[Tickets] [Orxonox] #425: Explosion parts for spaceships and other objects (was: Improve the BigExplosion Class)

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#425: Explosion parts for spaceships and other objects
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 Reporter:  fvultier  |       Owner:  nobody                        
     Type:  task      |      Status:  new                           
 Priority:  low       |   Milestone:  Version 0.1 Codename: Arcturus
Component:  AI        |     Version:  0.0.4                         
 Severity:  normal    |    Keywords:  PPS                           
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Description changed by fvultier:

Old description:

> If a Pawn is destroyed a big explosion is displayed. The BigExplosion
> class is responsible for this effect. Unfortunately this class contains
> too much hard coded stuff. For example the links to the meshes for the
> explosion chunks are written in the C++ code. It would be better to
> define these paths in XML. That way we could define different explosion
> effects for different Spaceships/Pawns. If I destroy a wooden box in
> "Mission one" there shouldn't be metal pieces flying away ...
>
> Steps:
> - Understand how the BigExplosion class works.
> - Improve it
> - Design some simple explosion chunks in Blender
> - Create a possibility to define in XML something like: "If this
> spaceship is destroyed create a BigExplosion with 5 explosion chunks of
> type xy."

New description:

 A new feature since HS15 is that every spaceship or other object may have
 a different explosion effect. It is also possible to define that a model
 collapses into many small pieces (called explosion parts) when it
 explodes.  So far only a few of our spaceships have such explosion parts.
 Your task is to design more such parts.

 Steps:
 - Understand how the ExplosionPart class works.

 - Design some simple explosion chunks in Blender. The easiest way to do so
 is by cutting existing spacehips into pieces with Blender.

 - Asteroids, Cargo crates and space stations also need explosion parts.

 - Create explosion particle effects e.g. with OgreParticleLab

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