[Mars]

I don't know what else to say, so forgive me:


WOOOOOOOOOOO! 

[Destiny]

I'm curious, is it hard to make an explosion with a huge flash and bloom, for a nuclear weapon like the Eos? The standard blue shockwave is really...well...bland.

[General Battuta]

Like the one on the Supernova?

The Eos should already have a pretty good flash and a fair bit of faux-bloom...

Mars: just be aware we've still got to do Act 4 and 5. Unless people want to play Act 3 as some kind of super-mini episodic release, but I dunno...seems too much of a dripfeed.

[Mars]

Like the one on the Supernova?

The Eos should already have a pretty good flash and a fair bit of faux-bloom...

Mars: just be aware we've still got to do Act 4 and 5. Unless people want to play Act 3 as some kind of super-mini episodic release, but I dunno...seems too much of a dripfeed.

No, it's any news is good news. I don't expect the release anytime soon.

[Destiny]

What, THAT was the...bloom? There was...no flash at all and the bloom is hilariously tiny...I was expecting more, but...heheh, I don't think it's a high priority so...I guess I'll have to be content with the current one.

[Mars]

What, THAT was the...bloom? There was...no flash at all and the bloom is hilariously tiny...I was expecting more, but...heheh, I don't think it's a high priority so...I guess I'll have to be content with the current one.

Dude. . . Supernovas and capital ship explosions do make a flash. Also, you keep on coming off just came off (to me) as extremely passive aggressive, and I don't know if you mean to.

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[Destiny]

I mean, Eos impacts. I'm not sure what you mean by passive aggressive though...what is it?

[Mars]

 I suspect I simply misread your post, I tend to see passive aggression behind every bush.

Hang on, I'll look at the table, there's a good chance it's a simple mod.

[General Battuta]

What, THAT was the...bloom? There was...no flash at all and the bloom is hilariously tiny...I was expecting more, but...heheh, I don't think it's a high priority so...I guess I'll have to be content with the current one.

Go to seven minutes in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGG1zyX5Cc&playnext=1&list=PL319DA3374E2CBE03

Too small for you?

[Destiny]

I hope it's a simple mod, because this doesn't look like there's any flash at all...

[General Battuta]

That looks fine. The Eos isn't a superweapon, it has about half the yield of a Cyclops.

[Destiny]

That's fine? If you say so, then I guess it is. Although...nuclear weapons aren't superweapons? Interesting...even though it can wipe cities off the planet. Although, when it comes to weapons like nukes and antimatter bombs, one would expect a blinding flash of light and a huge bloom, and more for antimatter bombs. Would look pretty though, but...heheh, yeah.

[General Battuta]

Mate, I don't think you have an idea of the scale of FreeSpace weaponry. Your average Tempest or Hellfire rocket is nuclear-yield. An Eos is by no means a superweapon.

Now you can feel free to mod every weapon in the game to produce a blinding flash of light and a huge bloom, but I expect you won't have much fun.

[PsychoLandlord]

These things are operating in vacuum. No matter for them to propagate a boom off of, and the flash is going to be incredibly short lived and far less impressive than it would be in atmosphere.

[Mars]

That's fine? If you say so, then I guess it is. Although...nuclear weapons aren't superweapons? Interesting...even though it can wipe cities off the planet. Although, when it comes to weapons like nukes and antimatter bombs, one would expect a blinding flash of light and a huge bloom, and more for antimatter bombs. Would look pretty though, but...heheh, yeah.

GTM Fury It's a weapon from FS1, it was carried in large numbers, much like a Hellfire or a Tempest. Not look at the yield in the Tech Description - it's 3Kt - yes 3 Kilotons of TNT.

Yeilds in FS are very high. In BP they've been tuned down a bit, but still, a nuclear bomb is par for the course in BP. A lot of ordinance goes flying around.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, nukes in vacuum are basically a flashbulb.

[Destiny]

I would, but sadly I'm not cut out for coding and modifying something like Blue Planet even for myself.


Well...I doubt we'd need bombers for a planetary bombardment since we can just simply wipe out an entire continent with a wing of Ares loaded with Tempests, hahaha.

Although, I'm not getting what FS1 is trying to do, by cramming all those numbers and kilotons and Class A B C threats into the tech room.

[Black Wolf]

Mate, I don't think you have an idea of the scale of FreeSpace weaponry. Your average Tempest or Hellfire rocket is nuclear-yield.

That's something I really, really wish wasn't canon, TBH. It means that every time you give pirates or in BP the Gefs any secondaries at all, their motivation to fight the player ought to disappear. "We have 240 Tempest missiles. Give use what we want or we will start destroying cities."

[Fury]

Mate, I don't think you have an idea of the scale of FreeSpace weaponry. Your average Tempest or Hellfire rocket is nuclear-yield. An Eos is by no means a superweapon.

Now you can feel free to mod every weapon in the game to produce a blinding flash of light and a huge bloom, but I expect you won't have much fun.

Well actually, Eos, Supernova, Apocalypse, etc were/are supposed to have the red flash like Helios, Cyclops and rest of the player usable bombs do. And according to the config files, they still do. Which means there should be visible red flash, unless it is obstructed by shockwave somehow.

[Scotty]

Mate, I don't think you have an idea of the scale of FreeSpace weaponry. Your average Tempest or Hellfire rocket is nuclear-yield.

That's something I really, really wish wasn't canon, TBH. It means that every time you give pirates or in BP the Gefs any secondaries at all, their motivation to fight the player ought to disappear. "We have 240 Tempest missiles. Give use what we want or we will start destroying cities."

Except, you know, the 650 meter maximum range.  That kinda puts a crimp on anti-city strikes.