Pacific environment 4 RELEASED - Page 28

DrBeast · 09-10-08, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

Beta testers, expect a PM soon; I've ran into some problems and need your help.

Nevermind guys, download's here. I'll get on it as soon as I get home.

kriller2 · 09-10-08, 11:43 AM

Here is how it looks in the single mission "Battle of the philipine sea" on an ATI x3850 with the settings I posted further up in this post, I hope that most of the users gets the same experience

Gunfighter · 09-10-08, 01:47 PM

DC 1 Explosion

DC 2 water colour changes will this be normal as it looks good, disappears after a few seconds

again after torp strike

kriller2 · 09-10-08, 02:01 PM

Hi Gunfigher,

No this is a bug which Nisgeis has corrected and the fix will be included in the full PE4, but only if Nisgeis can get the depth of the sea to work in all areas of the game, as he wrote further up in this thread it is very dificult to correct the depth of the sea and the sh4-engine wasn't build for what we are trying to do..

BTW if you have strange sea, try save the game and reload it to get back the high detail waves and don't run more than 2048 TC, the wave-states will get out of sync when running high TC.

kriller2 · 09-10-08, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

Beta testers, expect a PM soon; I've ran into some problems and need your help.

Nevermind guys, download's here. I'll get on it as soon as I get home.

So you have the zones from TM now? - if not I can send it to you right away.

DrBeast · 09-11-08, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by kriller2

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

Beta testers, expect a PM soon; I've ran into some problems and need your help.

Nevermind guys, download's here. I'll get on it as soon as I get home.

So you have the zones from TM now? - if not I can send it to you right away.

Yup, got it, checked, confirmed there's something wrong, corrected

Beta testers, expect a PM soon with Special Effects for TMO 152. Those of you who use TM, please give it a go and see if all works (I can't test it as I don't have the add-on).

Now, with regards to PE4...let me get some caffeine into my system and I'll be back, ok?

ETA: Beta testers, check your PMs...need more caffeine!

TDK1044 · 09-11-08, 05:58 AM

With TM, I've always run with Volumetric Fog enabled and Environmental Effects disabled as Duci pointed out that this produces the best results. The game looks great with thoser settings, but will I need to enable Environmental Effects with this mod, K2?

kriller2 · 09-11-08, 06:09 AM

Yes with PE4 it is important to run with the EE effects, because I made a little trick with the cloudsshadows - shader so that it lights up the sea instead of darken it, to get rid of the black sea during sunsets.

The devs didn't finish the cloud shadows shader, so the shadows you see on the sea in stock SH4 is random and doesn't follow the clouds, it's a shame and I tried pm'ing Seeadler about it and it's because the devs didn't make a vertex shader for it.

it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering as I allso edited the shaders controlling how the colours should be affected by it to archive a more realistic light of the game, before if you enabled it during the sunsets the pps filters would make the game look strange at sunset / sunrise with to much saturation.

Ishigami · 09-11-08, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kriller2

it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering

Will you include a mod to remove the grain effect of ppf?

TDK1044 · 09-11-08, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by kriller2

Yes with PE4 it is important to run with the EE effects, because I made a little trick with the cloudsshadows - shader so that it lights up the sea instead of darken it, to get rid of the black sea during sunsets.

The devs didn't finish the cloud shadows shader, so the shadows you see on the sea in stock SH4 is random and doesn't follow the clouds, it's a shame and I tried pm'ing Seeadler about it and it's because the devs didn't make a vertex shader for it.

it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering as I allso edited the shaders controlling how the colours should be affected by it to archive a more realistic light of the game, before if you enabled it during the sunsets the pps filters would make the game look strange at sunset / sunrise with to much saturation.

Cool. Many thanks.

kriller2 · 09-11-08, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Ishigami

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Originally Posted by kriller2

it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering

Will you include a mod to remove the grain effect of ppf?

Yes the no grain effect is included as default in PE4

(and PE 3.3 btw)

Syxx_Killer · 09-11-08, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kriller2

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Originally Posted by Ishigami

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Originally Posted by kriller2

it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering

Will you include a mod to remove the grain effect of ppf?

Yes the no grain effect is included as default in PE4

(and PE 3.3 btw)

On the flip side, could you release an option that re-enables it?

I liked it in the stock game. I've read that if I replace the noise.dds file with the stock it should re-enable the grainy effect. However, I have never had that be the case. I had to delete some shader file from the mod before enabling. With all the work PE puts into the SH4 environment, I don't want to mess something up by deleting a shader file.

KrOkOZyABrA · 09-11-08, 10:43 AM

I like grainy effect too!!!

Sorry...

kriller2 · 09-11-08, 11:04 AM

Sorry this will not be included in PE4 tommorow...

TDK1044 · 09-11-08, 11:16 AM

Hi K2,

My install order for TM and Operation Monson is:

TMO 152
TMO_sboat_engine_Patch
OM V400
OM V400 Patch 2
OM_V400_Uboat_Damage_Mod_RC1
TMO_Enable_Uboat_V4

Will your mod go after TMO_sboat_engine_patch and before OM V400?

09-10-08, 11:43 AM	#407
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Here is how it looks in the single mission "Battle of the philipine sea" on an ATI x3850 with the settings I posted further up in this post, I hope that most of the users gets the same experience __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod Last edited by kriller2; 09-10-08 at 12:51 PM.

09-10-08, 01:47 PM	#408
Gunfighter Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne UK Posts: 720 Downloads: 133 Uploads: 0	PE4 testing Shaders DC 1 Explosion DC 2 water colour changes will this be normal as it looks good, disappears after a few seconds again after torp strike __________________

09-10-08, 02:01 PM	#409
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hi Gunfigher, No this is a bug which Nisgeis has corrected and the fix will be included in the full PE4, but only if Nisgeis can get the depth of the sea to work in all areas of the game, as he wrote further up in this thread it is very dificult to correct the depth of the sea and the sh4-engine wasn't build for what we are trying to do.. BTW if you have strange sea, try save the game and reload it to get back the high detail waves and don't run more than 2048 TC, the wave-states will get out of sync when running high TC. __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod

09-11-08, 06:09 AM	#413
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Yes with PE4 it is important to run with the EE effects, because I made a little trick with the cloudsshadows - shader so that it lights up the sea instead of darken it, to get rid of the black sea during sunsets. The devs didn't finish the cloud shadows shader, so the shadows you see on the sea in stock SH4 is random and doesn't follow the clouds, it's a shame and I tried pm'ing Seeadler about it and it's because the devs didn't make a vertex shader for it. it's allso best to run with Postprocess filtering as I allso edited the shaders controlling how the colours should be affected by it to archive a more realistic light of the game, before if you enabled it during the sunsets the pps filters would make the game look strange at sunset / sunrise with to much saturation. __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod Last edited by kriller2; 09-11-08 at 06:26 AM.

09-11-08, 11:04 AM	#419
kriller2 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,227 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Sorry this will not be included in PE4 tommorow... __________________ *Kriller2.* [MODs] Real Environment mod and Pacific Enviroments 4 mod

09-11-08, 05:58 AM	#412
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	With TM, I've always run with Volumetric Fog enabled and Environmental Effects disabled as Duci pointed out that this produces the best results. The game looks great with thoser settings, but will I need to enable Environmental Effects with this mod, K2?

09-11-08, 10:43 AM	#418
KrOkOZyABrA Seaman Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 37 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	I like grainy effect too!!! Sorry...

09-11-08, 11:16 AM	#420
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Hi K2, My install order for TM and Operation Monson is: TMO 152 TMO_sboat_engine_Patch OM V400 OM V400 Patch 2 OM_V400_Uboat_Damage_Mod_RC1 TMO_Enable_Uboat_V4 Will your mod go after TMO_sboat_engine_patch and before OM V400?