I was more thinking out loud than explaining: I needed to convert your numerical differences into visible features. Also notice that my excercise is based on my understanding of generator properties, which might be wrong in some cases :03:

Adding new material nodes shouldn't be a problem, and it can be quickly done is S3d. Replacing SmokeAdd is a good idea anyway, as apparently it is not used. Maybe you can replace it with some of Rosomaha's textures; try these for instance: :up:

If you are using Fx Updates, this is probably happening because TDW embedded several textures in his custom material dat files, rather than using textures in the tex folder :yep:

I am quite satisfied with the big splash effect that we have already achieved. Rosomaha's textures wouldn't fit in it, as it is composed by many small particles randomly combined together. Speed, direction, size, opacity, etc of those particles is evolving over time, but the texture that they are using is always the same. In other words, you cannot treat them as single frame of an animation. The advantage of this metod is that you can use relatively small textures, and that due to their randomness and their interacting with the surrounding environment, you will never see the same huge splash in game :yep:

I don't get your point.
What is your definition of 'explosions' and 'water splashes'?

@gap: I was referring to the clouds of fire that erupt out of the ship when a torpedo hits. The original animation looks very blocky and unrealistic, while the ones in sh4 looked somewhat better, in my opinion.

When it comes to the water splashes that you're working on, I really like them. It's just that that the original plumes of fire that erupt look very low-resolution.

For example, the fire cloud in this image:

Okay, I got you now. I hope that we can improve those explosions too :up:

Thanks a lot Rosomaha :yeah:

I think it's impossible as Gap already mentioned..

I see :up:

I'm not sure that TDW's file will work after adding new nodes.. though we didn't try yet :)..
Yes, I will try these new textures.. maybe for SplashVertAdd (water drops) too.. currently I'm working on other tweaks.. see at the bottom of the post..

We aren't working on the water splashes only.. we are working on the whole torpedo explosion effect..
In the image you've posted is not torpedo explosion.. there is secondary explosion on the ship itself.. and we didn't plan to work on it yet..

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Gabriele, over 8 hours and currently working on Creation tab.. as soon as I figured out how it works everything become more easy.. I think I'll finish soon and show some screens.. perhaps new textures not needed more.. I like the effect that has been made so far.. but in any case it must be seen in action rather than on screens.. so probably we need some testers to check it out in the campaign mode..

you guys don't really understand what the second parameter does for most items in the FPGs and PGs and thus you are getting very weird results. The second parameter is almost always a variation (in the range of 0.0-1.0). Take Life for instance: first parameter is the lifetime and the second parameter is the variation (in 0.0-1.0). So if life was 10 and variation was 0.25 then there can be a +- 25% variation to the life for each particle emitted.

What is wrong about my definition of it? :hmmm:

I don't know where you are getting delay particles from :06: The second parameter is a variation in the range 0.0-1.0. Any values over 1.0 are incorrect. The variation works on the first parameter to give you a +- variation :-? EmissionArea is the only exception as the second parameter defines the angle.

Maybe it's strange but it was yours file..

You are referring to the names I used for the Type 4/100 nodes? Ah ok that makes more sense then.

Still the variation values are in range 0.0-1.0. Anything over 1.0 is incorrect.

original file of FXU..

http://s19.postimg.org/6l9er6ozj/VAR.jpg

I'll fix this before we send you the files with the reworked torpedo explosion effect..

It appears then I have an error in that file :up:

Even the Sun has spots :03:

We say - don't mistake the one who does nothing :)

yep, "initial" particle velocity variation = 2

I had overlooked this mistake when reviewing your settings as listed by Volodya :yep:

Stock particles.dat has the same error also :yep:.. that's why I didn't pay much attention to it..

Gabriele, to change file's extension (.dds to .tga) in Photoshop, just 'save as'.. is that all?