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Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:23 am ]
Post subject:  Fuel-Air Bomb (V1.2- now explodes in midair)
Now located here.

Image
(thanks to rashaln for the gif. also the gif is outdated)
Now I have your attention.

WHAT IS THIS

A Fuel-air bomb is a bomb that disperses explosives into the air and then detonates it, creating a massive explosion and shockwave. Because it's not a solid explosive and it uses the air as an oxidizer you can get extremely large explosions (and shockwaves). If you're familiar with the MOAB, then you'll know what this is about. Pretty much: Gas dispersed into the air. Gas explodes. Everybody dies.

HOW DO I USE THIS

I had to take some design and size liberties by putting it into CC, but the basic concept is pretty much down. Load into plane, drop. Done. Since the engine isn't perfect it has some gameplay flaws but I hope you can work those out. There are some things you might need to worry about, though:

    *You drop it high. It's a big explosion that explodes in midair, either don't expect to get your dropship back or drop it veeery high.
    *You do not drop it close to anything you value. This is a lot larger than you may think it is.
    *This is laggy. This isn't game crashing or anything but don't expect a smooth ride.

THAT IS A BIG BOMB

Thanks to Abdul Alhazred for the sharpness timer lua script, I kind of stole it from a thread in mod making :P
If someone with a beastly computer could make a gif that would be rad but I don't think it's happening.

Little update in 1.1, now the smoke doesn't look terrible. Also poor attempt at sounds.
Author:  whitty [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
It's pretty neat. I was surprised at the way it explodes, nice idea there. Maybe make the things 255,0,255 instead of that green color?

Also, the final rising smoke, either cut down its lifetime by a longshot or give it more frames.
Author:  dragonxp [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
NOW I WANT TO SEE THE SHCOKWAVE!
(im trying it out)

Also, i think there are not gunna be another boring sprayer mod anytime soon.
Author:  Foa [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Yeah, here is what the break down of this bomb is, falling, expels gas everywhere, gas ignites, either you die in the fire, or still die in the shock wave.
If the bomb detonates within your screen you die... I LOVE IT!!!
Author:  Subiw [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
The only negative thing I can say about this is that the effects are not as polished as they could be. The shockwave works well, but I dislike the fact that you can see the white particles that make it up; same goes for the gas particles expelled by the bomb. The smoke also lasts a little too long and is kinda repetitive. Any visual issues aside, this works perfectly well. Thanks!
Author:  TorrentHKU [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Foa wrote:
Yeah, here is what the break down of this bomb is, falling, expels gas everywhere, gas ignites, either you die in the fire, or still die in the shock wave.
If the bomb detonates within your screen you die... I LOVE IT!!!

Are you saying the glow coming off of my monitor will ignite my face? I wanna try this out more than ever now.
Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Thanks for the responses, and I really should have polished the effects more, but I was too concerned with getting it to work right that i kind of forgot :X

For the initial burst, it's not really a "gas", it's more of an aerosol. It's green because in every game with a bomb like this, it's green, so i thought i'd do it for the hell of it. I'll toy around with some effects to get it looking better.
Author:  adadadp [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Somebody make a gif. of it, i want to see the explosion.
Author:  PhantomAGN [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Not bad for a big-ass-bomb type mod.
I like the way it will not obliterate walls, and the blast wave works sort of like how a real pressure wave ought to. Sorta.
Some more sounds would be cool though.
Author:  Exalion [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Good fun.

Get a warp clone, give him one of these.
The trick is to jump DEEP into the ground before the fuel ignites.

How to:
stand amongst targets. hold jump, letting the range extend out. once long enough, hit fire and release jump.
Remember: timing is everything.

Smoke effects are pretty, and lag is quite good.
Author:  Rashaln [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
Image

Cloud of smoke leaves something to be desired, but it's a good effort.
Author:  Cheesemonkey [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
I updated it a little bit, I made some smoke effects and shortened the cloud a bit so that part looks pretty nice. I decided the shockwave was better while invisible, too. Oh, and I tried to add better sounds but they're pretty mediocre, mostly due to CC making them super quiet :P

The initial burst looks fine as it is, considering my efforts to make it better just make it look like a salad orgy

And thanks for the gif :D
Author:  Darlos9D [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb
To deal with the terrain interaction issues, maybe have it so it explodes in midair at a certain height? You'd wind up with a much better spread.
Author:  Yoshi(cant mod) [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb (V1.1)
can you get the FF0000 color? translate it into the green: red: blue: thing? for the fuel when the bomb crashes and lets it out
Author:  Metal Meltdown [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fuel-Air Bomb (V1.1)
What?
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