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Drawing Bullet Tracer Trajectories from Muzzle to Hit Impact in 3D Space

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4y ago · Jan 10, 2022 8:12 PM

Recording bullet spawn origins and hit positions to render fading 3D beam tracers in DirectX and ImGui.

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4y ago · Jan 10, 2022 10:59 PM

Store tracer struct with startPos, endPos, spawnTime, and duration. In the render loop, interpolate alpha from 1.0 down to 0.0 over lifetime.

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4y ago · Jan 11, 2022 1:59 AM

Drawing a 3D cylinder or quad beam aligned with the view direction creates realistic tracer rounds.

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