Distortion, flickering, vibrating effects on projected images?

[Tetragramme]

i found out how to make "mirrors" with a glossy black prim and a second prim as a projector, but can't figure out how to add effects to it 

I learned...

• scripted particles doesn't work
• there are no commands to animate a texture on a light source/projector
• animating the 'mirror' textures to change the mirror barely has an effect 
• bump maps can't be animated

does anyone know how or have any Suggestions?

[Rolig Loon]

I haven't tried animating that effect, but I imagine that you could do it if you update the projected image with a fast timer.  It would be really clunky and probably a resource hog, but that's the only way that comes readily to mind.  As you say, there's no built-in method for animating a projected image.  That "mirror" effect is very nice, BTW.  Linden Lab used it in a couple of things in their haunted neighborhood for Halloween this year.

[Tetragramme]

1 minute ago, Rolig Loon said:

I haven't tried animating that effect, but I imagine that you could do it if you update the projected image with a fast timer.  It would be really clunky and probably a resource hog, but that's the only way that comes readily to mind.  As you say, there's no built-in method for animating a projected image.  That "mirror" effect is very nice, BTW.  Linden Lab used it in a couple of things in their haunted neighborhood for Halloween this year.

i could swear i've seen similar effects that work very smoothly even in laggy sims so i don't think it's just some timer. unless it's an effect that looks similar but is actually just an extra semi-transparent texture being animated over it... but can a texture of a prim before this 'mirror' distort the image on the mirror?

[Rolig Loon]

Beats me.  As I said, I haven't tried to animate the effect myself, so I'm guessing too. 

[Ardy Lay]

I do not know of a way to change a projector image via a script.  Now you have me wondering if a parcel media texture can work in a projector.

[Quarrel Kukulcan]

2 hours ago, Tetragramme said:

bump maps can't be animated

You can't animate the bump, specular, or diffuse texture individually, true, but I know that for smooth scrolling at least, all three of them scroll together. (They're also locked into a base state of no scaling, offsetting or rotation.)

[Tetragramme]

13 hours ago, Quarrel Kukulcan said:

You can't animate the bump, specular, or diffuse texture individually, true, but I know that for smooth scrolling at least, all three of them scroll together. (They're also locked into a base state of no scaling, offsetting or rotation.)

oops, i forgot that all those things would be animated together even if you can't animate them separately... not like it matters that you're also animating an otherwise black reflective surface while animating the other layers anyway, since you won't even see the base texture... that makes options a bit more limited but theyll be easier to implement at least

Thank you!

Edited December 9, 2020 by Tetragramme