[REL] M.E.P v5 ( ManosEnvironmentPro -version5 ) - Page 13

makman94 · 11-23-13, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GreyBeard

Just recently re-installed SH3 after a couple of years absence. Really looking forward to installing your mod. The pics you posted are beautiful. I have a question though. I will be using this with GWX 3.0 and since this is a 20km environment mod should I not enable the 16km environment mod that comes with GWX?

PS: Thanks for all the work you put into this. Much appreciated!

hi GreyBeard,

whatever you do it doesn't matter as long you have enabled MEP last on your mod list ( MEP's files will overwrite all necessery files ).
thank you too for your kind words

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Originally Posted by Tanedin

Trying to get this working with the new IXs mod, it seems that the snorkel well cover is somehow based on the sensors.dat? Can I pull the ranges out of the "M.E.P v4.2 - VisualSensors for GWX3" and call it a day or is there more that is determined in sensors.dat that I would have to work on?

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hi Tanedin,
i am not sure that i understand you but i think you are talking about some conflicts on sensors.dat ,right ?
the tweaks i have made there are located only in the node-Visual (in case that you want to create compatible files)

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Originally Posted by Sepp von Ch.

Silent Hunter VI? No, the magician makman has just done this great job!

thank you too, Sepp

Delta Wolf · 01-10-14, 02:08 PM

Just Installed MEP 4.2 Updated to 4.3, it's my first time using this mod and all i can say is Wow

This Mod is now on my must have list.

Great job Makman94

01-15-14, 12:48 AM

This looks better then SH5 Env with mod. Or i mistakes?

wizardmatt · 01-17-14, 07:55 PM

I'm returning to my SH3 installation after a break. I'm happy with my install, except that I want to swap out my current environment for this one =D However, I'm running into a conflict between this mod and hsie's .exe patcher. When I try and add the sensor pack sub-mod for MEP at the end of my load order, it will overwrite the Sensors.cfg from the hsie patch supplement mod. Indeed, in hsie's readme it says (1) that the supplement should be activated AFTER all other mods and (2) Sensors.cfg should be copied into the correct folder in the patch supplement and then amended with certain values that hsie recommends. So, my question is for the purposes of installing MEP, do I follow hsie's process as just described, or can I ignore this and install MEP's sensor pack over the top of the patch supplement? Whose values do I use, hsie's, MEP's, or MEP's amended with hsies recommended from his readme?

Thanks in advance, I'd really appreciate the help

brett25 · 01-17-14, 08:39 PM

maybe makman can comment but i would just uses the MEP sensor file for the super mod your using theres one for MEP GWX and one for MEP nygm....just put the sensor file you choose in HSies mod folder in the correct place. If HSie has made a MEP sensor file I would use that one.

EDIT
Im looking in Hsie;s V16b1 patch kit now, and i dont see a sensor.cfg file in there....are you sure?

wizardmatt · 01-17-14, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by brett25

maybe makman can comment but i would just uses the MEP sensor file for the super mod your using theres one for MEP GWX and one for MEP nygm....just put the sensor file you choose in HSies mod folder in the correct place. If HSie has made a MEP sensor file I would use that one.

EDIT
Im looking in Hsie;s V16b1 patch kit now, and i dont see a sensor.cfg file in there....are you sure?

Thanks for the reply. And sorry, I added sensors.cfg to the supplement myself, using the same logic used for other components of the supplement, which confused me when I asked the original qustion lol. The sensors.cfg i edited was the deafult (GWX) one. Nonetheless, hsie's readme does recommend manually making adjustments to Sensors.cfg in order to effect the patch's Night Vision Fix. Quote from the patch readme:

"Recommended Crew Sensor Settings in data/cfg/Sensors.cfg (tentative values):
· Visual range factor = 0.5
· Visual fog factor = 1.02 (see below!)
· Visual light factor = 0.8"

As for MEP's supermod sensor sub-mod (I use GWX), the values it gives in sensors.cfg are different to those above. So I'm not sure whose values to use, MEP's or the hsie patch's. Thanks again o7

brett25 · 01-18-14, 02:29 PM

maybe someonelse can chirp in but i would use MEP GWX sensor file and you can adjust thee values hsie recommends if you like. Many people adjust these files to taste anyway, but i think the more critcal thing is that its been adjusted for the 20k envornment in mind

wizardmatt · 01-18-14, 02:44 PM

Thanks for the further reply. Yes, what you suggest would make a lot of sense, especially when I remember MEPv4 being marketed as an environment which is designed to work with hsie's patch. Plus Makman worked on the Night Vision Fix IIRC. The 2 reasons I'm so keen to try this mod out, those and the eye candy =) I'll do as you suggest and use the MEPv4 values. Thanks for your help

Theodulus · 08-17-14, 08:57 PM

Heya. I freakin' love this mod, but one thing is driving me nuts. After playing for a little while, particle effects start disappearing when being viewed from most camera angles. Say, if I place a burning ship in the corner of my camera, I can see smoke and fire. If I look directly at it, it all disappears. This is true with all particles. Anyone know what's up?

I'm pretty sure M.E.P. has something to do with it, but I'll keep messing with it to make sure.

Modlist if it helps:

BigWalleye · 08-17-14, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Theodulus

Heya. I freakin' love this mod, but one thing is driving me nuts. After playing for a little while, particle effects start disappearing when being viewed from most camera angles. Say, if I place a burning ship in the corner of my camera, I can see smoke and fire. If I look directly at it, it all disappears. This is true with all particles. Anyone know what's up?

I'm pretty sure M.E.P. has something to do with it, but I'll keep messing with it to make sure.

Modlist if it helps:

I think you may have your mod order wrong. IIRC, the documentation says MEP, then MEP options, then Visual Sensors, then MEP 4.2 to 4.3. Dunno if that's your problem. If not, maybe Rbs5-LITE - WAG.

Yeah. Just found MEP4.3 and it's killer! You oughta see it at 1920x1080. SH3 as good as SH4!

Theodulus · 08-17-14, 10:10 PM

@BigWalleye Just to double check I opened up the readme for 4.3 and this is the order given:

1. M.E.P v4.2 (absolutely required)
2. M.E.P v4.2 to v4.3 (this is updating the v4.2 to v4.3)
2. Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v4.3

I should have mentioned; I've tried MEP with and without SH4 Effects/SH4 Effects Lite. That doesn't seem to make any difference.

Dunno what's up

Maybe I should fiddle around with my nVidia settings.

BigWalleye · 08-18-14, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theodulus

@BigWalleye Just to double check I opened up the readme for 4.3 and this is the order given:

1. M.E.P v4.2 (absolutely required)
2. M.E.P v4.2 to v4.3 (this is updating the v4.2 to v4.3)
2. Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v4.3

I should have mentioned; I've tried MEP with and without SH4 Effects/SH4 Effects Lite. That doesn't seem to make any difference.

Dunno what's up

Maybe I should fiddle around with my nVidia settings.

You are correct. Somehow, between the readmes for 4.2 and 4.3, I got the order reversed.

Now I have to wait until I finish this patrol to unscrew mine.

makman94 · 08-20-14, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theodulus

Heya. I freakin' love this mod, but one thing is driving me nuts. After playing for a little while, particle effects start disappearing when being viewed from most camera angles. Say, if I place a burning ship in the corner of my camera, I can see smoke and fire. If I look directly at it, it all disappears. This is true with all particles. Anyone know what's up?

I'm pretty sure M.E.P. has something to do with it, but I'll keep messing with it to make sure.

Modlist if it helps:

hello Theodulus,

...particles are disappearing when object is centered on screen...particles reapearring when object is places at side of screen.... looks more like a problem at your cameras.dat ( big angular angles to free or turm cameras can cause such side effects).
look at the following pics:

as you can see object is centered and all particles shows correctly so i would suggest you to disable whatever mod is altering your cameras.dat or even better run the game with only MEP enabled to see if the problem insist.
if not ,then there is your problem (at cameras.dat).
if insist, then i would look at nvidia settings etc

Theodulus · 08-20-14, 10:32 PM

Hey Makman, thanks for the tips. I've managed to recreate the problem without MEP finally, so it's not MEP specific. It took a while (It only happens when I've been out at sea for a time) but it looks like the particles are disappearing when I place them between the camera and the sun. I haven't had much time to mess around with it, though. Anyway, since it's not MEP specific, I'll stop talking about it here.

glassbottom · 08-27-14, 08:34 PM

Brand new to these forums and Silent Hunter 3, but am glad I've found both of them.
I've been looking into mods for SH3, which I currently have outfitted with GWX gold, and Thomsen's sound.
The other 2 mods I'm interested in are both makman94 creations; M.E.P. and MagUI.

Regarding the installation of the M.E.P. files, do I simply extract them to the SH3 MOD folder?

01-17-14, 08:39 PM	#185
brett25 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakland CA, USA Posts: 737 Downloads: 570 Uploads: 0	maybe makman can comment but i would just uses the MEP sensor file for the super mod your using theres one for MEP GWX and one for MEP nygm....just put the sensor file you choose in HSies mod folder in the correct place. If HSie has made a MEP sensor file I would use that one. EDIT Im looking in Hsie;s V16b1 patch kit now, and i dont see a sensor.cfg file in there....are you sure? __________________ http://shmf.larsbundgaard.dk/index.p...1tn5&board=7.0

01-18-14, 02:29 PM	#187
brett25 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oakland CA, USA Posts: 737 Downloads: 570 Uploads: 0	maybe someonelse can chirp in but i would use MEP GWX sensor file and you can adjust thee values hsie recommends if you like. Many people adjust these files to taste anyway, but i think the more critcal thing is that its been adjusted for the 20k envornment in mind __________________ http://shmf.larsbundgaard.dk/index.p...1tn5&board=7.0

08-17-14, 08:57 PM	#189
Theodulus Watch Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 23 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Heya. I freakin' love this mod, but one thing is driving me nuts. After playing for a little while, particle effects start disappearing when being viewed from most camera angles. Say, if I place a burning ship in the corner of my camera, I can see smoke and fire. If I look directly at it, it all disappears. This is true with all particles. Anyone know what's up? I'm pretty sure M.E.P. has something to do with it, but I'll keep messing with it to make sure. Modlist if it helps: GWX - Axis Mediterranean Aircraft Skins GWX - Late War Sensors Snorkel Antennas GWX - Main movie - 'Das Boot' GWX - Merged Campaign GWX - Open Hatch Mod GWX Turm Lights fix OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3 Rubini´s Underwater dust&plancton v1 TheDarkWraith_Ship_Plane_Fire_Damage_v1_4_SH3 Torpedo damage Final ver2.0 Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3 Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for TypeII Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1 M.E.P v4.2 M.E.P v4.2 to v4.3 Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v4.3 M.E.P v4.2 - VisualSensors for GWX3 Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71 Rbs5-EffectsLITE ThomsenSea with SH4 Effects Conus' SH3GWXWS 2.3 GWX - Captain America's Officer Icons No Medals No Ranks On Crew For SH3GWXWS Supplement to V16B1 (JSGME)

01-10-14, 02:08 PM	#182
Delta Wolf Engineer Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 209 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	Just Installed MEP 4.2 Updated to 4.3, it's my first time using this mod and all i can say is Wow This Mod is now on my must have list. Great job Makman94

01-15-14, 12:48 AM	#183
Sokolov Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	This looks better then SH5 Env with mod. Or i mistakes?

01-17-14, 07:55 PM	#184
wizardmatt Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Birmingham, England Posts: 107 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I'm returning to my SH3 installation after a break. I'm happy with my install, except that I want to swap out my current environment for this one =D However, I'm running into a conflict between this mod and hsie's .exe patcher. When I try and add the sensor pack sub-mod for MEP at the end of my load order, it will overwrite the Sensors.cfg from the hsie patch supplement mod. Indeed, in hsie's readme it says (1) that the supplement should be activated AFTER all other mods and (2) Sensors.cfg should be copied into the correct folder in the patch supplement and then amended with certain values that hsie recommends. So, my question is for the purposes of installing MEP, do I follow hsie's process as just described, or can I ignore this and install MEP's sensor pack over the top of the patch supplement? Whose values do I use, hsie's, MEP's, or MEP's amended with hsies recommended from his readme? Thanks in advance, I'd really appreciate the help

01-18-14, 02:44 PM	#188
wizardmatt Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Birmingham, England Posts: 107 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the further reply. Yes, what you suggest would make a lot of sense, especially when I remember MEPv4 being marketed as an environment which is designed to work with hsie's patch. Plus Makman worked on the Night Vision Fix IIRC. The 2 reasons I'm so keen to try this mod out, those and the eye candy =) I'll do as you suggest and use the MEPv4 values. Thanks for your help

08-17-14, 10:10 PM	#191
Theodulus Watch Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 23 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	@BigWalleye Just to double check I opened up the readme for 4.3 and this is the order given: 1. M.E.P v4.2 (absolutely required) 2. M.E.P v4.2 to v4.3 (this is updating the v4.2 to v4.3) 2. Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v4.3 I should have mentioned; I've tried MEP with and without SH4 Effects/SH4 Effects Lite. That doesn't seem to make any difference. Dunno what's up Maybe I should fiddle around with my nVidia settings.

08-20-14, 10:32 PM	#194
Theodulus Watch Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 23 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Hey Makman, thanks for the tips. I've managed to recreate the problem without MEP finally, so it's not MEP specific. It took a while (It only happens when I've been out at sea for a time) but it looks like the particles are disappearing when I place them between the camera and the sun. I haven't had much time to mess around with it, though. Anyway, since it's not MEP specific, I'll stop talking about it here.

08-27-14, 08:34 PM	#195
glassbottom Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 13 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Brand new to these forums and Silent Hunter 3, but am glad I've found both of them. I've been looking into mods for SH3, which I currently have outfitted with GWX gold, and Thomsen's sound. The other 2 mods I'm interested in are both makman94 creations; M.E.P. and MagUI. Regarding the installation of the M.E.P. files, do I simply extract them to the SH3 MOD folder?