[WIP] FX Update

[CaptJulius]

Thank You for this great mod TDW

[CaptJulius]

Originally Posted by Lastman

i need restart my campaign for this mod???

I think you dont need to start new campaign just install it when in port and you are good to go

[vdr1981]

I've finally get rid of CTD's with FX update 0.0.22 ... I've removed "red flare" effect from zones.cfg . As much as i like this effect , it causes to much problems on my computer(game freez, CTD). This was especially annoying with 0.0.22, sometimes ships shooting 3-4 red flairs at the same time...

[DistressFlareMerchant]
Multiplier=1.000000
Flotability=0.000000
Critic Flotation=0.300000
Armor Level=-1
HitPoints=65
Destructible=No
Critical=No
Effect1=Command_room_crewman_splinter_explosion_merchant, 40
Effect2=Distress_Flare_Red, 75
FloodingTime=59.999996
CargoType=None

Now i need some hints where to find "white flare" effect also? Need to kill that game freezer too...

P.S. I won't lose any of game functionality ,right? That red line is just visual effect?

[Goryo]

Hi, anyone still got a copy of the FX_Update_BARF_Fix, posted waaaay back at the start of this thread (page 3) by TDW?

The link to the file is dead and I'd like to try this mod with BARF 1.3

Any help appreciated.

[mikaelanderlund]

How do I get rid of the flares, white and reds?

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by mikaelanderlund

How do I get rid of the flares, white and reds?

For white flares you should use IRAI 0.39 Patch 1
For red flares you should manually edit your zones.cfg.. lines with red flares should be commented out..

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by volodya61

For white flares you should use IRAI 0.39 Patch 1

How , what, where? I'm using that patch but still i have white flares when submarine is detected.

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

How , what, where? I'm using that patch but still i have white flares when submarine is detected.

I don't know why you still see these flares..

original (IRAI) Ship-weapons.aix file -



edited (IRAI Patch1) Ship-weapons.aix file -

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

I don't know why you still see these flares..

Have you guys tried commenting star shells out from ship eqp files?

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by gap

Have you guys tried commenting star shells out from ship eqp files?

What for? since I commented out star shells in the Ship-weapons.aix in the IRAI 0.37 (before TDW made his patch), I've never saw any white flares..

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

What for? since I commented out star shells in the Ship-weapons.aix in the IRAI 0.37 (before TDW made his patch), I've never saw any white flares..

Yes, since white flares (unlike red ones) are fired by dummy guns, I agree that your method is more elegant than the one proposed by me

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by gap

Yes, since white flares (unlike red ones) are fired by dummy guns, I agree that your method is more elegant than the one proposed by me

I tried not only this method.. I tried several (if you remember I started with the editing of FXU files ) but this was more simple and fast than others.. especially when TDW suggested what I should do exactly..

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

...this was more simple and fast than others.. especially when TDW suggested what I should do exactly..

By the way: what about my idea of decreasing the pps rate of those flares, for reucing their impact on pc prformance, instead of giving the up at all?
We could use the one stock starshell effect as model, instead of starting from scratch... after all, stock tracers don't cause that much stuttering, and they use the same particle generators as starshells. This, together with Rongel's no bullet debris patch, would be an huge improvement for FXU

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by gap

By the way: what about my idea of decreasing the pps rate of those flares, for reucing their impact on pc prformance, instead of giving the up at all?
We could use the one stock starshell effect as model, instead of starting from scratch... after all, stock tracers don't cause that much stuttering, and they use the same particle generators as starshells. This, together with Rongel's no bullet debris patch, would be an huge improvement for FXU

Good idea
I'm a little busy at the moment, I'm working on final edition of my edition of Win7 .. and as I've said before (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=236) I even can't continue to work on my main work - NoName Mod Pack..

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

Good idea
I'm a little busy at the moment, I'm working on final edition of my edition of Win7 .. and as I've said before (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=236) I even can't continue to work on my main work - NoName Mod Pack..

Okay, whenever you are ready. In the meanwhile I will do some fast starshell edits and I will pass them on to you. You won't need a full mod list to test them. FX Update will be enough