✅ Verified in-game — deeper pass: reframed as a screen-tint override (not an ordnance spawner), documented ShieldFace and the long 3s restore, surfaced the bright MOAB Atmosphere tunables, cross-linked mrxmoab/MrxUtil/Graphics

Airstrike_Atmosphere_MOAB

Module: airstrike_atomsphere_moab.lua

Overview

This is the screen-grade / post-process flash for the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) airstrike — it does not spawn the bomb. On activation it overrides the global Graphics.Atmosphere look (bright over-exposed flash), then makes nearby heroes shield their eyes via MrxUtil.ShieldFace. The actual ordnance is delivered by MrxMOAB (which inherits from MrxDaisyCutter). Its numeric grade is the same as the daisy-cutter variant except the restore takes longer.

atomsphere is a typo baked into the real in-game object name (it means atmosphere). Leave it as-is.

Inheritance

Inherits from: none
Imports: MrxUtil

Instance pattern

Stateless utility module — no per-instance pattern, no uGuid keying, no persistent state. Reacts to one engine OnActivate call.

Functions

`OnActivate(guid)`

Engine lifecycle callback. Schedules _GraphicsAto 0.1 s later via Event.Create(Event.TimerRelative, {0.1}, _GraphicsAto, {guid}).

`_GraphicsAto(guid)`

Runs the Graphics.Atmosphere.Begin() … End() override block (see tunables), then calls MrxUtil.ShieldFace(guid) — plays the "shieldface" action on every player hero within 150 units of guid.

Module constants & tunables

Hardcoded literals inside _GraphicsAto (no named module constants). Notable for this variant:

`Graphics.Atmosphere` key	Value	Effect
`fAtmosphereLimit`	`250`	Wide haze reach.
`fBloomAmount` / `fBloomMultiplier`	`0.84` / `0.66`	Strong bloom.
`fLightIntensity`	`3.75`	Big over-bright flash.
`fTimeRestore`	`3`	Slow ~3 s blend back — the blast look lingers longer than the daisy cutter’s 1.7 s.

Ambient/cube/rim colors are neutral grey 128,128,128,255; gradient stops uiGradient0_Color2 / uiGradient1_Color1 are zeroed to 0,0,255,0.

Events

Not an Event.Create subscription. Event.TimerRelative schedules _GraphicsAto once, 0.1 s after activation. OnActivate is an engine lifecycle callback.

Notes for modders

fTimeRestore (3) is what makes the MOAB flash linger — bump it for an even heavier “the whole area is washed out” feel, or lower it toward the daisy cutter’s 1.7.
Override _GraphicsAto (a plain global) to retune the grade or drop the ShieldFace flinch (150-unit radius, defined in mrxutil).
To change the bomb itself, edit MrxMOAB — this file is visuals only.