Taz1004 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Is the IC check different per session? I just tested on 3 servers with full IC and works just fine. Try docWilly's advice above or delete the file if the problem persists. Maybe similar to Mustang's shader mod issue. I tested again and no problem for me. NOTE: some users have experienced red IC shield in MP list shortly after installing and launching the game, simply restart DCS and you will be able to join servers again. Edited October 7, 2020 by Taz1004 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuniorez Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Try docWilly's advice above or delete the file if the problem persists. I did it already, its working now, but now I don't have the modded texture, just that default non hd Hope see the DCS update for effects, explosions and damage soon :) Edited October 7, 2020 by Tuniorez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFA41_Lion Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I can confirm that I got the red IC break shield the first time I ran DCS with the mod, but after I exited and restarted it was working again. Seems like it needs to be run once for DCS to recognize it or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Hope see the DCS update for effects, explosions and damage soon :) I really hope so too but don't hope too much. Looks like they're still looking for Special FX artist. I think that's been up for awhile. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=217832 Thanks for the confirmation NPOSuperhornet. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juuba Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Installed v6 of the Smoke Mod. Connected to Blue Flag Syria. Sitting in the "lobby" I had no problems. When I selected a hornet slot, it kicked me out with a "A Pure Client Required" message or something. Sometimes I Amaze even Myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 I just uninstall all mods and reinstalled V6 to test. Started DCS right up and I got the red shield on rain.hlsl. I restarted DCS and it went away. Joined full IC server and sat there for 5 minutes and started up A10C Have you tried restarting and have you tried different server? Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu_69 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 textures/terraincommon/voronka_ground.dds fails IC on Hoggit servers. Booted me 15 min. into mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabzi Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 ED is quite likely releasing new explosion and other effects soon so no need for those. Soon? Not likely. Me, you and everyone else here shall be many moons older before that happens. Have you seen the new clouds around yet? i7-6850K | GTX1080 | 32GB DDR4 | Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave317 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Talking of clouds. Are you able to create a mod to stop them spinning? I can't see the new clouds coming anytime soon and it's really annoying in VR. I'm sure there would be hundreds of appreciative players even if it is only usable in SP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juuba Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I just uninstall all mods and reinstalled V6 to test. Started DCS right up and I got the red shield on rain.hlsl. I restarted DCS and it went away. Joined full IC server and sat there for 5 minutes and started up A10C Have you tried restarting and have you tried different server? Yes I tried restarting - didn't try other servers. Sometimes I Amaze even Myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Yes I tried restarting - didn't try other servers. I'd like to figure out what the pattern is. Some say it's the crater texture, some say it's rain.hlsl. Is IC check just random? Is it a map? Module? Server? For now, since it seems to be working for some and doesn't for others, I'll leave it as is and leave it up to individual to remove the offending file from the mod. Clouds, I've been looking into it but just realized I've been looking at wrong place. Because if you think about it, spinning can't be avoided in a simulation like this where you fly all around, over, and under. Try simulating that scenario with flat card like business card and how it can keep pointing at your fingertip as it flies over that business card. If it doesn't rotate, as you fly over, it will have to flip. Which will be worse. What can be done is dampen the rotation of the clouds. So it's not abrupt when you turn your head. But I need to look deeper. Edited October 8, 2020 by Taz1004 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) Added version 6.1 at the bottom of first post. This is if you have IC issue with voronka_ground.dds What it does is it adds NEW crater texture instead of modifying original. And then redirects the texture location in graphics.lua DCS doesn't check IC on additional files so this should pass IC. This actually can be an exploit to get around any texture check. Which makes IC check on textures pointless. If you have any other mod that modifies graphics.lua or if you modified it yourself, you will have to merge. Only line 97 is changed. IC conflict on rain.hlsl seems to be resolved by restarting DCS. Edited October 9, 2020 by Taz1004 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFlier Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks Taz! Anyway, I suggest keeping version 5 available as a separate file to download in case people doesn't want to restart DCS everytime or get around IC checks moving files or editing any .lua ;) Night Flier _________________________________________________________________________________________ i7 9700K, MSI RTX 2080, 32GB RAM (3200 MHz), SSD m.2 1TB, Monitor 32'' WQHD 2560x1440, Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu_69 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Well, TAz, your work-around failed. textures/terraincommon_Taz/voronka_ground.dds also fails IC on Hoggit servers. Booted me 20 min. into mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Just tested on my private server for over an hour. I even tried changing maps to see if that triggered it. I actually flew the mission and dropped bombs to see the crater texture. I can't duplicate the issue so I'm gonna have to assume it's that specific server. Maybe they have customized IC check I don't know. Just delete the file from the zip. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Definitely makes nice, rich columns of smoke from burning vehicles... Does the OP (or anyone) have any suggestions regarding the TGP "White Out" / "Black Out" that occurs depending on whether you're in WHOT or BHOT? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Are you saying this mod is causing that? If below is what you're talking about, then it happens to me without this mod. Some sort of lighting issue. I just use the optical with high contrast. By the way, has that been reported as a bug? Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Didn’t have it in Hog2 pre Mod under the latest OB version. I have seen it off and on in Hog1 and yes, it’s been a running gun battle to get ED recognize it because it’s not always immediately reproduceable. Sometimes deleting / rebuilding the metashaders folder helps. Some say turning the setting for chimney smoke down to zero helps. Some say it’s related to whatever alchemy nVidia is doing with their drivers. But nothing concrete has ever been nailed down to the best of my knowledge. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docWilly Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Didn’t have it in Hog2 pre Mod under the latest OB version. I have seen it off and on in Hog1 and yes, it’s been a running gun battle to get ED recognize it because it’s not always immediately reproduceable. Sometimes deleting / rebuilding the metashaders folder helps. Some say turning the setting for chimney smoke down to zero helps. Some say it’s related to whatever alchemy nVidia is doing with their drivers. But nothing concrete has ever been nailed down to the best of my knowledge. yes and unfortunately it is also present with Hog2 and not cured yet. Happens once in a while, next restart it´s gone, then up again. People look for a solution - so far chimney smoke to 0 seems to be a temporary cure for that desease ;-) Same b****** as with the connection timeout in MP. Sometimes it´s there sometimes it´s fine and no one finds a definite reason nor solution. At least it´s not triggered by TAZ Better smoke. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]my rig specs: i7-4790K CPU 4.50GHz, 32GB RAM, 64bit WIN10, NVidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, SSD+ A10C, UH-1H, M2C, F5E, Gazelle, KA 50, F18C, DCS 2.5x OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 yes and unfortunately it is also present with Hog2 and not cured yet. Happens once in a while, next restart it´s gone, then up again. People look for a solution - so far chimney smoke to 0 seems to be a temporary cure for that desease ;-) Same b****** as with the connection timeout in MP. Sometimes it´s there sometimes it´s fine and no one finds a definite reason nor solution. At least it´s not triggered by TAZ Better smoke.Hmmm... All maps or just Caucasus? I have some trees that suddenly appears very large in front of me. But only Caucasus. Sent from my ANE-LX1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy_Diesel Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hello Taz, I really appreciate your mod, and I've been using it for a now. However, since v6, I keep getting an integrity check fail in basically any server using the Caucasus map. A single file fails the check, and it's apparently a snow texture, hence why I only get it on Caucasus. Here's what the integrity check window says : textures/noise_2 @ mods/terrains/caucasus/vfstextures/noisewinter Could you help me with that issue ? :helpsmilie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hello Taz, I really appreciate your mod, and I've been using it for a now. However, since v6, I keep getting an integrity check fail in basically any server using the Caucasus map. A single file fails the check, and it's apparently a snow texture, hence why I only get it on Caucasus. Here's what the integrity check window says : textures/noise_2 @ mods/terrains/caucasus/vfstextures/noisewinter Could you help me with that issue ? :helpsmilie: That is not part of this mod. vfstextures is usually from terrain mod or my tree mod. And those mods are not intended for full IC. You have to join servers that allow texture mods. It'll say "-require pure textures: no" on the lower right when you click on the server. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy_Diesel Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I understand, and now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I installed your tree mod, so yeah, that's on me. Anyway, thanks for the answer, and keep up the good work :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightFlier Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Hi there, just tried the Mavericks with IR cam and after having destroyed a target I was unable to see anything when aiming in that direction, it was completely white. It seems that the smoke mod is the cause as it happens only when pointing where it is. Night Flier _________________________________________________________________________________________ i7 9700K, MSI RTX 2080, 32GB RAM (3200 MHz), SSD m.2 1TB, Monitor 32'' WQHD 2560x1440, Windows 10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 Hi there, just tried the Mavericks with IR cam and after having destroyed a target I was unable to see anything when aiming in that direction, it was completely white. It seems that the smoke mod is the cause as it happens only when pointing where it is. As shown above, exactly same thing happens to me without the mod. And there is no reason why anything in the mod would effect TGP. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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