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Originally Posted by JohnCarterOfMars
Thanks for the reply, John.
Can you tell me what Steibler meant by "H.sie's famous hardware fix for SH3" in his post #1 instructions? I don't know if I'm using it or not. I'm using the OneAlex edition of the GWX mod.
Regards,
Also John
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I don't know what the OneAlex mod does for weather but if the weather fix is checked in the patch options, then it uses H.sie's. Normally, a player could choose one or the other envsim.act file to use based on which they preferred, regardless of any supermods, etc.
Without looking at the OneAlex mod, I assume the same applies to it so if the weather fix is checked, it uses H.sie's .act file and .exe file weather work. I also don't know if H.sie's patches are already applied in the OneAlex mod but if you don't have to install it yourself to use them as used to have to be done and the patch option menu is included in the mod, then it is applied. In such case, then yes, you are already using H.sie's hardcode fix in the mod.
"H.sie's famous hardware fix" is probably more accidently misnamed than anything else. Stiebler more likely meant H.sie's famous hard
code fix, which pertains to the .exe editing H.sie did for the various fixes/patches of his.
Both of them worked on the envsim.act files to create weather changes, etc. as they saw fit. H.sie's also used .exe working together with his .act work for the weather work he did.
In a nutshell, both .act files in Stiebler's weather 10 patch are his work, but he gave them separate names based on what kind of install the player has.
I.e., what Stiebler's instructions are saying is that if you are not using H.sie's patch mod, use the enclosed envsim.act file in his weather patch if you want to use Stiebler's work, but if you are using H.sie's patch mod then do the mentioned file renaming and use the EnvSim_HsieFix.acx instead. In this case, you also turn off H.sie's weather option in the patch menu as you would be using Stiebler's weather file instead.
In other words, the weather patch option in H.sie's patch option menu is to turn on/off his .exe weather work. The .act file is completely separate from that, but as said above, H.sie used BOTH the .exe work AND his .act file for his weather work. Hence the patch on/off menu option.
ALL of Stiebler's weather work is in his .act file, not in the .exe and .act file both like H.sie's, so the patch option menu isn't needed for his file.