[REL] Environmental MOD for Silent Hunter 5 - Page 48

SteelViking · 08-09-10, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sudo

FYI Steel. I'm running your possible CTD fix now. I was crashing in Skagerrak and sometimes close to Heligoland. After applying your fix everything seems kosher now. Will keep you informed.

Good to hear! Now that I have the patch for my interior mod finished, I will switch over to working on the fix for the whole map for Env3.1. When I am finished with that, I have got to make another attempt at improving the in game shadows while still using less system resources(it is really bugging me how many folks get FPS drop).

Sudo · 08-09-10, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelViking

Good to hear! Now that I have the patch for my interior mod finished, I will switch over to working on the fix for the whole map for Env3.1. When I am finished with that, I have got to make another attempt at improving the in game shadows while still using less system resources(it is really bugging me how many folks get FPS drop).

And just so you know I've been playing for round 3 hours now and not a single CTD while using your fix.

I'd have to say you nailed it.

Krauter · 08-09-10, 01:05 PM

Congrats on 1000th post steel

SteelViking · 08-09-10, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sudo

And just so you know I've been playing for round 3 hours now and not a single CTD while using your fix.

I'd have to say you nailed it.

Awesome!

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Originally Posted by Krauter

Congrats on 1000th post steel

Thanks

Capt Jack Harkness · 08-09-10, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Krauter

Why is my sky completely dark and it is 12 o'clock January on the American seaboard just east of Norfolk.. it is nice and sunny out at 20:40 though..

It's because of your longitudinal distance from home. Your clock stays at home port time so as you travel further away it gets out of synch. It was a pretty common/realistic issue to deal with in SH4 when your sub was set to Pearl Harbor time and yet you were patrolling past the dateline and a couple time zones over in Japan.

reaper7 · 08-09-10, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Jack Harkness

It's because of your longitudinal distance from home. Your clock stays at home port time so as you travel further away it gets out of synch. It was a pretty common/realistic issue to deal with in SH4 when your sub was set to Pearl Harbor time and yet you were patrolling past the dateline and a couple time zones over in Japan.

Thanks Capt Jack Harkness, I was unaware of that Issue.
Never occured to me that time zones were present in the Silent Hunter series.

Krauter · 08-09-10, 05:09 PM

Never really occured to me either

Thanks for the help though

Is it possible to set the clocks to the timezone you're in?

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Originally Posted by reaper7

Thanks Capt Jack Harkness, I was unaware of that Issue.
Never occured to me that time zones were present in the Silent Hunter series.

I don't think they actually implemented but rather it was a side effect of W_clears impressive work

SteelViking · 08-09-10, 05:11 PM

Ok, I have done a fix for the whole map for Env3.1. Hopefully this will totally stop the CTDs. I would like for anyone who can to do a little bit more testing to make sure that this works. Then I will ask W_clear to include in another version.

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?2378t2pawba5zgc

Capt Jack Harkness · 08-09-10, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Krauter

Never really occured to me either

Thanks for the help though

Is it possible to set the clocks to the timezone you're in?

Now there's something I never thought of! In SH4 I always just learned to cope with the difference... Maybe if TDW has some spare time he could put together a script for it, perhaps even with a label for what zone you're in...

W_clear · 08-09-10, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by SteelViking

Ok, I have done a fix for the whole map for Env3.1. Hopefully this will totally stop the CTDs. I would like for anyone who can to do a little bit more testing to make sure that this works. Then I will ask W_clear to include in another version.

Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?2378t2pawba5zgc

In fact, your previous ClimateZones.tga was perfect, not more than 1024 times the compression of time, it will not return the desktop。

SteelViking · 08-09-10, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by W_clear

In fact, your previous ClimateZones.tga was perfect, not more than 1024 times the compression of time, it will not return the desktop。

I never got CTD with the last one I did either. But, since some folks were still getting CTD when at high compression, I took another look at it. The thing that was causing it was that in a few places I had left two climate zones that were not sequential touching. In other words in some places, I had left arctic touching sub tropical and similar situations.

I think with this ClimateZones.tga that no one will get CTDs anywhere at any time compression(even when greater than 1024). Several folks have tested it, and the fix works, but I would not mind even more people trying it just to make absolutely sure. W_clear, you are more than welcome to include this new ClimateZones.tga in any future versions.

I would also like to apologize to everyone for not simply fixing this the first time. I simply had no way to know that it would cause problems since it does not give me CTD(and I routinely run at 2048 TC).

Wolfling04 · 08-09-10, 10:49 PM

Hey Steel, just tried your most current fix for the climate zones.

At TC of 2048 I CTD'ed between Dover and Calais.

At TC of 1024 I did not receive a CTD, although I hit a major lag spike and dropped from 65FPS to 8FPS, but I'm sure that's because of the ships in the straight.

More to Come

Wolf

SteelViking · 08-10-10, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Wolfling04

Hey Steel, just tried your most current fix for the climate zones.

At TC of 2048 I CTD'ed between Dover and Calais.

At TC of 1024 I did not receive a CTD, although I hit a major lag spike and dropped from 65FPS to 8FPS, but I'm sure that's because of the ships in the straight.

More to Come

Wolf

Thank you Wolfling04, I will check the area out, and clean it up even further. I am also thinking that if you go through too many climate zone changes to quickly that you may CTD at high compression. So the coastal zones may have to get a bit more work.

Wolfling04 · 08-10-10, 12:34 AM

No problem Viking, glad to help, and the low FPS were like 10 patrol boats and an escorted convoy all in that area.

snoopy1177 · 08-11-10, 06:37 AM

hello, still have ctd when i return from patrol and want to start a new one.
i have the fix installed.

08-09-10, 05:11 PM	#713
SteelViking The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: U.S.A.-East Coast Posts: 1,587 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 4	Ok, I have done a fix for the whole map for Env3.1. Hopefully this will totally stop the CTDs. I would like for anyone who can to do a little bit more testing to make sure that this works. Then I will ask W_clear to include in another version. Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?2378t2pawba5zgc __________________ He sank 198,650 tons....who you ask?....Erich Topp, that's who!

08-09-10, 10:49 PM	#717
Wolfling04 Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nebraska... Posts: 303 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Hey Steel, just tried your most current fix for the climate zones. At TC of 2048 I CTD'ed between Dover and Calais. At TC of 1024 I did not receive a CTD, although I hit a major lag spike and dropped from 65FPS to 8FPS, but I'm sure that's because of the ships in the straight. More to Come Wolf __________________ I'm a gas pumpen, tire and brake changin, fix anything, jet fuel drinken, USAF Crew Chief.

08-10-10, 12:34 AM	#719
Wolfling04 Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nebraska... Posts: 303 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	No problem Viking, glad to help, and the low FPS were like 10 patrol boats and an escorted convoy all in that area. __________________ I'm a gas pumpen, tire and brake changin, fix anything, jet fuel drinken, USAF Crew Chief. Last edited by Wolfling04; 08-10-10 at 12:25 PM.

08-11-10, 06:37 AM	#720
snoopy1177 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: GERMANY Posts: 9 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	hello, still have ctd when i return from patrol and want to start a new one. i have the fix installed.