John Kettler Posted June 21, 2000 Share Posted June 21, 2000 Dear BTS, Something extremely odd is occurring when a building explodes while being shelled. The problem first showed up in Gold Demo CE (640 x 480) when I used my StuG to drive the Americans from the farmhouse. Two shots from adjacent to the woods past the church sufficed to set the building ablaze, and a couple more led to an explosion more characteristic of a micronuke or an ammo dump going up. First the house blew up, but that modest explosion became a rapidly expanding flattened opaque white dome which grew to encompass practically the entire wheatfield. The dome took up some four inches of width on my iMac monitor. Nor is this problem peculiar to the Gold Demo. I observed the same thing happen yesterday when playing an Instant Battle. The barn got hit with HE, followed by the twin of the CE explosion. I didn't have improved smoke or explosions on, though I do have the patch installed. Thought you should know. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted June 21, 2000 Share Posted June 21, 2000 Thats an expanding cloud of debris, dust and smoke and is intended. Ever see a building collapse from an explosion? I have and it thows dust and debris ALL OVER. Its one of the things I think Charles has dead on! Madmatt p.s. When you say Opaque do you mean you can't see through it? If you look at my last HE explosion pic on CMHQ you should see what this cloud is SUPPOSED to look like... ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! CMHQ-Annex, The Alternative side of Combat Mission Combat Mission HQ CMHQ-Annex Proud members of the Combat Mission WebRing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted June 21, 2000 Share Posted June 21, 2000 John, aren't you the one that only has 2MB of VRAM? If so, then that is your problem. With the iMac you need at least 4MB or is it 6MB? ------------------ "I for one, am pretty damn close to Genius"--Ol' Blood & Maximus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 21, 2000 Author Share Posted June 21, 2000 Ah! So what I'm seeing is simply because I don't yet have the necessary video rendering horsepower. Yes, I'm the guy with a Gen One iMac. Having watched a lot of building demolition footage, I can certainly understand a big dust cloud resulting. My rig made it look like a blast effect, not dust. Sorry about that! Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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