Urfisch is on FIRE

[Dowly]

Amazing! Will test today! :up:

[onelifecrisis]

Damn, I'm just about to brave THE OUTSIDE WORLD and won't have time to test this tonight... but it looks promising in the pics :D

[xristoskaiti]

you we thank for the gift:sunny:

[dcb]

Looks very nice!:up:

[R48]

Looks great. But what happens when there is a convoy with several ships burning like this. Is there a major hit on the frame rate?

[urfisch]

maybe so...tried to keep the frames up. but on slower systems the framerate will decrease. thats for sure.

[TheDarkWraith]

you forced 'fake' wind on the smoke to one side (x=1) and to the up direction (y=.1) which makes it a very steep angle :nope: . The smoke will always blow to that side and at that angle no matter what the wind direction or velocity is. Other than that looks very nice!

[Woof1701]

@Urfish
Cool!!!

@Racerboy
Can you include that in your SH4 effects mod?

[urfisch]

you forced 'fake' wind on the smoke to one side (x=1) and to the up direction (y=.1) which makes it a very steep angle :nope: . The smoke will always blow to that side and at that angle no matter what the wind direction or velocity is. Other than that looks very nice!

racerboy, sure. but we both know, that theres no other way to get the smoke wind-affected, right? i also wonder if theres any wind in the game at all? the local and the global wind option is only useable to create "forced" wind. or am i wrong?

:hmm:

[TheDarkWraith]

racerboy, sure. but we both know, that theres no other way to get the smoke wind-affected, right? i also wonder if theres any wind in the game at all? the local and the global wind option is only useable to create "forced" wind. or am i wrong?

:hmm:

There is wind in the game, look at my exhaust smoke. It IS wind affected BUT only because it is tied to an object. The problem with the SH3 effects are that they inherent from 0000000000000000 which is zip, nada, nothing. It appears, from my testing, that because of this they don't inherit the 'world' properties of wind and all.
The local and global wind options are only to create forced wind. Local being the size of the particlegenerator's admissionarea and global being the 'world'. When you place values in here then you are telling the game engine to use x% of the velocity to that axis. So, in your case, you are telling the game engine to use 100% of the velocity on the x axis and 10% of the velocity on the y axis, thus the steep and very fast movement of the smoke you have. Hope that helps you.
Working with Privateer now I have discovered that it might, just might, be possible to do things that you never thought imaginable. I have much testing and research to do.

[TheDarkWraith]

@Urfish
Cool!!!

@Racerboy
Can you include that in your SH4 effects mod?

I would be willing to include his effects AFTER I view them and test them but not the fake wind part. I'd rather have no wind than wind that blows to one side all the time no matter what the current wind direction is. And this is not putting your mod down Urfish. I think your effects look very good from the screenies. If your willing and I like what I see we can talk about incorportating it into my SH4 effects and more for SH3 mod. :hmm:

[urfisch]

racerboy, sure. but we both know, that theres no other way to get the smoke wind-affected, right? i also wonder if theres any wind in the game at all? the local and the global wind option is only useable to create "forced" wind. or am i wrong?

:hmm:
There is wind in the game, look at my exhaust smoke. It IS wind affected BUT only because it is tied to an object. The problem with the SH3 effects are that they inherent from 0000000000000000 which is zip, nada, nothing. It appears, from my testing, that because of this they don't inherit the 'world' properties of wind and all.
The local and global wind options are only to create forced wind. Local being the size of the particlegenerator's admissionarea and global being the 'world'. When you place values in here then you are telling the game engine to use x% of the velocity to that axis. So, in your case, you are telling the game engine to use 100% of the velocity on the x axis and 10% of the velocity on the y axis, thus the steep and very fast movement of the smoke you have. Hope that helps you.
Working with Privateer now I have discovered that it might, just might, be possible to do things that you never thought imaginable. I have much testing and research to do.

sounds interesting! keep me updated!

[Von Manteuffel]

@ urfisch

Is this for SH III, or GWX, or SH4 as it says in your original post?

[Sailor Steve]

BEAUTY!!!:rock: :sunny:

[Dowly]

Do you need any other mods to use this? As all I get is squares to where the smoke & fire should be. Or maybe it is compatibility issue with GWX 1.03?

[JCWolf]

Do you need any other mods to use this? As all I get is squares to where the smoke & fire should be. Or maybe it is compatibility issue with GWX 1.03?

I think you have to install this one first mate...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=643902&postcount=130

And then this particles file...:hmm:

[Dowly]

Yeh, got it. Tho, still a problem with the new fire. When I watch it thru periscope, it's blocky but when I go to external view it's ok. :hmm:

[Woof1701]

@Urfish
Cool!!!

@Racerboy
Can you include that in your SH4 effects mod?

I would be willing to include his effects AFTER I view them and test them but not the fake wind part. I'd rather have no wind than wind that blows to one side all the time no matter what the current wind direction is. And this is not putting your mod down Urfish. I think your effects look very good from the screenies. If your willing and I like what I see we can talk about incorportating it into my SH4 effects and more for SH3 mod. :hmm:

Thanks. Couldn't ask for more. Though: does the real wind direction really matter? Are there any other effects in SH3 that use the real wind. So to say: does it matter?

[onelifecrisis]

Thanks. Couldn't ask for more. Though: does the real wind direction really matter? Are there any other effects in SH3 that use the real wind. So to say: does it matter?

Yes - I believe the wave textures move with the wind. If you run this mod, or any forced wind mod (e.g. WAC) you get the waves going one way and the smoke going another way - looks very odd.

[d@rk51d3]

THAT looks AWESOME:rock:

[urfisch]

i forgot to mention, you need the "ajm - attack japan mod" textures from d.kruger to get a proper function! or take the racerboy fx mod and replace the particles.dat - this also works.

:yep:

[Woof1701]

Thanks. Couldn't ask for more. Though: does the real wind direction really matter? Are there any other effects in SH3 that use the real wind. So to say: does it matter?

Yes - I believe the wave textures move with the wind. If you run this mod, or any forced wind mod (e.g. WAC) you get the waves going one way and the smoke going another way - looks very odd.

A thanks. That explains it then.