3Dmigoto VR mod for DCS : Label masking, color enhancement, sharpen, FXAA, copy/paste of radio MSG,....

[FupDuck]

I mainly play single player, so the ic pass isn't a big deal to me. I currently just have the clear water mod installed. If you could give instructions on how to add just this part, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! 

[speed-of-heat]

I honestly can’t because I haven’t looked at this mod, in a very long time.  I do my butchery at a very gross level, for clear water and ic pass; I hack out the files that cause the problem. if this mod makes no changes to those files gbuffer, water and decoder, then as @lefuneste01says it should work without effort, but I honestly don’t know and haven’t tested it and for the same reason as @lefuneste01, I’m very likely not going to.

[lefuneste01]

3 hours ago, Sandmonkee said:

I mainly play single player, so the ic pass isn't a big deal to me. I currently just have the clear water mod installed. If you could give instructions on how to add just this part, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! 

I tested removing only water.fx, it is working with the mod but is also creating water very transparent : you can see bottom of ocean and ground texture below lake surface...

[speed-of-heat]

yeah you have to keep the original GBuffer and decoder or you get that effect 

[FupDuck]

Thanks for the input guys! Once again, I'm not complaining, just "going for the gold" . I really appreciate the work both of you do! 

[lefuneste01]

I did some testing:  the mod should work as it is with the clearwater version, as soon as you patch it with the files included in the zip I provided.

But anyway, there is an issue with ils151.hlsl that removed text in kneepad maps. And this ils151.hlsl is also shared with shader that display menu boxes in VR that I used to display my menu and MFD/HUD...

So I will update my Kegetys mod and 3dMigoto mod in order to replace this file by the default one (Kegetys mod is only adding some kind of texture SS).

[lefuneste01]

1st topic updated to include reference for 11.1 version that will improve compatibility with Kegetys mod (including "clear water without IC") and fix issue with text in kneepad map for Kegetys mod.

I did not check compatibility with "clear water with IC" version, cleaning DCS + recompiling shaders take a lot of time.... It may works, who knows...

[speed-of-heat]

On 6/1/2019 at 8:29 AM, lefuneste01 said:

The setup menu can be activated by pressing LSHIFT+F7. You can cycle different pages covering all mod settings. You can change values by using INS/DEL/HOME/END/PageUp/PageDown keys, the effect will be seen directly in game.

 

I installed this to test it today, whilst its installed correctly, I dont seem to get any menu when i press LSHIFT+F7, i have tried replacing hunting = 0 with =2 and i still dont get anything as an onscreen menu option no green lines, as far as i can tell it installed in the right directory d3d11_log.txt

logfile attached 

[speed-of-heat]

so the mod works on its own, and it works with Kegteys base mod and CW, as soon as add in the update Kegetys VR Shaders mod for 3Dmigoto v1.1  the menu fails 

Edited July 26, 2021 by speed-of-heat

[zildac]

I had exactly the same issue this morning when I tried. No menu. I'm mostly interested in whether the FXAA filter reduces the dreaded shimmers, as I'm happy with performance at present.

Edited July 26, 2021 by zildac

[lefuneste01]

@speed-of-heat and @zildac

 

For Zildac : Is d3d11.dll in same directory than DCS.exe ?

For Speed-of-heat : if hunting=2 is set, you should have green lines on 2d screen mirror when pressing Num0. Logs ahown thar mod is installed correctly.

 

What are your graphic options ? Did you check graphic options to remove those given in first post ?  Do you have other mods installed (eg Mustang) ?

 

I checked with MSAA off each time on a repaired version of DCS, for vanilla, kegetys full and kegetys clear water without IC configuration.

I suggest you to do a repair of DCS with option "check all files" (you can let 3dmigoto in place, as it is not modifying any DCS files it will remains). It's a bit long, but not as much as recompilation...

So, once repaired, try on vanilla DCS with MSAA off, then if it's working, try with MSAA.

Then if it's still working, install Kegetys mod, install my patch for Kegetys to overwrite the needed shaders in bazar subdirectories, launch DCS, take a coffre during recompilation, and try.

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by lefuneste01

[speed-of-heat]

yes MSAA is off ( i couldnt see any others) as i said the menu works with your base mod and Kegetys and clear water just not with your additions/update for kegetys, my settings are my standard ones minus MSAA...

 

@zildac there is still a pretty notable shimmer with FXAA, i think it is worse than with MSAA ... still very subjective

[zildac]

@lefuneste01 I'll double-check, but pretty sure as I just used OVGME

[speed-of-heat]

The advantages of this mod are many, from a performance POV, it enables you to have fxaa enabled to reduce the shimmer a bit, at very little perf cost, but not as effective (no implied detriment to the mod) as MSAA, my view is if you are solely looking at performance and can’t afford MSAA then this mod provides a a significant benefit for the shimmer with FXAA.

[zildac]

@speed-of-heat Thanks for the update. I think I'm on an endless search for a unicorn here!

[lefuneste01]

50 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

The advantages of this mod are many, from a performance POV, it enables you to have fxaa enabled to reduce the shimmer a bit, at very little perf cost, but not as effective (no implied detriment to the mod) as MSAA, my view is if you are solely looking at performance and can’t afford MSAA then this mod provides a a significant benefit for the shimmer with FXAA.

I agree : no miracle to expect from FXAA, if MSAA is not doing it, then FXAA won't either. It's just costing less fps than MSAA.

[lefuneste01]

1 hour ago, speed-of-heat said:

yes MSAA is off ( i couldnt see any others) as i said the menu works with your base mod and Kegetys and clear water just not with your additions/update for kegetys

It was a packaging issue, I just put online the 11.1.1 that will fix the problem.

Just install again 3dmigoto part if you have already patched the Kegetys shader mod with the "update Kegetys VR Shaders mod for 3Dmigoto v1.1"

[speed-of-heat]

i will try later its still showing up as 11.1 atm

[FupDuck]

On 6/1/2019 at 3:29 AM, lefuneste01 said:

Once the Kegetys shader mod is installed, copy in DCS installation directory the files and directories from the directory "update Kegetys VR Shaders mod for 3Dmigoto v1.1", included in the 3dmigoto mod zip file.

 

Hi,

I'm trying to follow the instructions above from the OP, but I can't find the update Kegetys VR Shaders mod for 3Dmigoto v1.1 directory. Here is the file structure inside the zip file (v11.1.1):

 

 

Is this directory to be downloaded from somewhere else?

Thanks!

[speed-of-heat]

yep, this file is not present in the latest download... not quite sure what to do

[FupDuck]

1 hour ago, speed-of-heat said:

yep, this file is not present in the latest download... not quite sure what to do

I guess we will wait for @lefuneste01 to put it back!

 

Thanks for confirming I wasn't going crazy! 

Edited July 26, 2021 by Sandmonkee

[lefuneste01]

I'm too stupid, I forgot to add fix for Kegetys mod in the zip !

I should not do 2 things at the same time...

It's fixed now in 11.1.2

 

[speed-of-heat]

yep that seems to work just fine, many thanks!

[FupDuck]

@lefuneste01, I finally had some time to get this installed, and it works friggin great! Finally I have the best of both worlds! Adding the kegetys mod support has pretty much negated any fps hit from the 3Dmigoto mod, and it looks spectacular. I love the ability to adjust stuff in game, this mod is now on the list of "how is this not already built in to the game?" mods. Thanks big time as well to @speed-of-heat for helping out with your knowledge of the kegetys mod and your clear water adjustment, and for indulging me on my Quest for the Golden Mod!

[lefuneste01]

I finished a new version with dedicated sharpen settings for HUD and MFD. I will diffuse it after the next beta (in case of shader modified).