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dpeters95

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Aircraft start up smoke
« on: March 24, 2015, 09:27:06 AM »

I get a big FPS hit during the aircraft engine start up sequence.  It appears to be the smoke.  My FPS goes from over 100 FPS down to 4 FPS and then after engine start it goes back up!!!  Anyone know how to reduce or get rid of the smoke animation?  I love how it looks but I would like to stop the huge FPS hit.

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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2015, 09:41:13 AM »

Extracted 4.12 effects
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,36184.0.html

The files you need to modify:

3DO\Effects\Aircraft\EngineStart1.eff
3DO\Effects\Aircraft\EngineStart2.eff
3DO\Effects\Aircraft\EngineStart3.eff

The parameters you need to play with (in red):

[ClassInfo] 
  ClassName TParticlesSystemParams
[General]
  MatName ../TEXTURES/GroundDustExhaustBlue.mat 
  Color0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.10
  Color1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0   
  nParticles 30 //maximum number of particles showing at the same time (maximum is 512 for each effects object)
FinishTime 6.6 //time in seconds for the finish of emission of particles (-1 is forever)
  MaxR 0.0
  PhiN 0.0
  PsiN 0.0
  LiveTime 2.0   //Time in seconds for each particle be destroyed (maximum is 128)
  EmitFrq 10.0 //Frequency of emission in particles per second
  EmitVelocity 6.0 0.0
  EmitTheta 5.0 10.0 
  GasResist 0.01
  VertAccel 0.25
  Wind 0.0
  Size 0.35 5.0
  Rnd 0.0

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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2015, 11:43:37 AM »

Thank you!!!
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015, 03:13:07 PM »

If anyone else is interested, I have created a small mod file to reduce the amount of smoke during engine startup in WAW and reducing the FPS hit that occurs.  Here is the link:

https://www.mediafire.com/download/y4w555czfdkj65o/#WAW_Startup_Smoke_Fix.7z
edit: new link in reply #8.

Just unzip this to your jsgmemods folder and then activate...

Note: This is just a modified version of the built in 4.12 effects as referenced above by vpmedia.  I did not create the files (I do not know who did), I just modified them.
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2015, 10:05:40 PM »

Thanks Dennis, much appreciated.  ;D

Thanks for the number VP, very interesting, could trim it a little...
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2015, 07:04:27 AM »

If anyone else is interested, I have created a small mod file to reduce the amount of smoke during engine startup in WAW and reducing the FPS hit that occurs.  Here is the link:

https://www.mediafire.com/download/y4w555czfdkj65o/#WAW_Startup_Smoke_Fix.7z

Just unzip this to your jsgmemods folder and then activate...

Note: This is just a modified version of the built in 4.12 effects as referenced above by vpmedia.  I did not create the files (I do not know who did), I just modified them.
Sorry, I cannot donload it anymore, it says :
Invalid or Deleted File.
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2015, 11:26:13 AM »

fps-friendly engine start smoke by Gerax (What a difference it makes!)

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,45082.0.html
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2015, 12:10:14 PM »

Sorry to those trying to download my version.  It was accidently deleted.  Here is a new link to the file:

https://www.mediafire.com/download/glmbm3bihnudogx/%23WAW_Startup_Smoke_Fix.7z

I have also tried the version by Gerax.  Give both a try and see what works better for you  8) 
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Re: Aircraft start up smoke
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2015, 03:13:19 AM »

Thank you !!!
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