GetPlayerRender exist?

[ibm5155]

There´s some acs command that could get the player render like:return 0 if software and 1 if opengl.

I think this would be userfull for maps that just use dynamic lights for lighting the map ex:

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script 1  open clientside
{
 if(GetPlayerRender()==0)
  {
    Light_ChangeToValue(1,133);
    Light_ChangeToValue(2,255);
    Light_ChangeToValue(3,133);
    Light_ChangeToValue(4,200);
    Light_ChangeToValue(5,255);
    Set_sectorlight(1,CR_RED);//don´t remember now the code to change the type of light
    set_sectorlight(3,CR_GREEN);
    set_sectorlight(5,CR_YELLOW);
  }
}

That script would let software players with the same (or almost the same) experience as opengl users with opengl, but opengl would have better looking maps because that lights are only dynamic lights and software users would have a map that´s playable with almost the same result as the opengl user...

But for all that it´s required that GetPlayerRender exist :s

[Ænima]

Super Skulltag uses this in a few maps, usually to disable the fancy "light beam" textures for software players because textures with PNG alpha channel look horrible in software.

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script 256 ENTER CLIENTSIDE
{
int usesoftware = GetCVar ("vid_renderer");

	if (usesoftware == 0) 
	{
    	 ReplaceTextures("TRANLITE","TNT1A0");
	}
}

[ibm5155]

hmm thanks Ænima, then GetPlayerRender can exist :D

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function int GetPlayerRender(void)
{
return GetCVar ("vid_renderer");
}

[Ijon Tichy]

actually, what you should do is GetCVar("vid_renderer") && !GetCVar("gl_nogl")

[Ænima]

actually, what you should do is GetCVar("vid_renderer") && !GetCVar("gl_nogl")

Wait, why? That seems a bit redundant.

[ibm5155]

actually, what you should do is GetCVar("vid_renderer") && !GetCVar("gl_nogl")

?

but GetCVar("vid_renderer") return 0 if it´s software render and 1 if it´s opengl, what should be "gl_nogl"?

[Ijon Tichy]

gl_nogl disables the GL renderer, even if vid_renderer is 1

gl_nogl isn't saved in the INI, I don't think; hence it's not used very often

even if it is, vid_renderer does the job better, but regardless, you have to account for nogl

[Ænima]

Ahhh. Okay. Thanks for pointing that out.

[ibm5155]

The idea is good too :)

But what I wanted is do a opengl map be playable on software render, but not affecting the quality of the opengl gameplay ex:

[spoiler]opengl

software before the getplayerRender

software with GetPlayerRender
[/spoiler]
It´s not the same result as in opengl but it´s playable on soft :)

[Ijon Tichy]

... okay?

so use this, since it checks the other cvar that decides which renderer you use

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function int ConsolePlayerRenderer(void) { return GetCVar("vid_renderer") > 0 && GetCVar("gl_nogl") <= 0); }