biosurge Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 how can i modify the afterburner effect to be longer....photos i have seen show a much longer after burner flame...thanks biosurge Quote
Evil^Milk Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 hey biosurge, extract the PARTICLESYSTEM.INI from the Flight.cat file. Open this .INI with wordpad and then find the next thing... [EmitterType072] Name=AfterburnerEmitter EmissionType=ORIENTED_EMITTER UpdateType=NON_MOVING MaxVisibleDistance=8000.000000 EmissionRate=0.002500 EmissionVolume=0.010000,0.010000,0.010000 EmissionVelocityTableType=CONSTANT EmissionVelocity=0.000000,-120.000000,0.000000 HasLightSource=TRUE LightColor=0.405,0.396,0.342 LightRange=500.0 LightSrcOffset=0.0,0.0,0.0 ParticleUpdateType=SIMPLE_POINT ParticleRenderType=SPRITE ParticleRandomOrientation=TRUE ParticleLifeTime=0.040000 ParticleLifeTimeDeviation=0.035000 ParticleWeight=-0.10000 ParticleRandomness=0.010000 ParticleDragFactor=20.000000 ParticleInheritence=0.900000 ParticleColorTableType=TABLE ParticleColor[01].Time=0.000000 ParticleColor[01].Value=0.450000,0.450000,0.450000,0.400000 ParticleColor[02].Time=0.200000 ParticleColor[02].Value=0.350000,0.350000,0.350000,0.300000 ParticleColor[03].Time=0.700000 ParticleColor[03].Value=0.160000,0.150000,0.100000,0.150000 ParticleColor[04].Time=1.000000 ParticleColor[04].Value=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000 ParticleSizeTableType=TABLE ParticleSize[01].Time=0.000000 ParticleSize[01].Value=0.450000 ParticleSize[02].Time=0.100000 ParticleSize[02].Value=0.520000 ParticleSize[03].Time=0.600000 ParticleSize[03].Value=0.500000 ParticleSize[04].Time=0.800000 ParticleSize[04].Value=0.350000 ParticleSize[05].Time=1.000000 ParticleSize[05].Value=0.000000 ParticleSizeDeviation=0.035000 TextureMaterial=AfterburnerMaterial g^max :D Quote
LordOliver Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 OR, to make it even easier, you can download the afterburner effect from the Biohaz download area and copy the file contained in the zip "afterburnerfire.tga" to the FLIGHT folder and give that a whirl. http://www.biohazcentral.com/modules.php?o...eq=getit&lid=60 Quote
biosurge Posted March 12, 2003 Author Posted March 12, 2003 thank you for the prompt response. i tried the download from biohaz central and was not able to get a satisfactory flame color. i understood it was supposed to be a purplish color but i get the same as before...is there something more to the install that the instructions do not explain??? the ini file explanation, did you already have the changes in it to make the flame longer??? or what do i need to change to get the desired effect... good thing i am not in the game my wife would try to change my flame too....sorry bad joke.. Quote
LordOliver Posted March 12, 2003 Posted March 12, 2003 There should be nothing more than dropping the tga file into the flight folder to change the color. I am not sure how it works in conjunction with any changes to the .ini file. This effect only changes the color, not lengthen the flame... sorry if I got confused about that. Quote
Cylix=JW= Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 Edit these lines EmissionVolume=0.010000,0.010000,0.010000 ParticleSizeTableType=TABLE ParticleSize[01].Time=0.000000 ParticleSize[01].Value=0.450000 ParticleSize[02].Time=0.100000 ParticleSize[02].Value=0.520000 ParticleSize[03].Time=0.600000 ParticleSize[03].Value=0.500000 ParticleSize[04].Time=0.800000 ParticleSize[04].Value=0.350000 ParticleSize[05].Time=1.000000 ParticleSize[05].Value=0.000000 ParticleSizeDeviation=0.035000 these should change the length the of burner. Just "tinker" around with the section. if that section doesn't then I'm not sure how to make it longer. If you want I can test things out for you. Cylix Quote
biosurge Posted March 13, 2003 Author Posted March 13, 2003 cylix, thanks very much...i will have time this weekend to tinker since we will be sitting in the rain...please if you have time sooner tell me what you find...thanks very much...being here in the biohaz forums i really understand the word "community" everyone is very helpful and quite kind...thanks again. Quote
biosurge Posted March 13, 2003 Author Posted March 13, 2003 evil milk, cylix, thanks again for your help...can you please explain how time and value of the particle size effects the flame length..what do the values mean in terms of graphic display..thanks biosurge Quote
Cylix=JW= Posted March 13, 2003 Posted March 13, 2003 bio, I think it goes like this. not sure I will have to test it out, I will do it sometime tonight here or tommorw. EmissionVolume=0.010000,0.010000,0.010000 - this I think it the main one you will be editing. Emission means, like how much something is coming out.. so that would be the best bet. ParticleSizeTableType=TABLE ParticleSize[01].Time=0.000000 ParticleSize[01].Value=0.450000 ParticleSize[02].Time=0.100000 ParticleSize[02].Value=0.520000 ParticleSize[03].Time=0.600000 ParticleSize[03].Value=0.500000 ParticleSize[04].Time=0.800000 ParticleSize[04].Value=0.350000 ParticleSize[05].Time=1.000000 ParticleSize[05].Value=0.000000 ParticleSizeDeviation=0.035000 Time I think means how many secs that particle "flows", and I think the particles flow repeatly.. not sure about that. Value means, (I think agian) how much particles are in that certian number. I will have to test this, I will report back with the results of my tests Cylix Quote
biosurge Posted March 15, 2003 Author Posted March 15, 2003 i was able to make the modifications to the afterburner. i am still tweaking the effect. it is much longer and i was able to retain the texture of the flame, had some really interesting mistakes though. at one time it looked like there were bubbles coming out of the exhaust..when i have the flame looking better, i will post the changes and the pics....one question though. i can't get the flame to lay onto the runway instead of disapearing into the asphalt...any suggestions??? joe biosurge Quote
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