shell splash distance

jmardlin · 01-18-09, 07:37 PM

has anyone figured out how to increase the distance you can see a shell splash from? You can see a ship wake under 5000 yards but can only see a splash under 4500 yards.

vanjast · 01-19-09, 12:49 AM

Size matters...

. If you make the spashes bigger.

jmardlin · 01-19-09, 01:59 AM

I think I fixed it. There was a conflict in &Big_Shell_water_explosion in particles.dat. Open particles.dat with Silent 3ditor (v0.9.4) delete node 214 include children, then on what is now node 215 change Delete no children to true, and finally go to GlobalScaleFar and change DensityScale to "0.01". Splashes with big guns will now be visible beyond 4500 yards. Small guns already work right. It took me almost ten hours to figure this out.

01-19-09, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jmardlin

I think I fixed it. There was a conflict in &Big_Shell_water_explosion in particles.dat. Open particles.dat with Silent 3ditor (v0.9.4) delete node 214 include children, then on what is now node 215 change Delete no children to true, and finally go to GlobalScaleFar and change DensityScale to "0.01". Splashes with big guns will now be visible beyond 4500 yards. Small guns already work right. It took me almost ten hours to figure this out.

now all you have to do is confirm everything works ok and make it jsgme ready, then release it as a mod

jmardlin · 01-19-09, 12:59 PM

It already was that is how I was testing it. Here is the file location. http://hosted.filefront.com/jmardlin/
Not sure why they had two particle emitters for the same parent node that were conflicting with each other.

jmardlin · 01-19-09, 04:20 PM

forget what i said about deleting the one node I will repost the file as (v 1.1) at filefront http://hosted.filefront.com/jmardlin/

tater · 01-19-09, 04:53 PM

Well done.

jmardlin · 01-19-09, 08:32 PM

thank you

01-18-09, 07:37 PM	#1
jmardlin Soundman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Millington, MI USA Posts: 145 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 8	shell splash distance has anyone figured out how to increase the distance you can see a shell splash from? You can see a ship wake under 5000 yards but can only see a splash under 4500 yards.

01-19-09, 12:49 AM	#2
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,739 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Size matters... . If you make the spashes bigger.

01-19-09, 01:59 AM	#3
jmardlin Soundman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Millington, MI USA Posts: 145 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 8	I think I fixed it. There was a conflict in &Big_Shell_water_explosion in particles.dat. Open particles.dat with Silent 3ditor (v0.9.4) delete node 214 include children, then on what is now node 215 change Delete no children to true, and finally go to GlobalScaleFar and change DensityScale to "0.01". Splashes with big guns will now be visible beyond 4500 yards. Small guns already work right. It took me almost ten hours to figure this out.

01-19-09, 12:59 PM	#5
jmardlin Soundman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Millington, MI USA Posts: 145 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 8	It already was that is how I was testing it. Here is the file location. http://hosted.filefront.com/jmardlin/ Not sure why they had two particle emitters for the same parent node that were conflicting with each other.

01-19-09, 04:20 PM	#6
jmardlin Soundman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Millington, MI USA Posts: 145 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 8	forget what i said about deleting the one node I will repost the file as (v 1.1) at filefront http://hosted.filefront.com/jmardlin/

01-19-09, 04:53 PM	#7
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Well done.

01-19-09, 08:32 PM	#8
jmardlin Soundman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Millington, MI USA Posts: 145 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 8	thank you