Explosions!

[Artean]

Cap ship fights in X:R looked marvelous - destroyed surface elements spewed out fire and smoke, the ending explosions felt enormous and looked impressive. Unluckily, this isn't really the case with cap ship battles in X4 - the look of them are really flat, not the least the explosions. Quite the let down. And who can say that explosions doesn't matter!? Of course they do!

While I can see this kind of graphical upgrade isn't prioritized here and now, I still really hope Egosoft will soon find the time to do something of the visual impact of cap ship battles to make them, at the very least, on par with X:R!

[Buzz2005]

there are mods that adds exactly that

[ZombiePotatoSalad]

there are mods that adds exactly that

Do you have the names?

[Tomonor]

Actually, those mods are work in progress at the moment. But they are not hard to find, really. Even on this forum.

[Artean]

there are mods that adds exactly that

I'm sure modders some day can take X4 to the same levels as X:Rs explosions, weapon effects and damage models. I would much rather see Egosoft themselves do that, though.

[Buzz2005]

there are mods that adds exactly that

I'm sure modders some day can take X4 to the same levels as X:Rs explosions, weapon effects and damage models. I would much rather see Egosoft themselves do that, though.

the assets form rebirth are in the game and mods just enable them

A ship mod puts rebirth ships in the game and on the nexus page there is rebirth explosions and texture mods

and a WIP mod where modder will bring back smoke to destroyed turrets

[ZombiePotatoSalad]

there are mods that adds exactly that

I'm sure modders some day can take X4 to the same levels as X:Rs explosions, weapon effects and damage models. I would much rather see Egosoft themselves do that, though.

the assets form rebirth are in the game and mods just enable them

A ship mod puts rebirth ships in the game and on the nexus page there is rebirth explosions and texture mods

and a WIP mod where modder will bring back smoke to destroyed turrets

Yeah, but I don't know how stable those Rebirth ships are compared to the X4 ones. Also, it would be nice if those effects applied to all capital ships in X4. That's what I'm looking for.

[Artean]

I'm sure modders some day can take X4 to the same levels as X:Rs explosions, weapon effects and damage models. I would much rather see Egosoft themselves do that, though.

the assets form rebirth are in the game and mods just enable them

A ship mod puts rebirth ships in the game and on the nexus page there is rebirth explosions and texture mods

and a WIP mod where modder will bring back smoke to destroyed turrets

Yeah, but I don't know how stable those Rebirth ships are compared to the X4 ones. Also, it would be nice if those effects applied to all capital ships in X4. That's what I'm looking for.

Same here.

Though, since this is such an obvious downgrade compared to X:R, it just must be on a list on someone's table at Egosoft waiting to be fixed/implemented. Epic explosions, weapon effects and smoking damage models are equally important to trade/economy fixes... or?

[Buzz2005]

https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations ... escription

nothing unstable about them, a ship is a ship is a ship and a nice addition where AI builds them with a massive fleet of xenons for some fun times

https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations ... escription

textures and explosions

and viewtopic.php?f=181&t=415301

for all ships and turrets, its a WIP but OP said soon