EF_BLUE/EF_RED = EF_DIMLIGHT

[Orion]

Well I didn't found any meaningful subject for this topic, but my question is, how can I do, on SSQC, detect if a player's engine support EF_BLUE/EF_RED or not? Because I have a CTF mod that the flags use EF_BLUE/RED. When I connect to the server with DP, JoeQuake, QRack, Tenebrae etc, the effects work. OK. But when I connect with any Software engine, or FitzQuake, or the regular GLQuakes, GLProQuake, etc the effects isn't there, making the flags almost unable to see in the dark.

QW does that, but you don't need to do anything on QC.

How can I "detect" which engine someone's using with SSQC, in NQ, to put the flags EF_DIMLIGHT instead of EF_BLUE/RED on an engine that doesn't support these effects?

Any help will be appreciated.

[Spike]

checkextension("DP_EF_BLUE")?


Alternatively, how well does self.effects = EF_DIMLIGHT|EF_BLUE; work?


The other thing is that just because an engine supports ef_bluelight doesn't mean that all clients do. So yeah, try to use both flags at the same time (you should find that one generally takes precidence over another).

[r00k]

Exactly, including EF_BLUE or EF_RED in the team flag portion ie:

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void () item_flag_team1 =
{
   self.team      = 5;   
   self.items     = IT_KEY2;   
   self.owner     = world;      
   self.effects   = self.effects | EF_RED;


where as the flag will also gain the normal glow when the flag is spawned

example

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void () place_flag =
{
   self.mdl       = self.model;
   self.flags     = FL_ITEM;
   self.solid     = SOLID_TRIGGER;
   self.movetype  = MOVETYPE_TOSS;
   self.velocity  = VEC_ORIGIN;   
   self.effects   = self.effects | EF_DIMLIGHT;      


This will basically overlap the colored light over the dimlight if the engine supports it, or otherwise it will just display the normal EF_DIMLIGHT.
On a side note, in Qrack the radius of the colored light is maybe 10% larger than the dimlight this allows the inner area to be brightened like normal and the outer edge/surfaces to be the "highlight" color, this way EF_BLUE | EF_DIMLIGHT work together...