Good news guys, simple items are coming =) Big thanks to tZork for coding the feature!
Now all we need is somebody to make an actual set of simple items. I made placeholders to make it easier for whoever wants to work on this, and I hope the placeholders will be replaced soon because they're aweful
Right now it's in git in it's own branch, tzork/csqc-items
To enable (before starting a map):
sv_simpleitems 1
cl_simpleitems 1
I made placeholders only for what I consider "core" weapons/items (they're at same location as the actual models location with the added _simple to filename), but it's easy to add more. Just copy any of the existing _simple.iqm model and .skin file, rename them to whatever item you want, edit the .skin to point to correct texture and that's it. Check simpleitems.shader for a list of all items and what their file names need to be. If you don't use or don't want to use git, we can maybe work something out.
Also, whoever wants to work on this, I would advise you to do some tests and see what it looks like in game, don't do a whole set before seeing what it looks like else you might have a bad surprise. Simple items need to be, well, VERY simple, don't try to do fancy details on them because they'll only look good up close, but very blurry as soon as you move away. For a good example, see the first post in this thread (one color, simple and recognizable shapes, no detail, avoid trying to do fancy shading effect or anything like that).
Now all we need is somebody to make an actual set of simple items. I made placeholders to make it easier for whoever wants to work on this, and I hope the placeholders will be replaced soon because they're aweful
Right now it's in git in it's own branch, tzork/csqc-items
To enable (before starting a map):
sv_simpleitems 1
cl_simpleitems 1
I made placeholders only for what I consider "core" weapons/items (they're at same location as the actual models location with the added _simple to filename), but it's easy to add more. Just copy any of the existing _simple.iqm model and .skin file, rename them to whatever item you want, edit the .skin to point to correct texture and that's it. Check simpleitems.shader for a list of all items and what their file names need to be. If you don't use or don't want to use git, we can maybe work something out.
Also, whoever wants to work on this, I would advise you to do some tests and see what it looks like in game, don't do a whole set before seeing what it looks like else you might have a bad surprise. Simple items need to be, well, VERY simple, don't try to do fancy details on them because they'll only look good up close, but very blurry as soon as you move away. For a good example, see the first post in this thread (one color, simple and recognizable shapes, no detail, avoid trying to do fancy shading effect or anything like that).