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Webster
10-01-07, 11:24 PM
how can i add smoke to the fire left on the water?


ship sinks and fire sits on the water but there is no smoke after the ship is gone.

if its burning then there must be some smoke to go with it so how can i add smoke?

nothing too heavy or thick, i was thinking something that looks like ship funnel smoke.

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EDIT: this turned out to be signal smoke from downed pilots. images are in my third post.

leovampire
10-01-07, 11:48 PM
how can i add smoke to the fire left on the water?


ship sinks and fire sits on the water but there is no smoke.

if its burning then there must be some smoke to go with it so how can i add smoke?

nothing too heavy or thick, i was thinking something that looks like ship funnel smoke.

You have to go to the node's that have the Fire effect's like fire small or fire Big and add the nodes and or changes to the nodes that are connected to them under neath.

Open them up further and you will see smoke effect's to go along with the fire effect's.

Webster
10-02-07, 03:53 PM
how can i add smoke to the fire left on the water?


ship sinks and fire sits on the water but there is no smoke.

if its burning then there must be some smoke to go with it so how can i add smoke?

nothing too heavy or thick, i was thinking something that looks like ship funnel smoke.

You have to go to the node's that have the Fire effect's like fire small or fire Big and add the nodes and or changes to the nodes that are connected to them under neath.

Open them up further and you will see smoke effect's to go along with the fire effect's.


??????????????? :o i have no idea what that means but isnt there a mod for this?

leovampire
10-02-07, 04:04 PM
how can i add smoke to the fire left on the water?


ship sinks and fire sits on the water but there is no smoke.

if its burning then there must be some smoke to go with it so how can i add smoke?

nothing too heavy or thick, i was thinking something that looks like ship funnel smoke.

You have to go to the node's that have the Fire effect's like fire small or fire Big and add the nodes and or changes to the nodes that are connected to them under neath.

Open them up further and you will see smoke effect's to go along with the fire effect's.


??????????????? :o i have no idea what that means but isnt there a mod for this?

There is always smoke with the fire even on the surface burning. Also the Mod Smoke on the water add's a ton of smoke to effect's.

From our work

http://static1.filefront.com/images/personal/l/leovampire/93141/nlqsdxrgfh.thumb250.jpg (http://gallery.filefront.com/leovampire//782933/)

MONOLITH
10-02-07, 04:25 PM
There's definately smoke on the oil slick fires with ROW....

http://www.mayhemonstrings.com/Images/SH4.jpg

leovampire
10-02-07, 04:28 PM
There's definately smoke on the oil slick fires with ROW....

http://www.mayhemonstrings.com/Images/SH4.jpg

Nice shot big time.

Webster
10-02-07, 07:59 PM
this is what i am talking about, after the ship has sunk completely after a minute or so the smoke stops when the sunken ship dissappears but the fire continues on.

the fire is not turned off when the ship dissappears so it is not tied to the ship but apparently the smoke is still tied to the ship. i believe this is a game flaw and the smoke should be tied to the fire not the ship so that you always have smoke anytime you have fire.

i have some pics as example:

http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/snangrtqlk.jpg

http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/bveqcdtqjl.jpg


http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/ocgowrykpd.jpg

http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/aeqafiuwdc.jpg

leovampire
10-02-07, 08:08 PM
this is what i am talking about, after the ship has sunk completely the smoke stops but the fire continues on.

the fire is not turned off when the ship dissappears so it is not tied to the ship but apparently the smoke is still tied to the ship. i believe this is a game flaw and the smoke should be tied to the fire not the ship so that you always have smoke anytime you have fire.

i have some pics as example but i dont know to post them so please go to my filefront and download fire pics.

Just as simple all you have to do is save the original game image as a Jpeg then you can upload them all you want.

MONOLITH
10-02-07, 09:53 PM
I understand what he's saying now.

The smoke stays on the oil fire as long as the ship is considered "alive" by the game engine. As soon as the ship sinks, and the kill is scored, the game engine turns off the smoke. But your oil fire effect is still there. Then you have an oil slick fire with no smoke.

The game engine connects the smoke with the ships status, not the fire graphic.

MONOLITH
10-02-07, 09:56 PM
http://static1.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/snangrtqlk.thumb500.jpg




PS: Which mod has those white dials? (Standalone)

Webster
10-02-07, 10:00 PM
http://static1.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/snangrtqlk.thumb500.jpg




PS: Which mod has those white dials? (Standalone)

its the green button with brass guages mod but i forgot who did it

leovampire
10-02-07, 10:11 PM
http://static1.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112787/snangrtqlk.thumb500.jpg




PS: Which mod has those white dials? (Standalone)

its the green button with brass guages mod but i forgot who did it

JJimmadried did the mod for that HUD.
And there is a vs of it with the green lamp for the Battery/Fuel indicator as well.

http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/sh4_mods/jimimadrid--s_shinyborder_hud.rar

leovampire
10-02-07, 10:16 PM
that pink smoke is from Alied downed pilot's. It was done in patch 1.3 to make it easier to find them and rescue them.

Go to the Bridge and use the Binoculars with your hud set to the bridge. When the marker for the Bino's turns red click on the rescue Pilot button to save them.

Webster
10-02-07, 10:20 PM
I understand what he's saying now.

The smoke stays on the oil fire as long as the ship is considered "alive" by the game engine. As soon as the ship sinks, and the kill is scored, the game engine turns off the smoke. But your oil fire effect is still there. Then you have an oil slick fire with no smoke.

The game engine connects the smoke with the ships status, not the fire graphic.

yep, thats it exactly.

MONOLITH
10-02-07, 10:29 PM
WEBSTER, do you have pics of fire without smoke, or is this mystery solved?

leovampire
10-02-07, 10:32 PM
WEBSTER, do you have pics of fire without smoke, or is this mystery solved?

It gives you the download for the Hud you asked about.

And WEBSTER that pink smoke is from Alied downed pilot's. It was done in patch 1.3 to make it easier to find them and rescue them.

Go to the Bridge and use the Binoculars with your hud set to the bridge. When the marker for the Bino's turns red click on the rescue Pilot button to save them.

Webster
10-02-07, 11:24 PM
that is smoke from Alied downed pilot's. It was done in patch 1.3 to make it easier to find them and rescue them.

Go to the Bridge and use the Binoculars with your hud set to the bridge. When the marker for the Bino's turns red click on the rescue Pilot button to save them.

well i thought it was definately fire but i got on the free camera and watched the air attack and zoomed in real close to find a pilot there lol.

seeing it next to the crashed plane, it looks just like fire only pinker lol.

i have seen downed pilots before and found them in my scope but i havent seen one signal with a signal flare yet so i didnt know what it was.

http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/k/keakar/112850/wsdwqtxxjd.jpg

leovampire
10-02-07, 11:35 PM
that is smoke from Alied downed pilot's. It was done in patch 1.3 to make it easier to find them and rescue them.

Go to the Bridge and use the Binoculars with your hud set to the bridge. When the marker for the Bino's turns red click on the rescue Pilot button to save them.

well i thought it was definately fire but i got on the free camera and watched the air attack and zoomed in real close to find a pilot there lol.

seeing it next to the crashed plane, it looks just like fire only pinker lol.

i have seen downed pilots before and found them in my scope but i havent seen one signal with a signal flare yet so i didnt know what it was.

Makes it so much easier to find them especialy at night

Webster
10-02-07, 11:48 PM
Makes it so much easier to find them especialy at night

well it should be modded to be way way smaller and the neverending flare isnt very realistic.
the flare should only last for a minute at the most.

i would like to see the smoke cut down about 60-70% so it is 1/3 the size it is now and have it appear only when you aproach to within reasonable visual range of him while your surfaced.

seeing smoke clouds everywhere including way off on the horizon is just laughable