bb dayorder: crimestop plusgood, oldspeak sarcasm equals crimethink, doubleplusungood crimethinker equals unperson. recdep ref unperson to joycamp.
To save empty time, what about a fallback to the old hardcode particles for people with shitty computers who won't stop whining?
Can't we just all agree to one thing and be peaceful, we are never going to go anywhere if chris doesn't notice that the majority of the player base gets an fps drop looking at the particles and if dubee wasn't doing anything except for shouting back the same evidence. What we should do is discuss what fails and what doesn't and maybe get another particle artist to do an example of what we want.
chris is a particle artist. Also, I think the majority of the playerbase doesn't have any issues with the particles and is quietly grateful to empty for all the hard work he has done. They are too busy enjoying empires instead of whining on the forums.
I love how people assume I am poor cause I don't spend money on computers. I just spent 200 bucks on stuff I needed for my drums.. I'm not gonna spend a single cent to sit on a computer and play some free game that gives me 30-40 FPS with pickleds pack. I would rather spend it on dates, and parties and musical gear.. Oh yeah and RENT and PHONE BILLS, INSURANCE... come on now.. I don't care if he doesn't change the lingering smoke, I don't have it on my game.. So I get the upper hand in a fight and you get to enjoy the great graphics a free mod on an old engine can produce... fatty.
I was actually just being silly. I like to blame problems on irrational things because it's funny. But you wouldn't get that because you're poor.
I'm trollin bitch, lemme guess you're an offended fatty too? I've had talks with empty waaayy before this thread, I don't need to complain anymore. Everyone else with these problems are doing it for me.
Well done, a few people on a forum out of a playerbase of several hundred have valiantly carried your cause. I'm sure you are so proud. Also, related: dubee, I thought you were a cool guy. Look at what you've sunk to.
if I had a computer that could play crysis I wouldn't waste time playing this mod, be sure of that besides it's pointless to pretend that graphics are the biggest thing wrong with this game, or that they are the problem most easily fixed
Holy fuck a useful post. Will fix this, thank you grantrithor. Varbles, you're welcome to take the same door dubee just did. Trickster: Directly from the particle file: he_nade_smoke Lifetime Max: 1.5 Lifetime Min: 1 Mortars spawn a he_nade_smoke effect for their smoke.
Yeah but complexity = particle numbers and overdraw. There is quite a bit of overdraw and lots of particles in the nuke, while you could make it a lot worse, you could also make it a lot easier by going with a faster effect which is more like a big explosion than a mini mushroom cloud. You'd also probably hate it less given that personally I think faster effects usually look a lot better. Also try thinking about how eyes work, when exposed to something bright they tend to get overbrightened for a split second, which source by default simulates by having a really big faint sprite which lights up the whole screen. You could add those to your effects as well, with a distance fade also so that you only experience it a lot if it goes off next to you.
I was going for the fat boy in Fallout 3, and I think I got close but I don't think it works in empires. I don't want another sphere of fire but I'm not a fan of the mushroom either.
