Weaker Tornadoes

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23 Mar 2014 16:39 #1

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are they possible? Thanks if you help!

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23 Mar 2014 16:48 #2

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Scaling the tornado to different sizes will help. The bigger the tornado, the weaker. The smaller, the stronger.

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23 Mar 2014 18:01 #3

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my tornado is already .25 by .25 by .25 in size

I was asking because I saw a long time ago a way to make duct fans weaker and stronger (don't remember what it was now) and I was wondering if the same thing could be applied to tornadoes. You do this by adding an Dynamic Field but I don't know what to call it or how to do the value

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23 Mar 2014 21:16 #4

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The force of DuctFans/Tornadoes are set in datablock fields, rather than in object fields.
What that means is, where you see

Code:

datablock = "DuctFan";

You can change that to

Code:

datablock = "SmallDuctFan";

and it will use the SmallDuctFan datablock (which has reduced power). You can create a less powerful datablock by using this code at the top of your mission file:

Code:

datablock StaticShapeData(WeakTornado : Tornado)
{
   // Pull the marble in
   forceType[0] = Spherical;  // Force type {Spherical, Field, Cone}
   forceStrength[0] = -60;     // Force to apply
   forceRadius[0] = 8;        // Max radius

   // Counter sphere to slow the marble down near the center
   forceType[1] = Spherical;
   forceStrength[1] = 60;
   forceRadius[1] = 3;

   // Field to shoot the marble up
   forceType[2] = Field;
   forceVector[2] = "0 0 1";
   forceStrength[2] = 250;
   forceRadius[2] = 3;
};

From there, you can change all the force values to better fit your tornado strength (those are the defaults). After that, simply change your tornado's datablock field from

Code:

datablock = "Tornado";

Code:

datablock = "WeakTornado";

Let me know if this works, or if you have any questions

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24 Mar 2014 14:10 #5

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Thanks! This will be cool to try out!

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