Re: Effects showroom!

robocop

I’m looking for a big muzzle flash effect, kinda like a big WWII battleship muzzle flash. Are there any in the game that you can suggest?

R

Firekiss

Well, the biggest ones I can suggest are: pi_capgun_01_flash, br_capgun_01_flash. These were invented to be muzzle flash effects originally. You can also use explosions, or create your own new effects

robocop

thx. I’ll take a look at those.

R

robocop

I was looking at the effect using the ale editor. The ael and anl files aren’t very straight forward in interpretation.
I want to increase the amount of smoke, and the smoke duration of the flak effect.

These are the smoke entries from the ael file:

ANL_Nickname = gf_explosion_super_flaksmoke_Sphere.emt ; 0x0A82C490 176342160
Parent = 11
FX_Slot = 13
Slot_Flag = 0
; *** Param #7
ANL_Nickname = gf_explosion_super_flaksmokebasic ; 0x0F93B644 261338692
Parent = NULL
FX_Slot = 14
Slot_Flag = 0
; *** Param #8

And, from the anl file:

[Section]
; ==> 5
FX_Type = FxBasicAppearance

Node_Name = gf_explosion_super_flaksmokebasic ; 0x0F93B644 261338692

Node_LifeSpan = Infinite

Node_Transform = {}

Appearance_LODCurve = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
EFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.0000000000000000, 2.4908189773559570, 1.0000000000000000, 0.9952849745750427
SubFlag = 3
}

BasicApp_TriTexture = True

BasicApp_QuadTexture = False

BasicApp_MotionBlur = False

BasicApp_Color = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
SubFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.4137931168079376, 0.2519608139991760, 0.2519608139991760, 0.2501960694789887
}

BasicApp_Alpha = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
EFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.0032170000486076, 0.0000000000000000, 0.1532170027494431, 0.0000000000000000, 0.2062100470066071, 0.6003473997116089, 1.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
SubFlag = 4
}

BasicApp_Size = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
EFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.0032171583734453, 13.0365867614746090, 1.0000000000000000, 24.0317306518554690
SubFlag = 4
}

BasicApp_HToVAspect = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
SubEntry = 0.0000000000000000, 1.0000000000000000
}

BasicApp_Rotate = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
EFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000, 1.0000000000000000, 1.0017369985580444
SubFlag = 4
}

BasicApp_TexName = smokecard ; 0xF0E32E74 4041420404

BasicApp_BlendInfo = 5, 6

BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame = True

BasicApp_TexFrame = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
SubFlag = 1
SubEntry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
SubEntry = 0.9970510005950928, 1.0047146081924438
}

BasicApp_CommonTexFrame = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

BasicApp_FlipTexU = True

BasicApp_FlipTexV = True

; ****************************************************************************

AND

[Section]
; ==> 11
FX_Type = FxSphereEmitter

Node_Name = gf_explosion_super_flaksmoke_Sphere.emt ; 0x0A82C490 176342160

Node_LifeSpan = 3.0000000000000000

Node_Transform = {}

Emitter_LODCurve = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000
EFlag = 4
SubEntry = 0.0000000000000000, 1.0000000000000000
SubFlag = 4
}

Emitter_InitialParticles = 1

Emitter_Frequency = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 100.0000000000000000
EFlag = 0
SubFlag = 1
SubEntry = 0.3994559943675995, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

Emitter_MaxParticles = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 10000.0000000000000000
EFlag = 0
}

Emitter_EmitCount = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

Emitter_InitLifeSpan = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 2.0000000000000000
EFlag = 0
SubFlag = 1
SubEntry = -0.0002680000034161, 3.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

Emitter_Pressure = {
Flag = 4
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 10.0000000000000000
EFlag = 0
SubFlag = 1
SubEntry = 0.0061659999191761, 0.0004889999981970, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

Emitter_VelocityApproach = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

SphereEmitter_MinRadius = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

SphereEmitter_MaxRadius = {
Entry = 0.0000000000000000, 1.0000000000000000
SubEntry = -0.0128680001944304, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000, 0.0000000000000000
}

; ****************************************************************************

Is there any guidance on what the sections, subentries, and values mean?

I’m presuming that in the FX_Type = FxSphereEmitter section (node_name = gf_explosion_super_flaksmoke_sphere.emt)

that the Node_LifeSpan is the length of time of that part of the effect (3 seconds?) Seems shorter somehow when watching it.

MaxParticles: Is that the density of the smoke?

InitLifeSpan: ??

SphereEmitter_MaxRadius: Is that the overall size of the smoke effect?

Any suggestions helpful. Aden’s tutorial didn’t go into a whole lot of detail.

Firekiss

Guys, this forum is here for you to show off your works, not to ask questions… no offense, just to keep the OT out

Why485

Impressive work as always Firekiss.

Taking after Nexus, I decided to give capital ship explosions a little more oomph. The target here is a Rheinland Cruiser, the effect was obviously meant for the Battleships, but it’s tough to find Battleships roaming around. So I just applied it to everything. The point it to show the effect.

]Taking after Nexus, I decided to give capital ship explosions a little more oomph. The target here is a Rheinland Cruiser, the effect was obviously meant for the Battleships, but it’s tough to find Battleships roaming around. So I just applied it to everything. The point it to show the effect.

It’s a simple effect. Just a modified version of the the Liberty Battleships explosion effects. As always the most difficult part was to get the effect working in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyubs6wH2NI&fmt=18

Mindhunter

OMG now thats a very cool BS explosion!!! good work

JONG

AWESOME !

how you do that ?

cheeseontoast

Thats more effing like it ^^

fecking nice FX

Why485

So on a whim I decided to redo missiles again. They are now even more Ace Combat than they were before.

I also fixed something else that really used to bug me. When a missile hits its target, the explosion effect flights right through the target and keeps on going. This no longer happens.

Sauce (Also known as download link)

Also, for those that want the capital ship asplosion, the file for that is here

As usual, if you want to use these, go ahead. Just give me a heads up and credit me in the readme/site/wherever.

Wolfie

oooo…nice and sweet ;D

cheeseontoast

Nice ^^ but this is the real Ace Combat.

air Combat i know, but me and me dad spent hours playing this… head to head ofc xD

Why485

Because I just can’t leave the suckers alone…

I had tried earlier to create a “volume” looking texture similar to what you see in the Ace Combat screens, but could not because the missile trails all had random rotations applied to their particles. I noticed yesterday morning that the fire effect when your heavily damaged has no random rotation applied to it. I looked into it and found that setting Motion_Blur = True will lock the particles orientation to “up.” So now, missiles have their own unique texture (missilesmoke, located in the smoke.txm), and look much more voluminous.

As usual, Download Here

w0dk4

Awesome!

cheeseontoast

thats amazing O.o

Why485

I totally spamming this thread.

New torpedo effects, inspired by EVE Online. I figured out a way to very cleverly fake the flares that EVE uses, and put it to good use. Note, the effect is actually pretty big too, I am a good distance away from the torpedoes in the screenshots.

Download Link Here Same rules as usual. Free to use, just let me know.

Starkiller

Sunslayer

Mindhunter

No U’re not spamming…
Spamm is useless and your work is far from being useless.
Keep the good work, I’ve tested all your effects so far and they all look awesome!!!

Edit: Thanks so much for sharing your work, i will include them earlier or later into New Universe and write u into the credits once your effects are added.
I wish more people would share their work like u

Kaze

Agreed, your stuff is very good, an area that nobody has really looked at before, and its a shame, because the stuff you’re making is great.

w0dk4

Looking forward to see more of your spam ;D

Avenger

Well, I’m working on a nuke explosion at the moment, and I’ve done a quick recolour of a Rheinland engine to make an ion engine. It’s nothing compared to what Why485 and others have done, but I’ll post some images as soon as I’m fairly happy with it/finished figuring out things.

Also, awesome work Why!