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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: -Norbert- on February 23, 2012, 03:27:00 am
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Is is possible to give shockwaves a distortion effect, a bit like the current ship engines have?
I think, especially for exploding capital ships, this might look good, if it can be done.
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At least since 3.6.14 rc4 (as this was the first version I used when I reinstalled FSO a month ago) there is the option under "experimental" called "framebuffer explosions". It is exactly what you're looking for. :nod:
Of course it's also present in the new rc5
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I forgot about checking that tab and the forum search didn't turn up anything. Thanks.
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I'm pretty sure that option controls it for both engines and shockwaves, doesn't it? If you have one you should have the other I think.
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I'm pretty sure it doesn't. When I got back to FSO I started with 3.6.14 rc4 and initially noticed the great looking new engine effect. However it was not until much later I learned about the framebuffer shockwaves option in the "experimental" settings. Yes I had seen it before, but was a bit hesitant to switch anything experimental on.
But then people said they'd been using it for a long time and it would work without problems, so I finally activated it. ;)
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I can confirm that. The engine distortions were on by default, the shockwave distortions had to be enabled via the experimental tab in the launcher.
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Tried it. Looks good but I prefer the classic explosions as explosions in space dont cause distortion in reality.
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Then you'd have to play without shockwaves alltogether....
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Tried it. Looks good but I prefer the classic explosions as explosions in space dont cause distortion in reality.
Obligatory "realism ? in MAH freespace ? DO NOT WANT".
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Tried it. Looks good but I prefer the classic explosions as explosions in space dont cause distortion in reality.
nothing about the freespace explosions is realistic at all
you might well get a bit of distortion through the heated medium of the blast :technobabble:
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lol next thing we know someone could be *****ing about how we can hear fighters swooshing past you in vacuum.
Distortion looks great. I've always wanted it ever since they started implementing shader.
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lol next thing we know someone could be *****ing about how we can hear fighters swooshing past you in vacuum.
Distortion looks great. I've always wanted it ever since they started implementing shader.
I think bumping a 20 day old thread is frowned upon here at HLP...Just a heads up.
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Close, but not yet. The treshold is 30 days. :)
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Unless you got swagger.
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i wsih i hade ngine dstoirtoins but the not shoewd up
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lol next thing we know someone could be *****ing about how we can hear fighters swooshing past you in vacuum.
Distortion looks great. I've always wanted it ever since they started implementing shader.
I think bumping a 20 day old thread is frowned upon here at HLP...Just a heads up.
Considering some people insist on "bumping" threads that died 8 years ago, not really that much.
i wsih i hade ngine dstoirtoins but the not shoewd up
Agreed.