Mustang Posted June 30, 2015 Author Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) The 16384x16384 version has been deleted from mediafire. Ah apologies that was my mistake, i forgot to provide a newer link http://www.mediafire.com/download/760chm28bw3g330/vfstextures_set4_16384_020715.rar Edited July 2, 2015 by Mustang
Marioshata Posted June 30, 2015 Posted June 30, 2015 Ah apologies that was my mistake, i forgot to provide a newer link http://www.mediafire.com/download/37hg3l9lixr6399/vfstextures_set4_16384_290615.rar Thank you Mustang! :beer:
Weltensegler Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Deleted from mediafire again? :( Could you check once more Mustang? please? 4790K@4,6Ghz | EVGA Z97 Classified | 32GB @ 2400Mhz | Titan X hydro copper| SSD 850 PRO ____________________________________ Moments in DCS: --> https://www.youtube.com/user/weltensegLA --> WELD's cockpit: --> http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=92274
Mustang Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Deleted from mediafire again? :( Could you check once more Mustang? please? Link updated again, you posted just as i was doing this :) see first post.
Art-J Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 I have to admit that after testing every update, I still keep coming back to "050515" compilation. The reason for this is different artistic concept represented by these older files. The main ground texture in all recent updates is based on some aerial photo showing a thick carpet of "trees/bushes" with a tiny bit of ground here and there, which: a) doesn't resemble Caucasus or any European area at all; b) always looks more or less bad from lower altitudes, as these "bushes" turn into a messy pulp and no amount of cranking up the noise layer is going to solve it. The aforementioned files from may the 5th have a base texture with a mix of smooth grassy fields and much smaller fake "bushes" areas, offering not only more realistic scenery for "our" region of the World, but also some welcomed visual variation. And they look well both high and low altitudes (as they blend better with city and airbase textures). Well, that's my 2 cents of feedback. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
Mustang Posted July 6, 2015 Author Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Updated first post, vfstextures_set4_16384_060715 package has more corrections to colour (especially spring) also added low altitude noise texture and village textures (a thankyou to Starway for allowing the use of these!) Edited July 6, 2015 by Mustang
f4l0 Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Interesting :thumbup: f4l0 Developer of Simshaker for Aviators Feel the brrrrttt: [Official] SimShaker for Aviators Forums thread at ED forums SimShaker for Aviators (simshaker-for-aviators.github.io)
Starway Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 The textures are looking really good! System: Intel Core i5 3570K | GTX 980 OC | 16 GB DDR3 1600 | 500 GB SSD
jcbak Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I'm getting "invalid or deleted file." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]WIN 10, i7 10700, 32GB DDR4, RTX 2080 Super, Crucial 1TB SSD, Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD, TM Warthog with 10cm extension, TIR5, MFG Crosswind Pedals, Wheelstand Pro, LG 40" 4K TV, Razer Black Widow Ultimate KB[/size]
Mustang Posted July 28, 2015 Author Posted July 28, 2015 I'm getting "invalid or deleted file." Shouldn't be happening, check again.
Mustang Posted July 28, 2015 Author Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) I have to admit that after testing every update, I still keep coming back to "050515" compilation. The reason for this is different artistic concept represented by these older files. The main ground texture in all recent updates is based on some aerial photo showing a thick carpet of "trees/bushes" with a tiny bit of ground here and there, which: a) doesn't resemble Caucasus or any European area at all; b) always looks more or less bad from lower altitudes, as these "bushes" turn into a messy pulp and no amount of cranking up the noise layer is going to solve it. I actually based the 16k textures on samples in Google Earth Pro of areas around the Crimea and southern Russia/Black sea region, you'll be surprised just how much scrubland and forest cover there is - the region is practically in the middle east after spending hours in Google Earth i realize there are huge areas of agricultural fields inland but these would be better handled if ED added more fields to fill in these areas, putting fields into the noise texture would look ok in some areas but completely out of place in others (around airbases and in the mountains) the one I've chosen works good for all areas (they also look very very nice in EDGE :) ) Edited July 28, 2015 by Mustang
REDEYE_CVW-66 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) There is a difference in the 1st pic (with textures I recognize from the DCS2 preview) to the 2nd and 3rd pic. What do I need to get the results from pic1/post 1?:) Edit: Nevermind I found out:) I've gotta say, when it comes to textures you are a true artist. Excellent work. My only humble suggestion is to to what Starway did with the generic fields/agriculture- which I thought was greatly enhanced in his latest terrain. Other than that: Stellar work:) Edited July 28, 2015 by zionid
Art-J Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 I would still argue Your latest textures suit Georgean rocky/ mountain areas better than coastal plains (as the pics above show :) ), but I understand that it's always a question of compromise. Agree about insufficient field areas issue. Decided to download the 1307 update and gave it a try. It's indeed a great improvement over june releases. Mountains, especially, look great now. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
71st_Mastiff Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 your latest turns spring into winter? "any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back", W Forbes. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts", "He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," Winston Churchill. MSI z690 MPG DDR4 || i9-14900k|| ddr4-64gb PC3200 |zotac RTX 5080|Game max 1300w|Win11| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2||MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || Z10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/ G502LogiMouse || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Asus||
Mustang Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 your latest turns spring into winter? Erm no? check what season is selected in the mission you're running.
71st_Mastiff Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Erm no? check what season is selected in the mission you're running. ah ok that's what it was I had changed it to winter. "any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back", W Forbes. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts", "He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," Winston Churchill. MSI z690 MPG DDR4 || i9-14900k|| ddr4-64gb PC3200 |zotac RTX 5080|Game max 1300w|Win11| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2||MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || Z10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/ G502LogiMouse || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Asus||
Mustang Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 ah ok that's what it was I had changed it to winter. Hah ok you had me worried there for a moment :)
Art-J Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) I've noticed a small side effect of the latest mod, which, I think, was not there with may the 5th version (can check it out later If You want to). Some of the buildings on the map change their colour with the viewing distance, as shown in attachments: 1) attachment 1 - take a look at a big warehouse in the middle of the village. White walls, light grey roof, nothing extraordinary. When I fly away from it, however, it starts getting darker... 2) attachment 2 - the same building seen on the left, from a couple of kms further. Medium grey all around; 3) attachment 3 - same building with the lowest LOD, not long before it disappeared. Turned very dark grey already, then went to pitch black just before the structure disappeared. The same happens with some smaller buildings on the map, while the others are displayed properly. I use Your shaders mod and "medium" visibility distance. Any idea what causes the problem and how to solve it? Edited July 29, 2015 by Art-J i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
crazyeddie Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Close up some (not all) buildings take their texture from whatever is on the texture file in your temp textures folder, further away they revert to the block_texture file, and unless that has been changed it reverts to the original textures in the game, the very old and very poor quality ones. There are three, as far as I know, reworked block_texture files around, my own, one by dimitriov (in this mod) and one by zauela, you will have to find one you prefer. It also depends a lot on how your high.lua is set up, and that is pretty complicated to get right, what works for one building may not work for another in one high.lua setup, but might work in another. I have been playing around with the eye candy for years and it has never been more difficult to improve, but we try.
Art-J Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 ^ That's all fine and dandy, but, as I wrote, I use Mustang's "medium", not "high" .lua file. Moreover, I just did more testing with both latest and may texture pack, with and without Dimitrov's and Yours HD buildings. Results: buildings display correctly with old pack (both medium/high vis) and new pack/high vis combo. New pack/medium vis, however, causes issue as described above. @ Mustang - I'm not "lua-savvy" enough, but doesn't it mean some parameters in "medium" one are responsible for that? i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10.
71st_Mastiff Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 mustang the new update textures work great, but I'm having an issue with MP where display drivers stop responding, I have to deactivate the mod. :(:( "any failure you meet, is never a defeat; merely a set up for a greater come back", W Forbes. "Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts", "He who never changes his mind, never changes anything," Winston Churchill. MSI z690 MPG DDR4 || i9-14900k|| ddr4-64gb PC3200 |zotac RTX 5080|Game max 1300w|Win11| |turtle beach elite pro 5.1|| ViRpiL,T50cm2||MFG Crosswinds|| VT50CM-plus rotor Throttle || Z10 RGB EVGA Keyboard/ G502LogiMouse || PiMax Crystal VR || 32 Asus||
Mustang Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 mustang the new update textures work great, but I'm having an issue with MP where display drivers stop responding, I have to deactivate the mod. :(:( The mod shouldn't be the cause of your display driver failing, i developed the textures on my R9 270 2gb card and have zero problems, your graphics card (GTX980-4gb3.0) has substantially more muscle and should not fail running this mod.
Blooze Posted August 12, 2015 Posted August 12, 2015 Mustang, Although I enjoy your terrain mod very much from the cockpit unfortunately it makes it very difficult to see targets with the A-10C TGP so I have been forced to go back to default for that reason. Is there an easy way to reduce the intensity of the contrast (noise?) by about 50% so I can have my cake and eat it too? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Mustang Posted August 12, 2015 Author Posted August 12, 2015 Mustang, Although I enjoy your terrain mod very much from the cockpit unfortunately it makes it very difficult to see targets with the A-10C TGP so I have been forced to go back to default for that reason. Is there an easy way to reduce the intensity of the contrast (noise?) by about 50% so I can have my cake and eat it too? Yes, in High.lua just edit line 37 to a lower value such as noisemax = 0.4; or noisemax = 0.5;
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