4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[swede94]

Originally Posted by Spudkopf

...Again I think the rail upgrades are great, many thumbs up, yet and I think maybe it's been mentioned here before that it's a pity the smoke can't be a lighter grey or even white...

Maybe in the world of IL-2 coal is so abundant that they don't bother with efficient firing, or the quality of said coal is just rubbish?

On another more serious note, I do agree it would be nice to have the smoke in a grey/white colour.

Nice video you linked, by the way. Definitely saving that one.

[Sita]

not quite right like in that video from Spudkopf ... but we don't forget about steam)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUHnR...ature=youtu.be

[Spudkopf]

Originally Posted by Sita

not quite right like in that video from spud ... but we don't forget about steam)

That's cool thanks, but it does beg the question, that if you can have the steam from the valves then, why not have white or grey smoke coming from the stack?

[KG26_Alpha]

Yes smoke is too dark maybe ......... perhaps coal grade was poor back then

[dimlee]

Black is good... Easier to spot those trains on dark background.
We need them not for travelling but for hunting.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by dimlee

Black is good... Easier to spot those trains on dark background.
We need them not for travelling but for hunting.

+1. Dark smoke makes locomotive busting even harder at night.

During WW2, steam locomotives could sometimes also be detected at night due to sparks rising up the chimney from the firebox, and the glow from the firebox when the stoker opened the door to shovel in more coal.

[KG26_Alpha]

Hehe

well just google train smoke, you can choose between white, grey or black, or perhaps all three shades together.

Perhaps some extra coding to randomize the smoke effects, I'm sure TD would appreciate that suggestion

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Yes smoke is too dark maybe ......... perhaps coal grade was poor back then

I know you were being silly, but even low grade lignite coal burns with a grayish yellow color. It just produces less energy as it burns. A good example is any color picture of a Chinese or Soviet-era Eastern European coal-fired factory.

Anything that's powered using decent coal should have a gray smoke cloud.

We need more and different smoke colors. Black for oil/fuel fires, and burning vehicles, dark gray brown for dirty coal-fired smokestacks and building fires, light gray for steam, clean-burning coal smokestacks, and wood fires, plus colored smoke for air support and supply drop missions.

As for trains, since you can have steam jets emerging from the pistons, why can't you have BIG jets of steam shooting out of the smokestack and boiler when the train is destroyed?