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Originally Posted by Admiral Von Gerlach
I would like to obtain a copy of the ROW as it was at David's passing, the link at the start of this thread is not working. I would like to see what he had developed before it was changed to the PE mod. Can someone please put a copy up for download? thanks
I have all the current PE and other files, but i really would like to see what it was before it proceeded into further changes.
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Hello Admiral. The tribute link and the one below it are not working. The rest of the mod links further down the page, the ones that Dave made 1.4 compatible (in green) should still be active. I don't know about Kriller's add on because I haven't tried it.
The last post from Dave on Christmas Eve mentioned that he felt his latest ROW version with the exception of a few minor changes was ready. His last request was for a group of testers to try it out and send him their inputs. The testers were Rcjonessnp175, Sqk7744, Donut, Letterboy 1, Snuffy, W_Clear, FooFighters , and Reallydedpoet. Specifically he wanted them to look at...and here I'm quoting Dave...
"I will give a short run down on changes and why I needed the testers.
#1. Removed the metalic reflection effect when sun rise and sun down is happening in the higher wind and wave state's.
#2. Gave the wind much more influance over the ocean's surface effect.
#3. There is an increased reflection effect for lower wind and wave states with it dieing down to a very low level as the wind and waves increase.
#4. Sun Halo and sun it's self reflections on the ocean have changed so that they now point downward onto the ocean more.
#5. Higher wind and waves state's are much meaner and more aggrssive in nature and power.
#6. Fog bank created for game with changed fog effects and viewing distances for same.
#7. Changed sea foam effects to get more new sea foam to appear before old created is totaly gone in higher wind states.
Another words can we say overhaul in effect's?
The reason for the changes and rework is my quest to always try and create a more realistic world environment for the game with as much graffics enhancments as it is capable of handling and or creating."
Shortly after Dave passed away Kriller enhanced this version with some changes to sky and water colors, I think, and it was released about a week later as an add on with credits given to Kriller and Dave. I am not sure what changes were made.
I know that prior to Kriller's arrival the testers felt that Dave's latest version was pretty much ready for release. I think it was Foofighter that mentioned excessive reflection on the water and darker water but he apparently fixed that without too much trouble. There was also mention of two minor bugs that may or may not have already been fixed by Dave.
To get Dave's last version that was submitted to the testers, you would have to talk to one of them. I seem to recall reading that Torps also has a copy of all of Dave's work on a backup hard drive somewhere. You might want to talk to him too. As you can see this thread no longer gets much attention. Hope this helps. Good luck.