Smoking ships

[kettel]

Is there any way to make ships emit smoke like trains do?

Asking this I keep in mind Osprey and Chinook from the Planeset; those obviously have custom graphics of their double rotors, so I guess it's possible to apply some kind of animation (as long as you have one) on a (any?) vehicle.

I understand it's not easy to code and nobody's gonna explain the whole process to me, but at least tell me if it's possible at all and if yes what should I start with or where I can read about it?

P.S. I've found this old thread about smoking ships, but it was dead for about 5 years and didn't contain anything on this matter.

[Lakie]

Planes unlike ships have 2 'vehicles', the plane itself and the shadow. Ships however only have one vehicle, the ship, so using the same system as the planeset would not work (at all really).

~ Lakie

[michael blunck]

Is there any way to make ships emit smoke like trains do?

Not like trains do, but in principle yes.

regards
Michael

[kettel]

Is there any way to make ships emit smoke like trains do?

Not like trains do, but in principle yes.

I knew it!
Can you give me a hint on how to make it? Or at least what to start with?

[michael blunck]

Can you give me a hint on how to make it?

Well, the only way to do it would be by a very simple approach: to have a couple of different sprites containing both the vessel and the smoke, and to show these sprites according to the animation counter:

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// [8 "ship+smoke" sprites]

        -1 * 13       02 02 00 01 01 00 00 00 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 01 01 01 01 00 01 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 02 01 01 02 00 02 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 03 01 01 03 00 03 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 04 01 01 04 00 04 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 05 01 01 05 00 05 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 06 01 01 06 00 06 00
        -1 * 13       02 02 07 01 01 07 00 07 00

// animation
        -1 * 38       02 02 08 81 0A 00 0F 07
                                00 00 00 00
                                01 00 01 01
                                02 00 02 02
                                03 00 03 03
                                04 00 04 04
                                05 00 05 05
                                06 00 06 06
                                07 00

        -1 * 7        03 02 01 <veh-ID> 00 08 00

I´ve tested that years ago, but found the result unsuitable.

HTH
regards
Michael

[kettel]

I´ve tested that years ago, but found the result unsuitable.

I agree it's not very efficient approach, but thanks for the idea!