High.lua mod for DCS World

This modification is very similar to the one made for DCS A-10C several months ago, all it does is increase the quality and detail of the terrain.

***FYI this version of High.lua is now an integral part of 1.2.1, so users of that version no longer need to use this mod.***

This modification is very similar to the one made for DCS A-10C several months ago, all it does is increase the quality and detail of the terrain (FPS drop is around 10% or so, mileage may vary :))

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?uun51mng6q46a7l

Man, you can read my mind.:thumbup::thumbup:

EDIT: I owe you rep, can't right now.

added description of this lua edition 2011.12.18

I added original BS2.111 patch original values

distance =
{
   distance10x10 = 30000.0;
   [color=Blue]distanceLevel0 [/color]= [color=Blue]100000.0[/color]; [color=Gray]-- original 18000.0[/color]
--    uniqueSceneFarDistance = 0;
--    uniqueSceneFarDistance = 5000;
   uniqueSceneFarDistance = 10000.0;
   smokesSceneFarDistance = 10000.0;
   minimalSquareOnScreen = 50;
   minimalSquareOnScreenFull = 100;
   
   mapLodDistance0 = 2000;
   mapLodDistance1 = 4000;
   mapLodDistance2 = 6000;
   mapLodDistance3 = 8000;
   smallShitDimention = 400;
}
distanceBlend = 
{
   townNearDistance  = 10000.0;
   [color=Blue]townFarDistance   [/color]= [color=Blue]100000.0[/color];  [color=Gray]-- original 25000.0[/color]
   fieldNearDistance = 10000.0;
   [color=Blue]fieldFarDistance  [/color]= [color=Blue]100000.0[/color];  [color=Gray]-- original 13000.0[/color]
   waterNearDistance = 6000.0;
   [color=Blue]waterFarDistance  [/color]= [color=Blue]100000.0[/color];  [color=Gray]-- original 12000.0[/color]
   townLightNearDistance  = 9000.0;
   [color=Blue]townLightFarDistance  [/color]= [color=Blue]100000.0[/color];  [color=Gray]-- original 10000.0[/color]
   [color=Blue]subforest [/color]= {8000, [color=Blue]20000[/color]};  [color=Gray]-- original 8000, 13000[/color]
   beach = {8000, 13000};
   [color=Blue]road [/color]= {[color=Blue]6000[/color], 13000};  [color=Gray]-- original 8000, 13000[/color]
}

--Old Noise 
land_noise =
{
   noisemin = 0.1; -- the weight of a noise texture in a distance shot (âåñ òåêñòóðû øóìà íà äàëüíåì ïëàíå)
   noisemax = 0.5; -- the weight of a noise texture in a close shot (âåñ òåêñòóðû øóìà íà áëèæíåì ïëàíå)
   noise1front = 1000.0; -- the range of close shot for noise (äàëüíîñòü áëèæíåãî ïëàíà äëÿ øóìà)
   noise1back = [color=Blue]40000.0[/color]; -- the range of distance shot for noise (äàëüíîñòü äàëüíåãî ïëàíà äëÿ øóìà)  
                         [color=Gray]-- original 18000.0[/color]

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Hi Mustang,

I'm building a new mission in Krasnodar (big city) and have a graphics problem.

I'm in the Ka-50 ca. 3-4 Km away from the city and can't see any buildings.

Where can I increase the visibility distance?

I tried in graphics.cfg but with no result. :(

Edit:

I created a test-mission and did some screenshots:

Graphic.zip

Hi Mustang,

 

I'm building a new mission in Krasnodar (big city) and have a graphics problem.

I'm in the Ka-50 ca. 3-4 Km away from the city and can't see any buildings.

Where can I increase the visibility distance?

 

I tried in graphics.cfg but with no result. :(

 

 

Edit:

I created a test-mission and did some screenshots:

Have you tried with these settings? http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1354121&postcount=78

It increases building viewdistance adding a Very High option, without modifying what you already have on low/med/high.

I'm pretty sure it can be used on BS2 also..

S! :pilotfly:

First post updated, revised high.lua link provided for use in DCS World as well as existing DCS titles.

Mustang? Do You notify "World" running slower than A-10C or BS on "Custom High" Settings?

Any performance hit here should be more or less purely on the GPU, right?

Noob question on this: Is this tweak solely based on the setting I have in "Terrain" (ex. Terrain = HIGH) or is this based on the master settings of LOW/MED/HIGH (high being the one I have to choose). I suppose what I'm asking is whether I just set my terrain to HIGH to access these LUA settings and I can then modify the other settings individually that also affect my fps (such as Visibility distance, etc.)

Thanks

Hey Mustang, I found a way to increase distance for cirus clouds, default is 40km I was able to change them to 60km max, and can't go further as there's some clipping done at 80km I believe (any more than 60km and you start seing the edge of texture), same as with Su-25T 80km clipping in Shkval screen.. any chance to increase those?

Hey Mustang, I found a way to increase distance for cirus clouds, default is 40km I was able to change them to 60km max, and can't go further as there's some clipping done at 80km I believe (any more than 60km and you start seing the edge of texture), same as with Su-25T 80km clipping in Shkval screen.. any chance to increase those?

Is this with the Cirrus.fx shader? if so i'll take a look later on (beta testing has priority right now ;))

^^^^

Yes, Cirrus.fx file (line 30/32)

This is what I have now:

static const float range=60000.0;

static const float range2=10000.0;

static const float fade=300.0;

Do you have an alternate download link? Windows keeps blocking the Page 1 download as malware.

Edited first post, now available as an attachment.

FYI this version of High.lua is now an integral part of 1.2.1, so users of that version no longer need to use this mod.

Excellent!!!!

Thanks for your work!