**Tutorial** Secret to engine colors

Sat May 24, 2003 12:16 am by man[!]ac

Changing engine colors and effects is easy. You can do it by changing as few as 2-3 lines of text depending on if you are using a mod to show engine trails on your own ship.

Open up engine_equip.ini

Find whatever engine part/your ships engine you want to modify.

You can change the flame color or "FLAME EFFECT" by
finding the line "flame_effect=" (Note most engine effects have "_fire" after the
effect reference if the effect doesn't it should work but some of the large
transport and capship engines don't.)
In the equals you can copy and insert the effect from any other engine.

(Note cruise engine color/trailcolor gives a different affect then the "FLAME EFFECT" You can mix two different effects to make a multicolor engine and cruise of your own preference.)

To change the cruise engine color/trailcolor

find the line "trail_effect=" and insert the trail affect of your choice (note this effects your Cruise Engine affect even though it says trail effect also all effects of this type must end with "_trail"

To change the engine trail itself find the line "trail_effect_player="
and insert the effect you want must end with "_trail" not "_flame" or nothing.
(Note also the "trail_effect_player=" must match the "trail_effect=" above it.)

an example of edited engine effects for my liberty cruiser
[Engine
nickname = cruiser_engine_01
ids_name = 263887
ids_info = 264887
volume = 400.000000
mass = 10
max_force = 300000
linear_drag = 3125
reverse_fraction = 0.100000
flame_effect=gf_br_largeengine02 <"these are the modified flame effects"
trail_effect=gf_br_atransport_engine01_trail <"modified cruise effect"
trail_effect_player=gf_br_atransport_engine01_trail < "cruise effect and engine trail effect not in all freelancer game"
cruise_charge_time = 5
cruise_power_usage = 20
rumble_sound = rumble_cruiser
rumble_atten_range = -5, 0
rumble_pitch_range = -25, 25
cruise_start_sound = engine_li_cruise_start
cruise_loop_sound = engine_li_cruise_loop
cruise_stop_sound = engine_li_cruise_stop
indestructible = false
outside_cone_attenuation = -3
inside_sound_cone = 90
outside_sound_cone = 270

I hope this info helps people creating mods or just making there game more customised

Pls answer on the forum if you have any problems or questons

Thu May 29, 2003 11:18 pm by VAN03

WOW
This is great. I'm sure it helped a lot of people. I like the Sith Infiltrator, but I like the Starfighter (Anubus/titan) flame color. It looks easy, like you said, BUT . . .
I do have a question though. You say to "open up engine_equip.ini." But this file is in some kind of code. I assume you mean for us to use the BINI program.
OK, I downloaded it, and visited the post where people spoke of how to use it, but people had different ways to use it, and not all were 100% satisified with the results.
Could you please tell us the novice usable, step by step proceedure you are referring to when you say to open up the file? It would be much appreciated.

Thanks
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Sun Jun 01, 2003 7:25 pm by man[!]ac

to edit your engine ini files go into your bini program. Go the the following directory Freelancer/data/equipment open up the file engine_equip.ini from here you should be able to make modifications. If is won't open temporarily move engine_equip.ini to the data folder open it from here make your modifications than move it back. I dont know why that works but sometimes you have to do that the first time you open up a ini file.

Tell me if you have any other problems

Thu Jun 12, 2003 10:21 am by Wild_Monkee

One Problem,IT WONT OPEN,i clik on open enigine_equip on bini but it does nothing not a thing,like i cliked on nothing...Help?

Fri Jul 04, 2003 9:38 pm by man[!]ac

If it doesnt open temporarily move the file to the data folder. It will open from there then when you are finished move it back

Sun Jul 06, 2003 9:45 am by TheJkWhoSaysNi

How I can give my Sabre the nice Anubis red flame engine? Thanks.

Edited by - TheJkWhoSaysNi on 06-07-2003 15:31:58

Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:33 pm by Victor

Look for the engine the Anubis uses (ge_oe_engine_01) and copy the flame_effect and trail_effect lines into the engine the Titan uses (ge_coe2_engine_01), then duplicate the trail_effect line as trail_effect_player.

Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:29 pm by PerfectH

Nice tut, but how about a list of all the flame effects and a screenshot? I'm trying to figure out which one is the one for the Bloodhounds.

Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:43 am by some guy

ge_oe_engine_01, Anubis Engine
ge_bwe2_engine_01, Sabre Engine
ge_gf6_engine_01, Eagle Engine
ge_coe2_engine_01, Titan Engine
ge_bhe2_engine_01, Hammerhead Engine
ge_gf5_engine_01, Falcon Engine
ge_bwe_engine_01, Stiletto Engine
ge_coe_engine_01, Centurion Engine
ge_pe_engine_01, Wolfhound Engine
ge_bhe_engine_01, Barracuda Engine
ge_ke_engine_01, Dragon Engine
ge_le_engine_01, Defender Engine
ge_be_engine_01, Crusader Engine
ge_re_engine_01, Valkyrie Engine
ge_bwf_engine_01, Dagger Engine
ge_gf4_engine_01, Hawk Engine
ge_lf_engine_01, Patriot Engine
ge_gf1_engine_01, Starflier Engine
ge_kf_engine_01, Drake Engine
ge_pf_engine_01, Bloodhound Engine
ge_bf_engine_01, Cavalier Engine
ge_rf_engine_01, Banshee Engine
ge_cof_engine_01, Legionnaire Engine
ge_bhf_engine_01, Piranha Engine
ge_gf2_engine_01, Startracker Engine
ge_lfr_engine_01, Rhino Engine
ge_pfr_engine_01, Mule Engine
ge_bfr_engine_01, Clydesdale Engine
ge_kfr_engine_01, Drone Engine
ge_rfr_engine_01, Humpback Engine
ge_bwfr_engine_01, Dromedary Engine
escape_pod_engine, Escape Pod Engine
ge_csv_engine_01, CSV Engine
ge_nb_engine_01, Nomad Battleship ( i would not use that if i was you - you get all the stuff in side the battleship - the pinkthings whirlin around and stuff )

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Edited by - some guy on 12/15/2004 9:17:21 AM

Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:09 am by erkolos

I have fun with the effect br_tachyon_04_proj, using it as a flame effect.

Thu Jan 06, 2005 10:45 am by cjabates

what if you don't want an engine effect? I have a few ships that don't have "standard" engines (i.e. gravity wave generators, etc.) would I be able to get away with not having a flame_effect?

Chris Bates
Modeler, SSM-TC
http://ssm-tc.cz-board.de

Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:33 am by Mephistopheles

Remove the lines

flame_effect=gf_br_largeengine02
trail_effect=gf_br_atransport_engine01_trail
trail_effect_player=gf_br_atransport_engine01_trail

Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:44 pm by parabolix

Do you mean no engine effect at all or an engine effect outside of the standard effects? Effects outside the "norm" are easily possible. See mine here.

Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:50 pm by -DTX-

question:
is it possibl;e to ALTER the color of those flames?
my favorite exhaust is the rheinland chemical exhaust(i call it chemical...) but my favorite color is(like many others here) the anubs reddish color...

coud i alter the rheinland exhaust fumes to show as red, rather then green?

Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:11 pm by Louva-Deus

Yes and No. Yes it can be done, no you can't do it yet.

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