[Nuke]

shockwave

its in an ez to use vp file that can be placed in the freespace root dir, or in a mod dir. you dont need any table tweaks or anything, it just replaces the old one.

[kasperl]

screenies?

[Nuke]

im too tired right now.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Ill take some screenshots for ya. Just give me a little bit to download it and get it running.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Alright, I just got back from testing the file, and I have to tell you that there IS no shockwave. Thats right, no shockwave eminates from the ship at all. Sorry to tell you...

What do you think the problem might be?

[Fineus]

I had some odd experiences with DDS, for example they couldn't be left inside a VP file like Sovymega.vp (or whatever the high qual. sovreign file was called). If I did, I got a big black blank in space firing phasers!  I had to manually put 'em in the maps directory for them to work.

Vyper said that some time ago, I'm going to test that theory now.

Edit: Yeah, I was on the money - the shockwave shows up if you extract the files out of the VPs and into the correct directories.

That said, it's rather hard to see the shockwave since the explosion covers most of it

[Fineus]

Anyhow... here's a shot...

[Fineus]

And another...

[Triple Ace]

Finally, a shockwave that looks good.

[Fractux]

Looks cool.

I think I personally prefer a blue shockwave. But that's just me.

Nice Work!

[.::Tin Can::.]

is it really 3D? I mean like, is it just a like a large circle eminating from the ship or is it still the 2D effect?

[Fineus]

It looks like this (wireframe / untextured):

[Triple Ace]

I thought the blue shockwaves were out of place.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Wow. So then its a cyndrical shockwave and not something that completely engulfs the area. Gotcha.

[Lightspeed]

3D shockwaves look a lot worse than FS2's 2D ones, you know...

That said, looks pretty nice for a 3D shockwave.

[Kazan]

if you make it two part - the outer ring ever expanding, the inner part expand then contract.. then A+

also what would be cool is to actually make a true 3D shockwave - as in a slightly non-transparent sphere expanding that displaces things... but it would have to be a smooth circle..

[Nuke]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
Alright, I just got back from testing the file, and I have to tell you that there IS no shockwave. Thats right, no shockwave eminates from the ship at all. Sorry to tell you...

What do you think the problem might be?

damn, i forgot to put the pcx textures into the vp, your card probibly cant support the dds textures.

[SadisticSid]

I kinda like the effect but would prefer a sphere rather than that expanding porcupine in the middle.

That, and the fact that you can be well outside the POF and still be caught in the blast.

[Liberator]

How about a sphere around the blob in the middle.

If it is UVed well a 3D shockwave can look really nice.

[Nuke]

im uploading a new version with pcx textures so it should wok with everyone's system now.

as for animation, its out of my control. it would be nice if i could get different effects that could be associated with the subobject name. it would also be cooler if freespace scaled the model up faster and made it bigger.

i used a spikey ball because a sphere looks kinda dull. i wanted to throw in another tarus, but the polycount was too high for pcs.