Author Topic: Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation  (Read 1490 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline FUBAR-BDHR

  • Self-Propelled Trouble Magnet
  • 212
  • Master Drunk
    • 165th Beer Drinking Hell Raisers
Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation
From what I've seen you have 2 options for missiles.  Use thrusters which results in the defined thruster color from species_defs.tbl or use glowpoints for the thrusters to achieve a different color/effect.  Problem with this is if you want a different color/effect for the missile thruster and use glowpoints you can't have the show secondary flag on or the glowpoints are always on even before the missile is fired.  Ships have the option for an alternate thruster color but the missiles do not inherit this. 

I see three possible solutions to this.  First is simply adding the same type of alternate thruster flag to secondaries or second and probably better one to ships.tbl for it's secondaries.  Third is a way to activate certain glowpoints only when the missile is launched.

Opinions?

No-one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's even grown to like it. Oh yes. -Zathras

 

Offline Zacam

  • Magnificent Bastard
  • Administrator
  • 211
  • I go Sledge-O-Matic on Spammers
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • ModDB Feature
Re: Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation
I take it you don't mean the trails, because those are specified in the weapons table. And there is a glowpoint for the missile models, which is what produces the "flare" effect, defined in the pof.

Am I missing something?
Report MediaVP issues, now on the MediaVP Mantis! Read all about it Here!
Talk with the community on Discord
"If you can keep a level head in all this confusion, you just don't understand the situation"

¤[D+¬>

[08/01 16:53:11] <sigtau> EveningTea: I have decided that I am a 32-bit registerkin.  Pronouns are eax, ebx, ecx, edx.
[08/01 16:53:31] <EveningTea> dhauidahh
[08/01 16:53:32] <EveningTea> sak
[08/01 16:53:40] * EveningTea froths at the mouth
[08/01 16:53:40] <sigtau> i broke him, boys

 

Offline FUBAR-BDHR

  • Self-Propelled Trouble Magnet
  • 212
  • Master Drunk
    • 165th Beer Drinking Hell Raisers
Re: Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation
Well the problem I've encountered is if the missiles are shown on the wings and have glowpoints instead of thrusters to get an alternate thruster effect the effect is always on.   I'll post some screenshots when I get some.
No-one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's even grown to like it. Oh yes. -Zathras

 

Offline Galemp

  • Actual father of Samus
  • 212
  • Ask me about GORT!
    • Steam
    • User page on the FreeSpace Wiki
Re: Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation
I get it, you only want glowpoints on missiles to turn on after they're launched, in case you have them mounted on the model with "show missiles."
"Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at that moment." -- Robert Benchley

Members I've personally met: RedStreblo, Goober5000, Sandwich, Splinter, Su-tehp, Hippo, CP5670, Terran Emperor, Karajorma, Dekker, McCall, Admiral Wolf, mxlm, RedSniper, Stealth, Black Wolf...

 

Offline FUBAR-BDHR

  • Self-Propelled Trouble Magnet
  • 212
  • Master Drunk
    • 165th Beer Drinking Hell Raisers
Re: Feature request: Alternate missile thruster or glowpoint activation
I get it, you only want glowpoints on missiles to turn on after they're launched, in case you have them mounted on the model with "show missiles."

Yes either that or the ability to have an alternate thruster effect on a missile. 

Couldn't get those pics last night due to my backup but I'll get them soon. 

Did it while I was thinking about it:  Show secondaries
As you can see with show secondaries and glowpoints you can get an unwanted effect. 
« Last Edit: March 27, 2009, 04:08:21 pm by FUBAR-BDHR »
No-one ever listens to Zathras. Quite mad, they say. It is good that Zathras does not mind. He's even grown to like it. Oh yes. -Zathras