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Title: smoking wrecks
Post by: RAG on May 06, 2020, 08:44:54 AM
When a plane is shot down the wreck remains on the ground and smoking for a while. I think this would be cool and would make for some great screenshots too.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 06, 2020, 01:45:53 PM
When a plane is shot down the wreck remains on the ground and smoking for a while. I think this would be cool and would make for some great screenshots too.

And wonderful frame rates.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Wiley on May 06, 2020, 01:53:41 PM
True but he could likely work out a max number to be showing in an area, and just have the oldest one vanish once it hits that number.  With that said, I'd say doing just about anything else would be more useful.

Fields being vulched would look funny though.

Wiley.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: ONTOS on May 06, 2020, 02:54:19 PM
Speaking of frame rate's, how about getting rid of some clouds.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 06, 2020, 02:56:35 PM
Speaking of frame rate's, how about getting rid of some clouds.

On my end, clouds are have no negative impact on frame rate. MA or events.

Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Shuffler on May 06, 2020, 04:13:35 PM
Clouds do not affect FR at all on my rig..... and it is not near new.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Ramesis on May 07, 2020, 09:19:48 AM
On my end, clouds are have no negative impact on frame rate. MA or events.

Nor mine
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: atlau on May 07, 2020, 09:45:43 AM
Nor mine

Weird. They do for me
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Ramesis on May 07, 2020, 03:25:25 PM
Weird. They do for me

There is 1 obvious possible reason... your net connection  :salute
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Spikes on May 07, 2020, 03:37:53 PM
I don't think internet would have any effect on clouds and Frame Rate, but PC specs sure would.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 07, 2020, 03:55:54 PM
I don't think internet would have any effect on clouds and Frame Rate, but PC specs sure would.

Bingo.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: LCADolby on May 07, 2020, 04:28:03 PM
When the clouds affect your frame rate, that's a GPu issue. When your frame rate is solid and the game lags, that's often a game engine issue; Total War Empire suffers from it.
The AH Engine and 8GBvram cards would be OK with wrecks scattered around for limited time periods. 4GBvram cards I can see suffering frame rate loss.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: RAG on May 07, 2020, 05:54:14 PM
Shall we start a separate  thread about bloody frame rates and clouds?
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 07, 2020, 05:57:47 PM
Shall we start a separate  thread about bloody frame rates and clouds?

Lighten up, Francis. The correlation was valid. Carry on.  :cool:
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: RAG on May 07, 2020, 06:07:01 PM
 :airplane: :joystick:
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 07, 2020, 06:16:40 PM
I will, however, offer one more observation on this wish.

If you're gonna watch planes go down and become smoking wrecks in the MA then you probably won't even have a chance to see it nor will the guy looking at your plane going down. Not in a furball, anyway.

Seems a waste of time and resource. Just sayin'.  :cheers:
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Shuffler on May 08, 2020, 07:56:43 AM
I will, however, offer one more observation on this wish.

If you're gonna watch planes go down and become smoking wrecks in the MA then you probably won't even have a chance to see it nor will the guy looking at your plane going down. Not in a furball, anyway.

Seems a waste of time and resource. Just sayin'.  :cheers:

 :aok

LOL was thinking the same
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: turt21 on May 08, 2020, 08:10:40 AM
Perhaps something similar to the craters left by GV;s
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Ramesis on May 08, 2020, 01:00:12 PM
When a plane is shot down the wreck remains on the ground and smoking for a while. I think this would be cool and would make for some great screenshots too.

Hmmm... it has occurred to me that u may have enjoyed (in your youth) torturing and killing animals
just for fun?

 :devil
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: icepac on May 14, 2020, 09:06:17 AM
I think a downed pilot should also be able to enter the smoking wreck and retrieve another magazine for his pistol.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: ONTOS on May 15, 2020, 03:43:30 PM
Normal FR is 60-65. In the clouds 15-20. I had my computer updated when AH III was introduced. Spent over five hundred dollars to upgrade ( had to postpone my wife's operation). Any way that may not be much money to a lot of people, but to an 'ol Southern boy , it's a lot.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Arlo on May 15, 2020, 04:54:55 PM
1. You postponed your WIFE'S surgery to upgrade your system?

2. My PC's 5 yrs old but my video card is only a yr old. 60 fps steady - clouds or not. Try a new video card.
 
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: ONTOS on May 15, 2020, 06:25:05 PM
Wife was not having surgery, I made that up for sympathy.
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Shuffler on May 16, 2020, 03:42:31 AM
Wife was not having surgery, I made that up for sympathy.

Snicker
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: LCADolby on May 16, 2020, 04:47:54 AM
Wife was not having surgery, I made that up for sympathy.

There's a lot of that going around.  :rofl
Title: Re: smoking wrecks
Post by: Chilli on May 16, 2020, 05:43:13 AM
Hello old friends.   I believe something could be done with custom built arenas (if there’s animation present to replace) without involving main arena challenges.  Years ago  my good friend USRanger, tackled flames from buildings and aircraft and inserted them in a custom map and was able to upload them for use in non main arena settings.  He also added “dummy” planes and vehicles around fields.

However I don’t know  :headscratch: if there currently is any animation for a vacated plane  :airplane: other than the tumble or burning explosion.  What happens when you exit planes (enter 3 times) on the ground?  If it doesn’t poof ..... disappear instantly???  That’s all I have. 

A more useful addition would be burned/ flaming/ smoking destroyed field guns.