Stratos Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 Wondering If would be possible to swap the Marianas jungle trees into Caucasus trees... 1 I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
Aluminum Donkey Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 Taz1004, Thanks so much man, much better than the bleach-blonde default trees in the sim AD 1 Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
vCSG3 Bloat 203 Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 lovely as ever and no issues in 2.7 - except for a friend in VR, who's having black outlines for all CCS trees. Just thought I'd bring it up on your radar @Taz1004 - it might not be related to your mod specifically... 2 :pilotfly: BrotherBloat
swartbyron Posted April 17, 2021 Posted April 17, 2021 I agree, this mod appears to be working as intended in 2.7. Phew! 1
javelina1 Posted April 17, 2021 Posted April 17, 2021 I tried it out yesterday as well, and it seems to be working. (great mod via Taz!) 1 MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
zildac Posted April 17, 2021 Posted April 17, 2021 Yup seems to be working as well as it did in 2.5.6 Sent from my GM1913 using Tapatalk 2 14900KS | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 6600 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero
YSIAD_RIP Posted April 20, 2021 Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Maybe ED will "adopt" the Better Trees officially in the next update. I was surprised and HAPPY when I found that the better trees was still working great in 2.7. Edited April 23, 2021 by YSIAD_RIP fixed my pathetic grammar and made it less pathetic... lol. 1 1 Do not own: | F-15E | JF-17 | Fw 190 A-8 | Bf 109 | Hardware: [ - Ryzen7-5800X - 64GB - RX 6800 - X56 HOTAS Throttle - WINWING Orion 2 F16EX Grip - TrackIR 5 - Tobii 5C - JetPad FSE - ]
Lazerhawk Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 4:06 PM, YSIAD_RIP said: Maybe ED will "adopt" the Better Trees officially in the next update. I was surprised and HAPPY when I found that the better trees was still worked great in 2.7. Has ED stated that intent? That would be awesome!
zildac Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Lazerhawk said: Has ED stated that intent? That would be awesome! Well they seemed quite happy to adopt "Better Smoke"...... 14900KS | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 6600 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero
Lazerhawk Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 20 hours ago, zildac said: Well they seemed quite happy to adopt "Better Smoke"...... They integrated Taz's "Better Smoke"? That's awesome too. And sorry, I must be living under a rock
zildac Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Lazerhawk said: They integrated Taz's "Better Smoke"? That's awesome too. And sorry, I must be living under a rock I was being a little sarcastic as yes they appeared to, code comments and all. With no credit to him. Which is generally considered a bit cheeky at best Edited April 24, 2021 by zildac 1 14900KS | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 6600 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero
davidp57 Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 @zildacED certainly changed their particle engine, which gave us nice, fluffy smoke and beautiful flames, and probably helped with the clouds (although I don't know about this). To say that they used Taz' excellent mod is an exageration, in my humble opinion. Of course, you're right, in the past they sometimes used community work in the game ; but they always recognized the author (I know this, I'm one of them - an ancient one, at that ^^). I think that they simply changed the smoke and fire of their engine in a way that paralleled Taz', which is logical : both are beautiful ! Zip - VEAF :pilotfly: If you want to learn, talk and fly with french-speaking friends, the Virtual European Air Force is here for you ! Meet us on our Discord and our forum If you're a mission creator, you may want to check the VEAF Mission Creation Tools (and its GitHub repository) a set of open-source scripts and tools that make creating a dynamic mission a breeze !
zildac Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 @davidp57 my statement was based on a comment by @Taz1004 They used his code (at least some of it) as his comments were still in the source.... 1 14900KS | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 6600 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero
Taz1004 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) On 4/27/2021 at 2:47 AM, davidp57 said: @zildacED certainly changed their particle engine, which gave us nice, fluffy smoke and beautiful flames, and probably helped with the clouds (although I don't know about this). To say that they used Taz' excellent mod is an exageration, in my humble opinion. Of course, you're right, in the past they sometimes used community work in the game ; but they always recognized the author (I know this, I'm one of them - an ancient one, at that ^^). I think that they simply changed the smoke and fire of their engine in a way that paralleled Taz', which is logical : both are beautiful ! Just commenting to clarify. They did use part of my mod directly. File name is PFXDust.fx It is identical to my file and even included my notes which suggests ED just copied the file. And I didn't see a recognition. Again, I don't mind but just clarifying the fact. EDIT: Credit is given. Thanks. Edited April 28, 2021 by Taz1004 8 2 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
davidp57 Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 Thanks for the clarification, Taz. I didn't have this information. This is, indeed, not cool. Even if you kindly don't mind, it's not good practice. 1 Zip - VEAF :pilotfly: If you want to learn, talk and fly with french-speaking friends, the Virtual European Air Force is here for you ! Meet us on our Discord and our forum If you're a mission creator, you may want to check the VEAF Mission Creation Tools (and its GitHub repository) a set of open-source scripts and tools that make creating a dynamic mission a breeze !
VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 Silly me, I got the low version and wondered why it looked no difference.... Thanks for the great work. Would you do this for other maps, like The Channel? Syria? (hint, hint) I Fly, Therefore I Am. One cannot go around not saying "Thank you" every time these days, can't you? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA
Taz1004 Posted May 4, 2021 Author Posted May 4, 2021 (edited) I recently bought Syria and PG but I still use Caucasus the most because it has most campaigns, missions and tutorials. And I still recommend this tree mod over default for 2.7 Below is default with billboard trees that pop and flicker. More noticeable in fullscreen. Better Trees Dark with texture fixed There's also the new Forest Details Factor which forces 2D billboard trees closer. This seems to give nice FPS boost and my billboard trees do hold up fairly well at close range even when this option is set to lowest. I actually prefer this option at lowest as it eliminates the bubble where that LOD transition happens which actually bothered me more. Edited May 4, 2021 by Taz1004 4 2 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
Vanguard Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 16 hours ago, Taz1004 said: I actually prefer this option at lowest as it eliminates the bubble where that LOD transition happens which actually bothered me more. Amen to that bro. 1
YSIAD_RIP Posted May 6, 2021 Posted May 6, 2021 Yep..100% once you have seen the pop and flicker you can't "un-see" it.. lol. Do not own: | F-15E | JF-17 | Fw 190 A-8 | Bf 109 | Hardware: [ - Ryzen7-5800X - 64GB - RX 6800 - X56 HOTAS Throttle - WINWING Orion 2 F16EX Grip - TrackIR 5 - Tobii 5C - JetPad FSE - ]
nzteddy Posted May 14, 2021 Posted May 14, 2021 This trees mod is great and I find I cannot fly Caucasus without it. However, as others have said, please do no saturate trees with snow, that would otherwise be green or just lightly covered in vanilla. This is the only downside to an otherwise awesome improvement. thanks
Taz1004 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Posted May 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, nzteddy said: This trees mod is great and I find I cannot fly Caucasus without it. However, as others have said, please do no saturate trees with snow, that would otherwise be green or just lightly covered in vanilla. This is the only downside to an otherwise awesome improvement. thanks Just delete the winter from the mod. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
Leg2ion Posted May 18, 2021 Posted May 18, 2021 Hi all, Apologies as a bit new to this, but can I simply install this mod by unzipping and putting the files 'somewhere', or does it need a mod manager. Will V5 work with both stable 2.5 and beta 2.7 - as some of the thread seemed to indicate V4 was needed for the stable? Additionally is there any hit to performance/FPS? AMD Ryzen 5 5600X; ASUS ROG Strix X570-F, Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2x 32GB) 3600MHz; Seagate FireCuda 510 500GB M.2-2280 (OS); Samsung 860 EVO 2TB M.2-2280 (DCS); MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU. TM Warthog Hotas; T.Flight Pedals; DelanClip/Trackhat.
Taz1004 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Leg2ion said: Hi all, Apologies as a bit new to this, but can I simply install this mod by unzipping and putting the files 'somewhere', or does it need a mod manager. Will V5 work with both stable 2.5 and beta 2.7 - as some of the thread seemed to indicate V4 was needed for the stable? Additionally is there any hit to performance/FPS? If you don't want to use mod manager, you can unzip the "Mods" folder of the zip file into main install directory. Idea is to replace the default files so replace/overwrite matching directory. V5 will work with current 2.5 and 2.7 When using Low version, I get slightly better performance with the mod. About 0.1ms - 0.2ms improvement in VR. Edited May 18, 2021 by Taz1004 1 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
Leg2ion Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Thanks @Taz1004 - appreciated. If I were to use a manager - is there a 'recommended' or more user friendly one over the others? AMD Ryzen 5 5600X; ASUS ROG Strix X570-F, Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2x 32GB) 3600MHz; Seagate FireCuda 510 500GB M.2-2280 (OS); Samsung 860 EVO 2TB M.2-2280 (DCS); MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X 24GB OC GPU. TM Warthog Hotas; T.Flight Pedals; DelanClip/Trackhat.
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