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Shafan
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 13:41
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i want to create smoke....how do i create it?
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Travis
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 14:03 Edited at: 22nd Jan 2004 14:06
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light a fire.... duh






[EDIT] - now to me being helpful...lets see....how about explaining try phrases liek "how do i create a cool smoke EFFECT" or "i want to make a smoke EFFECT FOR a fire/car exshaust/car burnout/gun...."
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Shafan
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 14:47
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funny...but not me.....
you dont want to help so dont help.....
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PiratSS
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 15:03
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Look in the codebase. It's under particles.

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Van B
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 15:29
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Firstly, draw a picture of some smoke, a 128x128 greyscale bitmap is often plenty.

Then, texture it to a plain or multiple plains.

Position it then SET OBJECT TO CAMERA ORIENTATION Objno.

Really vague, sorry but particle systems are simple yet complex things, you should probably experiment with smoke particles first before getting anyone to explain more complex particle effects. I strongly suggest that you get in the habbit of storing your particle settings in an array so you can have them react differently without having to code each instance. Things like fading and moving speeds, textures, etc etc etc - it gets a bit complex so start small and experiment a lot.


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John H
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2004 22:09
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Hamish released some smoke code for DBC in the Code Base and Code Snippets...search the forum


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Travis
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2004 04:06
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i still think that there lots of different effects you could make with "how do i make smoke" it could be for different things and if you want somone to help it would make it easier if they know what your looking for
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waffle
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the iced demo also does some smoke effects.

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Xander
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I have some help for you...

I have posted a program in the "Code Snippets" forum. The thread is labeled "Explosion and Special Effects Demo". This shows how to do explosions, smoke, debris, etc...

Make sure to download the commented source code furthur down in the thread. If you need any more help understanding it, just post in the thread and I will help you.

I hope it helps you, good luck.

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