Okay.. here we are :)..
based on test8 settings -

http://s19.postimg.org/fchb0ntof/SH5...2_19_04_20.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/rfmmo84qn/SH5...2_19_04_40.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/ff16nhxbz/SH5...2_19_04_58.jpg

http://s19.postimg.org/4thbbhr0f/SH5...2_19_06_13.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/8ed6upvjz/SH5...2_19_06_31.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/b9qa1kzjz/SH5...2_19_06_41.jpg

http://s19.postimg.org/5mtx43x1b/SH5...2_19_07_37.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/kwtsbasjj/SH5...2_19_07_55.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/bp6lrprsv/SH5...2_19_09_15.jpg

Neither can I. It is likely that this material is a leftover or, as you are suggesting, is used by some other FXU particle dat file. :hmmm:

I think my custom texture is more appropriate. I did it by merging/tweaking other stock testures :know:

Look much better now :yeah:

What do you guys think :)

They don't think.. they are just waiting :D..

What do you think about improve a little other pierre texture?
And any other thoughts? What else can we edit?

I just hope they won't start thinking (...and complaining) when we will send our update to TDW :03:

I like some vapour to still be there, but I can see to improved that texture anyway. Have any special idea in mind for it? I should I improve it? :hmm2:

Making the top end of the water column to look more pointed? Making vapourized water to fall down more slowly and to last a bit longer than the rest?

:har:

I think, someway like you already made for the first one :hmm2:

Yes.. how can I make it?

I think it's simple, just increase a little life time.. or? :06:

Do you mean switching the texture from wapour to a proper water splash, or just using a better vapour texture?

I guess we can try playing with particle's size overlife settings. I am going out for dinner again, and I have no time to explain how it works, but I will later or tomorrow :up:

increase lifetime a bit, reduce intitial speed, reduce weight, maybe reduce also opacity... I have to go now. We will discuss the details later :salute:

Why not to try both ways?

OK, I will try to play around these parameters :up:

See you :salute:

Hope to see new updated download at page one !
:up::o:up:

Your last screens of latest test looks very nice Volodya! :up:

This will be update for FX Update.. when we finish our work we will send our edited files to TDW and he will decide when update will be released :up:

Still testing :)..

Hope that TDW will clearly announce that moment...:o

Looking really nice so far Volodya, good job :up:

Okay, wait for my updates :up:

About overlife settings. There are two types of the: OverLife is generally calculated over each particle's life (as set with Life and Life Variation parameters), whereas OverGeneratorLife uses total particle generator's life (LifeTime parameter). How they work: they are organized in an array of several entries. Each entry got two properties: LifeTime and Scale. LifeTime is an elapsed-time placer, and it is a percent of particle's of generator's total life; Scale is a multiplier, and it gets multiplied to the general property setting.

Let's make an example:

particula01 in TDW_FXU_Torp_Explosion_Materials.DAT. Its life duration is set to 4 sec (no life variation set). Size setting is 1 x (1 ± 0.5) = 0.5 to 1.5. Overlife settings are:

• [0] LifeTime 0; Scale 0 => at 0 x 4 sec = 0 sec, particle's size is 1 x (0.5 to 1.5) x 0 = 0
• [1] LifeTime 0.1; Scale 1 => at 0.1 x 4 sec = 0.4 sec, particle's size is 1 x (0.5 to 1.5) = 0.5 to 1.5
• [2] LifeTime 0.3; Scale 1.5 => at 0.3 x 4 sec = 1.2 sec, particle's size is 1.5 x (0.5 to 1.5) = 0.75 to 2.25
• [3] LifeTime 1; Scale 2.5 => at 1 x 4 sec = 4 sec, particle's size is 2.5 x (0.5 to 2.5) = 1.25 to 6.25
• [4] LifeTime 1; Scale 1 => see below
• [5] LifeTime 1; Scale 1 => see below

LifeTime settings are ordered in ascending orders from 0 to 1. Particle's size is interpolated linearly between two consecutive overlife settings. Sometimes (like in our example), after the first LifeTime = 1 OverLife entry, there are other entries ([4] and [5] in our case), but I believe tha they are ignored in game. Getting back to the torpedo splash effect, I would try the following settings (settings changed in orange):

[3] LifeTime 0.75; Scale 2.5
[4] LifeTime 1; Scale 0.5

Also, at this stage I suggest to only tweak overlife size of particles using my new water splash texture (i.e. particula01 and 03), as we can expect vapour particles to expand much more in the air. :03:

Gabriele, this is stock 'great explosion' -

http://s19.postimg.org/3q6uae22n/stock1.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/nm2tpxj3z/stock2.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/wv5001rzz/stock3.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/saitl48an/stock4.jpg

'water column' is visible on the dark background only..
I think it sucks :down:

:D

OK, I'll wait :)

OK, now I'll try to sort out :D
So, should I change values ​​in the BitmapParticles of the TDW Materials.dat and not in the TDW Particles.dat? right? :)

Yes, it does; even not being finished yet, our splash effect looks so much better! :yeah:

P.S: have you noticed that smoke seems to always come out from the opposite flank than the one struck by torpedo? :hmmm:

It won't take long :03:

For what I can see, the size property can be set for BitmapParticles, but not for ObjectParticles. As your preliminary tests have shown, the one BitmapParticle defined in the TorpExplosionGreat particle generator is so subtle that I wouldn't bother tweaking it. This leaves us with BitmapParticles defined in TDW Materials.dat :yep:

Any other question?

Yep :yeah:
only the views of the community isn't heard :hmmm: :D

Perhaps it due to settings of my custom mission :hmmm:, I'll try other mission next time..

Nope :).. so far no :D..

Once an OverLife time parameter reaches 1 all further entries are ignored :yep: Majority of the OverLife properties are in regards to the particle's life, not the generators life

http://s19.postimg.org/xft7u7zzz/smoke1.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/41xhemxa7/smoke2.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/p03ncpx4v/smoke3.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/56rjk0jr3/smoke4.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/8rnf38oan/smoke5.jpg

As you can see, smoke comes out than depending on torpedoes hit.. rather it depend on ship's type.. maybe it controlled by ship's .zon :hmmm:

test series with suggested settings :)

http://s19.postimg.org/9v7jf78xr/test1_1.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/6cvjit81r/test1_2.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/6r1gw5hj3/test1_3.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/5q18710jj/test1_4.jpg

http://s19.postimg.org/76cqp63gf/test1_5.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/cj1l3arcv/test1_6.jpg . http://s19.postimg.org/f1na3zd33/test1_7.jpg