Interestig effects.

[lutzow]

Yo Kaleuns - i'm testing new mod named SH-3FX_0[1].1b which i found on DKruger site.
There is no readme and i don't know if this mod is compatible for GWX but i decided to
make a trial. I'm putted this into JSGME (with GWX installed).
There are nice graphic effects.
Attack of Spitfire:
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6961/1shotscq9.png
Sinking ship
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3476/2sinking1wo7.png
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/3471/3sinking2fh3.png
Here are smokes after crashdown two Hurricanes - pilots makes mistakes sometimes - war is cruel.
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/503/4smokes1xy5.png
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3551/5smokes2cm4.png
Here are strong winds with different directions - probably this is an eye of cyclone:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9859/6question1ec2.png
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5108/7question2zm8.png


Those effects i'm observed through just one patrol - i think there will
be more super eyecandy's. Good work Kruger!;)

[JU_88]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

[lutzow]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

HERE:
http://files.filefront.com/SH+3FX+01brar/;8309765;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SH+3FX+01brar/;8309765;/fileinfo.html)
it leads to Filefront page owned by DKruger - probably he's an author of this mod.

[Pants]

Spitfire attack?
Is there a release of this plane?
And if so where can i get it from please
Nice effects btw :up:

[lutzow]

Spitfire attack?
Is there a release of this plane?
And if so where can i get it from please
Nice effects btw :up:
You have no Spitfire? Wait a moment.

[Pants]

Ahh cool thx Lutzow matey :up:

[lutzow]

OK.Here is Spitfire
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5144/spituy0.png
and you can DL him here
http://files.filefront.com/Spitfire+MkVb+GWX+130+1rar/;8252914;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/Spitfire+MkVb+GWX+130+1rar/;8252914;/fileinfo.html)

LITTLE CORRECTION: Picture shows Spitfire Mk[1].Vc
LINK LEADS TO:Spitfire MkVb for GWX
Sorry about that. Author of planes : Testpilot

[Pants]

Outstanding matey thanks again :rock:
Damn these are great effects
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5650/boomlk5.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=boomlk5.jpg)

[bigboywooly]

:o :o bloody hell
That aircraft has 4 skins totalling 32mb

[madmike81]

yeah that smoke looks very nice. so does this work with GWX???

[Kpt. Lehmann]

:o :o bloody hell
That aircraft has 4 skins totalling 32mb

Crimeny... now imagine a flight of several.

Potential FPS wrecking service there, depending on what else is also happening within 3D rendering range.

[Pants]

yeah that smoke looks very nice. so does this work with GWX???

Yup it's works fine with GWX matey :up:

[TheDarkWraith]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

you have missed my funnel smoke mod then didn't you?? You will see the smoke before the ship....

[JU_88]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

you have missed my funnel smoke mod then didn't you?? You will see the smoke before the ship....

:o I guess I did, you got link for it - would love to see it! :rock:

[TheDarkWraith]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

you have missed my funnel smoke mod then didn't you?? You will see the smoke before the ship....

:o I guess I did, you got link for it - would love to see it! :rock:

PM sent. Don't want to hijack thread.

[Venatore]

:o :o bloody hell
That aircraft has 4 skins totalling 32mb
Crimeny... now imagine a flight of several.

Potential FPS wrecking service there, depending on what else is also happening within 3D rendering range.

:hmm:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

:o :o bloody hell
That aircraft has 4 skins totalling 32mb
Crimeny... now imagine a flight of several.

Potential FPS wrecking service there, depending on what else is also happening within 3D rendering range.

:hmm:

Yep. For starters, maybe you could resize those skins downwards by half twice.

I wonder what the polycount for that aircraft is roughly in comparison to other more conservative builds.

Edit: Sorry to hijack. The thread is about effects.

[madmike81]

Speaking of the effects.

Holy Cow!

I should have popped some screenies but i was too busy gawking at the screen most of the time.

The brown water mixed in with the torpedo spray is nice.

The small debris kicking up spary around the targets is better.

The smoke isnt too much of an FPS killer....but man if you bust someones fuel tank and it lights on fire...prepare to see 1 FPS...lol.

But the best part i have seen is the flamming debris comming off explosions. It is the most realistic fire effects i have yet to see in this game. Stunning is a good word.

The addiction to this game gets worse and worse....lol.

PS...if anyone using this mod knows what files i need to dispose of so i dont get the oil fires i would be greatful...but other than that....this mod is good stuff.

[TheDarkWraith]

PS...if anyone using this mod knows what files i need to dispose of so i dont get the oil fires i would be greatful...but other than that....this mod is good stuff.

I haven't looked at the file(s) for this yet but I would bet money on it that they (new effects) are new versions of effects in the particles.dat file. If you replace that then you lose all 'new' effects. I'll have to add this to my list of things to check out. :hmm:

[iambecomelife]

The screenshots look wonderful. I was going to ask if anyone could import the SH4 effects into SH3 but now it looks like it isn't necessary.

[rodan54]

SH4's effects are definitely mind-blowing, thats for sure. ;)

[madmike81]

SH4's effects are definitely mind-blowing, thats for sure. ;)

yeah...it was too bad thats the only part of that game that was...lol.

[TheDarkWraith]

SH4's effects are definitely mind-blowing, thats for sure. ;)

yeah...it was too bad thats the only part of that game that was...lol.

I'll second that! :smug:

[rodan54]

yeah...it was too bad thats the only part of that game that was...lol.
:roll:

Well anyways, back to SH4 land I go.

[madmike81]

Now in all honesty you gotta love this....

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/michaelchristmas/SH3Img1-9-2007_437.43_750.jpg

and this....

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/michaelchristmas/SH3Img1-9-2007_435.55_281.jpg

and oh yeah...this one too

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/michaelchristmas/SH3Img1-9-2007_437.46_937.jpg

[Steel_Tomb]

Hmmm...toasty lol...wouldn't have liked to be the watch crew on that last ship!!!:arrgh!:

[JU_88]

Now that is just bloody awesome, I am abit concerned about the FPS hit though...
Aren't funnel smoke stacks any taller? I really wish I couls see smoke on the horizen before I see ships. :lol:
Anyway where is the d/l link....??

you have missed my funnel smoke mod then didn't you?? You will see the smoke before the ship....

:o I guess I did, you got link for it - would love to see it! :rock:

PM sent. Don't want to hijack thread.

Very Noble of you RB, :yep:
I got it and have tested, its great thanks very much, been after this for so long now. :up:

Back on topic- Has anyone on a mid spec machine tested this mod out on a convoy?
It looks great but I would like to know about the effect it has on performance before I bite the bullet.

[nikbear]

My thoughts exactly,what sort of FPS hit can we expect?:hmm:If your in the middle of a convoy and you light a ship up does everything go to slow-mo,not the best thing to happen just as DD's come sniffing along:nope:

[Woof1701]

@MadMike.
Looks awesome. Do you also have a screenie of a torpedo impact? Thanks!

[Adriatico]

You just tok the question from my mouth!
How can you apply new splash, smoke, particles. fire ...without significant effect on torp hit visuals ???
Please, hit us with 2-3 screens...:o

[Dimitrius07]

I probably will need a Dual core and at least 2 giga of ram to run the game properly with thise effects :hmm: :doh:

[dep1728]

Sir I liked that pic of the merchant marine mod in your message. Is there a mod that puts that ship into play? If so can you tell me where to locate it? thanks. :hmm:

[madmike81]

@MadMike.
Looks awesome. Do you also have a screenie of a torpedo impact? Thanks!

I will try to get one today...plus several others. New puppy here in the house...lol...so im waiting for the little ankle biter to go to sleep so i can play...she is a handful.

As far as a mid spec machine that might be me. i run it with a HP Zd 8000 laptop.

Windows xp
Pentium 4 3.40ghz
1.00 gb ram
ATI Radeon 600

But in all seriousness the only really large fps hit i take is from the oil fires in this mod. If im anywhere near them its pretty bad. But other than that it doesnt seem to hurt me too bad.

[CapZap1970]

I have to say that those effects are really awesome!!!! :o
Will try this right away.
BTW, thanks for the d/l link :up:
CapZap

[java`s revenge]

Have tried this shiv mod and it works. It`s awesome together with
other mods.

I have played one mission in which i torpedoed a destroyer.
What a blast. After that the smoke...real great.

My specs.

geforce 6800gt
2 gb ddr ram
amd 3 ghz processor

[nikpinero]

This mode has had unintended consequences for me.

After installing it using JSGME I found that the resolution had been locked in at 1024X768, overriding the configuration specified on the d3dc9.cfg file. Previously I had the game running at 1366X768.

So I uninstalled the mod, in fact I uninstalled all mods, and I tried different resolutions, but they don´t work anymore, resolution stays locked in at 1024X768.

Somebody please help, the game looks terrible at such a low rez.



Yo Kaleuns - i'm testing new mod named SH-3FX_0[1].1b which i found on DKruger site.
There is no readme and i don't know if this mod is compatible for GWX but i decided to
make a trial. I'm putted this into JSGME (with GWX installed).
There are nice graphic effects.

Those effects i'm observed through just one patrol - i think there will
be more super eyecandy's. Good work Kruger!;)

[Paajtor]

Is write-protection unchecked, for the d3dc9.cfg ?

[nikpinero]

Hi, Paajtor:

No, it wasn´t, but I enabled it after reading your post. It did work, but I had to reduce the resolution from 1366x768 to 1360x768, otherwise it would revert to the default rez.

Thanks for the tip, 1024x768 just wasn´t cutting it.

Is write-protection unchecked, for the d3dc9.cfg ?

[A6Intruder]

Did anyone tried the files for serchlights? (I do not mean the tga-files.) They do not work on my installation. The material-file did also not work, it makes the lightnigs on bad weather, to big white squares.
KInd regards:)

[iambecomelife]

I also had some problems with this mod. There are large, transparent white squares every time there is an explosion. I also noticed bubbles coming out of ships when they were still on the surface.

[Jhereg]

I will second the lightning being borked by this mod.

Its just flashes big white rectangles for every strike. Maybe someone knows how to fix that.:damn:

[SquareSteelBar]

...I also noticed bubbles coming out of ships when they were still on the surface. Hmmm.... chewing gum was nearly unknown in Kriegsmarine during WWII. :hmm:

?????

[TheDarkWraith]

I will second the lightning being borked by this mod.

Its just flashes big white rectangles for every strike. Maybe someone knows how to fix that.:damn:

Check the particles.dat file for the particle generator that makes the lightning. Get the Id from the 'material=' and check that against the materials.dat file. You'll most likely find it doesn't exist in materials.dat thus big white boxes. You need to get the correct ID from materials.dat and place it into the particles.dat for the lightning.

[Reece]

Does anyone know if the hollywood effect has been removed by this version of zones.cfg?:-?
Thanks.

[Jhereg]

I looked and there is no embedded image so there should have been a .tga in the tex normal folder, but there is not.

I believe if I fool around with it tomorrow after some sleep I will be able to put some lightning tga's in and will give it a go:up:

Slllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeepy!

[madmike81]

Does anyone know if the hollywood effect has been removed by this version of zones.cfg?:-?
Thanks.

If your talking about the bodies flying and large explosions..nope...they are still there.

And I will agree the lightning thing is crazy annoying.

But i think with a few treaks here and there this would rank up highly as far as an eye candy mod would go.

[lutzow]

I'm also have troubles with this damned mod. Why i'm always going into
trouble with installing any piece of s...? For what bloody hell i'm downloading this mod?
I have white rectangles over my port lighthouses, i have no my lovely textures on dock walls and surface. People in the port are half placed in the ground!!! Lighthouses are ugly and nasty - where are the beloved ones from Flakmonkey mod?
Interesting effects - good topic - VERDAMMT!
What to do now? Reinstalling whole game?
Help

[Reece]

There are parts that I like but some areas need more work::-?
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SHsfx1.jpg
The speed the wind is blowing the smoke on a calm day is a not right & the flag is blowing the opisite direction, also this effect persists even after ship is sunk:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SHsfx2.jpg
I don't think this mod is GWX compatable, certainly some further editing is needed!:yep:
Definitely has potential though!:D

[lutzow]

You got fine blue water! Are you start game by SH3 Commander?
And you are on mediterranum mare?

[Reece]

Yes I'm in the med! Funny that what ever your playing in campaign mode is reflected in the academy & single missions as well! And I am using SH3 Commander!:D

[A6Intruder]

For me this mod works fine if you leave the "Libary-folder" out.
Kind regards:rock:

[lutzow]

Fine effects you have on your screens...Anyway - this graphic mod needs some corrections...Who is an author? Kruger? I found this mod on his FF page...

[wildchild]

mmmmm just seen this it look's famalier a lot of the file you see in the mod are from sh4 the zonefile was tweek with the sh3 timetraveller's some of the line in the zone file are from sh4 zone file that is how you get the smoke like it this this mod was made some time ago and i dont no how you got hold of it:hmm: o yeah. yes it dose make the lightning go away have to replase the ligthning file to get it back witch i have

[Jhereg]

Yeah I just took the texs and imported em into the GWX Materials.dat and am getting the better part of this mod.

It seems to be a Work in Progress not a complete mod as there are several test .tga's in the tex folder.

All I can say is user beware....LOL:damn:

[wildchild]

Yeah I just took the texs and imported em into the GWX Materials.dat and am getting the better part of this mod.

It seems to be a Work in Progress not a complete mod as there are several test .tga's in the tex folder.

All I can say is user beware....LOL:damn: yes that is y it was not put up for down load it was upload to ff for a short time for some one to down load then delete till it was finish. there are still bugs and its not to stabel online