apropos of nothing, here are some "no AI used" images I made for a personal project. I hereby release them under the CC0 license - if you wanna credit, cool, if you don't, also fine.

oh good well at least someone has proven what we knew alread--- wait, it was openai? they released a study that said their own product doesn't work?

haha, never, unless...?

Here's the original RT art and explanation for melta weapons:
Looks like a melta weapon is essentially just a REALLY POWERFUL microwave weapon - maybe switching from "fuel" to projecting radiation or emitting superheated air/gas would work better?
Also the ribbed lower handguard is a common element

@vonpixel.bsky.social the best I've gotten so far is this. I'm not a UE5 PCG expert by any means, but I'll update if I find any new tricks on this problem - it's a sticky one for sure.

ok @angeloslh.bsky.social the basic idea is in the image, create a curve and use that to multiply the force you use, feed player distance to point of maximum pushback into time (assuming your curve is as long as that distance)