the view into more of the monochrome image. Problem I see with this is that if that technique would work, you would have to code in the retexture for every single unit or object, and even with just the default units this could take a long time to do. Also making a new thermal device view and blending it all together smoothly would be a mind-job. Keg has made an outstanding breakthrough with his .DLL deal, maybe that is a sign that something like this is also possible. I do not know how long Keg was working on that system, but I can say that if someone did figure this one out, it will take a lot of hard work. I have heard before it can't be done, but we've all heard that before about other things that have in fact become possible. Who knows, just have to mash your brains together and think of a solution, if it's even worth the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nephilim 0 Posted July 13, 2004 its possible i think but only for single player heres a way create a simple model for the model that should radiate the thermal signal very simple plane double faced object make it glow at night with (Shift+E > shining) then a make the theremo trace appear with setobject texture how to activet it create thermo goggles let a script check if these are in use of player if yes apply the thermo textures on the simple objects then there should be a thermo trace visible not the best solution but a start Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philcommando 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Thanks ninja and nephilm for your ideas..its a pretty good start. Lets think it big instead..how would we be able to see all other addons' 'thermal' image without changing a single vertice or line in other's addons? Making the imager is easy, config it is easy..only element missing is the command to switch to infra - red image. I believe it can be done cos on some free 3dviewers on the net, u can switch between the texture mode or shaded mode or wireframe mode. That way, with that piece of code it would be easy to create without changing others' addon. Anyway it may be a pipedream..but since it is recorded down here, i hope when someone wanna create it, they can do a search and find out how far the developement for this addon has gone. May it help him/her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nephilim 0 Posted July 13, 2004 hmm without creating dlls liek kegetys did i doubt thats possible ye i know so ud have to create a bunch of addons that will se this feature but its possible maybe i try this with the uscm mod Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzlie 0 Posted July 13, 2004 Maybe u could test idea on IR beacon ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
