Trails - Revision history

Cholmondely: Tweaking, links

2021-07-12T02:42:18Z

Tweaking, links

2016-05-22T19:42:47Z

v1.11

2016-02-17T13:10:19Z

2016-02-17T13:05:51Z

v1.9

2016-02-15T22:34:51Z

2016-02-15T18:58:56Z

2016-02-15T17:27:41Z

v1.8

2016-02-14T16:02:54Z

2016-02-14T14:02:18Z

v1.7

2016-02-13T15:03:07Z

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-NPC ships leaves condensation trails. Rocks make gray vapour when move.
+NPC ships leave condensation trails. Rocks create gray vapour when they move. But the player's ship will not make a trail to avoid disturbing the aft view!
 === Trail Detector ===
-This equipment is placed into a separated package due to can help to detect far ships a bit over scanner range with your eyes.
+This equipment is placed into a separate package due to helping detect distant ships a bit over scanner range with your eyes (to assuage those who feel that this is [[Cheating]]!).
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 === Instructions ===
 === License ===
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 === Download ===
 ===Quick Facts===

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 === Changelog ===
 .02.16. v1.9  No trails in Red Alert below 50 FPS if weapons are online for smooth combat.
                    Fixed trail on Gnat, thanks to phkb.
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 === Download ===
 [[Media:Trails_1.9.oxz|Trails_1.9.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Trails_1.9.oxz}} times).
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 ===Quick Facts===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Trails
-|version = 1.9
+|version = 1.11
-|release = 2016-02-17
+|release = 2016-05-22
 |features = Condensation trails
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:10, 17 February 2016
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−	== Trail Detector ==	+	=== Trail Detector ===

	This equipment is placed into a separated package due to can help to detect far ships a bit over scanner range with your eyes.		This equipment is placed into a separated package due to can help to detect far ships a bit over scanner range with your eyes.

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 NPC ships leaves condensation trails. Rocks make gray vapour when move.
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 The lifetime and the number of used light sources will be reduced below 25 FPS which cause thicker trails.
 Visual elements based on the fuel leak effect in CommonSenseOTB's [[CustomShields]] OXP.
 == Trail Detector ==
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 === Changelog ===
 .02.15. v1.8  Render trail elements in sight and within 15km only, others moved far away.
                    Lifetime of elements start at 9 seconds and step down to 5 seconds in low-FPS.
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 === Download ===
 [[Media:Trails_1.8.oxz|Trails_1.8.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Trails_1.8.oxz}} times).
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 ===Quick Facts===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Trails
-|version = 1.8
+|version = 1.9
-|release = 2016-02-15
+|release = 2016-02-17
 |features = Condensation trails
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:34, 15 February 2016
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	Visual elements based on the fuel leak effect in CommonSenseOTB's [[CustomShields]] OXP.		Visual elements based on the fuel leak effect in CommonSenseOTB's [[CustomShields]] OXP.
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		+	== Trail Detector ==
		+
		+	This equipment is placed into a separated package due to can help to detect far ships a bit over scanner range with your eyes.
		+
		+	Install [[Media:Trail_Detector_1.0.oxz\|Trail_Detector_1.0.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Trail_Detector_1.0.oxz}} times) then buy Trail Detector in equipment shop for 100 Cr to enlighten engine trails of other ships. Small ships make as strong trails as large ships with this equipment.
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		+

	=== Screenshots ===		=== Screenshots ===

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 === Changelog ===
 .02.15. v1.8  Render trail elements in sight and within 15km only, others moved far away.
-                   Lifetime of elements start at 9 seconds and step down to 3 seconds in low-FPS.
+                   Lifetime of elements start at 9 seconds and step down to 5 seconds in low-FPS.
 .02.14. v1.7  New low-FPS mode added.
 .02.13. v1.6  Time-based trail dissipation so trail length is depending on speed.

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 The default lifetime of a trail element is 6 seconds, the maximal length is 300m and will be reduced automatically when the total number of entities step over 1500.
-The number of used light sources will be reduced below 25 FPS which cause thicker trails. If you have decent hardware then you can increase the maximum for thinner trails in the $MaxKey variable up to 4 in trails.js.
+The number of used light sources will be reduced below 25 FPS which cause thicker trails.
 Visual elements based on the fuel leak effect in CommonSenseOTB's [[CustomShields]] OXP.

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 === Changelog ===
 .02.13. v1.6  Time-based trail dissipation so trail length is depending on speed.
                    Less visible trails at long range.
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 === Download ===
 [[Media:Trails_1.6.oxz|Trails_1.6.oxz]] (downloaded {{#downloads:Trails_1.6.oxz}} times).
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 ===Quick Facts===
 {{OXPLevel|0}}{{Infobox OXPb| title = Trails
-|version = 1.6
+|version = 1.7
-|release = 2016-02-13
+|release = 2016-02-14
 |features = Condensation trails
 |license = CC BY-NC-SA 4

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 Based on Zireael's Engine Trails but rewritten from scratch to avoid the "Universe is full" error.
-The default lifetime of a trail element is 6 seconds, the maximal length is 450m and will be reduced automatically when the total number of entities step over 1500.
+The default lifetime of a trail element is 6 seconds, the maximal length is 300m and will be reduced automatically when the total number of entities step over 1500.
 The number of used light sources will be reduced below 25 FPS which cause thicker trails. If you have decent hardware then you can increase the maximum for thinner trails in the $MaxKey variable up to 4 in trails.js.
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 .02.13. v1.6  Time-based trail dissipation so trail length is depending on speed.
                    Less visible trails at long range.
-                   Thinner trail on missiles and small ships.
+                   Thinner trail on small ships.
 .02.03. v1.5  Sparks in Griff Alloys and Wreckage OXP are excluded for explosions.
 .02.03. v1.4  Wreckages, alloys and cargopods are excluded for speed up explosions.