I finally get my codes to work but now the smoke does not work :[
My tanks are not putting out smoke when they are shot at why? Help me Help me Please!!! :P

Does the same thing to me I think u need to mees with special.cs and put another emitter insted of smoke emitter or add it manually to.mis file...thats wat do

Whenever I have a problem, I always do the following:

-Make a back-up of your current TT files.
-Re-install TT (original files)
-Install your old files one at a time (or 1 folder at a time), checking after each one if the problem is still fixed.
-Pin-point the problem file/folder, then replace it.

I know some might see this as time-consuming, but it's never failed me yet. :)

Sheena, check the tankfx.cs and special.cs files in game/server/scripts.

In the tank fx make sure your TankFxData datablock looks like what I have postred below especially check this bit

 

                                        

                                        damageEmitter = "SmokeEmitter";

                                        damageEmitterNode = "smoke1";

                                        

 

 

                                        

                                        datablock TankFxData(DefaultTankFx)

                                        {

                                        corpseRotateRate = 0.06; // how fast to rotate around dead tank -- 1 = 1/sec

                                        corpseShakeTime = 1.5; // how long to shake dead tank before flipping -- in seconds

                                        corpseShakeSpeed = 2.5; // bigger number, fast shake

                                        corpseShakeAmp = 5.5; // bigger number, bigger shake

                                        corpseJumpHeight = 1.5; // height corpse jumps, in meters

                                        corpseFlipSpeed = 1.0; // how fast to flip dead tank -- seconds to flip

                                        corpseSmokeTime = 10.0; // how long to keep smoking after flipped -- in seconds

                                        corpseFadeTime = 10.0; // at what time to fade out tank after death -- in seconds

                                        corpseFadeSpeed = 1.0; // how long to spend fading tank -- in seconds

                                        hardTankCollSound = "TankCollSound"; // sound to play when hitting other tank hard

                                        hardTankCollVel = 10; // must be going this fast (m/s) to make hard sound

                                        softTankCollSound = "SoftCollSound"; // soft sound

                                        softTankCollVel = 1; // speed to make soft sound

                                        tankCollISI = 200; // don't replay sooner than this (in ms)

                                        hardStaticCollSound = "StaticCollSound"; // sound to play when hitting static hard

                                        hardStaticCollVel = 10; // must be going this fast (m/s) to make hard sound

                                        softStaticCollSound = "SoftCollSound"; // soft sound

                                        softStaticCollVel = 1; // speed to make soft sound

                                        staticCollISI = 200; // don't replay sooner than this (in ms)

                                        hardGroundCollSound = "StaticCollSound"; // sound to play when hitting ground hard

                                        hardGroundCollVel = 10; // must be going this fast (m/s) to make hard sound

                                        softGroundCollSound = "SoftCollSound"; // soft sound

                                        softGroundCollVel = 4; // speed to make soft sound

                                        groundCollISI = 200; // don't replay sooner than this (in ms)

                                        looseHeadSound = "EjectSound";

                                        fireSound = "FireSound";

                                        dryFireSound = "DryFireSound";

                                        engineKnockSound = "EngineKnockSound";

                                        engineKnockStart = 1.1; // engine starts knocking at this much damage (0-1, 0 undamaged)

                                        engineKnockMin = 5; // min latency between knocks (when fully damaged)

                                        engineKnockMax = 20; // max latency between knocks (when it first starts knocking)

                                        engineSoundA = "TankIdleSound";

                                        enginePitchA0 = 1;

                                        enginePitchA1 = 1.4;

                                        engineVolA0 = 0.3;

                                        engineVolA1 = 0.2;

                                        engineSoundB = "TankEngineSound";

                                        enginePitchB0 = 0.8;

                                        enginePitchB1 = 1.3;

                                        engineVolB0 = 0.1;

                                        engineVolB1 = 0.6;

                                        damageEmitterStart = 0.3;

                                        damageEmitter = "SmokeEmitter";

                                        damageEmitterNode = "smoke1";

                                        brainProjectile = "BrainProjectile";

                                        };

                                        

 

Then in the special.cs make sure you have the emitter that the tankfx.cs refers to, i.e the actual emitter that controls the tanks smoke.

It should look like this

 

                                        

                                        datablock ParticleData(Smoke)

                                        {

                                        textureName = "~/data/shapes/tanks/smoke.png";

                                        dragCoefficient = 1.0;

                                        gravityCoefficient = -0.2;

                                        inheritedVelFactor = 0.3;

                                        constantAcceleration = 0.0;

                                        lifetimeMS = 2000;

                                        lifetimeVarianceMS = 500;

                                        useInvAlpha = true;

                                        spinRandomMin = -90.0;

                                        spinRandomMax = 500.0;

                                        colors[0] = "0.56 0.36 0.26 1.0";

                                        colors[1] = "0.56 0.36 0.26 1.0";

                                        colors[2] = "0.36 0.21 0.21 0.4";

                                        colors[3] = "0 0 0 0";

                                        sizes[0] = 0.52;

                                        sizes[1] = 1.25;

                                        sizes[2] = 1.75;

                                        sizes[3] = 2.95;

                                        times[0] = 0.0;

                                        times[1] = 0.2;

                                        times[2] = 0.5;

                                        times[3] = 1.0;

                                        };

                                        datablock ParticleEmitterData(SmokeEmitter)

                                        {

                                        ejectionPeriodMS = 73;

                                        periodVarianceMS = 50;

                                        ejectionVelocity = 1.5;

                                        velocityVariance = 0.5;

                                        ejectionOffset = 0.0;

                                        thetaMin = 90;

                                        thetaMax = 90;

                                        phiReferenceVel = 0;

                                        phiVariance = 360;

                                        overrideAdvances = false;

                                        particles = "Smoke";

                                        };

                                        datablock ParticleEmitterNodeData(Smokeemitternode)

                                        {

                                        timeMultiple = 1;

                                        };

                                        

 

And also worth deleting the dso files and let them recompile for the special.cs and the tankfx.cs (make sure you have the cs files for these before you delete the dso's)

Let me know how you get on

Daz

Last edited: Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 1:10:10 PM

Don't smoke, look what it did to daz... XD

Don't smoke, look what it did to daz... XD

^ what? Posted the same comment twice............

Noob :P

Lol^
Thanks Daz

Heh y aill try it thx