diff -r aef4b9316060 -r 02139461250c hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas	Fri Apr 02 20:32:37 2010 +0000
+++ b/hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas	Fri Apr 02 20:49:23 2010 +0000
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@
 if Gear^.Timer >= Gear^.FrameTicks then DeleteVisualGear(Gear)
 else
     begin
-    Gear^.scale := 1.25 * (-power(2, -7 * Int(Gear^.Timer)/Gear^.FrameTicks) + 1) + 0.4;
-    Gear^.alpha := 1.0 * (power(2, -3 * (Gear^.Timer - 350)/350));
+    Gear^.scale := 1.25 * (-power(2, -10 * Int(Gear^.Timer)/Gear^.FrameTicks) + 1) + 0.4;
+    Gear^.alpha := -1.0 * (power(Gear^.Timer/350, 4) - 1);
     end;
 end;