crazysundog

Thanks for the advise GA, will try that.

I'm also having trouble figuring out how to get certain views. The manual isn't much help... Is there a keycard I'm missing??

What program should I have to paint... Would Gimp be o.k., or do i need to buy a good program??

Is the HDR mod working at all? If not try pressing Shift-F12 when in game. The key is that the d3d9.dll must be in the Ka50/bin/stable folder; and the enbseries.ini is in the Ka50 folder. Wether you put it there or it moves automatically, those have to be in place I believe. Also, make sure you download the same version of the mod as i did; the first link in my guide.

Yeah, that .ini should be in the Ka50 folder. It is created there the first time you start the game. Replace it with one of my .ini's because the default file that gets created has way too much bloom. The values to change the bloom effect are: BloomPowerDay= I set this to 1 for a little bloom, or 3 for a sunny day. BloomConstantDay=same as above, 1 or 3. To turn the bloom value off, under the [Effect] column, change EnableBloom=1 -to- EnableBloom=0. In fact, if you haven't copied my .ini, change all the efffects to 0 as they just use up fps.

BlackShark is DX 9c. I have no idea about v.0.075, i'm no help there.

I have abused this sim to the fullest of my abilities and my only crashes have been very spectacular!! (and explosive)

Guide to Installing the 'enbseries HDR' mod. by: CrazySunDog Disclaimer: I am not a programmer; I am not a modder; The following guide is the extent of my modding experience. Please back up all files that you plan to alter, if nothing else it is a quick way to reverse what error's you've just caused. You will need: enbseries gtasa v0074f; ...I will give you a link shortly... Steps: 1. Download this file, save it in a folder away from blackshark. (Tip for newbies like myself: Extract this folder wherever you want, and take a good look at what is included in the download. If nothing else; peruse the readme.) 2. Extract the zip into the Eagle Dynamics/Ka-50/bin/stable folder. It will add a couple of different files, not all you use. The key is that the file named d3d9.dll is here. (if you want to disable the mod, remove this file; drag it to desktop or whatever, and replace it to activate mod again) 3. Close all windows, and start DCS:BS. Once started, forget it; exit out of Black Shark. The purpose of this is so that the file named 'enbseries.ini' could be created in the right directory. You will find it in Eagle Dynamics/Ka-50. This will be the file you mod with your own values, or replace with someone else's enbseries.ini file. I will provide you with mine to start you off with my preferences if you wish to use them. 4. Start Black Shark for real this time. Depending on which download you get, the mod may or may not be activated when you first start your mission. If it is not, press shift-F12 to activate. This is where you are on your own. Any more advise from me would be based on my own conceptions, good or bad. My biggest suggestion is read the readme. and play around with a few settings. If you do not decide to use my enbseries.ini, then I suggest starting by disabling everything but the bloom effect. Anything else is a serious framerate hog in my opinion. If you dont know what your doing, wait a couple weeks, I'm sure somebody more capable than me will make a nice easy .exe for ya. Thats as far as I've gotten. I spent a couple hours each night in the last week getting my .ini settings the way I like them. (not easy with a sick baby) If you want to change bloom, colour, and light on your own, I suggest paying particular attention to BloomPowerDay and BloomConstantDay for lessening the bloom effect. You will also find the ColourCorrection settings to be useful for your own preference. (you dont even need bloom activated in this mod; you can still use it to get great colours and contrast.) Further Tips: Do not Alt-Tab out of BS and try to change the .ini. You need to completely exit out and alter the .ini file, then restart the sim for changes to take effect. Change one thing at a time; its easier to keep track of what went wrong!! Make a backup of all changed files; I like to copy the .ini, and then paste over the altered .ini if I want things reset. BloomFadeTime is measured in milliseconds, I find that 1 second or less has better results for my taste. And now... The mod: link 1 http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=16218&d=1208563162 click on bramskis link. link 2 http://www.filestube.com/261da39e16b57df203e9/details.html link 3 http://www.upload.gen.tr/d.php/s2/hokhgjmt/enbseries_gtasa_v0074f-1.dosya.rar.html My .ini file: [ATTACH]21941[/ATTACH] And if that one's too bright, try this one:[ATTACH]21942[/ATTACH] Cheers, have fun!!

Hah, nice! I was thinking of doing our digital camo on a shark, but thats looking pretty sweet!!

Sure, I'll have one up in an hour or so; with some tips/hints from my experiences! Oh, here's a Ka50 vid I finished right before work...I turned the bloom up a little for this one!!

As a matter of fact, I have done this... wether it was built into the game, or it was a glitch. I can reproduce it too... Whenever I have another windows active, (for ex. notepad) and start the game, this happens to me. I find it annoying, and immediately exit and restart. Note: it does not happen if i have trackir running, however I dont use track ir while recording tracks with Fraps, which is how i discovered this. I will see if i can make it work again and get back to you.

Thought I'd better bring this over from the LockOn Mod discussion, as it applies more in here. I've got the enbseries HDR mod working in BS; with a 5-10 fps hit, keep in mind. Here some video to show the benefits. I generally keep the bloom low, but this mod does a really good job at adding colour and contrast, I think I'll always keep it on.

Here's a vid of HDR working in BlackShark.... It's subtle, and like I said before, I use this mod more for the colour it gives... I'll post a vid later of the Ka50, with maybe a little more bloom. I have opened a new thread in the DCS BlackShark Mod forum provided; Cheers!

So here's my current .ini file... should be close to where i keep it. I will probably turn bloom off for the darker, rainer missions, but keep the mod activated as it gives a rich, dark colour to BS. [ATTACH]21893[/ATTACH] I cannot get any screens to upload for some reason? I'm trying to upload a quick vid of a couple OH-58's blowing away a convoy; hopefully I can get it onto youtube before i leave for work. This mod is amazing: Really hard to capture with Fraps, my FPS is 25% better without fraps running, so if you see some stuttering, keep that in mind. Maybe I can set affinity to different cores... anybody have any suggestions on making movies... I capture by saving a track first.

nice, guess they have to swap the tail!!

I cant remember what .ini i was using for that vid, and I havent tweaked it to suit me just yet (been too busy this last week) I suggest using the intensive one, and changing a few things to balance between intensive and soft... BTW, i discovered by turning off everything but the bloom, I'm only getting a hit of 5fps. Gonna work on this some more tonight.

I had this problem with some tunes I DL'd from the net. I believe the problem is copy protection related. The first batch of songs were downloaded free from the net (they are not stolen, but openly available to anyone) and I had the same error message. The next batch of songs worked, and they came from my CD collection, which I saved to HDD; without any CP. Hope this helps!!

Ugghh, hate to point this out, but you forgot the beer holder....lol!! That paint job looks sharp, good job!!

By IQ do you mean Image Quality? Also what is DV? I dl'ing now; ive got a 260 core 216 sc also! O.K. got the new drivers, I see a definate 10 fps improvement in BS, maybe even 15!! Question, seeking help!! I cant seem to get the AA working very well...What should my settings be in Nvidia control panel?? I am pretty green at this newer tech, but quite adaptable. I tried the 'override application' setting, but I still see a lot of jaggies. Anyone offer advice to a newbie?!

Intel Core2Duo E8500 EVGA Nforce 750i FTW Edition MoBo EVGA Nvidia GTX260 [Core216] Superclocked Videocard 2 x 2GB of Kingston Ram @ 1066MHz all run by a 750 watt PSU I'm running Vista 64bit Ultimate. Oh, and no overclocking right now!!

THANKS downloading now!!

Hmm, i cannot open the site on that link....

nice, thank you!!

The S-8 TsM type rocket is a smoke marker... discovered that bit of info the hard way!! Couldn't figure out why 40 rockets couldn't destroy a car, and whats with that orange colour smoke...?

For some unknown reason the screenies I took did not show up in the screenshot folder; However give me a bit and I'll post a vid on youtube. Here ya go, excuse the poor excuse of a video, next one will be much better. Notice I turn the mod on at the start of the vid... my fps drops 15 from that, and 5-10 from fraps, which halves my 40-50 frames!! ouch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v26PuRQnnXA