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/suppressCloseFX not working

Aragain

By Aragain,
Posted on: 2010-04-01 19:17 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Hello -

I am using /suppressCloseFXdist 30 and /suppressCloseFX 1 but I still see the effects of the shields on my scrapper. Is there any other setting that interacts with these?

I can see in graphics options that Suppress FX When Close in enabled.

Any help would be great since it's kinda making me crazy lol.

 

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Some powers/auras/effects are not flagged to be suppressed by the command. Try a higher number like "/suppressCloseFXdist 200" just to make sure it's disabled all the time, and if you still see it, that's probably what's going on.

Have you tried the command with a different character with different powers?

Zombie Man is the one to ask about this one. Hes been messing with that command for years and probably knows which powers don't work.

 

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I can tell you that you'll still see some Shield auras every once in awhile even if you're using that setting. You'll see Active Defense when it activates, for instance, and sometimes you'll see Against All Odds.

This happens with /SR's click mez as well, unless you have it set in the tailor to not show any FX. Unfortunately, Shield doesn't have that option.

For the vast majority of the time though, it should work with Shield auras.

I'll also add my vote to the suggestion to put the number higher. I use 300 myself.

 

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Originally Posted by Aragain View Post
Hello -

I am using /suppressCloseFXdist 30 and /suppressCloseFX 1 but I still see the effects of the shields on my scrapper. Is there any other setting that interacts with these?

I can see in graphics options that Suppress FX When Close in enabled.

Any help would be great since it's kinda making me crazy lol.
Master-Blade has it correct.

/SuppressCloseFX 1 is the same as enabling it in the option window.

/SupressCloseFXdist 30 means that you have to pan your camera within 30 feet of the character for the GFX to stop displaying. That's pretty close. So, zoom your camera in real close and see if the GFX stops displaying.

I just got on live to test this. The commands and the feature are working fine for my powers' auras.

It just might be that the particular shield hasn't been flagged to suppress or it's bugged. If that's the case send a PM to Arbiter Kim about it to forward it to BAB (he's not taking PMs at the moment).

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Thanks guys -

It works fine with Superspeed on a different character (fire/fire blaster).

I tried /SuppressCloseFXdist 300 on this claws/electric scrapper but Conductive Shield and Static Shield are still visible.

I noticed that for Charged Armor I still see some effects when the power first activates but after that the effects are not shown when SuppressFX is on. So it looks like the suppression is functioning but these particular powers are not effected by it - bummer!

Probably the best I can do is use up a free tailor session and make the colors as bland as possible.

Anyway, thanks again for the fast replies.