ChanceBS Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Looking for Input and opinions. This mods the HE Explosions a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Smoke Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I like it! And want it! (Please!)From what little I have seen of RL HE stuff, dark smoke seems to be the norm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I like the dirt effects Chance, but maybe the smoke could be lightened to a medium grey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?amp=&feature=related&v=4Mo-Lpa1mTM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Colors look good, the fire and flash look good, but when have we ever seen an explosion that looks like a pillar??I think the developers of this sim should visit and artillery range and see what a REAL explosion looks like.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceBS Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 HE Mod replaces Black Smoke with dirt. This is an attempt to show Tacbat's posted vid above. The Brad fires into the Earth with a small flash and alot of dirt. Your thoughts are welcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Lookin' good. :thumbup: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTog Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Nice :thumbup: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GH_Lieste Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 That is an improvement IMO.The smoke/dust is not persistent enough, the dust should last for at least as long as the muzzle obscuration (IIRC 7-10 secs is not unreasonable, and in dusty conditions/still air, much longer). This might be hard coded however.The biggest issue with the graphics as they stand (apart from the solid-column for HE arty) is the horizontal line at the top of the explosion on the first frame of the animation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasder Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Even though it's not perfect, that's really darn good.Keep this going! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceBS Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 This version shows dirt splash and smoke Col as same color all dirt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Keeps getting betther and betther, me like! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bard Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 very nice! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Got to agree, looking good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Nice work Chance! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Now put it into a self extracting file and send it to mods..:biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I like this last one best, the explosion 'flash' is still too big though IMO. There's not that much of one visible from my (very limited) experience, just a concussion wave that carries a lot of dust/dirt. I'd say less flash, and a little more dirt in the initial phase around where the flash is now. That 'core' should dissipate a little slower. Check how small the 25mm explosion flashed are here: Just my thoughts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtGeorge Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 It looks really good. More persistent smoke/dust would be good, especially if it starts drifting with the wind while settling downward and dissipating - but I'm not sure how video cards would take a lot of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 I think the engine itself is too limited at this point to allow for any radical improvements like that (it's not armed assault). The only thing you can do is alter the basic sprites, i.e. what they look like and what happens from frame to frame, e.g. how fast dust dissipates etc.I honestly do think that eSim is underestimating the tactical significance of smoke and dust a little at this point by not improving the effects. Billowing smoke from burning vehicles, brush and structures and dust clouds from explosions and vehicles do of course look impressive, but it's not just eye candy. Smoke and dust have serious tactical implications. I assume it has just not been ordered by a customer yet. Would be nice though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceBS Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 Well said Amaroq. It is not just Eye Candy. You could say any improvement to graphics since Commodore 64 days was just eye candy, its not... I think most simmers, modders and maybe some publishers quest to bring to the PC exactly what you see in real life with your eyes. How many times has a new sim come out in the past 10 years and the first thing you judge are the graphics. "Wow, did ya see the graphics in that new sim?", "Wow you gotta see the special effects in that movie that came out Saturday." Graphics are the corner stone to a good sim/game. I admit there are some great solid games with limited graphics. There shelf life appears to be endless. Yet the graphics, although perfect for functionality, miss the mark for this day and age. We expect more. The PC technology in the 90's seemed to double every 18 months and with it so did what we saw graphicly. In this decade, the technology has slowed. The graphics now seem to drop into 2 catagories, "10 years old" or you cant run it... I hope the publishers of these great sim/games can meet the users somewhere in the middle. It is shameful to see a sim/game with a great foundation dissappear due to a short shelf life. What determines shelf life?The consumer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaroq Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Yeah, for example, if you look at these two shots from ArmA, the first shows dust from a hand grenade, the second shows the burning vehicles later on:http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8103/arma2008062323050681vh0.jpghttp://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6293/arma2008062323093964gp4.jpg(Screenshot by Brennus, posted in this SimHQ thread: http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2538346#Post2538346 . I hope this form of linking is okay)For one, the dust in the first shot obscures the target area so if there was someone there, you won't be absolutely certain you got him until the dust cleared. The other guy, OTOH, would obviously know you didn't get him, giving him a serious advantage in that particular situation. It's comparable to the problem presented in the Bradley vid higher up in this thread. You can tell yourself "Nobody can survive that" but you don't know until the smoke clears.In the second shot I posted above, obviously smoke and fire obscure the entire area, so if, say, you were setting up an ambush you could effectively counteract any long range capability of an assault force like that because they couldn't see through the smoke and fire (neither could you, but that may be less of an advantage for you than the other guy). They'd have to come in close, maybe offering themselves up to shorter range AT fire. Any retreating force is also effectively masked by the burning vehicles they leave behind.I have to correct what I said before, I don't think eSim is "underestimating" the tactical value of smoke and dust, I just think they're selling it a little short. Having effects comparable to ArmA would change this sim a lot and in a more realistic way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockeye Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I thought the following screenshots might be of interest in the dust particle category. They're back from DEC07, so I can't recall any particulars other than I was firing canister into a house no more than a hundred meters away, and when checking out the AAR, the resulting cloud: They were taken in the review phase, and I can't remember now if I saw it during execution, so I don't know if it was just an anomaly or what have you but it certainly caught my eye at the time :eek2: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse311 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I like the change, but I agree, less pillar more "pillow". Can you change the HEAT round impact too? I have vivid images of impacts, and I've always described them as looking like "lava-filled water balloons" when they hit. :biggrin: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacbat Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Chance and Fidel did some great work on a "Fire and Smoke" mod which updated the HEAT round. You can find it here:http://www.steelbeasts.com/Downloads/p13_sectionid/254/p13_fileid/1489 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanceBS Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 No sound. Blood Mod v2 and HE Mod vid. This version has not been uploaded... Yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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