[REL] SH3 underwater dust&suspended particles

[Rubini]

Mod Released!
From the "readme":


SP 28/07/2013
Rubini´s underwater dust&plancton effect v1
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- What this mod does?
This mod adds underwater dust&plancton effect in front of the object, free and event camera. This effect is present in sh4 and sh5 using shaders, what isn´t disposable on sh3.I added this effect using particles attached to the above cameras. Isn´t perfect but seems very reasonable and imersive anyway.

- Things that i must know?
1.Take in mind that the number of particles can be virtually "infinite" as their shapes colors and properties. Its very bore to test and test all the possibilities, so i finished with some that was good for my taste and environment. This is very important because sh3 have a lot of different environments (read here underwater colors, fog and light) and millions of self adjusts. So the present effects could end not so good for you. You always can open the files, changes the dust&planctons textures, their sizes, colours, opacity, etc, etc to fit better your taste&environment. If you do so, please share your "version" with the comunnity.

2. I also added to this version some blur effects and the destabilized object camera. Some ppl could not like this. I will try to release an solo version later.

3. The effect on this first version are very tiny and discrete. The effect on object view is yet more discrete than the free cam view. Let me know your preference.

4. I also prefer and have tried a more fine particles but they just vanish in the underwater restrict colors/environment of sh3. It´s really not easy to make the same effect good for day and night colors. So this first version is a compromisse and a WIP! Please let me know yours comments.

- How to easily adjust the "amount" of visible particles on object cam?
Open the mod´s cameras.val file with s3d and locate on the "line" 48: "FastParticleGenerator", GlobalScale, OpacityScale. Just change this number from 1,2 to 1,4 and you will see a considerable more "amount" of particles - in truth they were already there just barelly visible. Try with different numbers. Also individual particles can have their opacity adjusted individually.

- How to Install?
It´s jsgme ready and just one tiny file.


Ahoy!
Rubini.

Link
Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/download/5u64mewir9d4qxk/Rubini%C2%B4s_Underwater_dust%26plancton_v1.rar)

Version without Blur effect:
http://www.mediafire.com/?8znftjef137nahv

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Old first post:
Hi guys,

Few days ago I finally achieved to make a very desired mod for my self: add some life and realistic feeling to the empty underwater world of Sh3! SH4 and Sh5 already have very good effects below water. Now we have some of them also for Sh3!
Take a look at this video and let me know your comments. Take in mind that the effect is better in game than in the vídeo because the suspended particles are sometimes very discrete.

http://youtu.be/pcrSOzgc_QE
(it´s necessary to watch the vídeo in hi resolution and in full size)

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9755/yxwm.jpg

Ahoy!

Rubini.

[Jimbuna]

That looks quite promising Rubini...nice one http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Rubini]

Thanks Jimbuna!

It´s already done. Works in any external view (obviously only underwater:O:): object view and free view (event cam yet not tested). The magic is that the "dust" is absolutelly alive, we can use infinite numbers of different particles, with different shapes, colors, transparency, sizes, etc. They have rotation and flows with the sea. They are present at any deep and at any place on the ocean. Much like Sh4 and Sh5. The interesting is that with this approach will be probably also possible to have real 3d clouds and volumetric fog because I can now put anything attached to the cameras, a possibility never openned before for SH3. I´m looking at this clouds/fog issue now. Let´s see!

This underwater dust mod is in truth very very small as it only adds two or three controllers to the external cameras. Will release it soon.:up:

[Hans Witteman]

Hi mate,

Nice work on the particles and yes many new possibility still have to be implemented , thank to latest cpu&video cards performance!

Best regards Hans

[clausewitz]

This is cool. Where did you get the underwater 3d vegetation mod seen in your video?

[VONHARRIS]

Rubini , very good result.
Congratulations on a job well done!:up:

Looking forward to putting this mod into my mod soup!

[Sailor Steve]

Looks fantastic!

HiTake in mind that the effect is better in game than in the vídeo because the suspended particles are sometimes very discrete.
I like that. They are there but not too obvious or too much. I can't wait until I can play again.

[Hans Witteman]

This is cool. Where did you get the underwater 3d vegetation mod seen in your video?

Hi mate,

All hand made one by one, even the rock and urchin! And plants are all animated but we will provide one version with static plants for lower specs system.

Best regards Hans

[clausewitz]

Hi mate,

All hand made one by one, even the rock and urchin! And plants are all animated but we will provide one version with static plants for lower specs system.

Best regards Hans

Are you attempting to answer my question? Who's we? And where?

[Anvart]

Good work... :up: Rubini.
... but nothing new, I think... this is a standard application of the particles such as e.g. air bubbles under water but connected to the camera, obviously... and, maybe, with animated sprites... but, it's, I see, without the volume effect... need more very small particles, I think.

Good luck.

[Hans Witteman]

Are you attempting to answer my question? Who's we? And where?

Sorry clause i was confuse with HAHD ocean alive 1.0 : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=179694&page=204

My mistake and my apology to Rubini i was not trying to hijack the thread.

:Kaleun_Salute:

Best regards Hans

[clausewitz]

Rubini, what is your 3d ocean floor plant mod called? Where can I find it?

[Rubini]

Rubini, what is your 3d ocean floor plant mod called? Where can I find it?

Here mate:
"Undersea Mod Reworked"
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166549

@Hans
Sorry clause i was confuse with HAHD ocean alive 1.0 : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...79694&page=204

My mistake and my apology to Rubini i was not trying to hijack the thread.
Awesome mate! I didn´t remembered about that! Until the release of HAHD we will have this mod here as a tease then!::up:

@Anvart
Good work... Rubini.
... but nothing new, I think... this is a standard application of the particles such as e.g. air bubbles under water but connected to the camera, obviously... and, maybe, with animated sprites... but, it's, I see, without the volume effect... need more very small particles, I think.

Good luck.

Yes, the news here (at least for me) is the success in attached particles to the cameras nodes and make them works correctly. Reading a few minutes ago Hans´s post about HAHD ocean alive it´s almost obvious that they also have find the way to make the particles works on cameras nodes. And also i guess that i was correct about my idea to add more and more particles/object particles to the cameras. They will work!:up:
And i agree, animated particles/more particles will be the best. But i have not the time (neither the necessary skills) to make good volumetric/animated particles. This will be for HAHD team.:D I will try to release this mod with directions to the players adjust the particles by theirself, this way the effect will fit better wich one installation/mods.:yep:

@Steve,
I like that. They are there but not too obvious or too much. I can't wait until I can play again.
The same feeling here. I like and agree that the effects must be not too much, not so few. Even that this is not always easy to be done because sh3 have serious engine limitations, poor underwater environment colors&effects (you make them good for day but they are not that good for night and so on) and also because we have a lot of differents modded environments. For sure we will need to have an adjustable colors/bright/opacity/size/amount particles properties by the player for this mod.:up:

[clausewitz]

Here mate:
"Undersea Mod Reworked"
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166549

@Hans

Awesome mate! I didn´t remembered about that! Until the release of HAHD we will have this mod here as a tease then!::up:

@Anvart


Yes, the news here (at least for me) is the success in attached particles to the cameras nodes and make then works correctly. Reading a few minutes ago Hans´s post about HAHD ocean alive it´s almost obvious that they also have find the way to make the particles works on cameras nodes. And also i guess that i was correct about my idea to add more and more particles/object particles to the cameras. They will work!:up:
And i agree, animated particles/more particles will be the best. But i have not the time (neither the necessary skills) to make good volumetric/animated particles. This will be for HAHD team.:D I will try to release this mod with directions to the players adjust the particles by theirself, this way the effect will fit better wich one installation/mods.:yep:

@Steve,

The same feeling here. I like and agree that the effects must be not too much, not so few. Even that this is not always easy to be done because sh3 have serious engine limitations, poor underwater environment colors&effects (you make then good for day but they are not that good for night and so on) and also because we have a lot of differents modded environments. For sure we will need to have an adjustable colors/bright/opacity/size/amount particles properties by the player for this mod.:up:

Pretty cool mod. Both of them.

[Jimbuna]

Pretty cool mod. Both of them.

Rgr that.

[bojan811]

Nice one. :up:

[Myxale]

The Magician strikes back....again.

:D

This little mod will add so much.:up:

[LGN1]

Hi Rubini,

any release date for this very nice work? :up:

Regards, LGN1

[Jimbuna]

Looking forward to this.

[Sepp von Ch.]

Yes, I agree, me too. Looks interesting. I hope, this mod will be compatible with GWX and SH5 water mod.

[Rubini]

Thanks mates for the interest on this wip. My RL is just that busy latelly. I just finished a 18months hard reform of my clinic and just 2 weeks that i started to move back again. Last 3 months I barelly saw my emails.

As soon as possible I will finish this mod. Thanks again!:up:

[Rubini]

Mod released!
First post updated!

@Moderators: can you change the [WIP] to a [REL] on the thread title?
Thanks!
Rubini.

[Jimbuna]

Mod released!
First post updated!

@Moderators: can you change the [WIP] to a [REL] on the thread title?
Thanks!
Rubini.

Sorted.

[Rubini]

Thanks Jim!:up:

[Sepp von Ch.]

Hello Rubini, is the view in this mod the same as in your great ultimative view mod (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2023196&postcount=1)?

[Rubini]

Hello Rubini, is the view in this mod the same as in your great ultimative view mod (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2023196&postcount=1)?
Yes, I just added the dust&plancton and some blur effects over it.:up:

[brett25]

excellent mod rubini:up: really looks nice

[Sepp von Ch.]

Yes, I just added the dust&plancton and some blur effects over it.:up:

Thank you very much!:salute:

[Jimbuna]

Thanks Jim!:up:
Anytime :03:

[fitzcarraldo]

The mod works fine in my GWX installation, great work!

Many thanks, maester Rubini!

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[makman94]

very cool addition Rubini :up:

thank you

[twexl]

Another masterpiece! Glad you incorporated your objectview camera mod, I been using it since day one. In port at the moment so haven't tested it at sea. Thankyou. :salute:

[sailor_X]

Hi Rubini,

Nice mod. I enabled it after Ultimate ObjectView Camerav1.0 mod and it looked ok from the first glance, but I'm getting frequent camera blur effect stuck on screen forever when I lock camera on the unit (external cam) and then boost time compression a bit. Camera then is stuck with blur effect on external view. :wah: I also noticed that blur effect is more common to stuck when my u-boat is submerged rather than on surface. Perhaps it will help to solve the issue in future..

Edited: Disregard the text in red, the blur effect gets stuck when submerged u-boat reaches speed of h'sie's hardcode fix..:

4. Periscope-Fix
Periscopes nearly useless for higher speeds, since blur effect simulates periscopes vibrations. At higher speeds, periscopes are moved down automatically.

The effect that should be visible only on periscopes can be seen on external cam too using this mod..

[sublynx]

You Sir are a genius! Just one tiny file that doesn't even conflict with any other mods and it looks so cool :D The only problem is now I feel seasick when I watch an MTB bouncing on the waves... But I'll get used to it soon.

I didn't realize how e m p t y the underwater sea scenery was until I tried your mod. Thanks a lot :up:

[Rubini]

@sailor_X
I use this mod as it is and also with hsie pericope speed blur limit without issues. Just the blur as expect from both mods.
Let me know if you or someone more want it (this mod without blur effect) and I will make it.:up:



@sublynx
Note that the unstabilized camera can have 99% of goods but it also have 1% of odd moments, for example when the uboat is surfacing/submerging at great speed the camera becomes a bit too inclined - nothing that you can´t solve changing the angle view with your mouse anyway. All the others 99% time it is just great! And it really seasicks!:up:

[sailor_X]

Rubini, I like the blur effect too, perhaps it happened because I enable it on top of Ultimate camera view 1.0 :06:

[sublynx]

I have now played with this effect while attacking a convoy and I have to say that this mod is a great atmosphere enhancer. The unstabilized camera gives the perfect illusion of watching the events from the deck of a ship bouncing on the waves and if you're forced to dive you dive into a sea with plancton and whatnot and not just a blue nothingness.

This mod is like KB's Diesel Sound mod, it only changes the tiniest part of the game, but once you try it you realize that you just can't play without it because these kinds of mods take you inside the game world. Just like KB's diesel sound making a big difference to the feeling of speed when the engines start really roaring at full RPM's this mod helps one distinguish between sailing along slowly at 8 knots versus full speed at 15 - 16 knots as the seasick effect gets the worse the faster one travels :arrgh!:

[Borgneface]

S! Rubini;

Superb work......I do enjoy underwater outside view....seeing partuciles of all sizes and shapes...;floating around....
Well done,
Thank you:up:

[Rubini]

Thanks again mates to try this mod!

Just to remind that the unstabilized camera mod (that are added to this "dust&plancton" mod) isn´t only about unstabilized views. But also about really free object view camera, with far in/out zoom limits and fov changes at your fingers! this IMHO is also a must.:up:

[sailor_X]

@sailor_X
I use this mod as it is and also with hsie pericope speed blur limit without issues. Just the blur as expect from both mods.
Let me know if you or someone more want it (this mod without blur effect) and I will make it.:up:


http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3300/ay7.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/ay7.png/)

It looks like this.

Situation: U-boat is submerged and does speed above h.sie's periscope blur effect, external cam must follow any unit with <> keys.

[Rubini]

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3300/ay7.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/407/ay7.png/)

It looks like this.

Situation: U-boat is submerged and does speed above h.sie's periscope blur effect, external cam must follow any unit with <> keys.

I guess that this is about hsie mod. As you said in the picture the uboat is above hsie periscope blur speed, so i guess that this is expected. Do you already tried to disable this feature on hsie´s mod and see what happens?

[sailor_X]

Well I tried without your mod and there was no problem with blur on external cam attached to a unit. So I believe the problem lies in your mod, or somewhere in between those two..

[Rubini]

Well I tried without your mod and there was no problem with blur on external cam attached to a unit. So I believe the problem lies in your mod, or somewhere in between those two..

Hi sailor_X,

I will release a version without that blur effect. Anyhow, as I said i have not any problem at my end. These "odds" things occurs with hsie´s periscope blur, but they are intentionnal on his mod to really makes the game "unplayable" above that setted submerged speed. Stay tunned!

[sailor_X]

Hi sailor_X,

I will release a version without that blur effect. Anyhow, as I said i have not any problem at my end. These "odds" things occurs with hsie´s periscope blur, but they are intentionnal on his mod to really makes the game "unplayable" above that setted submerged speed. Stay tunned!

Well I was hoping it could be fixed, but if not I will use this mod anyway. Blur effect itself looks great. I'll just try not to force those odds to appear :)

[Rubini]

Well I was hoping it could be fixed, but if not I will use this mod anyway. Blur effect itself looks great. I'll just try not to force those odds to appear :)

First post updated with a a version without blur effect!:up:

[scunnygsi]

Just downloaded this, great mod ! I love the water effects when the camera transitions from underwater to the surface.

[gmetzo]

Hi sorry for being so late but after donloading and placing in MODS when I try to activate it through jsgme i get " invalid file name " error.

[Kapitän]

Looks interesting! Does it also work with CCoM?

[gmetzo]

any chance someone will solve my problem?

[Jimbuna]

any chance someone will solve my problem?

If you send me a download link to your file I'll have a look at it for you.