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1 UP for coroner good friend great modder

I created rain in BFV on multiplayer maps.

My experience is that the quality of the sprite used for the rain can impact the lag. Generally speaking a 2 dimensional sprite (has not collision features) works the best when the emitters are placed high in the sky and emit the sprite downwards in a grouping effect. Hint: imagine a smoke sprite turned upside down with the 2D sprite used instead of the smoke sprite.

Now get adventurous and create a 3D sprite which you can now code with collision aspects so that the rain does not fall through objects ie. buildings as it does with a 2D sprite.

the speed and concentration of the emitter I also found to impact lag. However, a good balance can be struck between sprite quality and the emitter to minimize lag. You dont want multiple pcos falling down.

I cannot think of any reason why you would want it to rain around a player that is moving. Your emitter would also be moving and that likely is creating some lag. Its better to have stationary emitters than trying to hook them to a moving object such as a soldier.

NB: obviously this is CSM not SSM.

Thanx for the help guys!! I think im gonna go back to what everyone is suggesting & place rain objects around the map. Is there a trick to getting the effects to show all over. I only seem to be able to get the effects to show when im looking at the object, which means i have to place multiple effects in same spot but at different heights.

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LOL ive actually made a mod called "Here comes the Rain!". I was gonna make all the bf 1942 map with rain & raise the water level so everything looked flooded. I have the water level raised on Berlin... it seems to work. Not sure yet if rain is acutally do-able ssm tho.

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im using ObjectTemplate.lodDistance 5
anything less & effects will not show in 3rd person. at ObjectTemplate.lodDistance 10, when i walk up to say 3 bots grouped together, i get massive lag. i'll play with it some more, but i think the only solution is to just place the effects on the terrain.

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