Sparks...!

[InVion]

I was wondering if it is possible to edit the sparks that come from under your vehicle when you grind a rail or hit a wall or something. Is it possible to change the color or something like that? If it is, can someone please tell me how and what I will need to do it?

 

Thanks

 

 

edit: this is in San Andreas btw

[xmen]

yes, those are particles. Textures can be found in particle.txd and info about it in effect.fxp

[InVion]

Thanks, but I lookedand couldnt find them!

[Darecki]

Then look in EffectsPC.txd

[InVion]

THanks but its not in there either D:

 

Is there a mod ready made that I could download that colours the sparks already?

Edited November 28, 2008 by InVion

[Suction Testicle Man]

THanks but its not in there either D:

 

Is there a mod ready made that I could download that colours the sparks already?

Considering the textures are greyscale in the txd, I'm guessing the colour is hard-coded, so not easily editable I'm afraid.

[InVion]

OK Thanks.

 

Do you know if someone has made a mod of this already?

If so, could you or anyone link me. I dont mind downloading one, I am just bored of the original

[rebel_36]

um iirc ive changed them years ago, theres no texture for it, its all handled by data so just search effect.fxp for "spark" or something, then change the rgb to test if it works

 

if you dont know what value youre supposed to change, check the tutorial forum, theres a tut about effects.fxp editing (spray can color or something)

[xmen]

yes, just press Ctrl + F and "spark" and you will find several. Hope those will help.

[InVion]

Thanks for your help all

[InVion]

Sorry for double posting, but with what program can I open the .fxp file?

 

Thanks :w

[xmen]

Sorry for double posting, but with what program can I open the .fxp file?

 

Thanks :w

notepad

[coin-god]

There was a GUI program but icant remmeber it name.

[Suction Testicle Man]

Sorry, in that case it is easily editable if its stored in a text file. Shows how much I know I had a look around the file, but didn't have time to test anything, but this is an explanation as far as I can make out:

 

Open effect.fxp, then search for 'prt_spark'. Scroll down until you find the next paragraph that starts with 'FX_INFO_COLOUR_DATA'. This paragraph contains all the colour info for this effect, in RGBA (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha) format.

 

Each colour is labelled accordingly (eg. 'RED'), so the red data for the effect is stored up until it says 'GREEN'. That section is in four parts, since there are four frames as part of this effect animation. Each frame appears to be labelled 'FX_KEYFLOAT_DATA', and 'TIME' and 'VAL' are the amount of time this frame appears for, and the RGBA value of this frame.

 

If you wanted all frames to be solid blue, you would set the VAL for every frame under RED to 0.000, then the game for GREEN. Then under BLUE, you would set the VAL for every frame to 255.000

 

In case you don't know, RGBA values are just RGB values with an Alpha (the alpha sets the transparency). RGB values are simply 3 sets of values, from 0-255 (total of 256 options) that dictate a specific colour. Here is a big list of examples.

 

Further down effect.fxp is another section labelled 'prt_spark_2' - my guess is there are two types of spark, and one section for each.

 

There are lots of other effects in that file that you can play around with too, such as the spraycan and waterspray

 

If anyone has done more testing or knows more about the file, please contribute!