Malakovski Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Dirty tanks...dirty tracks...now dirty explosions. For those of you who would like things to blow up as if they had something other than a bucket of gasoline and a stick of dynamite under them cough-hollywood-cough, here it is. This started as a blatant rip-off of Undaunted's muzzle flash mod when I saw the first monocolor rendition and wanted to improve it. However, the bright flash that also accompanied all explosions quickly became the focus. I started tweaking the rest of the explosion animation to make the first flash more dramatic. Darkening the first couple frames made the flash stand out more. But hang on...thinking back to all the real explosions I've ever seen, the only flash or fire I ever saw was brief, and the rest was...dirt. All that roiling fire and black smoke was just special effects. So here it is, a bright burst followed by a shower of dirt. The final mod will contain three flashes in several sizes, and two different sets of subdued explosion textures. It will be posted at Cmmods once I've checked every combination and written up a readme. In the meantime, here is the "best," in my opinion, set, for any who wants to play with it before I post the final version. Please post pinkies of other anomalies here... Preview.zip Original 'splodies: The dirty bomb: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86smopuim Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 neat-o 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 I want secondaries. Get to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 How about the sounds of whizzing shell fragmets?, now that you are into this, you must know that we are insaitable. [ May 22, 2003, 10:05 AM: Message edited by: Nidan1 ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted May 22, 2003 Author Share Posted May 22, 2003 Hello! Is it a sound mod? Does dirt result in secondaries? Sheesh. Pengers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Boggs Posted May 22, 2003 Share Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Malakovski: Hello! Is it a sound mod? Does dirt result in secondaries? Sheesh. Pengers. Sheesh yourself! Soldier pulls pin on grenade, get's ready to throw, is hit on nose by exploding dirt clump, drops grenade.....Secondary Explosion!! [ May 22, 2003, 10:59 AM: Message edited by: Jim Boggs ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted May 22, 2003 Author Share Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Jim Boggs: Soldier pulls pin on grenade, get's ready to throw, is hit on nose by exploding dirt clump, drops grenade.....Secondary Explosion!! Well I guess there is that to account for...back to Photoshop... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted May 22, 2003 Author Share Posted May 22, 2003 Roight. Posted at Cmmods. Two explosion animations with more and less dirt. Five flash frames to choose from, four based on photographs, one on the original frame. I think I've mastered the pink, but if I missed any, please post here or email me. Thanks... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitzkrieg Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Thanks! No more "A-Team" explosions everywhere during an arty strike. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 I've been wondering how long it would take for someone to come up with this. Now I know. Good work! Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Murray Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Just tried your new explosion mod. Everything blows up REAL GOOD!!!! :eek: :eek: . Nice work. [ May 22, 2003, 11:48 PM: Message edited by: Rob Murray ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzermartin Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Great work! Now, if only we could have the shockwaves back... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Very nice work Malakovski. Great stuff! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted May 23, 2003 Author Share Posted May 23, 2003 Thanks for all the positive feedback. You're all helping insure that many more hours will be wasted modding in the future! Seriously...no wait, I was being serious before, too...anyway, I'm glad I'm no the only one who likes the effect. NEXT STOP...craters. They really need work. Somehow I don't think an 81mm mortar shell is really going to leave a 1m wide hole in the ground, or a nice neat one with a tidy ring of dirty around it. What it needs is a little crater and a whole lot of dirt thrown around. BUT...I haven't had any luck finding photos of craters from above. I'm pretty useless as a freehand artist with Photoshop, so I like to work with some kind of original, even if I end up modifying it quite a bit. SO...if anyone can point me to some crater shots, this may be my next project. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 I agree with the person who asked for shockwaves back. The first thing I thought when I saw those in CMBO is COOOL! I guess that there's all the realists out there who will tell me that "it never looked like that", but I don't care: I'd love to see them again! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlrender Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 I seem to remember someone did a shockwave mod when CMBB first came out. Don't know what it was like cos I never tried it. Also don't know where it can be got. Don't know a lot really........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakovski Posted May 24, 2003 Author Share Posted May 24, 2003 Originally posted by Limey: I seem to remember someone did a shockwave mod when CMBB first came out. Don't know what it was like cos I never tried it. Also don't know where it can be got. Don't know a lot really........ Well, it did look like that for large explosions. Only the shock wave moves much faster. I would love to see shockwaves for the big booms. The mod, if I recall, didn't look that great because you can't do transparency (other than 100% transparent) and the way the explosion animation is "played" didn't cooperate. Maybe you could add an expanding ring over the existing explosion, but it still wouldn't look right because the "shockwave" would be passed by the "body" of the explosion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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