Long Lasting Smoke [Archive]

letitb

14th January 2006, 23:30

Ok this is wat i wanted to know.....
I wanted to know if i could make a smoke mod which makes more smoke (which is laready out) but i want the smoke to last longer and not just dissapear in 1 second... this would be much more realistic....
I know it would make much more lag in multiplayer but it will be fun in single player mode... wat use think is it posible to make a mod like that?

tristancliffe

14th January 2006, 23:42

I don't see how smoke would add lag, but I think it would be ncie if the smoke could be improved around S3 time, maing it thicker, last a few seconds longer, and less obviously made of circles.

But, as it will have very little impact on racing it's not a big priority. For those who can't do corners (the oval regulars), the smoke does hang for quite a long time due to the amphitheatre nature of ovals, and drivers do have to cope with driving through thick smoke. If (as is rumoured throughout the community but in know way confirmed/denied/discussed by the Devs to my knowledge) S3 gets a graphics engine update I think you could expect advancements then.

Vendetta

14th January 2006, 23:43

smoke mod actually makes it last longer..

letitb

14th January 2006, 23:52

do use knwo when the full s2 will come out... as in the finished version of s2 cause its in alpha now... and would use have idea when s3 when s3 would come out

Vendetta

14th January 2006, 23:57

do use knwo when the full s2 will come out... as in the finished version of s2 cause its in alpha now... and would use have idea when s3 when s3 would come out

No one knows, not even the devs.

bbman

14th January 2006, 23:59

I don't see how smoke would add lag, but I think it would be ncie if the smoke could be improved around S3 time, maing it thicker, last a few seconds longer, and less obviously made of circles.
You should try Kegety's additional textures (no, not the smokemod, I know what I'm saying)... It's a pack with a wheel, a tire and the smoke .dds... Looks really good without eating so much resources as the mod... :nod:

lrdbsi

15th January 2006, 00:34

I don't see how smoke would add lag.

well why dont u try it, cause it does, once again ur a idiot

alco64

15th January 2006, 01:23

well why dont u try it, cause it does, once again ur a idiot

What the hell is with the personal attack? He has given no reason for you to call him an idiot at all.

As for adding lag to the game that is rubbish. What i think they he was talking about was it would make the frame rate 'lag'
Now tristan on the other hand was going for the internet 'lag' as to say you would see cars starting to warp all over the place. and this is not the case.

Graphical lag would occur using the smoke mod using high values.
I myself have a fairly decent system and i use a value of 20000 in smoke mod. I see little FPS drop when you just see smoke/dust/grass. The only place where it REALLY drops is where i just sit there and do a burnout and let the smoke accumulate. I really love the smoke mod and reccomend it to other people to use it. makes my LFS a bit more... Special.

My comp:
CPU: AMD Athlon 2800+ Barton
GFX: H.I.S x800XT-PE 256mb VIVO
MOBO: Soltek 75FRN2-L Nforce2
SOUND: Sound Blaster Audigy2ZS

Vendetta

15th January 2006, 01:29

well why dont u try it, cause it does, once again ur a idiot

hes talking about internet lag i think..anyway, lrdbsi imo your on the edge of getting banned.

orre

15th January 2006, 08:25

http://koti.mbnet.fi/kegetys/lfs/

lrdbsi

15th January 2006, 09:27

sry,

al heeley

15th January 2006, 10:45

:smileypul go on, punk, make my day

tristancliffe

15th January 2006, 11:47

Who really calls lower fps 'lag'? No one (well, no one I know). Lag is a term resevered for lower [Edit: Higher :doh:] internet pings.

And look - not even a single rude remark about anyone. Aren't I good at this 'not rising to the challenge' malarky.

alco64

15th January 2006, 12:08

micha1980de

15th January 2006, 12:21

vote for longer smoke existance... cause?

hm, maybee bad example BUT see the end of "die hard 2" the part where a plane flies through the smoke of the Bad guys plane burning...

imagine a car on the strip strafing the smoke around it's body and changing the path of the smoke...

alco64

16th January 2006, 00:03

Well as i said before. i use the smoke mod and have the value set on 20000!!!
And i can tell you when rallying with 14 other people... THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
At points i could hardly see 20m ahead of me. i can tell you the adrenaline starts pumping then. with the 20000 value you get massive smoke/dust/grass clouds and last for at least 20 seconds i think it is. Amazing just watching it and even more amazing when you're in there racing too!

P5YcHoM4N

16th January 2006, 00:13

I actually call low FPS 'Chunking' or 'Chunky' or maybe even 'chugging'. But never lag. As you stated tristan, it is mainly terminology for internet pings.
But you only call it LAG with HIGHER pings.
just thought i'd clear that up :)
Lag means delay. So in a way you could call low FPS lag as there is a bigger delay in the time between rendering each frame. :P

Drift_junki3

16th January 2006, 11:56

As vendetta and alco64 said the smoke mod makes the smoke last as long as you would like. The first value in the smokemod.cfg file it says SmokeDensity = Lifetime and size of smoke, I have my values as
3000.1000 which equals a very much more realisitc graphic.

Jakg

16th January 2006, 15:48

looks like the person that class a reduced fps "lag" has been banned...

pearson101

16th January 2006, 23:51

If u guys have the smokeMod
Edit the smokemod.cfg file...... Change the line that says 5000.00
To like 8000.000 or 9000.000
i have mine on 8000..... I post a video or a screenshot of me doin a donut with the smokemod and these settings :thumb:

micha1980de

17th January 2006, 00:01

is 90,000 way to much? cause i like it on short tracks when the sky is full of dust and smoke :D

pearson101

17th January 2006, 01:33

:Looking_a Well as i said before. i use the smoke mod and have the value set on 20000!!!
And i can tell you when rallying with 14 other people... THE BEST EXPERIENCE.
At points i could hardly see 20m ahead of me. i can tell you the adrenaline starts pumping then. with the 20000 value you get massive smoke/dust/grass clouds and last for at least 20 seconds i think it is. Amazing just watching it and even more amazing when you're in there racing too!
okay if i were to do that.....my comp willl catch Fire....butt:scratchch it wuldint hurt to try:D