Halo effect

[The One and Only]

What I have is a GFX image of a halo, and I'm trying to get an effect similar to this: http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmanc...on-sinai6c.jpg so that the halo appears behind the head whichever way you look at it. I also would like a second version, which appears the same size from any distance (ie. not affected by perspective) if this is at all possible.

[penumbra]

thats definately possible by using shaders, i mean ive seen someone blow up a character's head (make really bid) purely using shaders. unfortunately i have no skill whatsoever in that area

[The One and Only]

You mean the stormtrooper with the enormous head? I'll look into that.

[penumbra]

yeah thats the one, from what i saw there, its very possible to do what you want

[The One and Only]

Hmm, I can't find it. Is it on jk3files? What should I search for?

[The One and Only]

Originally Posted by The one and only

Hmm, I can't find it. Is it on jk3files? What should I search for?

Wait, I've found it!

edit: However that doesn't answer my question. All that does is deform the mesh.

[Szico VII]

you need to make a polygon around the head of the model and place a sprite shader on it with the halo as the image.


the special paramater you need if the halo is a perfect circle is:


deformvertexes autosprite

[The One and Only]

Err, Aside from the fact I have no idea what that meant (other than deformvertexes, and circle) is there an easier way to do this? Actually, vevermind, I've just thought of a much simpler way. One more thing though, how can I make a texture show up through walls? (Like the repeater in the izzy survival 2 does) basically, a glowing texure (which I know how to do do) which also shows through walls?