[redmenace]

so it is possible to have animated smoketrails that dissipate?

[Carl]

wouldn't it just have to fade out, then?

[Flipside]

Yes, the particle images are usnig an 'add' function, so the darker the colour, the more transparent.

Course, would be better to have Animations with Alpha channels, but you can't have everything

[redmenace]

Originally posted by Carl
wouldn't it just have to fade out, then?

sorry to say but I would have no idea either way I am neither a graphics guru nor a coder. but I guess we currently could add this in without any modifications. If yes, how? and how hard would it be create a descent animation that disapears? Sorry to be annoying an all. But could these be done with damage trails? However when  I think of it, doing that would cause problems.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Bobboau
it would need to bee animated

no, doesn't need to, really. altho if you really want an anmated cloody poof, I can do one w/o too much hassle.

[Stryke 9]

Hm... trying to think of what Earth did, they had a really kickarse particle system and were far too low-tech for anything like volumetrics, but managed to make it look perfectly 3d and everything...

[SadisticSid]

Speaking of pspew, is there any way to specify a cone behind the emitter in which the particles are launched? I'd like to make something akin to the Starlancer (also topical) carriers' plasma cannons.

Oh and before someone comes out with 'use the search' it doesn't work any more for me.

[Carl]

search doesn't work period.

[Deepblue]

I would actually really like it if someone posted some pspew settings for a good missle trail as well as a screenie.