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Author: | CombatMedic02 [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
Hey guys, just me failing at lua again, need a bit of help making a cool bullet effect so I'm going to explain this the best I can. The ammo type my faction fires is pretty much a normal machine gun round, the same sort of thing the coalition fire but with a small and cool difference. Rounds have a core of plasma that heat up when fired from a smg/assault rifle, they glow while shooting through the air and burn when they are in the flesh of their target. I've tried all sorts of trickery using my .ini knowledge. I tried using longer glows for a quick fix but found when fired at an angle the glow doesn't follow the direction of the bullet. Screenie below: But yeah not sure how I could resolve this without using lua which I still suck at. -.- If I'm going to achieve a cool bullet effect using lua I may as well push the boat out and make it a bit cooler than just a glow so all suggestions/diagrams/inspiration/code would be all be greatly appreciated. xP |
Author: | p3lb0x [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
The easiest way is to use emitters emitting glow particles both forward and backward. But this can be really hard to balance right and get looking good. |
Author: | CombatMedic02 [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:10 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
Yeah I tried something like that, it made it look a bit fizzly, not really what I was going for. I wanted more of a consistent glow on the bullet like it is glowing hot. It'd make them a little more visible too. |
Author: | p3lb0x [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
Some simple lua that created glowing particles in front of, on and behind the damaging particle would probably be the way forward, |
Author: | CombatMedic02 [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:42 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
Cooleh, I'll look into how I can do that. |
Author: | CombatMedic02 [ Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Need Help Creating Ammo Effect |
Right... think I know how to add the emitters but how do I reference the damage particle? o.O |
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