Debris fields (FO 3.2.5)

[Tyler]

posted on June 1st, 2011, 1:29 pm

Last edited by Tyler on June 11th, 2011, 6:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Changes the ART_CFG file, cead ships stay behind after the explosion for a while and creating debris fields after battles.

Instructions:
1. Copy Debris fields.fpq into the main game directory.
2. Activate it in the options menu.

EDIT: I have replaced it with a new one. The new one has larger ship bits for less small pieces floating around. It also stays for a shorter amount of time, so debris shouldn't build up as much.

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[Anonymous]

posted on June 1st, 2011, 2:17 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on June 1st, 2011, 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Will this become a separate mod in the manager? Don't want to break multiplayer.

EDIT: I can't read.

EDIT2: Still can't get it to show up in the mod manager.

posted on June 1st, 2011, 2:24 pm

Do you also need the ffolders from the 'Mods' directory? I think so...

EDIT: Try it now.

[Anonymous]

posted on June 1st, 2011, 2:26 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on June 1st, 2011, 2:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I think so too, cheers Tyler.

EDIT: Great mod, really fun in big fights.

Suggestions to consider; when a ship dies with forward momentum, after the explosion the debris just stops moving.
Also, it would be nice if it spread out just a little more than the width of the ship when it was intact, seems a bit odd that all the debris is revolving round a fixed point.

But otherwise looks really cool

[Tyler]

posted on June 1st, 2011, 2:55 pm

Last edited by Tyler on June 1st, 2011, 3:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I can make the parts smaller and spread a bit faster, but I don't think momentum could be kept from before death.

EDIT: Try it now. The debris spreads out faster (though it takes a few seconds to get moving) and seems to have a lot more small pieces.

posted on June 1st, 2011, 6:08 pm

nice, how does this behave on weaker systems? does it use lots of resources?

posted on June 1st, 2011, 6:11 pm

I don't know, I've never really checked. Don't know where to look, either.

posted on June 1st, 2011, 7:06 pm

These will slow you down just like with too many nebs and asteroids.

posted on June 1st, 2011, 7:16 pm

Haven't tried it yet but looks like a really cool idea, Tyler! 

  Do you think there might be a way to decrease the percentage of debris left by the whole?  Like, make 50% of the debris disappear after 3 seconds while the other 50% hang around a bit longer?

  That might keep the same cool effect without straining too many systems .

posted on June 1st, 2011, 7:21 pm

The devs would have to add a way to do that since there is no way to do so currently.

posted on June 1st, 2011, 9:07 pm

Would be nice if the devs could add persistent debris as a graphics option. Like persistent bodies in RTSs

[Lost_Spaceship]

posted on June 1st, 2011, 9:27 pm

Last edited by Lost_Spaceship on June 1st, 2011, 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Very good Tyler. This mod gives more reality sensation.

And good idea to turn it an option. Low End machines cant run this mod on later game. 

posted on June 2nd, 2011, 3:17 am

this is great tyler
maybe u good make a ship to clean the debre up and turn it into resouces or something?

posted on June 2nd, 2011, 4:39 am

if it starts to slow down to much try using game booster it helps out a good bit

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posted on June 3rd, 2011, 9:33 pm

Well, this makes Fleet Operations a whole lot more realistic.  Unfortunately, every time a battle takes place, the framerate drops tremendously.

PS:
I can't use something like Game Booster on a server.