Translucency of monster fireballs

Epoch · Post by **Epoch** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 15:08

What value in the config controls wether or not Imp and other fireballs are translucent or not?
For some reason when I use one user account, monster fireballs are opaque, and mine are translucent, but when I use another account, all the fireballs have translucency.

What is up with this?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 15:39

There is nothing that could make that distinction - unless you loaded a WAD that changes something.

In other words, I have no idea why translucency is so selective for you.

Epoch · Post by **Epoch** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 15:42

Bizarre.

Oh well, I'll just delete my config and see what I can do.

EDIT:
Nope, nothing.

Shinjanji · Post by **Shinjanji** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 18:53

Anything odd in your skins folder?

TheDarkArchon · Post by **TheDarkArchon** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 22:24

Epoch: Set r_drawtrans to 0 to make all translucent objects (Including fireballs but not spectres) opaque.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 22:33

r_drawtrans is only used by the software renderer. I found this CVAR utterly pointless as it basically cripples the renderer so I ignore it in GL.