FX editing for dummies?

[ppitm 43]

I know that creating explosion and impact Fx in Arma is notoriously difficult. But how hard is it to tweak Bohemia's vanilla effects via config?

 

For instance, I need a larger, more visible version of the default bullet impact, to represent a 4-inch cannon ball. Is there a config value that would simply scale up the smoke and particles produced?

[.kju 3240]

Check out: 

 

Config based ones are tricky as you need to restart the game after each tweak..

 

There is some information available on the BIKI.

[x3kj 1247]

havent tried it but worth checking if diag_mergeConfigFile does work (do that then restart mission) for effects https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3_Diagnostics_Exe

[.kju 3240]

it doesnt (confirmed by reyhard). BI has an internal diag to refresh them..