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Trail opacity - Which Alpha is right for me?

Yo, Yo! I am making a mod for fs2 that includes a fighter version of the beam cannon. It works great, but the trail effects are crappy. I have been playing around with the alpha settings, and I figured that was the problem. If it's too low (0.1) I get something that looks like flat shaded polygons. If higher (1.5) I get a shiny effect around the trail. This is really bothering me.

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+Start Width: 2.0
+End Width: 2.0
+Start Alpha: 0.1
+End Alpha: 0.1
+Max Life: 0.2
+Bitmap: beam-red
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Tell me if something is wrong, would ya? I want my trail effect to look like a beam cannon.

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try
+Start Alpha: 0.6
+End Alpha: 1.0

or is it the other way around.

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Originally posted by Barrage:
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hah, thats nothing, its 1543 when i posted this.

hey barrage,e-mail me this fighter with a beam cannon attached to it and i'll tell ya if its any good


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