Multiple groundflashes

[Caydr]

The groundflash system we have now is great, no question about it. I'm already making some really neat looking stuff.

The only thing that disappoints me in the slightest is that I can't have multiple groundflashes per explosion class. For instance:

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[FLASHNUKE]
{
	usedefaultexplosions=1;
	[groundflash]
	{
		flashSize = 2000;
		flashAlpha = 10;
		circleGrowth = 40;
		circleAlpha = 1;
		ttl = 12;
		color = 1,1,1;

	}
	[groundflash2]
	{
		flashSize = 5000;
		flashAlpha = 10;
		circleGrowth = 40;
		circleAlpha = 1;
		ttl = 12;
		color = 1,0,0;

	}

Just thrown-together random values. I know it'd look like crap, but you see what I mean.

Maybe there's a workaround already in place? If not, do you think this would be a possibility for a future version?

[jcnossen]

The groundflash is currently hacked in, in a way that I will be able to change it to a general system without problems (since it has the same way of specifying properties as the projectile classes stuff).

So yeah it's definately going to happen.

[Argh]

general system without problems (since it has the same way of specifying properties as the projectile classes stuff).

Holy cow, mother of hamburger... you're building it pretty much as I laid it out, then? Ok, the particulars are a bit different, but... this is fricking awesome! Now the only remaining bit is tying in BOS so that we can call particles via scripts, and we have a fully-functioning, general-purpose particle system :D

[jcnossen]

we have a fully-functioning, general-purpose particle system :D

Sortof.. you can't actually control the particles during their lifetime, you can only control how they are created.

[AF]

Could you see if you could speed up particles for nanospray? They seem to take a lot more power on my computer than anything else, for example I play a game of nanoblobz and my comps fine displaying 300 v300 showing lots of fire and explosions, but switch to a screne where there's 40 sheep building things and the framerate plummets.

It's the same with any other instance of a largish group of builders, and its still a problem for me with max aprticles at its lowest even tho my comp runs fien with basic reflective water and reflective textures and decals etc