Let's give the flash back to your muzzle flash!

[Undaunted]

Probably the cheesiest mod ever!

I simply took the 1720.bmp texture, picked the lightest shade of yellow from it, and filled it to every pixel, and voila!

This results in a nice, more dramatic muzzle flash, more visible from afar. It somewhat matches what I saw in footages of firing modern tanks, so maybe I'll even call it photo-realistic™! But seriously I don't know that much about muzzle flashes of WW2 tanks so it may or may not be historically accurate. This texture also make tank explosions a little bit more flashy.

I was quite surprised by the results of this simple little change. Has this been done before?

The texture file and screenshots are here.

Here are the screenshots:

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[ May 20, 2003, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Undaunted ]

[Auggy]

That's a pretty big blast. Might want to tone it down a tad.

Now, if there was a thing called dynamic lighting the game....

[Undaunted]

How about this (texture size reduced by 50%):

Night:

Day:

[ May 20, 2003, 08:27 PM: Message edited by: Undaunted ]

[Jarmo]

The laarge flash is closer to the real thing, might even be too small still.

Could use some "lighter in the middle, darker on the edges".

[Belaja smert]

Heh, I must admit I like the dramatic effect that this kind of muzzle flash gives :cool:

That's a good suggestion by Jarmo. Undaunted, if you feel you're up to the task, please continue modding that one. I for one would be grateful.

[MikeyD]

Isn't the muzzle flash made up of the first 2 bmps of the explosion sequence? Wouldn't that affect explosions too?

[Zimorodok]

I would give the flash just a little more texture. As you have it, it's all light and no smoke. There should be at least a little smoke, roiled air, something....

Zimorodok

[SFJaykey]

I like the smaller size, but think it's a little light: the very light yellow should be at the center only, with the next darker shade making up most of the texture, and an irregular "roiling" orangish rim. IMO!

I hope you keep at it as I'd enjoy the luxury of choosing between a more colorful version and Malakovski's effort at the same mod....I like the irregular shape of your flash better (even for explosions).

[Boo Radley]

I don't see any images. The links are broken.

[Undaunted]

MikeyD and Zimorodok:

The muzzle flash animation uses the first frame of explosion and then a smoke texture. So the new muzzle bmp will make the vehicle and some other explosions "flashy" as well, and the smoke is not affected at all.

BTW I've tried to brighten the original bmp to retain some of the texture on the flash. I've also tried to add a brown border to it, and here's the results:

Without border:

With brown border:

These screenshots are currently hosted at a yahoo group page and the link can go broken and any time. But they can be accessed on this link .

[Sitzkrieg]

Thanks! I'll try them out tonight. I've got a good replay from "Message from Goetz" that has about 8 or so Panthers opening up almost at once. Should be cool.

Update: Just tried them out. Very nice. Tanks are much more visible firing now. Work great with artillery as well. You get that initial quick bright flash without the firey Hollywood effect. Makes small caliber arty (81mm and below) much more visible, even when zooming out at level 5. Good job!

I liked the textured with a border one the best. Looks more real and works best with the artillery explosions.

You might want to post these to the CM Mods Database if Yahoo keeps giving you trouble.

Keith

[ May 20, 2003, 09:47 PM: Message edited by: sitzkrieg ]

[Franko]

Excellent. IMO, they should be BIGGER! Please post it at cmmods!

F

[Undaunted]

Glad you like it. I've submit it to CM Mods Database titled as "UD's Muzzle Flash/Explosions". Has all four variations included: monocolour normal/small, textured no border/with border.

UD

[SFJaykey]

Beautiful! I think "textured w/o border" is my favorite at first glance, but I'll try both. Thanks!

[Undaunted]

A little update: I've added one more texture to the mod. This time with orange border, which seems to be less intrusive than the brown border. It's been submit to CM Mod Database as v1.01. I promise I will not make another update in any time soon!

Screenshot (see lower right corner):