New explosion FXs (RK's Explosions)

[Totaltuna]

This mod is a great addition to the game, i especially like the new building explosions. Keep up the good work!
The only point of improvement i can think of is the bright commander explosions (if this is possible).
I eagerly await what you're gonna add next and how that will look!

[Aulex]

RK you should check out this mod, some of the effects in it look excellent. Maybe you could use some http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/04/28/supre ... -makeover/

[Ze_PilOt]

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Most of the effects come from the Firey mod.
Some parts of the mods were implemented, or more precisely inspired FAF modifications.

The reason why I did not implemented it as-if is that it's a perfect example of what I'm calling "over the top", and more annoying than nice.

Also most of the effects didn't looked so good outside screenshots or some angles.

[RK4000]

Well, while some of that mod's effects do look nice, I'm not keen on using someone else's work in my own.

And (one of) the problems is, while some of those effects do look nice, the particle count would destroy the FPS like nothing else. People raged about my mod when it decreased the performance even slightly, and it doesn't come close to that mod in terms of particle count. I'm trying to keep the performance the same (or even better, which it already is, in terms of land explosions), since I want everyone to be able to enjoy the mod, not just people with uber PCs.

And adding onto what pilot said, as it stands, some of the effects there are indeed over the top and would distract form the gameplay, something I'm trying to avoid.

[IceDreamer]

I agree with RK. However, I would like him to look at that link and view the first video there, paying special attention to how that Factory explodes with several small explosion blasting bits off it, then one MASSIVE explosion as the unit dies. It might be OTT, but the parts which aren't, since they never worried about performance, look significantly better IMO than RK's equivalents.

[Ceneraii]

Should take performance into account though. Part of the beauty of RK's explosions is that it also makes performance better in majority of cases and I know RK will optimize it even further in the future.

[RK4000]

Just to clear some things up since I am getting a few complaints about this in chat.


About bloom: These explosions were designed with bloom on. Without bloom, they do not look nearly as good, so I've decided to force bloom on (with a few tweaks to make it not as bright). I figured it's better to force some not-so-bright bloom, rather than people complaining about how the explosions look, when they haven't seen them the way they are supposed to look. It is impossible to leave bloom off AND for the explosions to look like they do now. I'm just going to put it straight like that. Bloom enables some fancy lighting effects and other useful (and shiny) things to fine tune explosions, which is why they do not look nearly as good without bloom. Now, I haven't explored every possibility, but for now, it seems like it is not possible to have bloom off AND have the explosions look as they should. Next update I am thinking about removing the forced bloom, but people need to realize that the explosions will not look as good without bloom.

First post also updated with this information.

[drunk_on_chaos]

I've already mentioned this to you in chat, but could you do something with the SCU explosions? Just add factional diversity and make the explosions a little more interesting?

I've always found SCU explosions to be a little rubbish to look at, so hopefully you can spice them up a little

[drunk_on_chaos]

Side note:

Everything else about this mod is brilliant in my book. I can see why some people are saying that the T3/experimental explosions are OTT, but personally I think most of them are perfect, the experimental and Navy explosions are so nice to look at.

[TheRedViper]

In this mod (V6):When an experimental (or a unit) explodes it have a huge shock wave that looks really good, like disturbances in the air caused by heat. Could you please add that effect (make it a little bigger) to the nuclear explosions of the four factions? That would be so cool. I think the UEF nuke is perfect as it is, maybe it needs a more clearly visible mushroom cloud and that air disturbance shockwave. Just make sure you put it before the real shock wave starts to move! If you could make this happen I would gladly test it and take a look at the effects. I know very much about nuclear explosions and might be able to help.

Contact me if there is any movement on this idea you need help with!

- White Death