Adding a fake afterburner "node" effect

[coolpilot 2]

While converting some Gen 1 mods to Gen 2 I found a way to add the afterburner node effect to older planes which don´t have an afterburner node:

 

1.- Add a fake engine (no power, no fuel consumption, etc.) to the aircraft.

 

2.- Create a custom Afterburner effect which has a short "particle life time".

 

3.- Make the fake engine use the custom effect.

 

 

 

So the aircraft_data.ini and effect.ini should look like this:

 

 

aircraft_data.ini (engine section):

 

 

 

 

SystemName[005]=AfterburnerNodeLeft

 

...

 

[AfterburnerNodeLeft]

ReferenceName=FakeAfterBurnerNodeLeft

SystemType=JET_ENGINE

InputName=THROTTLE_CONTROL

EngineID=3

HasAfterburner=TRUE

NumAfterburnerStages=1

SLThrustDry=0.0

SLThrustWet=0.0

ThrustAngles=0.00,0.00,0.00

ThrustPosition=-1.4,0.00,0.00

ThrottleRate=0.5

NozzleAnimationID=

ThrottleRate=0.5

NozzleAnimationID=

IdleThrottle=0.10

IdleRPM=0.68

IdleNozzle=0.0

CruiseThrottle=0.37

CruiseRPM=0.82

CruiseNozzle=0.0

MilThrottle=0.65

MilRPM=1.00

MilNozzle=0.0

MaxThrottle=0.78

MaxRPM=1.00

MaxNozzle=0.0

FullABThrottle=1.12

FullABRPM=1.00

FullABNozzle=1.0

TSFCM0=0.0

TSFCM1=0.0

AfterburnerTSFC=0.0

MinFuelFlow=0.0

ExhaustEmitterName=

ExhaustPosition=-1.501,-8.0,-0.277

AfterburnerEmitterName=FakeABNode

AfterburnerEffectSize=0.8

MinExtentPosition=-1.875,-4.166,-0.652

MaxExtentPosition=-0.96,-6.982, 0.156

FireSuppression=TRUE

GasTempMaxRPM=635.0

GasTempIdleRPM=420.0

GasTempChangeRate=5.0

OverheatTemp=750.0

DamageTempDelta=300.0

OilPressMaxRPM=35.0

OilPressIdleRPM=55.0

OilPressChangeRate=0.5

LowOilPress=12.0

LowOilTempDelta=400.0

 

 

 

 

and the custom effect:

 

 

 

[EmitterType001]

Name=FakeABNode

EmissionType=ORIENTED_EMITTER

UpdateType=NON_MOVING

MaxVisibleDistance=8000.000000

EmissionRate=0.001000

EmissionVolume=0.010000,0.010000,0.010000

EmissionVelocityTableType=CONSTANT

EmissionVelocity=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000

HasLightSource=TRUE

LightColor=0.405,0.396,0.342

LightRange=250.0

LightSrcOffset=0.0,0.0,0.0

SubLightSourceX=TRUE

SubLightSrcDist=5.0

ParticleUpdateType=SIMPLE_POINT

ParticleRenderType=SPRITE

ParticleRandomOrientation=FALSE

ParticleLifeTime=0.00001

ParticleLifeTimeDeviation=0.0000

ParticleWeight=-0.10000

ParticleRandomness=0.010000

ParticleDragFactor=20.000000

ParticleInheritence=0.900000

ParticleColorTableType=TABLE

ParticleColor[01].Time=0.000000

ParticleColor[01].Value=0.450000,0.450000,0.450000,0.050000

ParticleColor[02].Time=0.200000

ParticleColor[02].Value=0.350000,0.350000,0.350000,0.025000

ParticleSizeTableType=TABLE

ParticleSize[01].Time=0.000000

ParticleSize[01].Value=0.520000

ParticleSize[02].Time=0.250000

ParticleSize[02].Value=0.450000

TextureMaterial=FakeAfterburnerNodeMaterial

 

[FakeAfterburnerNodeMaterial]

EffectShaderName=effectFire.fx

DepthBufferCheck=TRUE

DepthBufferWrite=FALSE

IgnoreRenderOrder=FALSE

AlphaTestEnabled=FALSE

LightEnabled=FALSE

UseLightLevel=FALSE

SpecularEnabled=FALSE

EmissiveEnabled=FALSE

AmbientColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000

DiffuseColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000

ZBufferOffset=2.000000

PriorityLevel=3

BlendOp=BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA_ADD_SRC

NumTextureStages=1

TextureStage[01].TextureName=fakeburner.tga

TextureStage[01].MipMap=FALSE

TextureStage[01].FilterEnabled=TRUE

TextureStage[01].StageColorOp=TEXTURE_MODULATE_DIFFUSE

TextureStage[01].StageAlphaOp=TEXTURE_MODULATE_DIFFUSE

 

 

 

This are the results on the MF F-14A

[Fubar512 1,350]

Cool! It's been done before, though, for other reasons.