[Commander Zane]

Oh mah gaaaaaaaawwwwd.

[Mongoose]

wut

WUT

[Bobboau]

pretty good, needs some work still.
is the effect dynamic, or in an (ani) texture?

[Valathil]

pretty good, needs some work still.
is the effect dynamic, or in an (ani) texture?

Elaborate please. Any suggestions are welcome.

The Texture for the framebuffer distortion is generated randomly every 0.1 seconds.

[mjn.mixael]

I wonder if he means the size of the distortion will scale with the engine flare size (IE Engine output).

[Valathil]

IT DOES. Did you even watch the video? thats why i engaged the afterburner

[mjn.mixael]

I did watch it. What I mean was more just change in speeds like how modelled thrusters are scaled as you accelerate decelerate.

[Trivial Psychic]

[Activate Scientific Accuracy Nazi]

While that effect is cool, you should realize that distortions such as this are caused by the rapid density changes in the air due to rapid heating, which is not present in space, so if you stick to that fact, then this effect is only useful for atmosphere mods.

[End Scientific Accuracy Nazi]

[Commander Zane]

Sigh.
FreeSpace 2.
That is all.

[MatthTheGeek]

REALISM

BURN IT WITH FIRE

[Luis Dias]

REALISM

DISTORT IT WITH ATMOSPHERE EFFECT..... IN SPACE!

[Valathil]

We talked about that already. We came to the conclusion that its 50% gas from the thrusters + 50% rule of cool that generates the effect in vacuum

What I mean was more just change in speeds like how modelled thrusters are scaled as you accelerate decelerate.

I've tried 3 times i cant parse this sentence to extract what you mean could you reformulate please.

[headdie]

We talked about that already. We came to the conclusion that its 50% gas from the thrusters + 50% rule of cool that generates the effect in vacuum

[Flipside]

I think that if I get worried about the physics of haze on a thruster, I'll turn them off, drift to complete stop and just listen to the ships around me while I think about it

[Commander Zane]

We talked about that already. We came to the conclusion that its 50% gas from the thrusters + 50% rule of cool that generates the effect in vacuum

What I mean was more just change in speeds like how modelled thrusters are scaled as you accelerate decelerate.

I've tried 3 times i cant parse this sentence to extract what you mean could you reformulate please.

The more thrust you have on the engines, the engine flame is larger, smaller if you decrease the thrust, does the haze effect behave in the same way when not on afterburner? More thrust, bigger haze effect, less thrust, smaller haze effect.

[Rodo]

Is that really how it works? IIRC there are only three different sizes of thrusters, complete stop, any kind of speed and afterburners.

Having the haze show up when using afterburner or any kind of speed is ok, because it will look good.
In complete stop... I can't even start to think how can it be made to look good.

[Commander Zane]

The video doesn't show the Ulysses not moving, and it wasn't stated if it goes away when at zero thrust.

Even though what I was doing there was trying to make what was trying to be said earlier clear, and not myself asking questions.

[Valathil]

Yes it does scale with the throttle. The alpha envelope of the effect is the normal secondary thruster glow which scales like you describe only with double the size so you can see it and it isnt completely masked by the glow. the afterburner elongation is not something i did it does that automatically like it does the thrusterglows.

EDIT: new version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y_do4VbGQo&hd=1

[Spoon]

So sexy 

[Reprobator]

It rocks!