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

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4y ago · May 13, 2022 2:56 PM

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

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4y ago · May 13, 2022 6:34 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 · May 14, 2022 10:34 PM

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

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