explosionShape?

[communistsquared]

from rocket launcher

datablock ExplosionData(rocketExplosion)
{
  //explosionShape = "";
   explosionShape = "./explosionSphere1.dts";
   soundProfile = rocketExplodeSound;

   lifeTimeMS = 350;

   particleEmitter = rocketExplosionEmitter;
   particleDensity = 10;
   particleRadius = 0.2;

   emitter[0] = rocketExplosionRingEmitter;

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

   shakeCamera = true;
   camShakeFreq = "10.0 11.0 10.0";
   camShakeAmp = "3.0 10.0 3.0";
   camShakeDuration = 0.5;
   camShakeRadius = 20.0;

   // Dynamic light
   lightStartRadius = 10;
   lightEndRadius = 25;
   lightStartColor = "1 1 1 1";
   lightEndColor = "0 0 0 1";

   damageRadius = 3;
   radiusDamage = 100;

   impulseRadius = 6;
   impulseForce = 4000;
};

how does explosionShape work? how would I go about creating a custom one (i have blender/dts plugin). i assume it's responsible for the shockwave effect when using default rocket. possible to make a slower or resized shockwave?

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[thegoodperry]

its basically a semi-transparent sphere with an animation on it that causes it to scale up. the animation's name i think is ambient (needs confirmation) and that's what's played when the explosion is created

i think like projectiles, explosion shape can't be colorshifted, so whatever textures you use on it will be applied in-game. so if you use a red texture for your explosion, the explosion shape will be red.

[communistsquared]

would a simple sphere with a basic scaling animation in blender be enough? then export to dts

[thegoodperry]

yes, as long as it has a texture attached, and the scaling is done through a sequence named ambient:start and ambient:end (if using ports dts)

[communistsquared]

yes, as long as it has a texture attached, and the scaling is done through a sequence named ambient:start and ambient:end (if using ports dts)

im being dumb here. are those 1 frame sequences, ambient:start being a single frame at start size and ambient:end being a single frame at end size?

[thegoodperry]

im being dumb here. are those 1 frame sequences, ambient:start being a single frame at start size and ambient:end being a single frame at end size?

if you're using new blender + port's dts exporter, ambient:start is a marker you place at the frame you want the animation to start at, and ambient:end is the animation conclusion marker

so if your animation is 30 frames, you'd put ambient:start at frame 0 and ambient:end at frame 29 and then it'll play frames 0-29 as that animation

[communistsquared]

if you're using new blender + port's dts exporter, ambient:start is a marker you place at the frame you want the animation to start at, and ambient:end is the animation conclusion marker

so if your animation is 30 frames, you'd put ambient:start at frame 0 and ambient:end at frame 29 and then it'll play frames 0-29 as that animation

i made the sequence go from 0 to 100 frames with ambient:start and ambient:end at either ends. doesn't work, in game it doesnt play the animation

heres the blend file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngr54artpvnuejx/sphere.blend?dl=0

[thegoodperry]

i made the sequence go from 0 to 100 frames with ambient:start and ambient:end at either ends. doesn't work, in game it doesnt play the animation

heres the blend file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngr54artpvnuejx/sphere.blend?dl=0

does it show the sphere when the explosion happens?

[communistsquared]

does it show the sphere when the explosion happens?

yes, it spawns in at max size, how it should be at marker ambient:end. doesn't play the animation starting from marker ambient:start

[thegoodperry]

yes, it spawns in at max size, how it should be at marker ambient:end. doesn't play the animation starting from marker ambient:start

ok thats weird. bear with me because the explosionShape isn't well documented.

try adding a tag called reference:start and reference:end just before ambient:start, it should be a 2-frame long animation or so of the explosion at its smallest

[communistsquared]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1frU4SOooU-sDFhfiaoFWC8cyq8md3_3Q/view?usp=sharing

same thing, spawns in small then disappears after a sec. im probably doing something wrong with the markers.

[thegoodperry]

hmm i guess i was wrong then. the explosion shape class is poorly documented and the only documentation i can find is for T3D, so i assume now maybe that feature wasn't added.

my only suggestion is to try a bunch of different names instead of ambient. like maybe explosion:start or explosion:end, or root:start, root:end, etc

or maybe even try the name of the explosion shape, like sphere:start or sphere:end

[Rally]

I think ambient is actually correct based on what I saw in explosionSphere1.dts. Could it be because he needs to set up a text object called Sequences and define it there?

[Trogtor]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1frU4SOooU-sDFhfiaoFWC8cyq8md3_3Q/view?usp=sharing

same thing, spawns in small then disappears after a sec. im probably doing something wrong with the markers.

your animation is too slow. if i recall, lifeTimeMS = 350; is the amount of time the explosion shape will be visible before it disappears, in this case you have it at 350 milliseconds (0.35 seconds) so its only playing the first 7 frames in your animation then disappearing.

edit: i didnt click on the second .blend file nvm