no. anybody can make the effects and share them. Admins will approve the best ones. There are colour sliders in the video I showed. I only demonstrate smoke effects, but there will be more. of course ;D
Well, it's a little more complex than that.
Sounds good, can't wait to see em all!Well, it's a little more complex than that.
The particle editor, while exciting and the foundation for many fun mods to come (rainbow lasers anyone?), serves the very important role of allowing me to design default weapon effects that are:
I know colorable weapons fire is something a lot of people request, so it would be delightful to have as an actual ingame feature. (Which admins could toggle off on a server if they didn't like it, of course.) Otherwise, client-side particle system modification is unavoidable, while server-side modification transmitted to connecting clients is definitely a desirable feature.
- Gorgeous
- Easy on performance
- Distinguishable from each other
Particle effects designed by modders may be interesting, but are less likely to have careful optimization done to assure performance remains steady on ALL systems. The default weapon effects of the base game need to be consistent and efficient. My hope is to offer a good variety of particle detail settings, allowing weaker computers to still play the game and allowing insane gaming rigs to tell StarMade to throw particles around as much as possible. It'll be my job to balance all this into something you can seamlessly experience ingame regardless of how good your computer is. (Working on particle systems is one of the things I love most.)
After that... well, if you want to mod AMCs or pistol shots to look like beam weapons from Star Wars, be my guest, haha. The more community creativity, the better.
tl;dr: I make lasers and explosions.
Well, that'll come with the new weapons system being implemented. Beam weapons are instant travel. (Like an actual laser.) Mix them together and you get plenty of variations. Here was the old graph from the first news article about it:
The game is sorely lacking in epic explosions at the moment, which is something I plan to change with the new particle systems. Of course, experimenting with all different kinds of weapon types will be amazingly fun. Long range weapons ought to be quite fun... heheheh.
This is cool, and defiantly a lot better weapons choice.Well, that'll come with the new weapons system being implemented. Beam weapons are instant travel. (Like an actual laser.) Mix them together and you get plenty of variations. Here was the old graph from the first news article about it:
In other words, trust me, you'll have plenty of new fancy things to play with. If you want lasers or want big explosive projectiles (rather than little pew-pew projectiles, as you put it), you'll have that option.
Personally? Looking forward to rapid cannons, charge lasers and swarm missiles. Not because I expect them to be abnormally strong/overpowered, just because I think they'd fit my play style.
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This right here is why StarMade is going to be the best game ever. Right here folks!
