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Title: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: jimson on September 20, 2012, 12:24:55 PM
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/avacmstaff/clash2ani.gif)


This will be the debut of USRangers new smoke and Fire effects

(http://imageshack.us/a/img825/5711/80446199.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/80446199.jpg/)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img7/2286/fireyl.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/fireyl.jpg/)

In June 1944, American and Japanese carrier fleets steamed toward each other seeking battle. When they met, they embarked upon a naval engagement that escalated into the most spectacular aircraft carrier battle in history.

During two days of brutal combat, the American and Japanese carriers dueled, launching wave after wave of fighters and bombers against each other in an all out fight for supremacy.

In this scenario based on The Battle of the Philippine Sea, the two sides are more evenly matched with an equal number of task groups and 1000 and 2000lb American bombs will be disabled. The two combatants will also have to contend with intermittent harsh weather conditions.

Objective: Find and destroy the enemy carriers. 1000 and 2000lb American bombs will be disabled.

Knights=IJN

Bishops=USN

Knights:

3 task groups

A6M5

D3A-1

B5N2

Bishops:

3 task groups

F6F-5

F4U-1

SBD-5

TBM-3
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Shuffler on September 20, 2012, 12:40:39 PM
I may stop by to check out the effects but won't stay
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Sunka on September 20, 2012, 12:52:04 PM
Cant wait to see what it looks like.  :rock
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: jimson on September 20, 2012, 12:57:51 PM
I may stop by to check out the effects but won't stay
Open 24/7 come in, stay as long or as little as you like.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Mister Fork on September 20, 2012, 01:32:20 PM
Looks good. Will be there... :x
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 20, 2012, 02:20:06 PM
I may stop by to check out the effects

why don't you let me shoot you up and then you can see the effects first hand?   :D
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Shuffler on September 20, 2012, 04:11:07 PM
why don't you let me shoot you up and then you can see the effects first hand?   :D

lol

It's just the last 2 times I went in there it was too much like DA Lake.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: ALFAMEGA51 on September 20, 2012, 04:11:30 PM
Now that looks awesome!  :cheers:
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Chilli on September 21, 2012, 04:23:34 AM
lol

It's just the last 2 times I went in there it was too much like DA Lake.

Impossible!  There are no Tempests or Spit14s in the AvA  :D

Hoping you guys load this up SUPER early..... like RIGHT NOW  :x
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 21, 2012, 05:30:58 AM
we had both of them just recently, i think. its always a changing planeset, and new maps are coming out all the time for the AVA. swing in and check it out. we have a really cool version of pearl harbor, that even has sinkable ships in the harbor to blow up. if you missed that setup, you really missed out on a fun time!!

if you have a setup you'd like to suggest, we'd really like to hear about it. if you have a setup you want to make, we're happy to help you out with it and make it happen. just contact one of us via pm's or while in the arena!
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Alpo on September 21, 2012, 07:34:59 AM
Hmmmm... picturing the Pearl set up with new smoke effect.  Too bad the targets on battleship row sink so quickly and don't have an opportunity to throw smoke throughout the area.

Still wish the airfield on that map wasn't right in the middle, it seems to take up too much room.  :aok
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 21, 2012, 08:34:23 AM
its a reduced map, thats why its so big.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Sunka on September 21, 2012, 01:56:54 PM
Tried to go in Ava..it wont let me in?
It says problem occurred while retrieving ahhiiterr/avasea.res
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 21, 2012, 02:27:54 PM
wow, you're right, ill be home in about 40 minutes, i fix it then!
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 21, 2012, 04:15:12 PM
all fixed now thanks to skuzzy!
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Easyscor on September 21, 2012, 05:32:38 PM
Hmmmm... picturing the Pearl set up with new smoke effect.  Too bad the targets on battleship row sink so quickly and don't have an opportunity to throw smoke throughout the area.

Still wish the airfield on that map wasn't right in the middle, it seems to take up too much room.  :aok

Sorry you don't like the terrain.

That terrain compresses 5 miles from RL into 1 mile in-game. This was done to include all the actual airfields there in 1941 (plus an extra or two). It makes for much better game-play in the AvA. Also of note, the height of all elevations were reduced by 1/2 to make it more realistic looking and simulate reasonable climb to altitude conditions.

Each historic airfield you find in avapearl is based upon the actual airfields that were there, including Ford Island and Hickam Field at Pearl Harbor. Due to the extreme shrinkage, many airfields are crowded or even moved a few miles from their proper location. Hickam and Ford Island wouldn't look like their 1941 counterparts done any other way, and Wheeler I believe it was, would look ridiculous squeezed into that narrow peninsula north east of Pearl.

Unfortunately, the ships in the harbor that are rafted up together all die at the same time due to splash damage. Nothing I can do about that, but it took more than one bomb to sink them. That to me is a good compromise.

Only the Arizona throws smoke because it's another compromise for people with low frame rates in a very busy part of the terrain. Perhaps you have a state-of-the-art rig like I do, but I try to imagine what the frame rates would be for everyone else if all those ships are throwing smoke and fire.  :uhoh
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: jimson on September 21, 2012, 11:09:46 PM
That's a great terrain! we had an awesome "Day of Infamy" in there. That might have been my favorite Line of Fire battle, they were all good though.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Nathan60 on September 22, 2012, 12:08:38 AM
there has been a good population in therer all night with some really great furballs I was 1am EST when I left and there was still 12 people in.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Sunka on September 22, 2012, 12:39:59 AM
Lots of fun  :salute Guys
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb441/huskerly/capture_002_22092012_013128_zps6a7ddfbd.jpg)

(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb441/huskerly/capture_001_22092012_012308_zps5886679b.jpg)
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Chilli on September 22, 2012, 04:56:07 PM
Smoke on the water  :aok  I narrowly avoided hitting the tower  :eek: on this approach  :joystick:

(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff56/2chilli_photos/smokeonwater_zps16121ccb.jpg)
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Chilli on September 22, 2012, 05:22:30 PM
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff56/2chilli_photos/fireondeck_zps68a7b91d.jpg)

And then..........
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: jimson on September 24, 2012, 12:09:29 AM
New fire effects added!
(http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff457/avacmstaff/fire_zpsafd81f21.jpg)
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Alpo on September 24, 2012, 03:46:48 PM
Sorry you don't like the terrain.

That terrain compresses 5 miles from RL into 1 mile in-game. This was done to include all the actual airfields there in 1941 (plus an extra or two). It makes for much better game-play in the AvA. Also of note, the height of all elevations were reduced by 1/2 to make it more realistic looking and simulate reasonable climb to altitude conditions.

Each historic airfield you find in avapearl is based upon the actual airfields that were there, including Ford Island and Hickam Field at Pearl Harbor. Due to the extreme shrinkage, many airfields are crowded or even moved a few miles from their proper location. Hickam and Ford Island wouldn't look like their 1941 counterparts done any other way, and Wheeler I believe it was, would look ridiculous squeezed into that narrow peninsula north east of Pearl.

Unfortunately, the ships in the harbor that are rafted up together all die at the same time due to splash damage. Nothing I can do about that, but it took more than one bomb to sink them. That to me is a good compromise.

Only the Arizona throws smoke because it's another compromise for people with low frame rates in a very busy part of the terrain. Perhaps you have a state-of-the-art rig like I do, but I try to imagine what the frame rates would be for everyone else if all those ships are throwing smoke and fire.  :uhoh



No no no Easyscor.  I'm sorry, you read WAY to much into my comment.  Actually LOVED Pearl, I haven't flown a torpedo bomber that much in years!  I was simply commenting on the fact that with the airfield in what seems like the middle of the harbor, making a torpedo run was dicey at best as you had to pull off bow/stern shots or navigate over a lot of land and immediately drop the torpedo practically the second you were feet wet again.

Not sure, but I think a torpedo would actually kill two battleships which were moored side by side due to splash damage.

True about the new rig and designing for everyone.

Again, I have the utmost admiration for anyone who puts the time that some folks do simply for the enjoyment of others.  So I definitely meant no disrespect in regards to the Pearl terrain.

Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 24, 2012, 10:27:27 PM
guys, if you haven't seen the new smoke and fire affects in the AVA, take the time to see them. they are awesome. hopefully they can be incorporated in some of the other arenas, but the flames have to be seen to be believed!  if you have time, check it out! good job ranger!!
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: JimmyC on September 25, 2012, 09:45:42 AM
I went in
a very rare occurrence
It was great..the effects where worth a visit...wtg Ranger
My only one small point is the smoking engine of plane does not look that great...sorry ..just my opinion..
the others though are outstanding!!
love the flames
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Easyscor on September 26, 2012, 04:49:34 PM
Quote from: Alpo

<snip>
... you read WAY to much into my comment.  Actually LOVED Pearl, I haven't flown a torpedo bomber that much in years! ...

Yeah, I probably did. Sorry, and thanks for the loved part. Been a lot on my mind lately.

You might also want to load that terrain offline and launch a GV from the Hanger spawn at A1 (among others. Hint, hint).
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Easyscor on September 26, 2012, 04:50:17 PM
VERY NICE Ranger.  :aok
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Shuffler on September 26, 2012, 05:02:13 PM
I went in
a very rare occurrence
It was great..the effects where worth a visit...wtg Ranger
My only one small point is the smoking engine of plane does not look that great...sorry ..just my opinion..
the others though are outstanding!!
love the flames

Yes on startup it is not as realistic as the standard. I think all the smoke is tied together somehow where it can't be different.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: HARDLIQR on September 26, 2012, 09:21:49 PM
Just flew in the AVA Arena loved the new smoke and fire. Very nice job Ranger <S> to ya Sir!
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: jimson on September 26, 2012, 11:17:14 PM
Yes on startup it is not as realistic as the standard. I think all the smoke is tied together somehow where it can't be different.

Yes, it's an unintended consequence.

Also gunsmoke uses the same bmp's.  I played around with them and I did get them lighter and the gunsmoke was less strange looking, but I had some other consequences so will bow to the master, I'm sure he will tweak them to perfection
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: Shuffler on September 27, 2012, 10:46:07 AM
Yes, it's an unintended consequence.

Also gunsmoke uses the same bmp's.  I played around with them and I did get them lighter and the gunsmoke was less strange looking, but I had some other consequences so will bow to the master, I'm sure he will tweak them to perfection

lol did not notice the gunsmoke...... I never have time to mess with that sort of thing but enjoy trying out what other's do.
Title: Re: In AvA starting Friday with USRangers new smoke and fire effects!!
Post by: captain1ma on September 29, 2012, 12:40:45 PM
Just some fun screen shots

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/done.jpg)

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/hit.jpg)


in this next one you can see the puffs of smoke coming from the guns of the A6M.
(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/hit1.jpg)

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/hit2.jpg)

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/hit3.jpg)

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/hit4.jpg)

(http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/captain1ma/landing.jpg)