HVAR explosion size

[Gunfreak]

So while the explosions look awesome, they are also giant. Bigger than 250lb bomb explosion even with just 3.4kg of tnt.

 

I found this video with far more moderate explosions.

 

These also seem to mostly match the HVAR explosions in Devotion (I know Hollywood film not a good source) but I have problems finding footage of HVAR explosions, as everything except the video above are from games.

 

[grafspee]

Only visual effects looks large but lethal explosion radius is very small.

[Gunfreak]

3 minutes ago, grafspee said:

Only visual effects looks large but lethal explosion radius is very small.

I know, that's why they should change thr graphics to something realistic.

They can just use the same explosion effect just scale it down like 80/90% 

[grafspee]

If you watch hole thing you will see couple hvars launches and impacts. Those explosions looks more like light mortar rounds impacts.

https://youtu.be/SAPqr3YCNmA?si=qbnNTrmMQD68IXP9

Edited September 26, 2023 by grafspee

[Gunfreak]

4 hours ago, grafspee said:

If you watch hole thing you will see couple hvars launches and impacts. Those explosions looks more like light mortar rounds impacts.

https://youtu.be/SAPqr3YCNmA?si=qbnNTrmMQD68IXP9

 

Good footage! Thank you! 

Yeah those rocket hits definitely needs to be scaled back A LOT!

[grafspee]

3 hours ago, Gunfreak said:

Good footage! Thank you! 

Yeah those rocket hits definitely needs to be scaled back A LOT!

Agreed.

[Art-J]

@Gunfreak If you think 127 mm warhead explosion is "a bit" oversized, look at what 37 mm shell from MiG-15 does in DCS  . Didn't compare with HVARs and 250 lbs bombs, but I think it might be exactly the same effect.

This sim really needs a bigger animations library to choose from.

 

 

[grafspee]

15 story building that 37mm is wicked. Looks more like 16" naval gun impact

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by grafspee

[Gunfreak]

1 hour ago, Art-J said:

@Gunfreak If you think 127 mm warhead explosion is "a bit" oversized, look at what 37 mm shell from MiG-15 does in DCS  . Didn't compare with HVARs and 250 lbs bombs, but I think it might be exactly the same effect.

This sim really needs a bigger animations library to choose from.

 

 

It can't be that hard. I assume they can just use the same animation and scale it smaller. 

This is what 3.4kg of TNT looks like in DCS.

it's not the standard bomb explosion animation. But a unique one and it's actually quite a bit larger than a 250lb bomb explosion (much higher) 

If they scale this down 80-90% the size would be more correct (tho it wouldn't look like the real thing) but better.