Better Smoke V22 for DCS 2.9

[Taz1004]

Tested all the effect and only Rain and Crater Texture are outdated.  I'm not too fond of the new Crater texture but I don't think it's worth replacing.

 

Also, the new default PFXDust.fx file for the Helo dust is identical to my file.  It even has my comments in it so they just took my edited file.  So I deleted the file from my mod.

 

Updated the files on first post.  I did not rename so just download and overwrite.

[zildac]

2 minutes ago, Taz1004 said:

Also, the new default PFXDust.fx file for the Helo dust is identical to my file.  It even has my comments in it so they just took my edited file.  So I deleted the file from my mod.

 

Updated the files on first post.  I did not rename so just download and overwrite.

Oh, that is a little cheeky! I'm assuming you weren't aware?

[Taz1004]

Just now, zildac said:

Oh, that is a little cheeky! I'm assuming you weren't aware?

 

No but I don't mind.

[zildac]

1 minute ago, Taz1004 said:

 

No but I don't mind.

Fair do's. A credit would be nice though (or a free module)! Thanks for all your work sir.

Edited April 19, 2021 by zildac

[Glow]

Yeah man! Taz1004 I'm glad we have you. Thank you for your input.

Every destroyed unit in a DCS World should paint your avatar in the sky:

 

[Japo32]

Does this v10 pass integrity check?

Never mind.. I saw that are two options as previous version! 

 

Thanks for the work!!!

Edited April 19, 2021 by Japo32

[Icebeat]

could you guys increment the range of visibility of fires? specially at nights

[El Phantasmo]

Any chance of getting the SCUD's smoke trail to actually smoke all the way to its Apogee instead of cutting off 5k feet from launch?

[Florence201]

On 8/27/2020 at 3:24 PM, Taz1004 said:

UPDATED TO V10 for DCS 2.7

 

V10 is still in progress.  Still tweaking the vehicle smoke and also testing to see which effects are outdated.

 

Increases all smoke of same type.  

 

Better visibility of smoke from distance.

 

 

INSTALL:Extract to main DCS install path. OvGME or other Mod Managers recommended.

 

If you have any other mod that modifies particles, you must install this mod last and overwrite.

 

DOWNLOAD For DCS 2.7:  Right click the link and choose "Open link in new tab"

Single Player:  Better Smoke V10 SP

Multi Player:  Better Smoke V10 MP

 

 

DOWNLOAD For DCS 2.5.6

Single player: Better Smoke V9 SP

Multi player: Better Smoke V9 MP

 

 

Version History

• V2 - V3 - V4 - V5 - V6 - V7 - V8 - V9 - V10

 

I can't get the link to open?

[YSIAD_RIP]

27 minutes ago, Florence201 said:

I can't get the link to open?

• From your browser:
  • Right Click the Better Smoke Version you want
  • select the Save link as.. option
  • follow prompts.

Edited April 19, 2021 by YSIAD_RIP

[Glow]

Is it or could be something like that possible in DCSW?

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Glow

[vCSG3 Bloat 203]

thank you for your tireless work - amazing!

For clarification, the SP version is basically the non-IC version, right? It does add a few more effects than the MP version, just like before...?

[TheTaker]

Is it possible to reduce amount of smoke when firing unguided rockets? I always got massive FPS drop when I shoot lot of S-8 for example.

[Chrinik]

5 hours ago, El Phantasmo said:

Any chance of getting the SCUD's smoke trail to actually smoke all the way to its Apogee instead of cutting off 5k feet from launch?

Why? It's a ballistic missile, it has to stop burning before it reaches apogee or it will overshoot it's target...

[El Phantasmo]

12 hours ago, Chrinik said:

Why? It's a ballistic missile, it has to stop burning before it reaches apogee or it will overshoot it's target...

Apogee was probably the wrong example. The point being that you would see the smoke trail continuing a lot longer during the missile's flight than it is modeled in game. 

[Chrinik]

8 minutes ago, El Phantasmo said:

Apogee was probably the wrong example. The point being that you would see the smoke trail continuing a lot longer during the missile's flight than it is modeled in game. 

Depends entirely on the range it needs to travel. The engine has fuel for about 65 seconds of continuous burn, after that it is dry. It can also shut off it's engine when it reached it's desired speed to reach it's target. It's a liquid fueled rocket, it does not continue to burn unnessecarily.
No burn should mean no smoke. The video I've seen they shut off their fuel at about 61000 feet, and produce a smoke trail until then and no further, as expected.

I can not reproduce your problem in DCS either. It keeps smoking as long as it is burning.

[Sprool]

Maybe a dumb question but if you install the MP mod on a server do all visiting the server get to see the effects, or do they all need to have the SP mod installed locally? And if its installed locally will they see effects if on a server without the MP mod installed?

 

Or have I got that all wrong? MP passes integrity check and SP doesn't?

Edited April 20, 2021 by Sprool

[zildac]

Unfortunately no, the client is where the "magic" happens. So each client would need to have the mod installed. The MP version of the mod is purely to allow the local client to pass IC checks. In all cases the mod is client side.

Edited April 20, 2021 by zildac

[YoYo]

Thx for V10 !!! 

Today I did this picture ... ups  (but the smoke was nice)

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by YoYo

[Sprool]

44 minutes ago, zildac said:

Unfortunately no, the client is where the "magic" happens. So each client would need to have the mod installed. The MP version of the mod is purely to allow the local client to pass IC checks. In all cases the mod is client side.

 

OK thanks for clarifying - understood

[Razorback]

Just installed the last version on the OB 2.7.

The dark smoke when the vehicles are on fire is simply beautiful, but the visual effect of the flames is greatly accelerated.

Am I the only one who has this strange effect? 

[Taz1004]

40 minutes ago, Razorback said:

Just installed the last version on the OB 2.7.

The dark smoke when the vehicles are on fire is simply beautiful, but the visual effect of the flames is greatly accelerated.

Am I the only one who has this strange effect? 

 

Already answered that.

And I am working on it.  It's really pain in the butt to tweak now.

 

[Razorback]

13 minutes ago, Taz1004 said:

 

Already answered that.

And I am working on it.  It's really pain in the butt to tweak now.

 

Oups, sorry, I didn't saw that...
Thx for your work Taz !

[RedeyeStorm]

I noticed that the smoke plume doesn’t fade away as it used to do with version 9. In version 10 they just switch off. 

[Glow]

Yes, annoying I see a smoke, next glance - Hey? 3km of black smoke just disappeared in 1s.