Explosion Shapes?

[takato14]

I'm trying to add a custom explosion shape but I'm having some issues.

If I try to spawn the explosion, well, my computer BSoDs. I'm pretty positive this is due to me having no clue what I'm doing/not knowing the rules regarding explosion shapes.

Do I need any special hierarchy/specific LODs in the DTS for an explosion shape?

What do I name the sequence I want to play whenever the explosion is spawned?

Thanks.

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[Zeblote]

If I try to spawn the explosion, well, my computer BSoDs.

Are you actually serious here?

If yes you should post the shape and the related script

[takato14]

Are you actually serious here?

If yes you should post the shape and the related script

Yeah, I don't get it. Ever since I started working on the game again, my computer BSoDs under circumstances that would normally just crash the game (forgeted up code, crash(); in the console, displaying a corrupted DTS, etc).

I think it's a RAM issue because the same thing also happened when I tried doing a ridiculous subdivision in Blender and I always have a ridiculous amount of stuff open when I work, I DO only have 8GB

But anyways, here's the .blend, using Blender 2.49b and DTS exporter v0.97 Beta 3. This isn't complete and it's very basic, I literally just spawned a plane in blender and removed a vertex from it to test how it looked before I kept going

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34404748/noDel/BL_F/resc/SLCZ_explode_1.blend

Here's the DTS I exported

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34404748/noDel/BL_F/resc/glare.dts

It's not like the explosion code matters, but here it is anyways:

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datablock ExplosionData(SLCZBoomExplosion)
{
   explosionShape = "./glare.dts";

   //particleEmitter = SLCZBoomEmitter;
   particleDensity = 100;
   particleRadius = 0.05;

   lifeTimeMS = 500;

   emitter[0] = "SLCZExplosionRingEmitter";
   emitter[1] = "";

   faceViewer     = true;
   explosionScale = "1 1 1";

   shakeCamera = true;
   camShakeFreq = "15.0 12.0 25.0";
   camShakeAmp = "10.0 35.0 10.0";
   camShakeDuration = 2;
   camShakeRadius = 100.0;

   // Dynamic light
   lightStartRadius = 5;
   lightEndRadius = 70;
   lightStartColor = "0.2 0.6 0.8 0.9";
   lightEndColor = "0.1 0.2 0.5 1";

   damageRadius = 0;
   radiusDamage = 0;

   impulseRadius = 0;
   impulseForce = 0;

   //uiname = "";
};


[takato14]

Okay, turns out the crash was due to a function in the weapon not being happy about me dynamically re-loading the add-on for tweaking

but the explosion shape isn't displaying for some reason

[takato14]

whee, slow board

[takato14]

still cant figure it out

EDIT: Tried importing the .DTS in shaper and got an error:

"vector <T> too long"

then it cancels the import

other shapes import fine

[BluetoothBoy]

I thought the explosion shape just defined the area in which the explosion grows/happens, and is always invisible?

[takato14]

I thought the explosion shape just defined the area in which the explosion grows/happens, and is always invisible?

no, the explosion shape is a visual effect, its a shape that appears whenever a projectile explodes. look at the default rocket launcher's explosion, there's a sphere that rapidly gets larger then vanishes leaving a cloud of smoke (the emitter)

[takato14]

still cant make it work guys

god this board is slow

[takato14]

forget

help

[takato14]

forget

[BluetoothBoy]

I'm sorry, I wish I could help... ;-;

[takato14]

hopes raised

then crushed

argh