Revised Hit Sprite

[Chilli]

How's this for a tid bit in eye candy?  When a manned vehicle / aircraft is hit, we see a spark (as we currently do) followed by a very small brief spray of smoke.     For those who can't handle it or causes them some sort of grief, could it also be switched on or off under graphic details?

As pictured above, but much smaller.  I believe this will generate some awesome AH films 

[Tec]

It's already like that.

[jdbecks]

Taters make nice hit sprites   

[Knite]

It's already like that.

I'm not sure I follow Tec... Yes, AH has the bright white hit sprite, but I think what's being requested is to add that puff of smoke that you see right after the "flash" of the hit.


Which I think would look cool. And yes, cannons have very nice hit graphics. =-)

[AWwrgwy]

It's already like that.

What tec said.  I see a flash and a puff now.  Maybe it's my crappy, barely able to play, frequent black-screen-of-death computer I have.


wrongway

[uptown]

A couple hundred .50 cals in the cockpit makes for a good sprite. 

[Chilli]

Tec 

I see a flash, but not puffy smoke.  This is a cool effect, but if you compare it to the ground hit, you will see what I am asking for (but on a smaller scale).

What I see now when vehicles / aircraft are hit:



This is what I would like to see on a smaller scale (not to obstruct gunnery) as hit sprite animation:

[Larry]

Its already in the game.

[Chilli]

Larry,

Cool, and sorry if I wasted anyone's time, but  I am not seeing it? (see my pic above, same in plane)  I have effects turned on, but maybe resolution or texture size limits this ability.  Any ideas?  I think I need to post in Technical Support.

Edit:
Doh, after further review   Somehow it kept turning off as default, turned it back on and saw the same as Larry.

Okay, then revising, my revised hit sprite request. Needs a bit more POOF!

[BowHTR]

there is not the same effect on tanks as there is on planes.

[Ghosth]

Bowhtr, well no, there wouldn't be.

20mm exploding round hitting aluminum will "flash" and the shrapnel will shred aluminum.
Leaving that "puff" of smoke and debris.

Contrast that with a 75mm or bigger round hitting tank armor. Either it penitrates, in which case all the actions on the inside, or it bounces. No soft aluminum skin to shred = no puff of smoke/debris.

[OOZ662]

Note too that those strikes on the T-34 are ricocheting. The same hit on an aircraft will result in a puff like in the picture of the B-24.

[Chilli]

Okay, I got lazy and used a tank to show what I was seeing in comparison to what I would like to see.

Still, although as great as Larry's example was, the effect seems to be  lacking.  Awesome job, but I am still not seeing as dramatic animation as I am wishing it to be.

Maybe that is part of the reason I turned it off ( cost in cpu resources / benefit ). 

In the gif and most actual gun cam films, the spray seems more obvious.  I am just pushing it a bit further, looking for the wow effect (currently metering somewhere around ..."hey, that's cool")



I have noticed a lot of improvements in damage animations in the last few versions.  I am thinking, that half a wing peeling off and flying past your cockpit was a lot less common, than shredded parts still attached to the aircraft.  So, maybe when the scaled damage is implemented in WW2 aircraft, maybe a bigger visual cue that something vital was hit could go along with it.

[kvuo75]

i get the really detailed hit animation at very close range, past a certain range, its just the bright white hit sprite..

[USRanger]

I haven't messed with the hit sprites yet, but I have edited the muzzle flash so far.

Unedited screenshot: