Battlefield Smoke Mod for Napoleon:TW Update: 26.06.10 Update 1.1

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

On second thoughts the clouds are pretty big as is
BUT they DO need to be more rough and gritty and more obvious around the edges. I retain that they are very soft and fluffy!

[ToonTotalWar]

Mech_Donald - Here are the files from my "Napoleon All in One" mod, that need to be compatible with your BSM mod, thanks

[M@GIC]

when is the mod ready?

[GODzilla]

when is the mod ready?

As soon as it's done, I assure you. No, really!

[Mech_Donald]

Can't wait either.
ONE THING THOUGH. In my opinion the naval cannon smoke effects are much too soft and fluffy. much more gunpowder was used in naval battles than land battles being that they used much greater poundage on their cannons. It would also be gritty and rough.
the smoke clouds disperse quite quickly, which i noticed in the video with v. light winds. anyone who's read naval accounts would recognise the common line that "...the enemy broadside dissappeared in a cloud of its own smoke..." so even on small ships alot more smoke would be present. I'd love to see a great wall of smoke cover the side for a brief period of time befoer itself dispersing. that would be epic!
also LOVE the ship explosions! would it be possible to have the ship in a torrent of flame for a longer period of time, untill it has completely sunk?
cheers,
SPQR.

On second thoughts the clouds are pretty big as is
BUT they DO need to be more rough and gritty and more obvious around the edges. I retain that they are very soft and fluffy!

Thank you for your suggestions about the ship cannon smoke. The video is outdated. I reworked the smoke to be more dense an thick. The difficulty is to find a balance between thickness and no-lightning. No-lightning means the ability of the smoke to reflect light from sun. If the smoke is too dense and thick, you will see the smoke brightly shining and glowing.

The beta testers will proof that issue and give me suggestions what should be improved.

Mech_Donald - Here are the files from my "Napoleon All in One" mod, that need to be compatible with your BSM mod, thanks

Thanks! Once the mod is uploaded, i will make it compatible.

when is the mod ready?

When the beta testers gives me an ok.

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

nice! makes alot of sense. now i AM looking forward to it bigtime!

[M@GIC]

class then to the beta players rush times :-)
we have waited long enough hehe am looking forward

[Pdguru]

Mech_Donald old chap: "Perfect is the enemy of Done"...

[Mech_Donald]

Mech_Donald old chap: "Perfect is the enemy of Done"...

Yes, i know. Therefore the Beta tester's got the files. The Beta test has startet.

[The Hedge Knight]

Good news!

[ToonTotalWar]

Great news!!

[GODzilla]

Good news!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1cap6yETA

[007Jua007]

This mod will be GREAT!!!!

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

hahaha "Good news everyone!"

[Mech_Donald]

Hi,

Until now, there are some fixes to do on cannon smoke, musket smoke and ship smoke effects. I'll rework it at the WE.

regards Mech_Donald

[Mech_Donald]

Hello,

During the beta test, i want to show a little foretaste of the benefits you get with the upcoming BSM.

Enjoy!

[henkeswe]

WOW... What a parfect movie... Looking forward to this mod... The smoke effects are the best... and how did you get the officer to walk in front of the inf.line??? Looks great.. I want this mod....

[Chevalier IX]

perfection of the battlefield manifest yet again.Bravo on yet another incredible job my friendthank you for all of your excellent contributions to the community!I strongly suspect that your original smoke mod for Empire and its popularity largely impacted CA's decision on the way they did the smoke in Napoleon,and this mod once agin improves the good job they already did

[007Jua007]

mech_donald, what was the other mod you used to do the Promotion Video?

[Mech_Donald]

WOW... What a parfect movie... Looking forward to this mod... The smoke effects are the best... and how did you get the officer to walk in front of the inf.line??? Looks great.. I want this mod....

The video is a little boring, because i don't wanted to use music samples in the vid. Youtube disables or deletes videos with third party content - pity.

I modified the units stats land table file to get a general with only one unit. I just placed the general in front of the line and grouped it with the unit behind.

perfection of the battlefield manifest yet again.Bravo on yet another incredible job my friendthank you for all of your excellent contributions to the community!I strongly suspect that your original smoke mod for Empire and its popularity largely impacted CA's decision on the way they did the smoke in Napoleon,and this mod once agin improves the good job they already did

Yes, i also think so. Ca named the big, white, long lasting smoke "uber smoke" in the script file. It's just funny, because i'm german and uber, or better über, is a german word that means "over" or "above". i think, it is a nice greeting to me.

mech_donald, what was the other mod you used to do the Promotion Video?

For my video i used the sharper flower mod by primergy, parts of the animation mod by tiyafeh and the better renders mod by La♔De♔Da♔Brigadier Graham (wich i strongly recommend for BSM!).