Animated track objects: another wizardry by x4fab and his Custom Shaders

[guidofoc]

 

[Ghoults]

Suddenly I want to model a wind turbine! Looks insane! I wonder if moving track marshalls are in the cards? Since keyframe animations are included so maybe some looping animations could be possible some day?

 

[guidofoc]

I think you can ask x4fab directly on his discord channel:

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[Mascot]

Isn't this video still 'unlisted' so not meant for general public release yet? I posted it briefly by mistake on GTP a week or two ago after seeing it on FB but quickly deleted it when it was pointed out to me that it was still unlisted.

Content does look amazing though. A whole world of new possibilities: smoky camp fires at the Nordschliefe... animated wind turbines... TV choppers patrolling the skies... vehicles (or people) moving around the edges of tracks... trains going over viaducts... marshals waving flags...
Can't wait to see what people come up with.

 

[guidofoc]

Isn't this video still 'unlisted' so not meant for general public release yet? ...

I don't know, the thing is these features are already available in the latest release, 0.1.36, so they are not a secret I guess.

 

[Dave Thayer]

I dont know if it is a private feature or not, but saw this same video over on the SIMTRAXX discord group. Interesting feature, wonder what the modders will come up with on this feature. As Mascot mentions, this will add more real life action to the tracks, but what will happen to the Frame rates doing it.

 

[Dave_6]

I noticed in the comments that Marco from Kunos asked Ilja to check his email. Wonder what that could be about.

 

[Ben Lee]

I noticed in the comments that Marco from Kunos asked Ilja to check his email. Wonder what that could be about.

Probably a job offer. As great as AC modding has been a lot of the best talent has been snapped up by KS. Great for them and great for KS, but maybe not so great for the community.

 

[AccAkut]

Or a cease and desist

 

[manc0ntr0]

I've eared that Ilja is already doing some stuff for Kunos.

 

[Johnr777]

This new smoke cloud is something next gen!

You can punch through it like Cole Trickle

 

[wmialil]

This new smoke cloud is something next gen!

You can punch through it like Cole Trickle

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Just looking through this old post and actually said "what.!!!" out loud at this.

How is this done? ParticleFX? I can never get the smoke or even the fireworks to work

 

[Johnr777]

Just looking through this old post and actually said "what.!!!" out loud at this.

How is this done? ParticleFX? I can never get the smoke or even the fireworks to work

With this simple code:

[SMOKE_...]
POSITION = -178.6, 4.36, -244.81
DIRECTION = 0, 1, 0
SPEED = 25
SIZE = 0.1
COLOR = 1, 0.5, 0, 1
SPREAD = 8
INTENSITY = 1

Change position and tweak values to adjust the type of smoke obviously

 

[wmialil]

With this simple code:

[SMOKE_...]
POSITION = -178.6, 4.36, -244.81
DIRECTION = 0, 1, 0
SPEED = 25
SIZE = 0.1
COLOR = 1, 0.5, 0, 1
SPREAD = 8
INTENSITY = 1

Change position and tweak values to adjust the type of smoke obviously

thanks so much!

 

[Tominator21]

hello, I have an animated chopper on my upcoming Stockholm map, but somehow the attached lights fade out when the chopper reaches a certain distance from the center of the map. Anyone know how to fix this/ what could be causing this?

 

[wmialil]

hello, I have an animated chopper on my upcoming Stockholm map, but somehow the attached lights fade out when the chopper reaches a certain distance from the center of the map. Anyone know how to fix this/ what could be causing this?

FADE_OUT= value too low?
or does it also fade if you move the camera near the chopper far from origin of map?
How far are we talking?

 

[Tominator21]

it always fades when chopper reaches a certain distance away from center of the map, when i place the path ~3km away from center of the map it does not work at all. I am sure it has nothing to do with the camera :/

this is the config:

[LIGHT_...]
POSITION = 1, -15, -10
DIRECTION = 0, -1, 1
RELATIVE_TO = biplane_1
SPOT =210
SPOT_SHARPNESS = 0.2
RANGE = 150
RANGE_GRADIENT_OFFSET = 0.9
FADE_AT = 1300
COLOR = 0,0,100,0.2


fade_at only influences view from camera and that is working fine, it really seems to be another problem but I cant figure i out...

 

[Johnr777]

Why are you using a light caster for this? It’s not performance friendly

I suggest using emissive

 

[Tominator21]

Why are you using a light caster for this? It’s not performance friendly

I suggest using emissive

its a police chopper and the light creates a spotlight on the ground. Don't know how I could recreate this effect with emissives.

 

[Johnr777]

its a police chopper and the light creates a spotlight on the ground. Don't know how I could recreate this effect with emissives.

Oh a spotlight, in that case, it’s definely the fade numbers. But… there might be a limitation in light casters themselves to ensure everything stays reasonably efficient