A couple issues with fire and smoke

[Sérvalpilot]

The fire effects from vehicles and aircraft debris introduced in 2.7 look nice.... But they tilt to align with the player's head, same for the smoke trail from missiles and contrails. This is especially noticeable in VR.

Also, in VR, the effects frequently flash but only in the left eye.

I'll need to add a video at some point to demonstrate this.

[Taz1004]

28 minutes ago, Sérvalpilot said:

The fire effects from vehicles and aircraft debris introduced in 2.7 look nice.... But they tilt to align with the player's head, same for the smoke trail from missiles and contrails. This is especially noticeable in VR.

Also, in VR, the effects frequently flash but only in the left eye.

I'll need to add a video at some point to demonstrate this.

Seems like not many notice it.

Edited October 26, 2021 by Taz1004

[Convexrook]

Debris clouds are same old clouds prior 2.7.XX I think. I experience the same thing you explained as I only play VR, it happens always. 

Similar to FPS hit with Cluster munitions. 

[Sérvalpilot]

I did a little experiment. I changed the smoke/fire texture to a bunch of arrows pointing up.

This is what burning vehicles look like with that modified texture:

 

Here are the same vehicles but seen upside-down:

Notice the way the arrows still mostly point to the top of the screen?

These screenshots were taken in "flat" mode, but they behave exactly the same in VR.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Sérvalpilot

[Sérvalpilot]

I discovered that fire isn't a light source; this is especially noticeable at night when it doesn't illuminate objects or terrain.

The smoke screen dispensed by vehicles is self-illuminating.

[Flappie]

Yes, this last issue was introduced with 2.7. It's reported internally.