[REL] New buoys

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kendras

I have added a mission in the same spirit as the Naval School missions of SH3.

The moderator can now mark this thread as [REL], I think I have worked far enough on this. But if you have any suggestions, don't hesitate to talk to me.

All the best !

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

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Thank you Sir !

@ MLF : Is my help useful, or does my mission still crash with your mods ?

[MLF]

Originally Posted by Kendras

@ MLF : Is my help useful, or does my mission still crash with your mods ?

Hi Kendras,

I checked the parameters you listed -all OK.

I disabled all mods, and SHIII still crashed. Been having a lot of ChkDsk activity lately so think my hard drive is fading away. Copied an SHIII install from back-up and ran OK.

All the buoys appeared as they should except the green channel marker buoys - the lights didn't flash but stayed on - the red buoys flashed - is this expected (can't remember from the tutorial). Also the first buoy's light disappeared after I passed it - not expected behaviour for a buoy, only a lighthouse (segment displays) as far as I remember.

Now SHIII crashes again - nothing to do with your fine mod. Think I need a fresh install on a new hard drive

Regards,

MLF

Originally Posted by MLF

except the green channel marker buoys - the lights didn't flash but stayed on - the red buoys flashed - is this expected

The first and last green and red buoys are flashing, not the others.

Originally Posted by MLF

Also the first buoy's light disappeared after I passed it

It's not normal.

Originally Posted by gap

Would you mind if I use part of your mod as base for my work? I was thinking especially about some of the sound files and light effects.

No problem, just give me credits. Did you try my mission ? Some light effects are bugging because I think there are too many buoys (but when you go to the last point of the mission, you should see 4 different buoys with the right effects working just fine).

Originally Posted by gap

and I will be glad to share my work with you in case you find anything in it which can be used to further improve your New Buoys

If you succeed to repair the bug effects, I will be glad to know how you did !

[MLF]

Hi Kendras

New install and just tested again.

First buoy worked fine - seen to be flashing well behind me. The channel buoys (red and green) behaved as you said.

The buoys that were meant to be flashing 6 short and one long seemed to be flashing 4 short - 2 short - 1 long?

Apart from that all seemed fine even after time compression. What bugs do you see?

Regards

MLF

Originally Posted by MLF

What bugs do you see?

- halo and light effects are no more syncronised after TC

- there is a global light bug (with lights of all kinds : yellow, rose, red, green ...) on all the environment (trees and ships, everywhere, as if there was thunder) if there are too many buoys with a light node (when I saw this, there were 10 buoys of that kind), that's why I've added the light effect as optional ...

Now, I have reworked the halo effect a bit for the danger buoys (less brief flashes). Also added a bigger halo for the flashing green and red buoys. Will probably post the link for version 2 soon.

[gap]

Originally Posted by Kendras

No problem, just give me credits.

Thank you very much!

Originally Posted by Kendras

Did you try my mission ? Some light effects are bugging because I think there are too many buoys (but when you go to the last point of the mission, you should see 4 different buoys with the right effects working just fine).

No, I didn't, and I didn't get time to look into your particle generators either. I has been a long time since I dealed with them the last time, but I remember that their many parameters can be quite confusing and, sure enough, they can be FPS eaters, especially when many effects are to be played at the same time. It is possible that reducing the number of light particles generated per unit of time, their life duration and their maximum number (all of these parameters are strictly related), might render them more fluid.

Originally Posted by Kendras

If you succeed to repair the bug effects, I will be glad to know how you did !

Sure, I will keep you updated on any progress I might be doing, but at the time being I am mostly focusing on some new 3D models and textures

[Anvar1061]

SilentHunter3\data\Sea\Buoy_O1_FL\Buoy_O1_FL.eqp does not contain sequentially ordered entries (found duplicate [Equipment 5])
You have to fix [Equipment 11]

Originally Posted by Anvar1061

SilentHunter3\data\Sea\Buoy_O1_FL\Buoy_O1_FL.eqp does not contain sequentially ordered entries (found duplicate [Equipment 5])
You have to fix [Equipment 11]

Well seen ! Small error corrected for next version ! Thank you !