req: smoke mod for GWX 2.0

Skubber · 01-02-08, 09:37 AM

I hate to nitpick about anything related to GWX because I am just totally loving it.

My one and only dissatisfaction (and it is a small one!) is the smoke from all sources: ships, buildings, damage.

Enhanced damage effects is supposed to improve the smoke, but this add-on bogs my system to an almost standstill.

I liked some earlier smoke mods, but I can't think of how to apply them without screwing up other GWX enhancements.
Any thoughts on this are appreciated.

Jimbuna · 01-02-08, 10:30 AM

As you have rightly pointed out, smoke can be a real fps 'killer'for some systems.

Disable the feature using JSGME and see if that improves matters.

As for adding other mods, I would suggest you ask the maker of said mod if it is compatable before running the risk of breaking something in your GWX install.

Most mods normally also come with a read me file giving installation instructions

bigboywooly · 01-02-08, 10:41 AM

Most smoke mods are just TGA - if not all
So you should be fine
JSGME in then easy to remove

Skubber · 01-02-08, 03:53 PM

bigboywooly, you're right. This seems to have worked just fine - and so my issue is resolved.

And thanks!

3Jane · 01-02-08, 04:10 PM

I managed to use the textures from another mod and put them into a JSGME format. I just used the TGA files that way to avoid using the materials and particles files from that mod (RB's 1_06 A). The colour looks a little odd, but some fiddling with Photshop should take care of that.

TheDarkWraith · 01-02-08, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3Jane

I managed to use the textures from another mod and put them into a JSGME format. I just used the TGA files that way to avoid using the materials and particles files from that mod (RB's 1_06 A). The colour looks a little odd, but some fiddling with Photshop should take care of that.

actually photoshop may not help with the colors. As the particlegenerators and fastparticlegeneratos have a color part to them that control the color of the 'material' displayed onscreen and over it's lifetime onscreen

3Jane · 01-02-08, 06:03 PM

Ah well. I'm just in two minds about the smoke textures in 2.0, thought I would give it a try.

01-02-08, 07:18 PM

Actually, if you work on the Alpha Channel?
You can affect the smoke displayed in game regardless of the
colors used by the Particals Generators.

TheDarkWraith · 01-02-08, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer

Actually, if you work on the Alpha Channel?
You can affect the smoke displayed in game regardless of the
colors used by the Particals Generators.

you are correct but then you lose the 'color' part of the particlegenerators.

01-02-08, 07:24 PM

Not if done right.

Paajtor · 01-03-08, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skubber

I liked some earlier smoke mods, but I can't think of how to apply them without screwing up other GWX enhancements.

That was my thought too, when I saw this thread.
I've been using a smoke-mod in GWX1.03 - made by Pascal, improved by Anvart - that I liked very much...the best I knew of.

But I'm hesitating to use it in GWX.
I'm not sure if I like the 2.0-smoke better.
I'm running the enhanced GWX-effects, and wouldn't want to screw that up.
Any advice?

You can get Pascal's smoke-mod here, if anyone wants to try it.
2 screenshots of the mod, here, and here

*edit* P.s. I don't want to sound ungratefull...but I think Pascal's smoke-version fits my personal taste better.

Paajtor · 01-05-08, 05:06 PM

*bump*
Hey, I really like Pascal's smoke-mod...it's just a matter of personal taste like I said.
Will it work with GWX2 enhanced effects?

01-05-08, 05:11 PM

As the mod is just 2 tga's
You should be fine useing it.

Paajtor · 01-05-08, 05:14 PM

Rgr that, thx.

01-02-08, 09:37 AM	#1
Skubber Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posts: 239 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	req: smoke mod for GWX 2.0 I hate to nitpick about anything related to GWX because I am just totally loving it. My one and only dissatisfaction (and it is a small one!) is the smoke from all sources: ships, buildings, damage. Enhanced damage effects is supposed to improve the smoke, but this add-on bogs my system to an almost standstill. I liked some earlier smoke mods, but I can't think of how to apply them without screwing up other GWX enhancements. Any thoughts on this are appreciated. __________________ "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - Captain John Paul Jones, 1778

01-02-08, 10:30 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,914 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	As you have rightly pointed out, smoke can be a real fps 'killer'for some systems. Disable the feature using JSGME and see if that improves matters. As for adding other mods, I would suggest you ask the maker of said mod if it is compatable before running the risk of breaking something in your GWX install. Most mods normally also come with a read me file giving installation instructions __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-02-08, 10:41 AM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Most smoke mods are just TGA - if not all So you should be fine JSGME in then easy to remove __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-02-08, 03:53 PM	#4
Skubber Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posts: 239 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	bigboywooly, you're right. This seems to have worked just fine - and so my issue is resolved. And thanks! __________________ "I wish to have no Connection with any Ship that does not Sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way." - Captain John Paul Jones, 1778

01-02-08, 04:10 PM	#5
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I managed to use the textures from another mod and put them into a JSGME format. I just used the TGA files that way to avoid using the materials and particles files from that mod (RB's 1_06 A). The colour looks a little odd, but some fiddling with Photshop should take care of that. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

01-02-08, 06:03 PM	#7
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ah well. I'm just in two minds about the smoke textures in 2.0, thought I would give it a try. __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

01-02-08, 07:18 PM	#8
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Actually, if you work on the Alpha Channel? You can affect the smoke displayed in game regardless of the colors used by the Particals Generators.

01-02-08, 07:24 PM	#10
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Not if done right.

01-05-08, 05:06 PM	#12
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	bump Hey, I really like Pascal's smoke-mod...it's just a matter of personal taste like I said. Will it work with GWX2 enhanced effects? __________________

01-05-08, 05:11 PM	#13
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	As the mod is just 2 tga's You should be fine useing it.

01-05-08, 05:14 PM	#14
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Rgr that, thx. __________________