[aj906]

i love this mod - but I was wondering if there is a way to shorten the time length the cloud bursts stay visible for? It just seems that the black or white puffs hang in the air for a little too long, just my humble opinion at least

[JudgeMingus]

aj906 - this has already been answered, but it is a little bit hard to spot in the flow of text...

Here is the relevant portion out of context:

Live time is 600s in v3.Settings is in file Zenitka/USSR_85/SmokeBoiling.eff open in notepad,find Livetime.

IE: in Notepad, open \Zenitka\USSR_85\SmokeBoiling.eff
Find the line "Livetime" (which should have a value of 600)
Change the value to whatever suits you (it is time to remain visible, in seconds)

[aj906]

many thanks JudgeMingus - I knew it had been covered but couldn't for the life of me find where!

[Tigertooo]

link doesn' work for lates version

[Tigertooo]

works again, bur very very slow
Thanks for the MOD 8)

[Buffy]

Hi guys

I comeback from holiday . I have for you next ver. 5 in first page DOWNLOAD. This ver. solution any fix especially loading texture of BlackClouds in other objects.(Objects as smoke from shipgun,smoke from wheels_takeoff,smoke from explode bombs, crash aircraft..etc now loading old orig texture "SmokeA.tga") ,and next edits. go to first page for download pls.

Thx all for yours interes,opinions. Your downloads my mod "Buffy flaks" is over 500x in v4.That is rapidly increase.

any answers:

migojarsk
is possible to make those smoke puffs wind affected?

YES . go to: MODS\Buffy Flaks\effects\Explodes\Air\Zenitka\USSR_85mm\Smoke Boiling.eff open file in notepad.exe find line
"Wind 0.0" and set Wind 1.0

my opinion: I not set to on, because effect you best see only through static camera.In fly not see differences.I preffer keep FPS in my MODFlak therefore I"off" little things.
But All flakclouds have set climb up.If you need quickly move up clouds increas value in line
VertAccel 0.1 so 0.2-0.5

aj906
love this mod - but I was wondering if there is a way to shorten the time length the cloud bursts stay visible for? It just seems that the black or white puffs hang in the air for a little too long, just my humble opinion at least

You need edit two files "Smoke Boiling.eff" and edit value in line"LiveTime" (it is time to remain visible Black,Whiteclouds in air, in seconds)
HeavyFlak (blackclouds)
open in notepad:
\Buffy Flaks\effects\Explodes\Air\Zenitka\USSR_85mm\Smoke Boiling.eff
SmallFlak (whiteclouds)
\MODS\Buffy Flaks\effects\Explodes\Air\Zenitka\USSR_25mm\Smoke Boiling.eff

In last ver.5 is settings Live time =BlackClouds 50s WhiteClouds =15s
Short time is best for FPS if you fly over hard armored ships. Thats solution for no strong Hardware PC configuration.

[sport02]

very , very good with this V5 , now the fps are good even when you have 4 big japonaise hard armored ships with many flacks it's a very good compromise ( balance between fps/ live time for clouds ) , and the visual explosions are better than before !!!

thank you for your job , your mod is very good for the immersion .

[canonuk]

Really like this - very immersive. Thanks

[wingflyr]

v5 excellent, best one so far. Thanks a bunch Buf. 8)

[KDN]

So I installed your mod, Buffy, and I loaded up an island with 88 and 20mm and flew over with a B25. I hear the flak, then I see them...and hmm...interesting. I go to externals and look at the scene from different angles and ...that's nice, I say to myself!!
I disable the mod and go with the default IL2 flak...holy macaroni...I dropped everything and rushed to put your mod up again. Very nice. Thank you!!

So now that I am all calm down and all, I am wondering if I could make the flak look more threatening if I change the color and shape of the sparks at the end of the burst of an 88/85.
I was thinking to try an oblong shape and change the color from white/yellow/orange to dark red/black or just black. Is it possible?
Which files am looking into?
Thanks again for your mod.

[migojarsk]

great, one of my favorite mods!

[RAF_Leigh]

wow i really love this mod

thanks

[Heesh]

hey there... dunno what I'm doing wrong Installed correctly i think but ingame when the flak is firing the explosions got black surroundings and my frames went to 0! ... dunno how to fix that

[Dudok22]

hey there... dunno what I'm doing wrong Installed correctly i think but ingame when the flak is firing the explosions got black surroundings and my frames went to 0! ... dunno how to fix that

I have this problem too with v. 5!. my game laggs while flak cloud is in the air it and can be only 1 cloud and fps go to 0 . I use v.4 and I have no problems. :?

[Irish]

Same problem with v.5 except my Flak cloud has a white pixelation

wasn't going to bring this up until I saw this