To little smoke?

[159th_Viper]

Did Ricardo not make a Russian version and English version of the pit in the day?

[ZMEY-HS-]

which Su-25T cockpit mod do you use? I really like that russian HD version, definietly not ricardo's.

 

Thats Richardo's pit, just redrawn a bit and translated signs myself.

[Bucic]

What about the fundamental flaw, namely the puffs. Is it even possible to finally ditch the puffs-based smokes in contemporary games? Smoke is continuous and every game I ever saw* makes smoke of puffs. Rather shameful.

 

* well, almost every game. EECH did some continuous effects and it did it well. Also the underrated wingtip vortices from Flanker 2 series...

[PeterP]

I think that is a hard task if the particle-effects don't simulate fluids.

[Bucic]

I've just watched an ArmA 3 video and it seems the smoke there is not 90's

If those puff-loving bustards (if you cnow ArmA series, you'll know what I mean) could do it puffless, anyone can ;)

[Mechanist]

Thats Richardo's pit, just redrawn a bit and translated signs myself.

 

Noticed some matches, but the color and the signs are different. Private use only, or will be released sometime?

[sobek]

You can use more smaller puffs, but as always computational complexity increases as well.

[ZMEY-HS-]

Noticed some matches, but the color and the signs are different. Private use only, or will be released sometime?

 

I mailed Ricardo few monthes ago, but didnt get any response. I'm not greedy, but as far as it is mostly his great work, i won't release anything without his permission.

Plus, su-25 pit uses some Arma 2 textures. :D

[Mechanist]

Really neat, and I understand the problem.

[ALDEGA]

I've just watched an ArmA 3 video and it seems the smoke there is not 90's

If those puff-loving bustards (if you cnow ArmA series, you'll know what I mean) could do it puffless, anyone can ;)

It seems they use more puffs and better looking textures :D

 

Mafia2 puffs are interesting

-WT4hsoByJU

[ZMEY-HS-]

I wish arma had the same puffs physics... It is just ridiculous when you see burning wreck inside hangar and smoke goes through walls\roofs.

[Bucic]

You can use more smaller puffs, but as always computational complexity increases as well.

So there isn't any "shaders" that do that yet? :) I get it that there aren't any. What about that volumetric stuff that is being used to visualize clouds?

 

@ZMEY-HS-

As you can see we can't even get proper visualization. You can bet making the physics part (smoke interacting with other objects etc.) is whole another story.

[213]

all that comes from engine modernization. i'm not sure who's responsible for that, but generally russian developers do no focus on such things. the last company i convinced to do multicore (graviteam for steel armor) is still reluctant to admit that it was a good thing. they generally consider it a waste of time that should have gone into other areas.

[Nate--IRL--]

all that comes from engine modernization. i'm not sure who's responsible for that, but generally russian developers do no focus on such things. the last company i convinced to do multicore (graviteam for steel armor) is still reluctant to admit that it was a good thing. they generally consider it a waste of time that should have gone into other areas.

 

So it could be end up being a lot of work for little gain, FPS wise? I would suspect that retro fitting Multi-core support would be far more difficult that designing for it, when starting from scratch.

 

Nate

[Irregular programming]

all that comes from engine modernization. i'm not sure who's responsible for that, but generally russian developers do no focus on such things. the last company i convinced to do multicore (graviteam for steel armor) is still reluctant to admit that it was a good thing. they generally consider it a waste of time that should have gone into other areas.

 

No sane game company, russian or otherwise will update their engine to a multithreaded one just like that. We are probably talking about an investment that might easily cost a hundred thousand dollars in man hours, and that is for something that will not generate a immediate return.

 

Also, your graphics card handle billboards using shaders, your processor shouldn't be taxed at all.

 

Also, I made my own mod:

 

 

I am not 100% happy with it but it's better than before.

Edited May 14, 2012 by Irregular programming

[Rusty_M]

That looks pretty decent. A good thickness to it. Does it increase the complexity and reduce framerates?

[Joyride]

That looks awesome ^^^ please share!

[Joyride]

I'd also like to see 100+ rounds of 30mm D.U. to cause instant damage/explosion to some targets, rather than the current everything-takes-five-seconds-to-explode. Would be much more gratifying from the cockpit during a gun run to see some soft targets being ripped apart/exploding on impact.

[Dr_Arrow]

Awesome smoke mod! By the way which Su-25T cockpit mod do you use? I really like that russian HD version, definietly not ricardo's.

 

 

 

I would also love to have russian HD version of Ricardo's pit.

[Irregular programming]

No sane game company, russian or otherwise will update their engine to a multithreaded one just like that. We are probably talking about an investment that might easily cost a hundred thousand dollars in man hours, and that is for something that will not generate a immediate return.

 

Also, your graphics card handle billboards using shaders, your processor shouldn't be taxed at all.

 

Also, I made my own mod:

 

 

I am not 100% happy with it but it's better than before.

 

That looks awesome ^^^ please share!

 

Here we go, I've not noticed any negative performance on my machine but yeah it's probably a lot more demanding than the default smoke.

FireVehicle.lua

[Wags]

I mailed Ricardo few monthes ago, but didnt get any response. I'm not greedy, but as far as it is mostly his great work, i won't release anything without his permission.

Plus, su-25 pit uses some Arma 2 textures. :D

 

We have tried to contact Ricardo as well, but without success. If any of you are in contact with him, please PM me with a means of reaching him.

 

Thanks

[159th_Falcon]

And this is exactly why we all love ED, there involvement whit the community.

 

Drinks on me!:D

[SmokeyTheLung]

I'd also like to see 100+ rounds of 30mm D.U. to cause instant damage/explosion to some targets, rather than the current everything-takes-five-seconds-to-explode. Would be much more gratifying from the cockpit during a gun run to see some soft targets being ripped apart/exploding on impact.

 

+1

 

To add to that, some vehicles (mainly armored I suppose) should never get past that initial burning stage... They should just cook for a while :devil_2:

[213]

not really. if it keeps burning, the shells will explode eventually.

[Nate--IRL--]

Here we go, I've not noticed any negative performance on my machine but yeah it's probably a lot more demanding than the default smoke.

 

Looks great - it does have a performance hit - but if you have high frames anyway you'll not notice it.

 

Nate