[REQ] "Slower" Smoke

WilhelmTell · 04-22-07, 07:31 PM

Hi !
Is it possible to tweak down the animation speed of the smoke effects of burning ships and oil ? I mean it looks great (though it could be darker) but even at low wind speeds it spreads out quite unrealistic fast.

I beg you guys capable of doing something about it, to have a look at this please.

Regards,
Tell

U-Bones · 04-22-07, 07:37 PM

Agree

IMO this is the single ugliest thing in the game. Seastate is SO out of sync with the windspeed implied by this. To make it even worse, you can side by side compare damage smoke and ship stack smoke - one is horizontal, the other vertical.

Mast · 04-22-07, 08:45 PM

+3 on that.

Mast

Harpo · 04-22-07, 09:15 PM

Ditto.

Though I've go a feeling it's a bug.

Scoochy · 04-22-07, 11:24 PM

Not really a bug, just a poorly implemented feature. Still beats the smoke from SH3 though....sorta.

04-23-07, 01:38 AM

Being that it's probable all in the particals.dat
All someone needs do is adjust it.

Compare values and set them closer to each other.

U-Bones · 04-23-07, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoochy

Not really a bug, just a poorly implemented feature. Still beats the smoke from SH3 though....sorta.

Grossly absolutely no.

It looks fine. but disconnected to everything else going on around it. Fake, faux, cartoonish, poorly executed.

THat said, I would rather they concentrate on important things. We can always mod the smoke out - which would be an improvement.

Scoochy · 04-23-07, 07:24 AM

Well...on less than windy days I think it looks better. Looks better....doesn't blow nicely or look like a big billowing cloud...but none the less, I like it better

U-Bones · 04-23-07, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoochy

Well...on less than windy days I think it looks better. Looks better....doesn't blow nicely or look like a big billowing cloud...but none the less, I like it better

Are we playing the same game ? The smoke is horizontal regardless of windspeed - 0 knots wind or 15 knots wind.

Anyway, I'm glad you like it, but I'm -really- shocked anyone does.

Kataki · 04-23-07, 11:15 PM

Always bothered me that the smoke looked as though the windspeed was 200+ mph

The actual particals look alright but the stupid animation is retarded.

04-22-07, 07:31 PM	#1
WilhelmTell Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany, Europe Posts: 205 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	[REQ] "Slower" Smoke Hi ! Is it possible to tweak down the animation speed of the smoke effects of burning ships and oil ? I mean it looks great (though it could be darker) but even at low wind speeds it spreads out quite unrealistic fast. I beg you guys capable of doing something about it, to have a look at this please. Regards, Tell

04-22-07, 11:24 PM	#5
Scoochy Sparky Join Date: May 2005 Location: San diego Ca. Posts: 150 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Not really a bug, just a poorly implemented feature. Still beats the smoke from SH3 though....sorta. __________________ SH5 Photobucket Slideshow

04-23-07, 07:24 AM	#8
Scoochy Sparky Join Date: May 2005 Location: San diego Ca. Posts: 150 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Well...on less than windy days I think it looks better. Looks better....doesn't blow nicely or look like a big billowing cloud...but none the less, I like it better __________________ SH5 Photobucket Slideshow

04-22-07, 07:37 PM	#2
U-Bones Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Treading Water Posts: 847 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Agree IMO this is the single ugliest thing in the game. Seastate is SO out of sync with the windspeed implied by this. To make it even worse, you can side by side compare damage smoke and ship stack smoke - one is horizontal, the other vertical.

04-22-07, 08:45 PM	#3
Mast XO Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, CO. Posts: 403 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	+3 on that. Mast

04-22-07, 09:15 PM	#4
Harpo Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 6 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Ditto. Though I've go a feeling it's a bug.

04-23-07, 01:38 AM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Being that it's probable all in the particals.dat All someone needs do is adjust it. Compare values and set them closer to each other.

04-23-07, 11:15 PM	#10
Kataki Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 119 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Always bothered me that the smoke looked as though the windspeed was 200+ mph The actual particals look alright but the stupid animation is retarded.