Originally Posted by volodya61 (Post 2055994)

I'm afraid you got me wrong :).. Black Sea is a warm sea and I often have seen it in 'mirror' state.. I think, my suggestions are more for the cold seas.. like Baltic, North, Barents, Norwegian etc..

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2055999)

Okay, hopefully your point don't change the essence of our plan..

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2054866)

For watch crew, you can adjust Visual fog factor in Sensors.cfg. As for ship identification abilities by the officer, you should ask TDW on it.

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2056239)

Back again with fog :D
That's awesome! Thanks to Volodya and Gap :up:

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2056239)

I adjusted this visual fog factor in sensor.cfg of IRAI, and now my crew can ONLY get a visual contact when boat is getting slowly out of fog layer :yeah:
No need to adjust something else for the locking target issue, as it's very tied to what my crew is visually detecting!
Meaning no visual contact of watch crew, no target locking possible...

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2056239)

At first, i thought i had to decrease TDW value, but no! It gave me the inverse.

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2056239)

I was able to get visual contact (hence lock targets) kilometers away in fog :o
So i increased this value up to 1.10, and all seems fine. Though i still have to fine tune it...and see what's going on with other fog types, and no fog at all of course.
Stay tuned :D

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2056300)

:Kaleun_Party::Kaleun_Salivating:

Perfect!!
I keep new 1.10 value in visual fog factor of IRAI/sensor.cfg :up:
It match perfectly my fog values i tweaked the other day.
Now, i get those values:
- Light fog: 6000m to be able to lock/boat at the edge of fog layer
- Medium fog: 2800m to be able to lock/boat at the edge of fog layer
- Heavy fog: 1100m to be able to lock/boat at the edge of fog layer
- No fog: 15000m to get a visual contact (hence to be able to lock)

Better with pictures :D

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2056306)

Haven't you overdone a bit? I mean, at 6,100, 2,900, and 1,200 m, ship silhouettes are already clearly visible as shown by your screenies, but your crew won't spot them anyway. :hmm2:

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2054866)

Recently, I have created a simple spreadsheet for previewing various wave lenght/heights on graph and comparing them to ship sizes. If you want, I can send it your way. :up:

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2055156)

Sure, could be interesting :up:

Originally Posted by Fifi (Post 2055156)

15m/s = 30 knots :D
I prefer knots as reference, it's much more talking to me. When i navigate for RL, we all use knots instead of m/s :)

Originally Posted by Venus (Post 2059101)

I have a question. I have these installed:

DnyEnv Main mod,
DnyEnv Vivid skies,
DnyEnv Sound
DnyEnv Sea plants, waves & no murky waters.

Problem is the sun is soo bright and massive in the sky. Realistically
it should be about same size as the moon (that's how eclipses occur lol).

So I want to adjust the script SkyPS_SH5.fx but I'm not sure
which to change. The problem for me is the sky is so bright
and everything gets washed out in it.

I understand what you are doing here, trying to create a glare
to obscure things. But truth is, a sailor would just put his
hand over his eyes, or lower his cap to block it lol.

Could you tell me what to change to lower brightness and
make the sun smaller please? Same as moon would be nice.

In fact be a great option, to allow a different sun.

Thanks

Venus

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2059114)

Answering a question posted by Venus in the old [WIP] thread:



You might want to:


1 - try one or both of the following mods, and see if they make things better:

sobers DOF
sobers Light Cfg

2 - play with one or more of the following parameters:

data/Filters/ColorCorrection/hdr_exterior.cfg

Gamma (reduce it)
Brightness (reduce it)
Contrast (reduce it)
LevelsInputMidtone (increase it)
LevelsInputWhite (increase it)


data/Cfg/Lights.cfg

[HDR Exterior]
SunMultiplier (decrease it)
EyeAdaptationTime (decrease it)
GaussBloomMultiplier (decrease it)
LightShaftsStrength (decrese it)
LightShaftsDensity (decrease it)
LightShaftsWeight (decrease it)

My understanding is tha most of the above parameters are in the range 0-1. Unfortunately, it is not easy finding an optimal set of settings, as their effect depends on a number of "external" factors sush as your gfx card, you monitor, etc.

Let us know if you find some settings that work for you :up:

...if not, I am afraid that you are left with one last option:

3 - buy a good pair of sunglasses :sunny: :D

Originally Posted by Venus (Post 2059253)

Ok installed Sobers DOF & Light cfg, helped a little.
So I tweaked the data/cfg/lights.cfg and got a much
more satisfactory and realistic result :)

Here's the changes:

LightShaftStength = 0.015 was 0.055
LightShaftDensity = 0.2 was 0.7
LightShaftWeight = 0.4 was 0.8

This makes a much nicer view into Sun without all the nasty
and unrealistic glare. Also added Sobers DOF & Sobers Light cfg in
Subsims Download section.

Thanks heaps Gap, solved it perfectly :)

Originally Posted by sober (Post 2059747)

On a medium fog night you should not be able to see the bow of your submarine . IE: Cannot quite see it . Adjust the ingame or monitor gamma to achieve this . Nights should be dark not light . You shouldnt be able to tell what flags a ship is running in medium fog at night unless really close .

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2059773)

I like your concept, sober, I think you are one of the most hardcore subsimmers, but to be fair we should also sabotage a bit the visual sensors of our enemies :arrgh!:

Originally Posted by sober (Post 2059747)

On a medium fog night you should not be able to see the bow of your submarine