Re: Effects showroom!
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thx. I’ll take a look at those.
R
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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 #8And, 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.
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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.
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OMG now thats a very cool BS explosion!!! good work
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Thats more effing like it ^^
fecking nice FX
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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.
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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
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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
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thats amazing O.o
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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
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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
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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!
