These are two animation files of the same subject, one in .FLC format
and the other in anim-5 format. It is a test animation of one way to
create a cool looking rocket exhaust in Imagine 4.0 using the Fire and
Ghostly textures. One of my pet peeves is that almost every space scene
including Star Wars and Babylon5 use a simple bright light (usually
accentuated with a glaring lensflare) to indicate the propulsion system
of a ship. I prefer to have a white-hot exhaust jet spewing out
accelerated mass just to be a little more realistic. After all, if you
are using a propulsion system limited by Newton's laws, then you might
as well depict it as close as possible!
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