Smoking Tank Created 20 years ago2004-08-17 12:51:59 UTC by Propaganda

Anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to make a tank look like it's smoking? I need the smoke to go vertical. I know I could use multiple sprites to acheive this effect but is there an easier way?

Env_beam:
http://cariad.co.za/twhl/entityinfo.php?ent=env_beam&game=1

Select a smoke-looking sprite (smoke.spr for example) and be sure to set that 'fade end' flag of the env_beam. Well, the rest is just a bit of experimenting and tweaking.

Remember the hot damp that came of the cup of coffe the scientist was holding, just before the HEV locker room? That's the effect you're getting.

Cycler wreckage!

Ok wqhich one of these looks best you guys think. The smoke should me more narrow at the bottom then spread out at the top, like it's dissapating.

Cooool. Never noticed that entity before somehow

Then the cycler wreckage is the one to go...

Hey, why don't you try both in a test map and decide for yourself?

CP is right, just try everything out. It's better to get an own point of view on things than asking others for theirs.

Actually, a really good effect for this is particle_shooter set to an info target, you can control smoke direction and it spreads out at the top.

Ehm, a CS 1.6 entity I suppose? Might be good to tell what mod you're mapping for next time...

This is for a dod map. I tried cycler_wreckage and it looked kinda weird, like a huge cloud of white smoke that hung in the air, although I probably didn't have it set properly as far as scroll rates and size and with the env_beam I got some weird dancing blue light, even though I was using the smoke sprite.

In such cases, it might be good to go to DoD's forum too, as they can provide much more DoD-specific help:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/index.php

Thanks for the tip P