I found this for the Velocity of a tracer

1.3e+004 0 0

^is this scientific notation or something?^

yes, i'm not sure which kind. either it's a really accurate small value (why?) or a really big number

Exponent. Formatting looks odd but I think it's just 1.3*10^4, so 13000


Yeah, it's computer shorthand, so 1.3e-004 would be 0.00013


edited on Jan. 3, 2008 03:19 pm by |DA|DarkDilbert

Heh, thats funny. It takes longer to write the scientific notation than the actual number.

They write out 2500 but not 1300?!

I think theres a 4 digit limit. It's been ages since i messed with efx, but i remember some not working when i set really high values like 100000.

1.3e+004 takes longer to type out, but nowhere near as long as 1.3e+400 (which is insanely high - longer than the number of milliseconds passed since the beginning of time, wooo)

edited on Jan. 3, 2008 03:32 pm by |DA|DarkDilbert

NovemberDobby writes...

So lets say I want to make some FX. My shopping list would look like this...

1. fx/myfxfolder/my_fx.EFX
   
2. fxshaders/my_fx.shader
   
3. gfx/myfxfolder/my_fx.tga

???

edited on Jan. 3, 2008 04:20 pm by Scratchy

What exactly is the difference between anims and EFX's? I know that anims are used on actors and such, but is it the same programming language?

And another thing, Where are all the anim files at? i've looked at animtrees, animscripts, everything and I cant find it!

hmm @dilbert

instead of using the efx to make the varying rgb or alpha so it goes down an up, use the fxshaders :D

this makes it fade in and out also this is how i got the glowing main menu on zom

gfx/dilberttest1
{
	entityMergable
	polygonOffset2
	{
		map gfx/stuff/test1
		rgbgen constLighting ( 0.2 0 0 ) //a dull kinda red
		alphaGen wave sin 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
		blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_ONE //or somthin
	}
}

@sniper
there all in xanim

efx are fxs and have NOTHING to do with animations o_O
if u wont to know the difference, just open them in notepad or somthin :P

could be worth a try, cheers. Not sure how well alphaGen works over long stretches of timethough - the transform and deform ones update in steps and is very apparent with very low frequency values.

this was all from an old 10_tanks hex hack i was making

94sniper writes...

Ill save the harsh words and be blunt.

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Contents of an efx file:

Emitter
{
	flags				emitFx

	spawnFlags			axisFromSphere

	life				500 1000

	cullrange			16000

	radius				17 1

	angle				60 90 0 0 0 120

	angleDelta			0 2 0 0 14 0

	velocity			220 0 0 0 0 0

	density				4

	size
	{
		start			16
		end				100
		flags			linear
	}

	emitfx
	[
		fx/atmosphere/antiair_tracers2
	]
}

edited on Jan. 3, 2008 05:22 pm by Scratchy