What's the matter? [smoke particles & wind]

Zero Niner · 05-10-08, 03:38 AM

This 2 screens are from mu current campaign, Aug 1942 & somewhere north of the Solomons.

As you can see, the wind from the stern must be very strong if it blows the smoke over the bow...

Seriously, is this a known issue?

AVGWarhawk · 05-10-08, 05:45 AM

Not an issue. The smoke will flow and blow with the wind. Looks and feels realistic to me. It also makes it harder to determine the ships direction when viewed from far away.

Snaptrap · 05-10-08, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Not an issue. The smoke will flow and blow with the wind. Looks and feels realistic to me. It also makes it harder to determine the ships direction when viewed from far away.

I can see how this would look like a flaw considering the direction the ship flags are moving in relation to the smoke.

CCIP · 05-10-08, 12:01 PM

Yea, the only problem here is that unlike particles (i.e. smoke), the flags are not dynamic and don't move with the wind. Otherwise this looks quite correct. I'm used to even seeing this sort of an effect with other games like Distant Guns where the smoke is thicker and the wind definitely has a major effect on it!

Snaptrap · 05-10-08, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Yea, the only problem here is that unlike particles (i.e. smoke), the flags are not dynamic and don't move with the wind.

You're not saying that the polys can't be made into dynamic graphic, are you?

CCIP · 05-10-08, 12:18 PM

Well, as far as wind direction and strength, I believe it only "exists" in the game's particle engine. I don't think there's a mechanism to make any polys move with the wind - then again, we've been surprised before by what modders could come up with.

05-10-08, 03:38 AM	#1
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	What's the matter? [smoke particles & wind] This 2 screens are from mu current campaign, Aug 1942 & somewhere north of the Solomons. As you can see, the wind from the stern must be very strong if it blows the smoke over the bow... Seriously, is this a known issue?

05-10-08, 05:45 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Not an issue. The smoke will flow and blow with the wind. Looks and feels realistic to me. It also makes it harder to determine the ships direction when viewed from far away. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-10-08, 12:01 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yea, the only problem here is that unlike particles (i.e. smoke), the flags are not dynamic and don't move with the wind. Otherwise this looks quite correct. I'm used to even seeing this sort of an effect with other games like Distant Guns where the smoke is thicker and the wind definitely has a major effect on it! __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

05-10-08, 12:18 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, as far as wind direction and strength, I believe it only "exists" in the game's particle engine. I don't think there's a mechanism to make any polys move with the wind - then again, we've been surprised before by what modders could come up with. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)