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  7. Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 05:02:05 -0500 (EST)
  8. From: Bart Robinson <brobins@CapAccess.org>
  9. Subject: Re: Deflector Shields
  10. To: Carl Andrew Johnson <cjohnson@crl.com>
  11. cc: lightwave-l@netcom.com
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  19. On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Carl Andrew Johnson wrote:
  20.  
  21. > I'm trying to create a deflector shield effect similar to that seen on any
  22. > number of the modern Star Trek series. You know, the egg shaped object
  23. > around a ship that glows lightly when hit.
  24. > 
  25. > I can create the glow by fiddling with the transparency envelope of the
  26. > egg, but is there a way to make it glow in just one spot? (Maybe some
  27. > specularity setting or something along with a light source???)
  28. > 
  29. > Any ideas or suggestions for surface settings for a deflector shield object
  30. > would be greatly appreciated. (Maybe I can map an EXPLOSION onto my
  31. > shields!)
  32. > 
  33. > Carl
  34. > 
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  45.  
  46. Well make yourself a transparencey or luminosity map for the egg shaped
  47. sphere with the hot spot where the "hit" has occured.  Morph or dissolve
  48. in the the shield when needed.
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