[WIP] Smoke&Wind!

Rubini · 04-21-08, 04:05 PM

Hi mates,

I was wondering why in Sh3 the smokes don´t have movements based on the wind...they always just rise straight up. After a close look at the particles.dat (where the smokes are) we can see that the devs had the intention to make then behaviour/follow with the wind..but the controller "GlobalWind" is incomplete and just don´t work. I then take a look at Sh4 files and the same problem there. I tried to find the absent complement for this controller but it just don´t exist on Sh3/Sh4 files. Sh4 then uses a preseted wind for the smokes. This means that they will not follow the weather wind but at least will have some illusion movement.

I then made some adjusts on SH3 smoke particles and now we have smokes that have movements. Notice that they will have always the same direction, but IMHO is much better than the stock always straight up behaviour (we always can use Sh3Cmdr to make some automatic changes on the matter). Let me know what you think. Also we need to add this to AVH's "Enhanced funnel smoke" if we really think in go ahead with this.

04-21-08, 04:05 PM	#1
Rubini Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: São Paulo Brazil Posts: 2,728 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	[WIP] Smoke&Wind! Hi mates, I was wondering why in Sh3 the smokes don´t have movements based on the wind...they always just rise straight up. After a close look at the particles.dat (where the smokes are) we can see that the devs had the intention to make then behaviour/follow with the wind..but the controller "GlobalWind" is incomplete and just don´t work. I then take a look at Sh4 files and the same problem there. I tried to find the absent complement for this controller but it just don´t exist on Sh3/Sh4 files. Sh4 then uses a preseted wind for the smokes. This means that they will not follow the weather wind but at least will have some illusion movement. I then made some adjusts on SH3 smoke particles and now we have smokes that have movements. Notice that they will have always the same direction, but IMHO is much better than the stock always straight up behaviour (we always can use Sh3Cmdr to make some automatic changes on the matter). Let me know what you think. Also we need to add this to AVH's "Enhanced funnel smoke" if we really think in go ahead with this. __________________ One gamer's must-have mod is another gamer's waste of time. -Sailor Steve Last edited by Rubini; 04-21-08 at 07:01 PM.