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Torpedo Explosion Effect
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Sakkar Arenith
Kenmei Corporation
#1 - 2011-10-29 11:12:03 UTC
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#2 - 2011-10-29 11:27:22 UTC
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


Have you ever done sanctums with ships throwing tons of torpedoes on you ship? - sure that "large" gfx is silly, plus get rid of it would just help hamsters from both sides
Pattern Clarc
Citeregis
#3 - 2011-10-29 11:39:17 UTC
+1 Yep.
Weapon hit effects are sorely needing a revamp.

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Large Collidable Object
morons.
#4 - 2011-10-29 12:40:56 UTC
Yes - they always were horrible - I remember back when I started, I didn't even get what they were supposed to depict...
You know... [morons.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjOx65yD5A)
Dave Kaplinski
1nside Bet
#5 - 2011-10-29 13:54:37 UTC
+1
Samroski
Middle-Earth
#6 - 2011-10-29 14:32:44 UTC
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?
Cheers

Strange how tastes differ. I love the torpedo hit effect, and hope CCP never change it :)

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Roosterton
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2011-10-29 14:40:20 UTC
I find it ridiculous how torps have bigger explosions than citadel torps.
Zendoren
Aktaeon Industries
#8 - 2011-10-29 14:45:25 UTC
Roosterton wrote:
I find it ridiculous how torps have bigger explosions than citadel torps.

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Generals4
#9 - 2011-10-29 14:52:41 UTC
Samroski wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?
Cheers

Strange how tastes differ. I love the torpedo hit effect, and hope CCP never change it :)

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Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#10 - 2011-10-29 16:23:14 UTC
Well torpdedos do have dumb warheads and have an uncontrolled explosions so by all means its explosion should always be larger than a cruiser missiles smart warhead.

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JC Anderson
RED ROSE THORN
#11 - 2011-10-29 16:24:17 UTC
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


They are supposed to be nuclear... I guess they are just trying to show the shockwave or something.
Hershman
Creepers Corporation
#12 - 2011-10-29 16:48:15 UTC
I was just wondering about this two days ago. Would be nice to get an update for those textures.

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Veronica Kerrigan
Surgically Constructed L Feminist
#13 - 2011-10-29 16:56:51 UTC
Generals4 wrote:
Samroski wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?
Cheers

Strange how tastes differ. I love the torpedo hit effect, and hope CCP never change it :)


not empty quoting an empty quote. I love the torpedo effect.
trexinatux
Doomheim
#14 - 2011-10-29 17:42:30 UTC
Yay, new explosions please. Also, everyone keep asking, maybe we'll get it soon. I support anything that beautifies Eve.

Helpless people on subway trains...
mkint
#15 - 2011-10-29 17:56:46 UTC
JC Anderson wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


They are supposed to be nuclear... I guess they are just trying to show the shockwave or something.

And exactly what kind of device makes a ring-shaped explosion? I watch a lot of Mythbusters, and have yet to see anything explode in a ring shape. Speaking of which, my favorite MythBusters explosion is a conflagration of natural gas (not an energetic explosion, but one so cool it looks like a special effect.)

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JC Anderson
RED ROSE THORN
#16 - 2011-10-29 18:04:59 UTC  |  Edited by: JC Anderson
mkint wrote:
JC Anderson wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


They are supposed to be nuclear... I guess they are just trying to show the shockwave or something.

And exactly what kind of device makes a ring-shaped explosion? I watch a lot of Mythbusters, and have yet to see anything explode in a ring shape. Speaking of which, my favorite MythBusters explosion is a conflagration of natural gas (not an energetic explosion, but one so cool it looks like a special effect.)


Hell if I know.. I'm clueless to this sort of stuff... Just did a few searches and found this though, but no idea if it applies to this convo.

It's about plasma explosive propulsion in space or something.

A bomb with a cylinder of reaction mass expands into a flat, disk-shaped wave of plasma when it explodes. A bomb with a disk-shaped reaction mass expands into a far more efficient cigar-shaped wave of plasma debris. The cigar shape focuses much of the plasma to impinge onto the pusher-plate.

The maximum effective specific impulse, Isp, of an Orion nuclear pulse drive generally is equal to:

I_{sp} = \frac{C_0 \cdot V_e}{g_n}
Flakey Foont
#17 - 2011-10-29 18:08:19 UTC
I like it...and the sound even better!
mkint
#18 - 2011-10-29 18:41:29 UTC
JC Anderson wrote:
mkint wrote:
JC Anderson wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


They are supposed to be nuclear... I guess they are just trying to show the shockwave or something.

And exactly what kind of device makes a ring-shaped explosion? I watch a lot of Mythbusters, and have yet to see anything explode in a ring shape. Speaking of which, my favorite MythBusters explosion is a conflagration of natural gas (not an energetic explosion, but one so cool it looks like a special effect.)


Hell if I know.. I'm clueless to this sort of stuff... Just did a few searches and found this though, but no idea if it applies to this convo.

It's about plasma explosive propulsion in space or something.

A bomb with a cylinder of reaction mass expands into a flat, disk-shaped wave of plasma when it explodes. A bomb with a disk-shaped reaction mass expands into a far more efficient cigar-shaped wave of plasma debris. The cigar shape focuses much of the plasma to impinge onto the pusher-plate.

The maximum effective specific impulse, Isp, of an Orion nuclear pulse drive generally is equal to:

I_{sp} = \frac{C_0 \cdot V_e}{g_n}

Why would you intentionally make any weapon explosive round? Especially one that wants to punch through thick shields, armor, and hull. Even we with our primitive technology make RPG's with a focused blast to punch through more than a foot of steel. And they do NOT explode in a ring (1:28).

Maxim 6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Mehrdad Kor-Azor
Doomheim
#19 - 2011-10-29 18:52:11 UTC
Speaking of torpedoes...

Where's my Khanid Torpedo Abaddon???
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#20 - 2011-10-29 18:55:19 UTC
mkint wrote:
JC Anderson wrote:
mkint wrote:
JC Anderson wrote:
Sakkar Arenith wrote:
Hi there,

I was just wondering, whether the winter expansion will finally revamp the current explosion gfx of torpedoes.

It seems to be a ill conceived remnant of the times when Missiles were supposed to do area damage, but since that has been long gone, i wonder how long will we have to suffer from those GIGANTIC, UGLY onion rings, after a puny torpedo hit?


If nothing else, take the citadel explosions and shrink em down a bit and stick them on normal torpedoes.

Cheers


They are supposed to be nuclear... I guess they are just trying to show the shockwave or something.

And exactly what kind of device makes a ring-shaped explosion? I watch a lot of Mythbusters, and have yet to see anything explode in a ring shape. Speaking of which, my favorite MythBusters explosion is a conflagration of natural gas (not an energetic explosion, but one so cool it looks like a special effect.)


Hell if I know.. I'm clueless to this sort of stuff... Just did a few searches and found this though, but no idea if it applies to this convo.

It's about plasma explosive propulsion in space or something.

A bomb with a cylinder of reaction mass expands into a flat, disk-shaped wave of plasma when it explodes. A bomb with a disk-shaped reaction mass expands into a far more efficient cigar-shaped wave of plasma debris. The cigar shape focuses much of the plasma to impinge onto the pusher-plate.

The maximum effective specific impulse, Isp, of an Orion nuclear pulse drive generally is equal to:

I_{sp} = \frac{C_0 \cdot V_e}{g_n}

Why would you intentionally make any weapon explosive round? Especially one that wants to punch through thick shields, armor, and hull. Even we with our primitive technology make RPG's with a focused blast to punch through more than a foot of steel. And they do NOT explode in a ring (1:28).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous-rod_warhead
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