Changing the color of smoke rocket

[Toubib]

Hi everybody,

 

I wondered if there is a way to modify the color of the smoke for the smoke marking rocket from white to green or red? The actual color is white, but when you fire the marking rockets in town, it is the same colour as the factories smoke and it is quite difficult to find. It would be easier if the colour of the smoke for the rocket was red, green or another colour than white or black. Maybe it is possible to change a color code inside a file ?

 

Thanks for your :helpsmilie:

[kylania]

Aren't there multiple colors for the rockets? Just swap from white smoke rockets to red with the mission loadout editor?

[EtherealN]

Open

C:\Games\DCS A-10C Warthog\Config\Weapons\warheads.lua

Recommend saving a backup and using Notepad++, NOT Notepad, to edit.

 

Find line 202; here you have this:

 

warheads["HYDRA_70_SMOKE"] =
{
transparency= 0.5,
   color = {1, 1, 1},
   intensity = 1,
   duration = 300,
};

 

Edit the color there and see if that gets you what you want. I've not played with the smokers myself (I mostly had fun turning my GAU-8 into a nuclear weapon launcher and such hilarity) and the color code seems... off. If I have time I'll tinker with it, but that might be a day or three.

 

Note that server IC checks may prohibit you from connecting online if they check this file. (And if you run server with this setup and IC the file, no-one with unmodified code would be able to connect.)

Edited September 5, 2011 by EtherealN

[cichlidfan]

That changes the smoke from your aircraft's rockets I am guessing. What about the WP used by JTAC? I assume that is white by definition/chemistry in RL.

[Eddie]

I assume that is white by definition/chemistry in RL.

 

Yep, but so are the WP M156 smoke rockets the OP is referring to.

[nomdeplume]

Aren't there multiple colors for the rockets? Just swap from white smoke rockets to red with the mission loadout editor?

Nope, there's smoke generators available in the loadout menu which come in multiple colours, but they're for looking cool when you do aerobatics. You can also create coloured smoke markers using triggers.

 

The aircraft can only be loaded with white phosphorous rockets.

 

Since JTAC doesn't actually fire rockets, it probably uses the same functionality as the 'smoke marker' trigger action. If that's the case then the colour is probably specified within the JTAC script/code.

[cichlidfan]

Ah yes, you are right, WP all around.

 

I was forgetting that the colored smoke came from the generators not the rockets. :doh:

 

It's been a long, annoying, multiple rebuild filled weeked!:cry:

[Toubib]

Hi,

 

thanks for your help. I tried to change the color within the warheads.lua file. It works great in single player, but not in multiplayer. I get the Integrity Check Failed message.

I made a backup of this file before editing it, but when I restore the original, I still can't connect in multiplayer, getting the same IC failed error. I restarted my computer, but i still can't connect. A friend of mine sent me his own file, I can't connect! What can I do to get my multiplayer working ? :helpsmilie:

 

Thank you

[kylania]

Nope, there's smoke generators available in the loadout menu which come in multiple colours, but they're for looking cool when you do aerobatics. You can also create coloured smoke markers using triggers.

 

Yup, that's what I was thinking of. Sorry. :)