0000478: Extinguish candle flames on contact, make them wave in X/Y instead of Z

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000478	The Dark Mod	Models	public	27.12.2007 09:57	23.01.2015 20:37

Reporter	tels	Assigned To	Springheel
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	SVN

Summary	0000478: Extinguish candle flames on contact, make them wave in X/Y instead of Z
Description	The candle flame has currently two issues: * It moves only in its Z-axis, while in real life a candle flame moves almost not at all in z-direction, but instead flickers around in X/Y directions * When you throw around a candle, and the candle flame hits something, it should go out. The reason for the change to z-axis movement was that candles laying on their side have their flame clip into solids (floor, sideboard etc.) and this causes the light to go periodically dark. But apart from making candle flames move unrealistic, this movement change doesn't really stop the flickering, throwing a candle around still can make it clip into solids sometimes. So the movement should be fixed, and candle flames extinguishable by physic contact. Gameplay-wise, this might make it nec. to allow the player to relight candles/torches/fireplaces with something else than a firearrow (small portable magic lighter?)
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SneaksieDave 22.01.2008 15:38 reporter ~0001015	As for the flame moving portion: Jittering of the flame in x/y is achievable by using the rand_osc scriptobject on the particle. See the prefab directory for examples of this.

grayman 21.06.2011 03:51 viewer ~0003892	Relight changes in 1.06 included candles going out 5s after becoming horizontal. While it would be nice to douse them on contact with something, we wanted them to remain lit for a short while to handle the case where the player drops one and wants to pick it up again before it goes out.

tels 23.06.2011 11:08 reporter ~0003896	While the "extinguish on contact" is not working, the situation is already a LOT better, now that flames that are horizontal go out. For instance, the "wavering on/off" was mainly occuring if you put a candle sideways on the floor, and now this would no longer happen as the flame goes out. So I think we might now switch back the candle flames "wave in z direction" back to the more realistic "wave in x/y direction".

nbohr1more 21.01.2015 16:52 developer ~0007365	I believe the improved particle behavior in v2.03 makes this an obsolete issue.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
27.12.2007 09:57	tels	New Issue
21.01.2008 11:08	tels	Category	Thief's Den Release => Models
22.01.2008 15:38	SneaksieDave	Note Added: 0001015
21.06.2011 03:51	grayman	Note Added: 0003892
23.06.2011 11:08	tels	Note Added: 0003896
21.01.2015 16:52	nbohr1more	Note Added: 0007365
23.01.2015 20:37	Springheel	Status	new => closed
23.01.2015 20:37	Springheel	Assigned To	=> Springheel
23.01.2015 20:37	Springheel	Resolution	open => fixed