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Title: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: fightermedic on October 22, 2013, 07:30:01 pm

i think afterburner trails could make good use of all the options that missile trails get  :nod:
right now they look rather odd if they are set to last long and have a greater diameter, the missing fade into alpha at the end of the trail does that, makes the edge look sharper than it should
anybody interested in adding this?

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: Bobboau on October 22, 2013, 11:31:15 pm

I think this was implemented already 11 years ago (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=10196.0)

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: Talon 1024 on October 23, 2013, 04:03:50 am

He's probably referring to start/end width and alpha.

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: fightermedic on October 23, 2013, 04:08:51 am

Quote from: Talon 1024 on October 23, 2013, 04:03:50 am

He's probably referring to start/end width and alpha.

yea, this is what i'm speaking of

btw: would one mantis feature requests like this? or is mantis strictly meant for bug related reports? since this isn't really a bug

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: Mito [PL] on October 23, 2013, 09:23:18 am

I would suggest to make AB trails spread with increasing distance. Something like throwing with a dry sand:).

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: niffiwan on October 23, 2013, 04:10:03 pm

Quote from: fightermedic on October 23, 2013, 04:08:51 am

btw: would one mantis feature requests like this? or is mantis strictly meant for bug related reports? since this isn't really a bug

As far as I know, you can put features on mantis provided you've already lined up someone to work on it.  i.e. we don't want mantis to become a graveyard of ideas that no one is going to implement.

Title: Re: small idea for afterburner trails
Post by: chief1983 on October 23, 2013, 06:43:54 pm

Yeah, if someone is committed to working on it already, I'm ok with it being tracked in Mantis.