Changing prop spin texture or animation

[TeiscoDelRay]

Is there a way to change the prop spin animation or adjust the speed? How about the prop spin texture, I have been messing with a couple different textures trying to find one that looks somewhat realistic. The big black disc is not realistic so there must be another way.

[OBIO]

At the bottom of each config section for each paint, add

prop_animation=1.25

This will improve the animation on most props...sometimes you need to tweak the number a bit. If you have a prop blur that looks like it is not spinning, this will fix that for sure.

Which plane(s) are you trying to improve the prop blur on? There have been a lot on replacement prop washes done by Cazzie, BananaBob and others.....tell us which plane(s) you are needing to improve and we many know of a replacement prop wash texture.

OBIO

[fleurdelys]

At the bottom of each config section for each paint, add

prop_animation=1.25

This will improve the animation on most props...sometimes you need to tweak the number a bit. If you have a prop blur that looks like it is not spinning, this will fix that for sure.

OBIO

I didn't know that there was more than one way of telling the cfg how much spinning you wanted...

The entry that I use with good results is :

prop_anim_ratio=1.015

As Obio mentions, you may need to tweak the number to your liking but I found that less is far better in most of my planes...

Cheers,

Fleurdelys

[OBIO]

Maybe the line should be Prop_anim_ratio=X. Been a while since I have added that command to any plane.

OBIO

[Cazzie]

I tend to use 1.015 or 1.025 as Fleurdelys mentioned, he passed the trick on to me anyhow.

But I have gone as high as 1.40 in achieving a blur to my liking. Of course one must have a good alpha bitmap to start with.

Caz

[MaddogK]

BIG BLACK DISK ? Sounds like the texture is the wrong format. I've played with a few prop textures and I found one that works for me- it's NOT the usual circle with the colored prop tips but a white circle with a big Z thru the middle. Looks a bit cartoonish but I like it.

[TeiscoDelRay]

With Cazzie's help I have come up with some good textures and animation but still not the look I hoped for. Why can't the 3d prop that starts spinning (before the disc and alpha take over) keep spinning only faster? I seem to remember a plane for Fs that used the 3d prop for the whole action.

[tgibson]

Hi,

That effect would need to be built into the model. But keep in mind as you speed up the RPM's, the visible prop will *slow down and stop* - just like the animated disks do. It will even start turning backwards! That can't be changed - hard coded in FS.

Hope this helps,