WIP - Big Oil Slick and Big Oil Fire

[Duke of Earl]

Thanks to TT's Mini Tweak Utility... ... I have developed some Big Oil Slicks and Big Oil Fires... they look excellant in game...

I have tried to make them as 'frame-rate-friendly' as possible... but, there will be a slight drop in fps (depending how close you get to the effect in free-cam)...

If anyone is interested, I can post the Mini Tweak settings and you can put them in yourself... but, I can't distribute my particles.dat file because it is heavily modded with other stuff that would screw-up your file...

Big Oil Slick appears when Steamers flood-out and sink in one piece... Big Oil Fire appears when Tankers explode and sink (different size fires)... sometimes, Big Oil Fire appears when non-Tankers explode and sink too... Big Oil Slick and Big Oil Fire will probably not appear if Ammo Steamer or Freight Steamer has catastrophic explosion, breaks in two pieces and sinks fast...

Also, on clear sunny day, Big Oil Slick is Deep Purple ("smoke on the water, fire in the sky...." )... but, on cloudy day, at sunset & dawn, Big Oil Slick turns light black...

Check out screenshots:













These effects generate fast and will last at least 30 - 40 min real time... then they gradually fade-out... and, life span can be increased even more...

One more thing... works fine with Warships too...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl