I had hoped to make a much larger set but I wanted to make sure to get something out there within two weeks of the latest Mystic Mod release. Additionally, I no longer have access to my preferred video editing software so making looping animation became nearly impossible.
That said, I think these are some of the better looking animated decals for FPSC. In particular, the sparks decal is pretty slick.
My other concern has been the lack of action on the forums in general lately. It's hard to motivate when you can't be sure that your work will be put to use. However, from past experience I've found that for every one person that leaves a comment, about 20 other people download the goods so I guess there are lurkers out there - which is reassuring.
Thanks for downloading! Let me know what you think and let me know what else you'd like to see in future decal packs. I do enjoy making them quite a bit and hopefully I can get a machine that runs Sony Vegas. I've been updating my license for this software for over 8 years now but my current machine refuses to install it for reasons I can not figure out.
When I get that sorted out, I can do looping animations. Also, I have been playing around in Adobe After Effects, which is a vastly superior program for particle effect creation than my current toolset (which for now is ExGen and Particle Illusion 2). In fact, these 8 decals were done using ExGen and Photoshop. At least ExGen will export to a single image, saving me the hassle of having to manually place every single frame into a single sprite sheet.
Woah...I'm feeling chatting this morning. Coffee must be working.
