Tacca's NVG mod for 2.5+

[tacca]

Good to see you still enjoy spending time improving your work!

 

Thanks Grand. I spent alot of time trying to get a DOF effect working within the NVG ring but my HLSL knowledge is holding me back from getting it to work.... so i thought I may as well make other improvements requested and will come back to the DOF when i get some motivation.

[Razor18]

Hay Guys,

 

don't want to spoil the topic, just need some guidance among the many versions: could someone clarify which of this (or the predecessor) NVG mods can or should be used to World 1.2.X?

 

Another question: as the readme of this mod says:

 

"Make sure to edit DCS World/config/graphics and change PrecompiledEffects mode to"USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_FOR_UNCHANGED_FILES" (Its already there, but commented out)."

 

My graphics.lua looks like:

 

PrecompiledEffects =

{

mode = "USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_FOR_UNCHANGED_FILES";

--mode = "USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_ONLY";

}

 

Does commented means the two dashes, so mine is already "enabled" for this mod?

 

Thanks

[tacca]

Hay Guys,

 

don't want to spoil the topic, just need some guidance among the many versions: could someone clarify which of this (or the predecessor) NVG mods can or should be used to World 1.2.X?

 

Another question: as the readme of this mod says:

 

"Make sure to edit DCS World/config/graphics and change PrecompiledEffects mode to"USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_FOR_UNCHANGED_FILES" (Its already there, but commented out)."

 

My graphics.lua looks like:

 

PrecompiledEffects =

{

mode = "USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_FOR_UNCHANGED_FILES";

--mode = "USE_PRECOMPILED_EFFECTS_ONLY";

}

 

Does commented means the two dashes, so mine is already "enabled" for this mod?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Hi Razor, the best one to use for 1.2 is http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100333

 

Yes, -- means commented. Yes what you posted means should already be enabled.

[BackboneOne]

thanx for a great mod, Frenchy! now, when you can change various parameters and shape of default NVGs, can you try to make us a sunglasses or a tinted visor (maybe even default shape will do)? there was already a thread about it earlier http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=152600

 

[tacca]

thanx for a great mod, Frenchy! now, when you can change various parameters and shape of default NVGs, can you try to make us a sunglasses or a tinted visor (maybe even default shape will do)? there was already a thread about it earlier http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=152600

 

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Hey Backbone, thanks for the idea. It would probably be a bit more involved as it would require the creation of a command, key assignment, a whole new shader post effect and link the command/key within DCS to said shader. The only part I know how currently is the shader part.

 

On the other hand if you were happy to lose the NVG but gain glasses/visor it would be pretty easy. Im pretty flat out work wise at the moment (hospitality, summer school holidays in oz) so I wont get to this for probably a few weeks

[BackboneOne]

Hey Backbone, thanks for the idea. It would probably be a bit more involved as it would require the creation of a command, key assignment, a whole new shader post effect and link the command/key within DCS to said shader. The only part I know how currently is the shader part.

 

On the other hand if you were happy to lose the NVG but gain glasses/visor it would be pretty easy. Im pretty flat out work wise at the moment (hospitality, summer school holidays in oz) so I wont get to this for probably a few weeks

 

great to hear that! maybe "easy way" should do for starters and then we can hope for more complex solution when you have a time. thank you for your work!:thumbup:

[Gliptal]

Since 1.5.2 is officialy out in the stable branch I'll be shifting from the original mod to this one. Great work Tacca, this makes night operations a lot more enjoyable, since the original effect is really lacking IMHO.

 

I do hope you reconsider the zooming aspect though, even with the switches displacement it looked awesome and added another layer of immersion.

[Zaku]

Has anyone tried getting NVGs working on the A-10A since 1.5 came out? I've tried the configs posted here as well as directly copying them over from my A-10C to no avail.

[CHSubZero]

Yeah tacca. Superb mod you've made. Is on my Best-Of list :-)

[tacca]

Has anyone tried getting NVGs working on the A-10A since 1.5 came out? I've tried the configs posted here as well as directly copying them over from my A-10C to no avail.

 

No I haven't tried sorry. Not spending much time in the A10 at the moment

 

Yeah tacca. Superb mod you've made. Is on my Best-Of list :-)

 

Thanks, Nrgized showed they way. I just got it working in DX11 and cleaned up the code alot so I could understand it :)

[jachin]

I've read through the thread, and I can't figure out how to get this to work on the SU25t?

[spaceraver]

If you desire a visor, copy the one from the MIG-21bis. It has a filter applied..

[BackboneOne]

If you desire a visor, copy the one from the MIG-21bis. It has a filter applied..

 

can you provide a file? i don't have mig-21. need installation instructions as well, i think.

[User]

Hi! How to make the blur on the edges?

As here:

 

Edited January 31, 2016 by User

[YoYo]

Is it work with Ka-50 (1.5)? I see something like this (too bright and no any noise):

 

 

Where I must put this 0.08f for example?

Edited January 31, 2016 by YoYo

[BackboneOne]

Hi! How to make the blur on the edges?

As here:

 

 

 

yeah! very interesting!

[GeorgeLKMT]

What's the point when you cannot see around the NVG? http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2549484&postcount=54

[YoYo]

Is it work with Ka-50 (1.5)? I see something like this (too bright and no any noise):

 

 

Where I must put this 0.08f for example?

 

Ok, found.

 

After some test here my settings for Ka-50:

 

 

S:\DCS World\Bazar\shaders\common\MOD_nvg.hlsl

 

// This value and the NVG intensity control (in game) controls the amount of gain of the NVG.

// Larger value means NVG is brighter. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f

static const float NVG_LIFT[2] =

{ 0.10f, // A-10C

0.042f // KA-50

};

 

// Value controls intensity of noise as gain is increased. Larger value means less noise. Note that Russian NVG has more noise coded into it so value should be higher. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f

// RECOMMENDED AT 3 and 4

static const float NVG_NOISE[2] =

{ 3, // A-10C

1.3 // KA-50

};

 

Btw. I use Redshade.

 

Version 2.0.6

 

Tacca, You have a bug in readme:

// Value controls intensity of noise as gain is increased. Larger value means less noise. Note that Russian NVG has more noise coded into it so value should be higher. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f

// RECOMMENDED AT 3 and 4

 

 

Must be:

 

// Value controls intensity of noise as gain is increased. Larger value means less noise. Note that Russian NVG has more noise coded into it so value should be LOWER. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f (???) RECOMMENDED AT 3 and 4.

Edited January 31, 2016 by YoYo

[Zaku]

No I haven't tried sorry. Not spending much time in the A10 at the moment

 

Well, if you have them working on the Su-25 or Su-25T it should be the same method.

[Weatherman]

Hey, just a heads up. The "common" folder is in the wrong location in your 2.0.6 download version. It's in the "shaders" vs. the "Effects" folder. I couldn't get it to work in either 1.5 or 2.0 until I noticed the error and made the correction. Now it works great! Love the effects. Very close to what I experienced during my time using them in the military.

[giaco1]

yeah! very interesting!

 

It's nice but not real, in the real world outside of tube you can see all focus, because use your normal eyes, it's inside the tube that you see the cockpit blurred but the HUD Focused. this is very hard to relicate in DCS.

 

thx everyone

[tacca]

 

Tacca, You have a bug in readme:

// Value controls intensity of noise as gain is increased. Larger value means less noise. Note that Russian NVG has more noise coded into it so value should be higher. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f

// RECOMMENDED AT 3 and 4

 

 

Must be:

 

// Value controls intensity of noise as gain is increased. Larger value means less noise. Note that Russian NVG has more noise coded into it so value should be LOWER. RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f (???) RECOMMENDED AT 3 and 4.

 

Hey Yoyo, yeah sorry that "RECOMMENDED AT 0.10f and 0.08f" shouldnt be there, old notes.

 

With regards to lower and higher what I have is correct, it comes down to how you interperet what I wrote (my intention was if you wanted to achieve similar noise levels in both scopes).

 

Increasing the value of noise variable reduces the amount of noise. If both the scopes are set to the same value the KA50 will have more noise because of how I coded it. Therefor if you want similar amount of noise in the A10 NVG and the KA50 the KA50 noise variable must be HIGHER than the A10 value.

 

Now if you want to increase the amount of noise overall then yes you have to lower the value.

[tacca]

Hi! How to make the blur on the edges?

As here:

 

 

Some people like the look and easy to do but is not realistic therefor I wont be implementing it.

Edited February 9, 2016 by tacca

[tacca]

Well, if you have them working on the Su-25 or Su-25T it should be the same method.

 

what?? I've done nothing with the su25???

 

As far as I am aware the only aircraft by default that have NVG's is the A10c, huey and ka50 (maybe mi8, i dont have it). This mod currently only modifies the default NVG. IT DOESN'T ADD it to other aircraft.

 

Some people had figured out how to do it back in 1.2 but it has changed since then off course. No one has made the effort to look over the old methods code (in old 1.2 thread) and seen how the new code is different. I might do it one day but its not my priority.

[tacca]

Hey, just a heads up. The "common" folder is in the wrong location in your 2.0.6 download version. It's in the "shaders" vs. the "Effects" folder. I couldn't get it to work in either 1.5 or 2.0 until I noticed the error and made the correction. Now it works great! Love the effects. Very close to what I experienced during my time using them in the military.

 

Hey Weatherman. just checked my download link and my own test version and both of them have the 'common' folder in the 'shaders' folder and it is coded to be this way. I just did a check in the lastest version of 2.0.1 and both work fine

 

Damien