[Eexhaton]

~S!~ All!

Eexhaton & Philip.ed present:

3D German 20mm Cannon Spiralsmoke & Intermittent Smoketrail mod.

First of all: This mod is BETA and will remain BETA!




This mod replaces the stock/default spiral texture with a particle system that spawns 3D spiralsmoke.
And as a bonus, is merged with Philip.ed's excellent Intermittent smoke mod.

The following goals for the 3D spiralsmoke were set and met:
* Smoketrails - long, irregular and intermittent 3D smoketrail.
* Closeup looks like a spiral, distance looks more like a trail.
* Reduced "cottonball" effect.
* Good looks from cockpit and external views.
* Optimized texture and particle amounts within the IL2 game engine limits.
* Good looks from nosecannon and wing mounted cannons.

Important notes:
The 20mm Cannon 3D Smoketrail is used by:
German aircraft with 20mm arnament fitted
Some ship AAA guns
Some ground units with 20mm arnament fitted
Airfield defenses like the Wirbelwind

due to the amount of particles spawned, slower computers might get issues with temporarily dissapearing aircraft parts (propellors, cockpitglass).
This is because the IL2 game engine is pushed to it's limits with mods like this one.
This is not a bug, this is a game engine limitation!

Use this mod at your own risk!


Additional info is found in the enclosed Readme file.

For the best effect, make sure this mod is loaded before any other weapon smoke mod!

This mod has been tested on UI1.1.1 (Eexhaton), UI1.2 (Philip.ed) and on UP2.0 (HG),
and is confirmed working with the latest release of HSFX.

This mod has been tested (and does not conflict) with the following mods:
HG,P&W's 3D .50cal smoke mod and the HG,P&W Platinum & Uranium FX packs
Dadder's Muzzleflash
Renmik's Propellor Mod
ZloyPetruskO's AAA mods
This for testing the IL2 engine limit and effect-blending purposes.

Update 20 Feb 2010:
For the people who have the NO AMMO bug;
The error was fixed and the downloadlinks updated!
All should be working fine now.

Install notes on the merged mod pack:
In the merged pack you will find 2 folders inside the main folder; 3DO and Effects.
Do not merge the Effects folder into the 3DO folder that sits inside the main folder of this mod!

For HSFX users: this mod goes in your MODS folder. If you have no such mods folder yet, you have to create one.


Download here:
Philip.ed & Eexhaton Merged smoketrail pack
Eexhaton's 3D Spiralsmoke Standalone
(The link is inoperative)

Alternate download location:
Philip.ed & Eexhaton Merged smoketrail pack
Eexhaton's 3D Spiralsmoke Standalone


Special thanks go out to:
Oleg & 1C Company for IL2.
HG for his magnificent WWII footage.
Philip.ed for betatesting and being helpful aswell as patient with me
(this goes to all who participated in this project)

Edit3: video embedded, I found out how Sorry if the size seems a bit odd.

And for the ones that are interested:
Smolensk map with Default Eastern Front maps repaint mod from SLADE @ AviaSkins forum.
More info on the maps here: http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,3238.0.html

The clouds mod is by Rus-Andrey/Bee.
Topic: viewtopic.php?p=67379#67379
Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?znzrmuvzmgy

Be sure to read the topics for download instructions!

This includes Avala's brilliant GaPa and Landlight mod release.
He released a merged pack, but I lost the link to it.

~S!~ & Regards,

Eexhaton

[=RAF=darky1]

Very nice i like it, thank you

[aviatorsneah]

hock: awesome thanks! i've been using the intermittent smoke mod for a while and love it....this will complete it with the spiral effects.

[HGuderian]

Thank you, very nice!

Which map is that?

[Guest]

Whoop! It's here chaps!

[HolyGrail]

Congratulation guys !
awesome job Eexhaton on 3D spiral effect mod and when combined
with philip.ed's mod we have finally a complete set of bullets smoketrail effects



S! HG

[Guest]

been waiting for this for a long time...at last!! :lol:
many thanks, guys - much appreciated! 8)

[Guest]

No problemo! I was happy to see my mod included in this; Eexhaton's work is really beautiful

I'll talk with Eexhaton, but if time is kind then maybe he could get around to posting this at SAS.... (although he isn't a modder there yet)

[shardana]

Hi all, Downloaded the mod, created a folder in mods, put 3d and effects folder in it, put the folder on top of mods, fly bf 109 and i don't get the curly effect that i just Want!!! any help, i have of course all HG&P mods!!! hehe. can you help me please? thanks

[Eexhaton]

Thank you, very nice!

Which map is that?

Smolensk with the Default Eastern Front maps repaint mod from SLADE @ AviaSkins forum.

@All above:
Thankyou very much for the kind replies!

I felt that this game was in dire need of a mod like this :lol:


@Philip.ed:
I'll consider
I'm not visiting SAS as often as this board, but still I don't want to deny either community my work.

@Shardana:
I'm sorry to hear that it does not work for you. =(
The way you describe it, looks like it is all OK.
Have you tried to install the mod again and have you got other mods working like they should?

The structure of the mod should look like this (assuming you have the P&E_Weaponsmoke_pack):
Mods > subfolder:
00_A_PE_Weaponsmoke (the 00_A_ is my own trick to get it on top of all other mods)
> 3DO > subfolders: EFFECTS > subfolders: Materials, Tracers
> EFFECTS > subfolders: Materials, Smokes

[Aragorn1963]

Very good, thanks!

Is the sound of that gunfire a sound mod, and if so which one?

[Eexhaton]

Very good, thanks!

Is the sound of that gunfire a sound mod, and if so which one?

Good question, I would not know honestly..

I've got many soundmods running atm, testing them out, so it could be any of the available ones. :lol:
But if there is anyone around who does know it, feel free to let it know.

[Alemart_el_Redentor]

WOW very cool mod, thanks a lot pal! ^_^

[creet]

im loving this new curly effect but it doesnt work for me : /

downloaded and "installed" the MOD and i only get the intermittent 2d smoke
and sometimes i loose all my weapons & ammo on some planes when i pull the trigger on those 20mm cannons...even my gunpods disappear .. and the game speeds up.. soo REALLY REALLY strange behaviour.

here are two pics
at the first i didnt fire my cannons
http://yfrog.com/0919022010223556j

the second shows the plane after i fired the cannons (only one shot then the pods and my weapons "disappeard")
http://yfrog.com/eh19022010223600j


if im using the standalone 2d intermittent smoke my weapons dont disappear.

i'm using latest UP (2.0m).
I already tried disabling ALL mods (in JSGME & MODS folder) but this one.. still no success, all i got is the 2d smoke

[Romanator]

The effects are very well done. I have to ask, what is the mod for those ground textures and colors (from 0:54)? It seems as if the atmosphere is thicker too. Looks very convincing!