Can I get stock explosions back?

[Compans57]

I know some don't like them but....I do. I think they're removed from TWOs. Is it possible to replace the ones in TWOs with stock game explosions and does anyone have a file/mod?

[kapuhy]

Originally Posted by Compans57

I know some don't like them but....I do. I think they're removed from TWOs. Is it possible to replace the ones in TWOs with stock game explosions and does anyone have a file/mod?

Not aware of any such mod but, have you unchecked Reduced Fires and Explosions addon in JGSME? That addon might be the cause of fewer expolsions in your game.

[Compans57]

Yeah it’s unchecked. I liked the original fireworks and they seem to have been changed.

[gap]

Originally Posted by Compans57

Yeah it’s unchecked. I liked the original fireworks and they seem to have been changed.

Not many SH5 players liked those fireworks. I think FX update by TDW removed them, and that mod on turn became parte of TWoS.
Restoring them might be a relatively easy task, but I don't know whether the particle effect which included them was reworked to look more sober or simply removed, nor I know the name of that effect. Deducing that information from the comparison of stock and modded files might take longer than actually restoring the old effect once you know how to do it.

[Compans57]

Do you know which folder they’d be in? I’d like the original smoke back too.

Do any of the modders who worked on this have any idea?

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Originally Posted by Compans57

Do you know which folder they’d be in? I’d like the original smoke back too.

Do any of the modders who worked on this have any idea?

Unfortunately TDW is no longer an active member. The settings which removed those "Disneyland" explosions are likely to be either in data\Zones.cfg, in data\Library\Baza_FX.dat, or in both files. My first bet would be Zones.cfg; compare stock and TWoS files using WinMerge and check if any stock zone damage effect has been removed or commente out (with a semicolon ';' at the beginning of the relative line).

Good luck!