VFA41_Lion Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 is there a way to edit smoke lifetimes? I find for some things like airplanes and buildings the smoke fades away wayyyy too quickly for my taste
Semor76 Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 7 hours ago, VFA41_Lion said: is there a way to edit smoke lifetimes? I find for some things like airplanes and buildings the smoke fades away wayyyy too quickly for my taste +1
spec10 Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 8 hours ago, VFA41_Lion said: is there a way to edit smoke lifetimes? I find for some things like airplanes and buildings the smoke fades away wayyyy too quickly for my taste The values in world.lua looked like they would to the trick, but I set the value for BMP-1 to 30 seconds to test it, placed a BMP-1 in mission editor, blew it up, but it still burned 500s. Checked twice that I edited the correct file and put the correct unit on the map. I must be missing something.
Taz1004 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) UPDATED to V11 Still not to my liking but this is the best I can do. Change one thing and breaks something else because it's all one sprite animation. Turning down opacity of the smoke also turns down flame opacity. It's really pain the way it's set up. SP version has more tweaks to the vehicle smoke such as sizes, shading, and opacity. MP version does have slower flame and slightly reduced size. Video below is with SP version. Few things requested but cannot be done. Duration of this specific smoke type can't be changed. I'm aware the entire smoke stack cuts off if the source of the smoke is out of the view. This is because occlusion is not properly setup and there's not much I can do about it. I did make the smoke stacks a bit more vertical so it would happen less. Perhaps this is why they kept it small. If it bothers you, just don't use the big smoke. Edited April 26, 2021 by Taz1004 6 11 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
YSIAD_RIP Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) V11 looks glorious! lol Thanks Sir! Edited April 26, 2021 by YSIAD_RIP 5 3 Do not own: | F-15E | JF-17 | Fw 190 A-8 | Bf 109 | Hardware: [ - Ryzen7-5800X - 32GB - RX 6800 - X56 HOTAS Throttle - WINWING Orion 2 F16EX Grip - TrackIR 5 - Tobii 5C - JetPad FSE - ]
Mistermann Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 @Taz1004 - thank you SO much for all your efforts on this (and all your other) mod! You make DCS better for so many people. A sincere thank you, Sir! 3 System Specs: Spoiler Callsign:Kandy Processor:13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K - RAM: 64GB - Video Card: NVIDIA RTX 4090 - Display: Pimax 8kx VR Headset - Accessories: VKB Gunfighter III MCG Ultimate, VKB STECS Standard, Thrustmaster TPR Pedals, Simshaker JetPad, Predator HOTAS Mounts, 3D Printed Flight Button Box Video Capture Software: Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), Video Editing Software: PowerDirector 365 Into The Jungle Apache Campaign - Griffins Kiowa Campaign - Assassins Thrustmaster TWCS Mod
sam777777 Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 Taz you devil, this is fantastic. Need to test v11, smoke was too fast in V10 like 8x speed! 1 <VAAF> Virtual Australian Air-Force :thumbup::joystick::pilotfly:
=К=Атом Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Sory... Where can I download smokes V6? Edited April 26, 2021 by =К=Атом i7-4790k, 32ggb, 2070, 2560x1440, TrackIR5, Win10, всё в синей изоленте, и чуток SSD.
dali Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 8 hours ago, =К=Атом said: Sory... Where can I download smokes V6? on a first page of this thread (link to all versions) Taz! thank you!
Taz1004 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, dali said: on a first page of this thread (link to all versions) Taz! thank you! Those are link to what's changed in those versions. Not download links. I don't know why anyone would want V6 but if you really want, they're still on the server. Just copy the link of V11 as text, copy it on your browser's address bar, and change v11 to v6. Edited April 26, 2021 by Taz1004 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
=К=Атом Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 Thank you, everything worked out.. i7-4790k, 32ggb, 2070, 2560x1440, TrackIR5, Win10, всё в синей изоленте, и чуток SSD.
TheTaker Posted April 26, 2021 Posted April 26, 2021 20 hours ago, Taz1004 said: UPDATED to V11 Still not to my liking but this is the best I can do. Change one thing and breaks something else because it's all one sprite animation. Turning down opacity of the smoke also turns down flame opacity. It's really pain the way it's set up. SP version has more tweaks to the vehicle smoke such as sizes, shading, and opacity. MP version does have slower flame and slightly reduced size. Video below is with SP version. This snaky-swirly behavior that happens in upper part of smoke looks very weird and unnatural. V10 was better in this case. 1
Taz1004 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, TheTaker said: This snaky-swirly behavior that happens in upper part of smoke looks very weird and unnatural. V10 was better in this case. Well, I disagree. That is only random behavior available in this smoke system and without it, every smoke looks like a copy. Especially noticeable when you blow up a bunch in close proximity. You can still download the v10 the way I mentioned above. 5 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
unmar Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, TheTaker said: This snaky-swirly behavior that happens in upper part of smoke looks very weird and unnatural. V10 was better in this case. Yes, I agree. Its looks unnatural for me. But thank you Taz, your mod is amazing. Massive smoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5VlIljFY1Q 500lb bomb hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHPa0upQdRQ Edited April 27, 2021 by unmar
ED Team NineLine Posted April 28, 2021 ED Team Posted April 28, 2021 Thank you Taz, some of us at ED have been admiring this mod since the early versions, and pushing for these, or similar changes to the core, work like this always makes me super proud of our community, helping or inspiring us to be better. Thanks! 18 3 Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug**
rookie28 Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 Love your smoke mod Taz, for sure looks better. Is V10/11 meant only for 2.7 DCS?
Taz1004 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Posted April 28, 2021 2 hours ago, NineLine said: Thank you Taz, some of us at ED have been admiring this mod since the early versions, and pushing for these, or similar changes to the core, work like this always makes me super proud of our community, helping or inspiring us to be better. Thanks! Thank you NL, that means a lot. 24 minutes ago, rookie28 said: Love your smoke mod Taz, for sure looks better. Is V10/11 meant only for 2.7 DCS? Yes. 2.5 should use V9. Also, I did stealth update on V11 SP. I did reduce the swirling effect a bit as I saw it was getting too much with high turbulence. This effect seems to be related to turbulence setting. Same name so just download and overwrite. No change to MP version. 6 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
Mustang Posted April 28, 2021 Posted April 28, 2021 Nice for you to get some recognition from ED for modding, wish I could get the same well done 6 2
ED Team NineLine Posted April 28, 2021 ED Team Posted April 28, 2021 I sent you a PM back when we looked at your terrain mod and never got a response 4 Forum Rules • My YouTube • My Discord - NineLine#0440• **How to Report a Bug**
mwlue Posted April 29, 2021 Posted April 29, 2021 18 hours ago, Taz1004 said: .... I did stealth update on V11 SP. ... Is this in the version in the download link already??
Taz1004 Posted April 29, 2021 Author Posted April 29, 2021 3 hours ago, mwlue said: Is this in the version in the download link already?? Yes 1 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
EasyEB Posted April 29, 2021 Posted April 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Taz1004 said: Yes Looks real good now. I know its out of your hands, but I miss the smoldering and slowly decreasing smoke of old. It ends so abruptly now.
Gryzor Posted April 29, 2021 Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) Is there some fps increase with this mod? I have many performance increase with default stock smoke effects Edited April 29, 2021 by Gryzor
speed-of-heat Posted May 1, 2021 Posted May 1, 2021 Hey @Taz1004 the coloured smoke is now TINY compared to default, was that a deliberate change ? SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware AMD 9800X3D, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @speed-of-heat
Taz1004 Posted May 1, 2021 Author Posted May 1, 2021 2 hours ago, speed-of-heat said: Hey @Taz1004 the coloured smoke is now TINY compared to default, was that a deliberate change ? Yes that was requested and changed in V4. It's not tiny if you put it next to a house. Default is just huge. 1 1 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass
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