[General Tutorials] Engine Colours

And a small addition:

You also can use weapon effects, to tune you engine.
But not every weapon effect will give you a (nice) engine effect.
Trial + error rules!

So you might want to add this stuff to your

weapons_ale.ini
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[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
–------------------------------------------------

effects.ini
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[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
–------------------------------------------------

and than set the “flame_effect” of you [Engine] in “engine_equip.ini” to something like
“flame_effect = wts_engine07_proj”.

According to the numbers you will get this:

Addition:
Lancer Solurus outstanding error checker gives errors
for the effect CRC - you might want to change the values
to the suggested ones.
Had no time to test - SO PLEASE REPORT HERE

Nowadays, you can also simply design your own with the ALE Editor ;D

Granted, it’s more complicated, but it has so much more power…