Smoke effect

[hellstorm77 2]

i was wondering if someone can help me i have the code for a burning wreck

wokka = "test_EmptyObjectForFireBig" createVehicle position this; wokka attachTo[this,[0,1.5,-1]];

I was wondering if there is a smoking effect with out the flames

[Tajin 349]

Take a look at particle-effects:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/drop

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ParticleArray

Don't worry, it's only half as complicated as it looks. It will require some experimenting though.

[cobra4v320 27]

_smoke = "test_EmptyObjectForSmoke" createVehicle (getPos this);

[John Spartan 89]

Maybe this can help you.

As far as I have noticed then a lot of default effects are saved as a config entry instead as a script to have performance improved, You can go thru the list pick the one matching your need and spawn it in game.

_object = _this;

_FX_smoke_source = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getpos _object);

_FX_smoke_source setParticleClass "MissileEffects1";

_FX_smoke_source attachto [_object,[0,0,0]];

sleep 3;

deleteVehicle _FX_smoke_source;

list of all the predefined particle effects can be found in \data_f\a3\data_f\ParticleEffects\CONFIG.cpp

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

Maybe this can help you.

As far as I have noticed then a lot of default effects are saved as a config entry instead as a script to have performance improved, You can go thru the list pick the one matching your need and spawn it in game.

list of all the predefined particle effects can be found in \data_f\a3\data_f\ParticleEffects\CONFIG.cpp

That gives variable error

[John Spartan 89]

smoke = this execVM "my_smokescript.sqf";

that goes in your objects init [object that will have smoke attached]

What exectly is the error, maybe syntax, but I know it works, I use similar system in my ejection scripts.

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

that generates a short plume of white smoke, the error was because i was trying to put in on the object init instead of running it as a script.

smoke = "test_EmptyObjectForSmoke" createVehicle position this; smoke attachTo[this,[0,1.5,-1]];

is how i did it.

Edited October 19, 2013 by Anthonyfromtheuk
turning sleep off on your script make it keep smoking but it eats processing power

[John Spartan 89]

sleep 3;

is the value you want to change, to increase the time smoke particles are generated. You can replace it with some condition to be met before deleting the particle source. I would not advise to allow it to be infinite, its a resource drag.

[anthonyfromtheuk 6]

my last post works for smoke, no need for sqf file :)