Suggestion: "directional" explosions

Link? Sounds awesome.

http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=50320&

It was really over the top, but it's a good proof of concept.

And I've implemented it in half an hour in FA :

http://www.faforever.com/forums/viewtop ... f=2&t=4631

Do you always sign your posts twice? lol

Anyways, I think the term you are looking for is "Directional Debris", directional explosions (and directional splash damage) look and function like this:



Good examples of shaped splash damage can be seen in Starcraft 2, via units like the Hellion (a straight line), the Hellbat (sweeping arcs), and the ultralisk (wide arc cleave). You don't have to look hard to find this is other games, either. It's a concept as old as DnD itself :mrgreen:

Directional splash/explosions are a must have if we really want to get the most out of the debris, here's a great video example of both concepts working together

Edit: Here's a cheat sheet from teamliquid on SC2 splash damage