[REL] Smoke & Particles Mod for SH4/TMO

iambecomelife · 05-04-13, 09:13 PM

Some changes to the particle effects - mostly to the smoke, but fire and explosions have also been tweaked to be more dramatic. It's designed for Trigger Maru Overhaul; it seems to work OK with the stock game. However, it has not been tested with other supermods. Install is self-explanatory. Special thanks to Ducimus for TMO. Please post questions or problems here instead of sending PM's. Enjoy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?51t6dtfg5a3nw40

ReallyDedPoet · 05-04-13, 09:35 PM

Nice !

Redmane · 05-04-13, 11:06 PM

Wowie Zowie, now them there are some serious smoke effects, may give this one a try before too much longer.

EDIT: By the way, what's up with the half-naked bridge and gun crew? Is that a mod and does it have a.. well... an optional form?

iambecomelife · 05-04-13, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Redmane

Wowie Zowie, now them there are some serious smoke effects, may give this one a try before too much longer.

EDIT: By the way, what's up with the half-naked bridge and gun crew? Is that a mod and does it have a.. well... an optional form?

The screens were taken while I was also testing crew injuries for my WWI mod, "Wolves of the Kaiser". As the name suggests, I'm planning to add various minor injuries to the crew when your submarine is damaged. Just to be clear, this is NOT part of the smoke mod. The smoke mod does not affect crew appearance in any way.

Redmane · 05-04-13, 11:21 PM

Ok, that sounds pretty cool actually, thanks for taking my little joke in stride.

TorpX · 05-05-13, 05:57 PM

The smoke looks really good. Does your mod change the height and/or persistance aspects? What I mean to ask, does it make it easier to see a burning ship from far away?

05-07-13, 05:12 PM

iambecomelife,
Thanks for this great effect's Mod. I'm using it with Travellers Mod 2.3 for TMO, and it adds a spark ( pun intended ) to the eye candy
captnmike :-)!

iambecomelife · 05-08-13, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpX

The smoke looks really good. Does your mod change the height and/or persistance aspects? What I mean to ask, does it make it easier to see a burning ship from far away?

Yes - particle lifetime has been increased, upwards velocity has been increased, and particle weight has been decreased.

If you damage a ship badly enough to start a fire, it will be much easier to find from a distance than it is in the stock game. This is useful if you damage a ship and get forced down by escorts before you can finish it off

TorpX · 05-08-13, 07:39 PM

Nice!

Traveller · 05-08-13, 08:07 PM

Looks great! Thank you.

Red October1984 · 05-08-13, 09:04 PM

Yeahhhh....My PC won't be able to handle that....

iambecomelife · 05-09-13, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

Yeahhhh....My PC won't be able to handle that....

Actually, because the smoke is more opaque than the stock smoke or TMO smoke, your performance may actually be better with it. According to one tester for my SH3 smoke mod from several years ago, it's opacity that causes a big performance hit, and not the detail level of the smoke .tga or .dds file.

Fifi · 05-09-13, 08:47 PM

I guess this new smoke is wind affected?

EDIT: after trying it, it seems other boats chemney smoke is changed too...it looks darker and more compact imo. Maybe slightly higher?

AOTD_MadMax · 05-14-13, 06:35 AM

Nice Work Iambecome but i saw there some problems.
Small Fire uses the same Smoketexture.

I created this Smoke in a new way.
Only the smoke from Big Fire is affected and this smoke was generated with 3 Textures.
Here is my work.

With this kind of Smokegeneration you will also see the fireshining at the smoke´s base and the smoke disappears better and in a very fine way in the athmosphere.

Regards

Maddy

arnahud2 · 05-14-13, 01:21 PM

@AOTD : what a pretty nice smoke effect, seems so realistic, bravo !!!

I would be very interested by such a smoke mod

05-04-13, 09:13 PM	#1
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,584 Downloads: 297 Uploads: 0	[REL] Smoke & Particles Mod for SH4/TMO Some changes to the particle effects - mostly to the smoke, but fire and explosions have also been tweaked to be more dramatic. It's designed for Trigger Maru Overhaul; it seems to work OK with the stock game. However, it has not been tested with other supermods. Install is self-explanatory. Special thanks to Ducimus for TMO. Please post questions or problems here instead of sending PM's. Enjoy. http://www.mediafire.com/?51t6dtfg5a3nw40 __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

05-04-13, 09:35 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The one and only East Coast Posts: 10,775 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice ! __________________ Back in the Day

05-04-13, 11:06 PM	#3
Redmane Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 113 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Holy Crap! Wowie Zowie, now them there are some serious smoke effects, may give this one a try before too much longer. EDIT: By the way, what's up with the half-naked bridge and gun crew? Is that a mod and does it have a.. well... an optional form? __________________ REDMANE Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bullet-proof. -V

05-04-13, 11:21 PM	#5
Redmane Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 113 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Ok, that sounds pretty cool actually, thanks for taking my little joke in stride. __________________ REDMANE Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bullet-proof. -V

05-08-13, 09:04 PM	#11
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Yeahhhh....My PC won't be able to handle that.... __________________

05-05-13, 05:57 PM	#6
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	The smoke looks really good. Does your mod change the height and/or persistance aspects? What I mean to ask, does it make it easier to see a burning ship from far away?

05-07-13, 05:12 PM	#7
captnmike Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	iambecomelife, Thanks for this great effect's Mod. I'm using it with Travellers Mod 2.3 for TMO, and it adds a spark ( pun intended ) to the eye candy captnmike :-)!

05-08-13, 07:39 PM	#9
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Nice!

05-08-13, 08:07 PM	#10
Traveller Captain Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 513 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Looks great! Thank you.

05-09-13, 08:47 PM	#13
Fifi Navy Seal Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Posts: 5,724 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	I guess this new smoke is wind affected? EDIT: after trying it, it seems other boats chemney smoke is changed too...it looks darker and more compact imo. Maybe slightly higher? __________________ https://www.mediafire.com/file/x1otz...N_V5.5.7z/file Last edited by Fifi; 05-09-13 at 11:37 PM.

05-14-13, 06:35 AM	#14
AOTD_MadMax Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bremen/Germany Posts: 749 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 1	Nice Work Iambecome but i saw there some problems. Small Fire uses the same Smoketexture. I created this Smoke in a new way. Only the smoke from Big Fire is affected and this smoke was generated with 3 Textures. Here is my work. With this kind of Smokegeneration you will also see the fireshining at the smoke´s base and the smoke disappears better and in a very fine way in the athmosphere. Regards Maddy __________________ AOTD is gone, iam the last survivor ........

05-14-13, 01:21 PM	#15
arnahud2 Frogman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 308 Downloads: 724 Uploads: 0	@AOTD : what a pretty nice smoke effect, seems so realistic, bravo !!! I would be very interested by such a smoke mod __________________