afterburner effect.........

[biosurge 0]

how can i modify the afterburner effect to be longer....photos i have seen show a much longer after burner flame...thanks biosurge

[Evil^Milk 0]

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

[LordOliver 0]

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

[biosurge 0]

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..

[LordOliver 0]

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.

[Cylix=JW= 0]

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

[biosurge 0]

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.

[biosurge 0]

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

[Cylix=JW= 0]

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

[biosurge 0]

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