Askerov24 Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Devs said that they made trees biger on purpose, so they could use less trees to make forests look more dense. For better performance of course. Acer Aspire E5-571G-713W/Intel® Core™ i7-4510U 2.0-3.1GHz/12 GB DDR3 L Memo/NVIDIA® GeForce® 820M 2 GB/1000 GB HDD
Gryzor Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Finally I did the modification of 30% less size and its looks incredible now. Not fell less forest popultated area, even I can notice firebreakers and river along the scenery, and of course the sense of speed is greater! I think this modification will be the standard, please devs take this point into accound, and many thanks for this find Bananimal, now its great
flanker1 Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 i like this idea! can please somebody post some screenshots before/after? thanks in advance!!
rrohde Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 i like this idea! can please somebody post some screenshots before/after? thanks in advance!! +1 PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com
=Pedro= Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 +1 Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
uscstaylor Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) +100 Any chance someone can just post the file needed in JSGME format Edited February 6, 2018 by uscstaylor
Mustang Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 +1 Bananimal some very intuitive modding right there, these changes do look alot better :thumbup:
S-GERAT Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 I tried with NOTEPAD++ but when I open those files, it give me text with null caracters, please give me a advice to edit them. Thanks! You don't need to care of the null caracters, only use the control+H shortcut to open a window and replace the numbers one by one.
aaron886 Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Careful, Pedro, you got the folder structure wrong I think. \Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\CaucasusObjects not \Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\CaucasusObject
Bananimal Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 I tried with NOTEPAD++ but when I open those files, it give me text with null caracters, please give me a advice to edit them. Thanks! Don't edit the null characters. In Notepad++, click near the top line in the file then just use CTRL-H and paste the original value in the "Search for" field and in the "Replace with" field paste the new value. Click the "replace all" button and it will replace all entries for that value in the file. Once you are done with all the values save the file and you are done. ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
Bananimal Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 Here is the JSGME ready version. Hope Bananimal doesn't mind ;) S! Don't mind at all. Saves me the trouble. :thumbup: ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
=Pedro= Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 I tried with NOTEPAD++ but when I open those files, it give me text with null caracters, please give me a advice to edit them. Thanks! Here is the JSGME ready version. Hope Bananimal doesn't mind ;) S!Smaller_trees_by_Bananimal.zip Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
=Pedro= Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Careful, Pedro, you got the folder structure wrong I think. \Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\CaucasusObjects not \Mods\terrains\Caucasus\Models\CaucasusObject Corrected. Thx buddy! :thumbup: Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
Bananimal Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 What's your view angle? IMO that's the most important part (besides altitude) concerning the correct sense of speed. I never really check that to be honest. I have a button on my hotas to adjust it on the fly. I set it to where it looks right and leave it there mostly. ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
Bananimal Posted February 6, 2018 Author Posted February 6, 2018 As far a screenshots guys, not much really to show. You'll just see slightly smaller trees. The real magic is in motion. Try the mod, if you don't like it, remove it. It only takes a few seconds now that Pedro has wrapped it up in JSGME format for everyone. Piece of cake! Thanks for zipping it up Pedro! 1 ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
=Pedro= Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 At your service ;) Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
=Pedro= Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Has the collision model also got smaller by 30% during this operation? Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X | i7 9700K@5.0GHz | Asus TUF OC RTX 4090 | 32GB DDR4@3200MHz | HP Reverb G2 | TrackIR 5 | TM Warthog HOTAS | MFG Croswinds
Esac_mirmidon Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Good question " You must think in russian.." [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Windows 7 Home Premium-Intel 2500K OC 4.6-SSD Samsung EVO 860- MSI GTX 1080 - 16G RAM - 1920x1080 27´ Hotas Rhino X-55-MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals -Track IR 4
Gryzor Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Has the collision model also got smaller by 30% during this operation? Yes
Bananimal Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 That is a good question and something I didn't think about. I can say I have buzzed the trees just over ten feet above them and have not been whacked yet! 1 ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
Fri13 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Devs said that they made trees biger on purpose, so they could use less trees to make forests look more dense. For better performance of course. IMHO, the forest looks little too tight in the forested areas. The lack of open areas, the randomness of different size trees and blotches of specific kind trees etc makes it very obvious it is meant to be "filled". So it ain't much different really from "open area" as you are looking filled tree tops without much revelation to ground. Less trees + smaller trees + more open areas between + more same tree types in blotches == should be better. i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K.
ST0RM Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Just gave it a shot. It's better, but maybe a 50% reduction? Flying past, the largest trees were way larger than even the smoke stacks.
rrohde Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Just gave it a shot. It's better, but maybe a 50% reduction? Flying past, the largest trees were way larger than even the smoke stacks. Agreed. Especially in contrast with the trains, which seem awfully small compared to those trees, even at a 30% reduction. PC: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | MSI Suprim GeForce 3090 TI | ASUS Prime X570-P | 128GB DDR4 3600 RAM | 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD | Win10 Pro 64bit Gear: HP Reverb G2 | JetPad FSE | VKB Gunfighter Pro Mk.III w/ MCG Ultimate VKBcontrollers.com
Strut Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 Thanks Bananimal and Pedro! Regards DL available skins here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/?CREATED_BY=Strut Pictures of my Skins here: https://imgur.com/a/bOQyQqW [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64bit, Intel® Core i7-5820K CPU OC @ 4.50GHz x6, X99A GAMING PRO CARBON, MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO 11Gb, 32GB DDR4 RAM, SSD 960 EVO250GB, SSD 850 EVO 500GB, JetSeat, MFG Crosswind Pedals, VPC Mongoose T-50, TMWH, DSD ButtonBox, Pimax 5k XR/BE
Bananimal Posted February 7, 2018 Author Posted February 7, 2018 Just gave it a shot. It's better, but maybe a 50% reduction? Flying past, the largest trees were way larger than even the smoke stacks. Yep. I just got out of the sim at a 60% reduction and the trees are still too big. Going to setup a 70% and 80% and test. Here's what I'm seeing as far as the forests are concerned. Apparently ED's coding is superb. The smaller the trees get, the more of them thier code loads into the forest blocks. So, in effect, by reducing the size of the trees it looks like were gaining trees. Also, the reduction has opened up a little more space between the trees making them look more natural. I can tell you this, at 60% reduction, things are appear to speed by much quicker. I'll post up a finished mod once I get 70% and 80%. Then folks can choose what suits their tastes. I'm thinking I'll be at 80%. I know that seems nuts, but it's what I think will look right. ___________________________ Bananimal's DCS Mods and Skins
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