Extend Building Burn Duration

[dresoccer4]

hello! i was wondering if there was a mod, or if someone could tell me who to extend the duration of building burn times?

 

reasoning is, i'm flying around populous Caen, launching barrages of missiles down into the hapless plebeians below. this causes numerous house fires that rage across the city in a cascade of wondrous smoke plumes. :music_whistling:

 

but the efficient sims put out all of the fires in just a couple minutes flat. it's incredibly impressive. but not what i want (or, i would guesstimate, realistic). even the big warehouse fires are extinguished.

 

any help would be appreciated!

 

cheers

[dresoccer4]

Wow... I feel bad for their families now...

 

:megalol:

 

Haven't seen one yet but I will update you when I do! :thumbup:

 

don't feel bad, i think the peeps actually enjoy the challenge of fire-dousing!

i feel like there must be a setting .lua somewhere that sets a timer for building fires, however i can't find it :(

[Mustang]

Try looking in Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\BlockBuildings at the StructTable.sht file (open with Notepad++) there are values in there for the fire lifetime of the buildings.

[dresoccer4]

Try looking in Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\BlockBuildings at the StructTable.sht file (open with Notepad++) there are values in there for the fire lifetime of the buildings.

 

thanks! ok so i checked it out. it contains entries that look like:

 

{

file = "angar_b_new";

castshadows = false;

life = 40;

fire =

{

150;

2;

};

username = "Hangar B";

maxSlope = 25;

desrt = "angar_b_crash";

};

 

are we thinking those fire values control the burn/smoke duration? wonder what each number means, are they in seconds, minutes, something else? (i can experiment later, just seeing if someone else already knew)

 

the link you specified is for Caucasus, so assume the buildings for the Normandy one would be at:

...\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\terrains\Normandy\Models\Normandy1944s.StructTable.sht ?

there are a ton of those .sht files spread around there. i wonder if the correct one would be under:

...\Mods\terrains\Normandy\Models\Destroyed\StructTable.sht ... ? just thinking out loud here.

[Dingo_Bob]

iirc, (from memory from 100 years ago so may have changed, so don't shot me if it's wrong :D )

Life = is time in seconds

fire = is height & density

 

so above would be 40 seconds duration 150 meters high and 2 (whatever that is in thickness)

 

maxSlope = is either the max degree it can tilt with the wind direction, or the max slope the terrain can be at to have smoke appear?

 

This thread may also help (1st post) https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=158404&highlight=smoke+dust

Edited March 26, 2018 by Dingo_Bob

[dresoccer4]

iirc, (from memory from 100 years ago so may have changed, so don't shot me if it's wrong :D )

Life = is time in seconds

fire = is height & density

 

so above would be 40 seconds duration 150 meters high and 2 (whatever that is in thickness)

 

maxSlope = is either the max degree it can tilt with the wind direction, or the max slope the terrain can be at to have smoke appear?

 

This thread may also help (1st post) https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=158404&highlight=smoke+dust

 

thanks for the info (even if it may be wrong :) )! i'll tinker tinker.

and that link you sent, i actually currently use that mod (it's survived all of the version upgrades somehow) and it was actually the inspiration for this post, as i knew enhancing the building burn time was probably possible since that mod increases plane burn time successfully