[WIP] FX Update

TheDarkWraith · 01-09-11, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

I see there is support for BARF Full DW, any for Lite, or does it matter for that version?

doesn't matter what version.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-09-11, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

doesn't matter what version.

Eventually I'll get around to MO.

TheDarkWraith · 01-09-11, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Eventually I'll get around to MO.

I wouldn't be in any rush. It's a BETA version just for feedback and testing currently. Call it the shaking out of the bugs and figuring out what everyone wants in a final release version

Meldric · 01-19-11, 06:13 AM

Hi!

I am having loads of wrong oil spots like in this picture:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=312

Using latest version.
Any fix coming up for that?
Or is going back to an older version a valid solution?

Meldric

Stormfly · 02-06-11, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Meldric

Hi!

I am having loads of wrong oil spots like in this picture:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=312

Using latest version.
Any fix coming up for that?
Or is going back to an older version a valid solution?

Meldric

same here

Captain von Keldunk · 02-06-11, 10:19 AM

Hello

I had this problem too, I have a ati card.
I changed particles\ funnelsmoke\ waterReflection Frustrumtest, was False
to True, and so far I have not seen oil spots or standing slicks and smoke balls any more.( I was wrong)!! Maybe this Frustrumtest thing should be true?

Needs more testing I think.
Hope this helps

P.S I played tutorial mission were you sink tree ship as a test, and I had tree oil slicks from tree sunked ships following my u-boat.

did another tutorial mission and it was 3 oil slick following my uboat.
P.S2 I finally rid my game of these evil oil spots.

I deleted 19particlegenerator-byte 6591 in TDW_FXU_Slicks_and_Spots_Particles, and made a copy of 560 particle generator in particles.dat and changed life time to 600, and used it in stead of "19particlegenerator-byte 6591". With these changes. evil oil spots (souls of the dead seamen?

) do rise up from the sea but they die soon. You hardly notice them any more.

THE_MASK · 02-20-11, 07:48 PM

There were also smoke floats . A barrel filled with chemical and when lowered into the water it reacted and caused a white smoke . Could we have a new kind of depth charge , one that stays floating for X amount of time and emits smoke . ie: smoking while floating and stops when sunk , same as a ship i suppose . So i guess the scenario would be that the dd has an extra type of depth charge . This depth charge stays floating for X amount of time and then sinks . I am on the surface amongst a convoy and smoke barrels/depth charges are letting off smoke on the surface stopping me from seeing all the ships thru the periscope . I would nt want too many though , i guess the depth charges have a controller that adjusts time between throwing . Maybe only in medium or large size convoys and randomly , not every encounter . Just a thought , no idea if it is possible . I think this would work well with wolf pack attacks as well . I could imagine seeing a convoy in the distance covered in smoke .
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/t...oke-float.html

Kapten Nemo · 02-27-11, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain von Keldunk

P.S2 I finally rid my game of these evil oil spots.

I deleted 19particlegenerator-byte 6591 in TDW_FXU_Slicks_and_Spots_Particles, and made a copy of 560 particle generator in particles.dat and changed life time to 600, and used it in stead of "19particlegenerator-byte 6591". With these changes. evil oil spots (souls of the dead seamen?

) do rise up from the sea but they die soon. You hardly notice them any more.

Hi TDW, may I ask u something about this file TDW_FXU_Slicks_and_Spots_Particles.dat in FX update 11 mod. If I open that file with Silent3Ditor, there is a misplaced child chunk no.15 (Follow Parent) with Parent Id 0x0500ff520400f1fb, is it supposed to be at that position?
Then if I moved that child chunk to his parent with changed the parent id to 0x0500ff5204f1f0fb (no.14 parent chunk FollowParent), I think I never saw anymore these evil oil spots, without changed the particlegenerator as Captain von Keldunk suggested. Hope I am not wrong.

01-19-11, 06:13 AM	#4
Meldric Officer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 237 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	Hi! I am having loads of wrong oil spots like in this picture: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=312 Using latest version. Any fix coming up for that? Or is going back to an older version a valid solution? Meldric Last edited by Meldric; 01-19-11 at 09:14 AM.

02-06-11, 10:19 AM	#6
Captain von Keldunk Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 376 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 21	About oil spots and slicks and smoke balls Hello I had this problem too, I have a ati card. I changed particles\ funnelsmoke\ waterReflection Frustrumtest, was False to True, and so far I have not seen oil spots or standing slicks and smoke balls any more.( I was wrong)!! Maybe this Frustrumtest thing should be true? Needs more testing I think. Hope this helps P.S I played tutorial mission were you sink tree ship as a test, and I had tree oil slicks from tree sunked ships following my u-boat. did another tutorial mission and it was 3 oil slick following my uboat. P.S2 I finally rid my game of these evil oil spots. I deleted 19particlegenerator-byte 6591 in TDW_FXU_Slicks_and_Spots_Particles, and made a copy of 560 particle generator in particles.dat and changed life time to 600, and used it in stead of "19particlegenerator-byte 6591". With these changes. evil oil spots (souls of the dead seamen?) do rise up from the sea but they die soon. You hardly notice them any more. __________________ SH Last edited by Captain von Keldunk; 02-09-11 at 02:04 PM.

02-20-11, 07:48 PM	#7
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	There were also smoke floats . A barrel filled with chemical and when lowered into the water it reacted and caused a white smoke . Could we have a new kind of depth charge , one that stays floating for X amount of time and emits smoke . ie: smoking while floating and stops when sunk , same as a ship i suppose . So i guess the scenario would be that the dd has an extra type of depth charge . This depth charge stays floating for X amount of time and then sinks . I am on the surface amongst a convoy and smoke barrels/depth charges are letting off smoke on the surface stopping me from seeing all the ships thru the periscope . I would nt want too many though , i guess the depth charges have a controller that adjusts time between throwing . Maybe only in medium or large size convoys and randomly , not every encounter . Just a thought , no idea if it is possible . I think this would work well with wolf pack attacks as well . I could imagine seeing a convoy in the distance covered in smoke . http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/t...oke-float.html Last edited by THE_MASK; 02-23-11 at 04:50 PM.