I assume that because Radiant has a Fog texture (http://clankiller.com/games/quake/gtkradianttut/tut8/index3.php), one can create fog that you can run through. Does this work in Nexuiz? I have never seen it ingame, as far as I can remember. If so, does it slow the game down much?

Afaik brush fog isn't working in Nexuiz. However, you can add fog to any maps with engine fov, setting fov values. There are some values in the wiki about this.

Exactly here: http://www.alientrap.org/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Tweaks

I've only seen one map in Nex use fog (one of the tzork's, I think), so while it's not particularly widely-used, yes it is possible

here some old screenshots to see what the fog is like:

Those are some of the weirdest screenshots I have ever seen! Anyway, thanks for the info

I would not recommend using fog, at least not if the idea is to reduce the line of sight, because a: it requiers some fetures that not all gpus have, and b: any client can disable the fog localy at any time by using "fog 0" in the console. And if the map uses the fog to limit the line of sight, the ones that disables the fog gain an unfair advantage.

4m wrote:here some old screenshots to see what the fog is like:

yippy! esp the last one ahhh

tZork wrote:I would not recommend using fog, at least not if the idea is to reduce the line of sight, because a: it requiers some fetures that not all gpus have, and b: any client can disable the fog localy at any time by using "fog 0" in the console. And if the map uses the fog to limit the line of sight, the ones that disables the fog gain an unfair advantage.

Well a) was a bug (that seems to be fixed) and i would really like a way to disable b)

lol whats maps are those in the screenies

Awww too bad. Well, I guess ill just have to change my idea around a bit. Thanks for the info

alexjustdoit wrote:lol whats maps are those in the screenies

The first 2 screens are from dmtower (a custom map), the last one is silvercity.

I must say silvercity looks cool with black fog, and black sky. Very creepy looking

KadaverJack wrote:

alexjustdoit wrote:lol whats maps are those in the screenies

The first 2 screens are from dmtower (a custom map), the last one is silvercity.

Note that dmtower is one of the ugliest maps ever, but fun to play... and the screenshots are really good... looks like fog is what the map needs

I tell ya... fog can really add a cool mood to a map. Either a dark spooky feel, dusty gun smoke, smooth light or biohazard. But it's difficult to make it look good because it depends on your video settings, effects and the map. So everyone has to adjust it by one self.

Is there any way to make a map use fog by default? I'm making a map which needs fog to look right

You can set the values with your mapcfg file, as whatever is in it is used as the map is launched. So all of the fog values would appear at the map's start (though the user could turn it off after the map is loaded)

Shoe wrote:You can set the values with your mapcfg file, as whatever is in it is used as the map is launched. So all of the fog values would appear at the map's start (though the user could turn it off after the map is loaded)

I tried adding stuff like fog .1 to my mapconfig but it don't work. What am i doing wrong?

The syntax for fog is

fog <density> <red> <green> <blue>

(e.g. fog 0.1 1 1 1 for thick white fog)

I recommend putting that into the worldspawn of the map, not into a config file. Just add another key.

SavageX wrote:The syntax for fog is

fog <density> <red> <green> <blue>

(e.g. fog 0.1 1 1 1 for thick white fog)

I recommend putting that into the worldspawn of the map, not into a config file. Just add another key.

Works great. Thank you