MWLL Advent Calendar - Door 88

[Ghiest]

Its funny how the movie Eraser has permanently placed in the public mind that Gauss Rifles create tiny circles as they travel through the air.

Eraser? For me it was Quake 3 Arena - different gun, I know, but I liked it

Funny you say that, because I was thinking more quake2 style particles rather than static texture per ring type deal or a little more.

Yes it's quite hard to get a decent feel for the effect till you see it and as long as the falloff speed of the rings are very short then it should be ok, just a bit bright in my opinion.  But I think it would benefit from a center particle system.  Try looking at this not that I designed the graphics or anything , I think it looks a bit more like a slug being launched, rather than a wave/beam type weapon. 

[Thanatos_23]

another beautiful shot for us aerospace junkies:D
 really hope u guys dont dislike the gauss effects. if they made it lifelike all u would see is a quick silver flash. nice work devs, keep it up

[shadowkiller]

another beautiful shot for us aerospace junkies:D
 really hope u guys dont dislike the gauss effects. if they made it lifelike all u would see is a quick silver flash. nice work devs, keep it up

You wouldnt even see it in real life, it travels too fast. Anyways, the gauss effect has a center slug and then the rings for a tail. The rings only hang around for 1 second. I might end up tweaking it a little though. (mmmm refraction )

[Defender]

I think a cool addition to the Gauss Rifle Effect would be a refractive trail, which would blur the rings a bit and add a nice effect. Not sure how easy it is to get in but the one we have looks pretty cool.