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Marker Smoke

FOO FIGHTER

FOO FIGHTER

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I read somewhere that L-5 FAC's used smoke grenades to mark targets but I couldn't find any. So I used the trooper_stick "bomb" from PTO and some of O-1's FX to get this. Is there already something out there comparable to this? Are there better FX I can use for the falling smoke trail? Just thought this might be useful.:173go1:
 
Nice!

Is there already something out there comparable to this?
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Steve made some wonderful sky-marker bombs that trail smoke as they fall, I can't remember the name in ETO offhand, PFF smoke or something? Is this the sort of thing you mean Barry?

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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Clive, that's exactly what I was looking for!:salute:

Looks better now I think. Could also come in white or purple.

O-1: I believe these are all your FX. They're just renamed and attached to the trooper_stick "bomb". I would be happy to upload them once I got the OK from the author of the trooper_stick. It also requires the "dr_lightsmoke.dds" and "dr_smokeball.dds", did you create these as well?
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction Clive, that's exactly what I was looking for!:salute:

Looks better now I think. Could also come in white or purple.

O-1: I believe these are all your FX. They're just renamed and attached to the trooper_stick "bomb". I would be happy to upload them once I got the OK from the author of the trooper_stick. It also requires the "dr_lightsmoke.dds" and "dr_smokeball.dds", did you create these as well?
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The Dr textures you mentioned are in MAW and also ETO but not CFS3. However they are almost identical to the stock CFS3 textures "smokeball" and "smoke2" and can easily be substituted. The trooper para is an AvHistory texture also in ETO and was originally a single jumper and I made the trooper stick effect out of the para texture.

If you need a parachute texture we have lots of them in ETO that you are welcome to use.

O-1
 
@O-1: Thanks for the .dds info. Do have anything resembling a para-rescue or OSS jumper by chance?:wiggle:
So, you would be the creater of the trooper_stick .M3D and .XDP then?

@Lewis: I'm working on it now, it's a USAF SAR skin for the KTO. I would like to upload it and a few more USAF L-5 skins eventually. Right now I'm trying to stay focused on skinning three or four aircraft for SAR - primarily for Korea. There might be some for the B-17G and B-29 but they're on the back burner for now as they are proving to be more difficult to convert.
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
@O-1: Thanks for the .dds info. Do have anything resembling a para-rescue or OSS jumper by chance?:wiggle:
So, you would be the creater of the trooper_stick .M3D and .XDP then?

Barry, the ETO weapons were a team effort and Capt. Winters did many of the textures and the M3D files. I did the effects and damage on them. The "Para" texture in the trooper _stick effect is from AvHistory. Fee free to use it as you see fit.

Sorry but we don't have any other para textures other than non-human ones but we have quite a few flares etc with chutes. You can feel free to use anything we have in ETO except for aircraft that require permission from their original builders. We built ETO so others could use it, have fun and expand on it.

Steve
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All the pretty colors..
This is too cool.
Thanks Foo Fighter, and of course to Steve and the ETO team.
I just love the new effects of late..
BRAVO Guys..

:salute: :salute: :salute: :salute:
 
O-1Driver said:
Barry, the ETO weapons were a team effort and Capt. Winters did many of the textures and the M3D files. I did the effects and damage on them. The "Para" texture in the trooper _stick effect is from AvHistory. Fee free to use it as you see fit.

Sorry but we don't have any other para textures other than non-human ones but we have quite a few flares etc with chutes. You can feel free to use anything we have in ETO except for aircraft that require permission from their original builders. We built ETO so others could use it, have fun and expand on it.

Steve
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Copy that Steve and thank you. The ETO team's work is very much appreciated!:ernae:
 
Did this with the AVH 60lb rocket which looks almost like the real M20/M30 smoke rocket. Hopefully AVH will grant permission to use it. I would like to upload the smoke grenades and rockets as a sort of FAC weapons pack.
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
Copy that Steve and thank you. The ETO team's work is very much appreciated!:ernae:
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:kilroy:FOO FIGHTER, beginning with ETO 1.20 there is a weapon in the weapons folder named "paras". It has already been used to represent an OSS/SOE agent. It was called a "Joe" in in-game loadout list.

Hope this helps.:d
 
Thanks guys. I want to tweak the damage profile of the WP weapons so it does just a bit more damage against soft targets. White phosperous was nasty stuff. The smoke weapons will not cause any damage. There is one little glitch . . . the FX are tied to "Groundeffect=" and will only work when striking the ground. If you score a direct hit on a target it will not work. I tried to tie it to "ExplodeEffect=" without success.

grizzly50 said:
:kilroy:FOO FIGHTER, beginning with ETO 1.20 there is a weapon in the weapons folder named "paras". It has already been used to represent an OSS/SOE agent. It was called a "Joe" in in-game loadout list.

Hope this helps.:d
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Thanks Grizzly! I'll have a look see.:jump:
 
FOO FIGHTER said:
Thanks guys. I want to tweak the damage profile of the WP weapons so it does just a bit more damage against soft targets. White phosperous was nasty stuff. The smoke weapons will not cause any damage. There is one little glitch . . . the FX are tied to "Groundeffect=" and will only work when striking the ground. If you score a direct hit on a target it will not work. I tried to tie it to "ExplodeEffect=" without success.



Thanks Grizzly! I'll have a look see.:jump:
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:kilroy:FOO FIGHTER, look in the ETO 1.20 (and up) main aircraft folder for an aircraft folder named BG492_B-26c. The two aircraft are intended for special night ops to drop agents (Joes) and supplies behind enemy lines. Loadouts are paras and supply containers. The items themselves are in the weapons folder.:d
 
Found 'em! Thanks Griz! :jump:

I'll tell ya where I'm headed with all of this . . .

During the Korean war the CIA and military SpecOps dropped agents and equipment behind enemy lines. The USAF Air Rescue Service also dropped rescue jumpers to aid air crews who had ditched. I want to make Gramps/ETO's C-47 more Korea "compatible" in terms of skins & loadouts for just this purpose. The C-47 was also used as a flare ship so I'm going to pack it full of flares as well.
 
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