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Be able to create the tails that come off the back of the ships?

[Darkage]

Maby if the FS2 engine alows us to do so   we'll find a way to do that.

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[Thorn]

The only thing that is able to have trails is missiles. Trust me, I tried. The only way to do it for fighters it to give each fighter massive nebula trails, and mke each mission in a transparent nebula, which is more trouble than its worth.

[DragonClaw]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
The only thing that is able to have trails is missiles. Trust me, I tried. The only way to do it for fighters it to give each fighter massive nebula trails, and mke each mission in a transparent nebula, which is more trouble than its worth.

Actually I don't see how that could be a lot of trouble... just make a "preset" mission, with the transparent nebula, and make a big engine trail... but, hmm... lightning :/  or can that be stopped?


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[Thorn]

 

Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:

Actually I don't see how that could be a lot of trouble... just make a "preset" mission, with the transparent nebula, and make a big engine trail... but, hmm... lightning :/  or can that be stopped?

No, making the trail is trouble, and theyd all be white anyway (or whatever color we make the trail image) and I'm not sure how long they would be...
It would look wierd...

[Nico]

Plus you won't have any background in a nebulae.

[Thorn]

That too...

[DragonClaw]

OK scratch that...

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[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
No, making the trail is trouble, and theyd all be white anyway (or whatever color we make the trail image) and I'm not sure how long they would be...
It would look wierd...

I just took a peek in the ships.tbl...

 

$Trail:
   +Offset:      -7.75 -2.8 0.75
   +Start Width:   0.25
   +End Width:   0.05
   +Start Alpha:   1.0
   +End Alpha:   0.0
   +Max Life:   1.0
   +Spew Time:   60
   +Bitmap:   Contrail01

I think we should be able to change that.  

[Fineus]

But there'd be no background - and that (obviously) would suck...

[DragonClaw]

Yes and before I was commenting on the lightning storms in the nebula, plus the sound effects inside the nebula... I don't think it will work out.

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[USS Alexander]

Mayby it can on a other way, the Britsem brothers are going through the engine, mayby they can change something, they now how to program so, but even if they can pull something off i don't think Interplay will be happy about it.

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by USS Alexander:
Mayby it can on a other way, the Britsem brothers are going through the engine, mayby they can change something, they now how to program so, but even if they can pull something off i don't think Interplay will be happy about it.

Who what where how?

[Thorn]

Don't look at me, I don't know what the hell hes talking about...

[USS Alexander]

The britsem brothers told me they could improve the fs engine, i don't now how but they said they might be able to add engine trails, whe just have to wait and see if they can do it, but even if they can it won't go through cause interplay or to whoever th rights belong won't allow it.

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[Ace]

Nebula lightening can be turned off, that also turns off the sound effects.

As for the backgrounds, do a large 512x512+ map. The Homeworld backgrounds are very simple, so you can map up a similar background set using even just the nebula background.

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[Thorn]

Actually, I had planned on using other, more complicated images for the backgrounds....
Planets and whatnot....

[USS Alexander]

 

Originally posted by Thorn:
Actually, I had planned on using other, more complicated images for the backgrounds....
Planets and whatnot....

Yeah and nebula's with glitero they are very easy to make.

[Ace]

Wouldn't look very Homeworld like then  

Seriously though, you can do the trails like this, and use planet models, it would have more of a Homeworld feel having Kharak look like Kharak and not a bitmap  

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by USS Alexander:
The britsem brothers

Who are these skilled chaps?