ROAR!!!!!! (56K, run away from this thread. Really.)

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:33

Hey, devs, I got that whole multiple-instance custom ExplosionGenerator thing working

And here's a movie of the current version.

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Argh · Post by **Argh** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:35

This is so kewl, it almost makes me want Screenshake back. But not quite

However, I do have a request... um... could we put a better alpha scalar that modders can control into HeatCloud, so that we can scale alpha (or better, color + alpha, like the new sexy flamethrower code)? It terminates a little more abruptly than is perfect. Not that most users will care, but meh... it's that last little bit of pro buff, y'know?

I'm not quite done tweaking yet. And since Spring's not quite out yet, yes, this will be GPL and in NanoBlobs

Sheekel · Post by **Sheekel** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:53

VIDEO!!! VIIIDDEEEEOOOO!!!

Wow, thats ssssoooo freaking awesome!

Argh FTW.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:56

holy shit... I just realized that that cloud mushroomed a bit... wow. I'm impressed.

danzel · Post by **danzel** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:57

Sexy!

Video?

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:57

Not releasing this will get you AIDS!

KDR_11k · Post by **KDR_11k** » 23 Sep 2006, 07:59

Cool. Now use the groundflash ring to send out a quick shockwave.

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:24

@KDR: It is already using a ring, look at the second-to-last two shots, you can see it. I just haven't emphasized it very much, was too busy getting the particle code working properly (which was a royal pain, but I am sure everybody will learn from it).

@FA: Yeah, it mushrooms. Which was one of the tricky bits. If I had a few more controls, I'd be able to do some more things that aren't possible yet. I really want a "ring" feature to do smokerings with. I can do it by hand, but meh... it's painful. This entire thing was a LOT of tinkering and hand-tweaking, down to the bitmaps used.

You wanna hear the really good part?

This baby, unlike Spring's default nuke, won't eat your FPS for breakfast

Because I had fine-tuned controls over how many particles are spawned, etc., I could keep it relatively low on the overall count (it's still more than 200 particles, all told) without hurting quality any, just like my previous code for NanoBlobs 0.54b.

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:29

Das Bruce wrote:Not releasing this will get you AIDS!

You have until the end of this hour. You have been warned!

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 23 Sep 2006, 08:32

Guess I'd better eat my snack and finish tweaking the shockwave/smoke then

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 23 Sep 2006, 09:27

Okie doke, here's the code for this monster. It absolutely requires that you've already defined the projectile textures called, etc.

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[NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX]
{
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////Argh's GPL Nuke Script
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////You may use this for any purpose, so long as you obey the terms of the Gnu Public License.
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////PARTICLE BLAST
[heatcloud_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX01]
   		{
		class=heatcloud;
      		[properties]
      		{
		texture=ExplodeHeat;
      		heat = 30;
      		maxheat = 30;
      		heatFalloff = 0.75;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = -0.35 r0.1;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		speed = 0 r3.5, 0 r3.5, 0 r3.5;
      		pos = 0, 5, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
	}
[heatcloud_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX02]
   		{
		class=heatcloud;
      		[properties]
      		{
		texture=ExplodeHeat;
      		heat = 30;
      		maxheat = 30;
      		heatFalloff = 0.75;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = -0.35 r0.1;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		speed = 0 r-3.5, 0 r3.5, 0 r-3.5;
      		pos = 0, 5, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
	}
[heatcloud_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX03]
   		{
		class=heatcloud;
      		[properties]
      		{
		texture=ExplodeHeat;
      		heat = 30;
      		maxheat = 30;
      		heatFalloff = 0.75;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = -0.35 r0.1;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		speed = 0 r-3.5, 0 r3.5, 0 r3.5;
      		pos = 0, 5, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
	}
[heatcloud_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX04]
   		{
		class=heatcloud;
      		[properties]
      		{
		texture=ExplodeHeat;
      		heat = 30;
      		maxheat = 30;
      		heatFalloff = 0.75;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = -0.35 r0.1;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		speed = 0 r3.5, 0 r3.5, 0 r-3.5;
      		pos = 0, 5, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////MAIN SMOKE
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX01]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX02]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r-0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX03]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r-0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX04]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX05]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX06]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r-0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX07]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r-0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX08]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1.3;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////NUKE FIRE
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX01]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX02]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r-0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX03]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r-0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX04]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r0.75, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX05]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX06]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r-0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX07]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r-20, 20 r4, 0 r20;
         		speed=0 r-0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
[fire_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX08]
	{
	class=heatcloud;
	[properties]
      		{
		texture=HeatSmoke_ONE;
      		heat = 15;
      		maxheat = 15;
      		heatFalloff = 0.3;
      		sizemod = 0;
      		sizemodmod = 0;
      		size = 30 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.5;
         		pos = 0 r20, 20 r4, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0 r0.35, 1 r0.3, 0 r-0.35;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=5;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////SMOKE COLUMN
[smoke_column_EXPLOSION_FX01]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1;
         		pos = 0 r20, -160 i10, 0 r20;
         		speed=0, 1 r0.3, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_column_EXPLOSION_FX02]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1;
         		pos = 0 r-20, -160 i10, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0, 1 r0.3, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_column_EXPLOSION_FX03]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1;
         		pos = 0 r20, -160 i10, 0 r-20;
         		speed=0, 1 r0.3, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
[smoke_column_EXPLOSION_FX04]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.003;
      		size = 15 r-1.5;
      		sizeGrowth = 1;
         		pos = 0 r-20, -160 i10, 0 r20;
         		speed=0, 1 r0.3, 0;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=15;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////SMOKE RING ONE
[smoke2_NUKE_EXPLOSION_FX01]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.006;
      		size = 5 r5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.75;
         		pos = 0, 0 r4, 0;
         		speed= 0 r1.75, 0, 0 r1.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
   	}
[smoke2_EXPLOSION_FX02]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.006;
      		size = 5 r5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.75;
         		pos = 0, 0 r4, 0;
         		speed= 0 r-1.75, 0, 0 r-1.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
   	}
[smoke2_EXPLOSION_FX03]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.006;
      		size = 5 r5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.75;
         		pos = 0, 0 r4, 0;
         		speed= 0 r1.75, 0, 0 r-1.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
   	}
[smoke2_EXPLOSION_FX04]
	{
	class=smoke;
	[properties]
      		{
         		color=0.6 r0.3;
         		ageSpeed=0.006;
      		size = 5 r5;
      		sizeGrowth = 0.75;
         		pos = 0, 0 r4, 0;
         		speed= 0 r-1.75, 0, 0 r1.75;
      		}
	air=1;
      	water=1;
      	ground=1;
      	count=30;
   	}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////GROUNDFLASH
[groundflash]
   	{
      	flashSize = 150;
      	flashAlpha = 0.9;
      	circleGrowth = 1.3;
      	circleAlpha = 0.4;
      	ttl = 300;
      	color = 1, 0.7, 0;
	air=1;
     	ground=1;
      	water=1;
	}
}

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 23 Sep 2006, 09:54

Very nice.

duncs · Post by **duncs** » 23 Sep 2006, 11:32

awesome. I couldn't help but laugh when I noticed the times of the posts.... Argh evidently thought he WOULD get aids if he took over an hour

Guessmyname · Post by **Guessmyname** » 23 Sep 2006, 12:27

You can never tell when Bruce is joking or not...

Das Bruce · Post by **Das Bruce** » 23 Sep 2006, 12:34

If you see a post of mine, I won't be joking, because I don't joke, and I won't be smiling, because I don't smile.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 23 Sep 2006, 20:33

Can I remove all those nasty comments and just put "//Argh's Mushroom cloud"? Comments make Notepad sad.

Decimator · Post by **Decimator** » 23 Sep 2006, 23:04

I have a minor quibble:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... tomic+bomb

Note how the mushroom is still bright, even as it flattens out. If you can accomplish that, it would look even better than it already does.

Noruas · Post by **Noruas** » 23 Sep 2006, 23:23

Which version does this work in?

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 24 Sep 2006, 00:15

If you need any inspiration, Argh:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... tomic+bomb

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 24 Sep 2006, 00:17

@Noruas:

This works in 0.73b, the current development version available. According to JC, it probably even works in 0.72, although I suspect that, due to some other changes, it almost certainly works better in 0.73b.

The code was there, we just didn't know how to use it. This is, more-or-less, a technical demonstration.

@Decimator: I'm going to do s'more work with it tonight. It's a little harder to get that effect than you'd think, so bear with me.

@Caydr: So long as you adhere to the GPL and include the original source or a link to it, you can do whatever you want with the comments

Spring RTS Engine

ROAR!!!!!! (56K, run away from this thread. Really.)

ROAR!!!!!! (56K, run away from this thread. Really.)