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Title: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 20, 2008, 07:53:16 PM

Did a little tinkering.  What do you think of my N1K's new muzzle flash?

Unedited screenshots:
(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6861/newfirebq6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2571/newfire2hc6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

What'chu know 'bout style? :cool:

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: titanic3 on October 20, 2008, 08:03:54 PM

You sure it's rated PG?  :lol Not bad.

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: glock89 on October 20, 2008, 08:05:15 PM

So smiley faces of death great.  :lol

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: OSU on October 20, 2008, 08:21:21 PM

OK, that's just freaky.  :rofl

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: glock89 on October 20, 2008, 08:23:10 PM

What next flying kids coming at your plane?

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 20, 2008, 08:26:27 PM

lol The smiley face was just a quick test pic I used because it was the right size & shape and I was in a rush just to see if I could do it.  What I really want to do is see if I can give different size weapons different colored muzzle flashes and tracers.  It would only be available in custom maps but would look pretty cool in films.  We'll see.  Gonna play with hit sprites too.

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: A8TOOL on October 20, 2008, 08:26:32 PM

Very cool  USRanger  :aok


Too bad HTC won't allow them due to not being historically accurate  :lol

What colors are tracers normally...I thought there was more than one

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: A8TOOL on October 20, 2008, 08:28:37 PM

Different color tracers and sizes would be great!

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: CAP1 on October 20, 2008, 10:01:51 PM

pretty dam awsome dude! :aok

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 21, 2008, 05:26:57 AM

I also removed the flame that comes out so the faces would be clear in the pics.  When putting it back in, an idea crossed my mind.  Hmm, I wonder what little fire-breathing dragon heads might look like.

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: Denholm on October 21, 2008, 08:48:41 AM

Now that would be hilarious! :lol

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: BiPoLaR on October 21, 2008, 08:51:26 AM

Quote from: glock89 on October 20, 2008, 08:23:10 PM

What next flying kids coming at your plane?

Adonai would know about that one :noid

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: Sunka on October 21, 2008, 09:50:48 AM

Quote from: glock89 on October 20, 2008, 08:23:10 PM

What next flying kids coming at your plane?

(http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg276/sdhazelrigg/aviationmuseum1-2008017.jpg)
 :huh

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: TEShaw on October 21, 2008, 02:18:07 PM

The 'red eye' just really makes that picture!

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 21, 2008, 07:48:15 PM

I think my 190A-8 would look good with flaming iron cross muzzle flashes.

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 21, 2008, 10:57:34 PM

Alright, the smilies were fun, but it's time to get down to business.  Played with it some more and came up with these:

Default muzzle flash:
(http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3046/oldge0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

New muzzle flash:
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/609/newvf0.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

110 showing 3 types of new muzzle flash:
(http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9268/110kz2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)


New flashes don't appear to hurt frame rate at all, at least on mine.  Maybe Waffle will hook us up with something more up-to-date in the future.  I know it's just eye candy, but I like details. :)

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: A8TOOL on October 21, 2008, 11:19:21 PM

Fiery     :aok

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: glock89 on October 22, 2008, 01:56:54 PM

Nice looking.

Title: Re: Have a Nice Death
Post by: USRanger on October 22, 2008, 07:13:40 PM

Thx fellas.  I'm gonna do up a few different hit sprites next so peeps can help me decide which looks best.  This thread probably belongs in the Terrain Editor forum, but I thought I'd share it here with the majority of the community because I don't think this stuff has been edited by anyone before & I thought some others might like to see what can be done.  I'll be releasing a new offline mission soon that will contain a new map with all custom effects (explosions, fire, tracers, flashes, etc.).  A big thanks to HTC for making a game that allows players to do such things.