DCS Mig 21 bis 1.5.4 No grass/Ground clutter (Just green texture)

[longhai250791]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a graphic issue with DCS 1.5.4, my installed DLC is Mig 21 bis.

 

As I'v seen on Google, some screenshots and videoclip show grass/clutter on the ground near runways. But what I've seen with my game is just the flat green-ground texture and nothing on it. Some one know how to solve this plz help me.

 

I used DCS steam version and have updated up to 1.5.4 with DLC Mig 21 bis, beside I have opentrack with 3 point-cap for 6dof in game.

 

Here are my screenshots:

 

My PC:

Core i5-3570 3.4GHZ

20 GB DDR3

GIGABYTE Z77-DS3H

Nvidia GTX960

Window 7 64 bit

Edited August 22, 2016 by longhai250791

[NeilWillis]

That view looks to be what we all see right now.

 

I think you may have been looking at the pre-release pictures of 2.5.0, which will be updating the Caucasus map with more ground objects, better grass effects, more trees etc.

 

That update, will be free, and is scheduled to arrive by the end of the year according to EDs latest predictions, though that is always subject to change.

 

So I don't think you have any problem with your installation, it looks fine to me.

[voodooman]

That view looks to be what we all see right now.

 

I think you may have been looking at the pre-release pictures of 2.5.0, which will be updating the Caucasus map with more ground objects, better grass effects, more trees etc.

 

That update, will be free, and is scheduled to arrive by the end of the year according to EDs latest predictions, though that is always subject to change.

 

So I don't think you have any problem with your installation, it looks fine to me.

 

No. there was grass before. or bushes or whatever. The texture is called "SmallShit_Grass.dds" in the ground textures, it's still included but it's not rendered anymore. not in vanilla dcs or in any of the ground texture mods either. dont know if it's intentional or not but he is right. it's missing in the latest build.

Edited August 22, 2016 by voodooman

[longhai250791]

So I think not only me have this broblem with DCS 1.5.4

 

Hope for a new patch soon

[Art-J]

Nope, these screens are not normal. Clutter is not related to modules installed, so it's not a MiG-21 problem, but more general one. I flew a couple of times this weekend and I didn't notice that, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention... or the bug doesn't affect all computers.

 

Will check on my PC when I get back home. What airbase is it? 2nd and 3rd shot looks like Krymsk...

[decipher]

That view looks to be what we all see right now.

 

I think you may have been looking at the pre-release pictures of 2.5.0, which will be updating the Caucasus map with more ground objects, better grass effects, more trees etc.

 

That update, will be free, and is scheduled to arrive by the end of the year according to EDs latest predictions, though that is always subject to change.

 

So I don't think you have any problem with your installation, it looks fine to me.

 

you are wrong.

 

just tested this with the tf-51 and the mig-21.

 

 

 

this is how it looks for me, with the mig21 too. but i found the problem the original poster is experiencing. when

i select the mig-21 TRAINING MISSIONS, then the same airport you see on the screenshot above will have no ground clutter flowers/grass. only in the training missions, when you start a mission editor mission on the same airport it will be all flowery

 

 

a random guess: training missions have hardcoded lower settings? can a mission influence graphical settings. i know they can override things like realism settings and viewing options, but not sure if that might include display of ground clutter.

 

oh another guess, the training missions were saved with a very old version of DCS and maybe that causes problems?

 

either way. training missions = no flowers/grass.

fresh mission editor mission / multiplayer missions = flowerygrasswonderland.

 

 

EDIT [found the reason]:

ok. i took the training mission "takeoff" for the mig21 and loaded it in the mission editor. i saved it as a new mission, without editing anything. and voila: all flowery.

 

 

now i loaded the same mission again, but this time the original, from the training menu. and voila.. all boring!

 

exact same mission, so i guess they all need to be re-saved with a recent dcsworld version to look properly?

 

Edited August 22, 2016 by decipher

[Art-J]

Whoa, that doesn't seem to make sense, but just checked and it's exactly like in decipher's post! Puzzling, to say the least. And it applies to other very old missions too, as now I've noticed it in P-51 tutorials as well.

Edited August 22, 2016 by Art-J

[Boris]

Just noticed this too...