Engine Rendering alteration request: one way occlusion bricks

[GEN.Fire Bird]

like so?:
http://forum.returntoblockland.com/uploads/images/d068f7c318d7ad881153c8cbf7d047ba.png
EDIT:
RTB Link:
http://forum.returntoblockland.com/dlm/viewFile.php?id=105

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[zmaster]

not really.
the one way mirror actaully gave me the idea

the one way mirror is half of what i wanted (being solid on only one side) but you can still see bricks behind it.

I was thinking of somthing like a cloaking device.

for example:

A         BA           BB
__       |     __      |       __
|_|  <-|     |_|      | ->  |_|
          |       B       |        C

the -> indicate the normal direction

where A,B, and C are normal bricks and BA and BB are both one way occlusion bricks

sombody at point C is looking towards A
because both to look at brick C requires looking through both BA and BB brick A is visible

however a viewer located at brick C are looking towards brick B, but because it is between the occlusion "Toggles" brick C can be seen seemingly through brick B.

If a viewer were located at brick B the viewer would be able to see ALL the bricks (A, B, And C)

A viewer located at brick A would see the same thing as a viewer located at brick C

[GEN.Fire Bird]

the one way is what you are describing(sorta).
blocking veiws of bricks, but not the skybox/terrean/etc is impossible, but completly blocking the view is.

[zmaster]

I have seen this happen in Blockland as a glitch, so it is possible.
Doing it on purpose may be another matter.
It should be relativly easy to do once shaders come out.
It could also be done in the source code.
I do know for a fact with current script methods/vars/etc it cannot be done.

just getting ideas ready for V21 

[Planr]

this would be so awesome, now we can have true klingon ships

[Mr.Noßody]

Ive accidentally made something like this once with an item. When I spawned it on a brick, the textures were broken and could let me see the skybox detail through the builds/map.

Only thing is, it was an item and I don't know what happened.

[Port]

Ive accidentally made something like this once with an item. When I spawned it on a brick, the textures were broken and could let me see the skybox detail through the builds/map.

Only thing is, it was an item and I don't know what happened.

This happens if an object has no texture or has a visible node with no opacity. What happens is that everything except for bricks are rendered when observing through it.

[Planr]

i know one way this can work!

if youve ever done events that unhide all your player nodes, and set it to a transparent color, you can see the skybox through it, even through bricks :D

[Cajetan]

i know one way this can work!

if youve ever done events that unhide all your player nodes, and set it to a transparent color, you can see the skybox through it, even through bricks :D

Yeah! That's it. Going to write a little script.

[zmaster]

you're right, i've had this issue with players before...now how to apply it to bricks?...

[ThinkInvisible]

the issue is anything behind the object will be invisible too even though it shouldn't be
it would be a blob of skybox instead of nothing

i think this requires an engine alteration, i does

[zmaster]

or perhaps
/dramatic pause



SHADERS

edit: well, it will allow us to see what is on the other side rather than the skybox anyway

[Port]

i think this requires an engine alteration, i does

well you're wrong