Weapon fire FX used as engine FX

TheDvDMan

I saw some mods that use weapon FX in engines.
How is it done? Just write in the “flame_effect” entry the nickname of the weapon FX I want to use? Or I need to change something in the ALE?

Legion

“Trial and Error”

Quarks

TheDvDMan wrote:
Just write in the “flame_effect” entry the nickname of the weapon FX I want to use?

Yes, but the other way round, e.g.:

;engine_equip.ini

[Engine]
nickname = ge_gf1_engine_01
;…
flame_effect = rh_tachyon_03_proj
;…

Starflier engine with green tachyon effect.

TheDvDMan

Cool!
Thanks for the help!

Xarian_Prime

Check the Threads for the old “unused FX” thread… or its FX showroom… cant remember… BUT… in the 3rd page (or 2nd…) my old buddy F!R lists EXACTLY how to do this

FR

Xarian_Prime wrote:
Check the Threads for the old “unused FX” thread… or its FX showroom… cant remember… BUT… in the 3rd page (or 2nd…) my old buddy F!R lists EXACTLY how to do this

… or maybe lost a while ago, when the site moved …

Legion wrote:
“Trial and Error”

yup

effects.ini
;–--------------- WTS new ENGINES START -------------------
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine22_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine22_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine21_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine21_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine20_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine20_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine19_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine19_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine18_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine18_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine17_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine17_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine16_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine16_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine15_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine15_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine14_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine14_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine13_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine13_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine12_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine12_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine11_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine11_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine10_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine10_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine09_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine09_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine08_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine08_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine07_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine07_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine06_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine06_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine05_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine05_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine04_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine04_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine03_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine03_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine02_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine02_proj
[Effect]
nickname = wts_engine01_proj
effect_type = EFT_WEAPON_PROJ
vis_effect = wts_engine01_proj
;–--------------- WTS new ENGINES END ---------------------

weapons_ale.ini
;–--------------- WTS new ENGINES START -------------------
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine22_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\sp_destabilizer_01.ale
effect_crc = 26442943
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\lightning2.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine21_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\rh_plasma_04.ale
effect_crc = -73976642
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\standardeffects.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine20_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\rh_gunboat_maingun.ale
effect_crc = -217321004
textures = fx\smoke.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine19_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\rh_capgun_01.ale
effect_crc = -358902125
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine18_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\pi_tachyon_04.ale
effect_crc = 256565279
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine17_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\pi_plasma_04.ale
effect_crc = 285305577
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\standardeffects.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine16_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\pi_particle_04.ale
effect_crc = 304967676
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\missleeffect.txm
textures = fx\lightning2.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine15_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\pi_neutron_04.ale
effect_crc = -3479734
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\missleeffect.txm
textures = fx\newglows.txm
textures = fx\kioncannon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine14_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\no_capgun01.ale
effect_crc = -360621339
textures = fx\smoke.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
textures = fx\newglows.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine13_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\li_plasma_04.ale
effect_crc = 208575906
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\standardeffects.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine12_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ku_tachyon_04.ale
effect_crc = 311576577
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine11_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ku_plasma_04.ale
effect_crc = 432562906
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\standardeffects.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine10_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ku_particle_04.ale
effect_crc = -62944713
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\missleeffect.txm
textures = fx\lightning2.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine09_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ku_neutron_04.ale
effect_crc = -502116524
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\missleeffect.txm
textures = fx\newglows.txm
textures = fx\kioncannon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine08_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\gf_no_gun01.ale
effect_crc = 138838735
textures = fx\kioncannon.txm
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine07_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\gf_greencloud.ale
effect_crc = 112980051
textures = fx\missleeffect.txm
textures = fx\newglows.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine06_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ci_capgun_01.ale
effect_crc = 285573824
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine05_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\br_tachyon_02.ale
effect_crc = -314489647
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
textures = fx\hexagon.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine04_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\br_flakcannon01.ale
effect_crc = -523975171
textures = fx\sarma.txm
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\smoke.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine03_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\br_gunboat_maingun.ale
effect_crc = 435551187
textures = fx\beam.txm
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine02_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\ku_gunboat_maingun.ale
effect_crc = 20319171
textures = fx\plasmaring.txm
textures = fx\newglows.txm
textures = fx\lightning2.txm
textures = fx\kioncannon.txm
textures = fx\beam.txm
textures = fx\lightbeam.txm
[VisEffect]
nickname = wts_engine01_proj
alchemy = fx\weapons\sp_doomsday_02.ale
effect_crc = -308008725
textures = fx\planetflare.txm
textures = fx\miningship.txm
textures = fx\sarma.txm
;–--------------- WTS new ENGINES END ---------------------

will look like this

TheDvDMan

OK I got it. Now I need to figure out how to make a cruise-charge FX without the cruise flame itself.

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@F!R

Not lost, just buried, deeply lol. A whole bunch of interesting things in there

http://the-starport.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?start=0&topic_id=1068&viewmode=flatℴ=ASC&status=&mode=0

Xarian_Prime

That’s the one… 8-) …they also make excellent fx for other stuff too 8-)

Gisteron

@TheDvDMan
you prolly would not get around with ini coding to get a cruise charge without flame. however, if you decompile a trail ale (including the cruise charge and cruisefire) it is pretty enough to delete the reference to it in the ael file. deleting the matching anl blocks you can do, additionally, it would reduce the file’s size but would not result in anything different after the first step. in general, search for the cruisefire keyword and delete the matching *.app and *.emt blocks (nickname endings) in the ael, that’d do it. do not forget to delete the matching FX_Slot references in the Slot_Order parameter.