Better Smoke V22 for DCS 2.9

[Taz1004]

15 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

Hmm, just installed the mod and blew up a truck but the fire looks insanely massive, not like the screenshots on the front page. that fire looks like a nuclear meltdown and the smoke from an entire forest on fire  

is this right?

Not what I'm getting.  It's either that truck or something wrong with your installation would be my guess.  And that doesn't look like new fire system either.

Post mission or track file.

[dresoccer4]

23 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

Not what I'm getting.  It's either that truck or something wrong with your installation would be my guess.  And that doesn't look like new fire system either.

Post mission or track file.

strange. i loaded up the caucuses map with just a few vehicles and this is what it looks like now. does this look correct? These are both small armor vehicles. is the smoke suppose to be different widths?

[Taz1004]

6 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

does this look correct?

No.  Post track.

[dresoccer4]

2 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

No.  Post track.

no track, but attached mission

 

 

Fire Test.zip

[Taz1004]

2 hours ago, dresoccer4 said:

no track, but attached mission

Fire Test.zip 7.5 kB · 3 downloads

Thanks.  I thought you meant those two were same vehicles.  And bigger one looked strange because you took the shot early while the smoke is still rising.  But that's how it supposed to look.  Size is different based on the unit type and that's done by ED.  And they're all connected so if I make the big one smaller, then small one gets even smaller.  And vice versa.

It also looks strange because you have no wind.

Edited December 23, 2021 by Taz1004

[dresoccer4]

11 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

Thanks.  I thought you meant those two were same vehicles.  And bigger one looked strange because you took the shot early while the smoke is still rising.  But that's how it supposed to look.  Size is different based on the unit type and that's done by ED.  And they're all connected so if I make the big one smaller, then small one gets even smaller.  And vice versa.

It also looks strange because you have no wind.

 

 

"And they're all connected so if I make the big one smaller, then small one gets even smaller.  And vice versa." - that's really interesting. i didn't realize different armor vehicles had preprogrammed different sized fire and smokes. i guess that's just to mix things up so there's a variety of smokes going on at the same time?

[Saguanay]

Do you have a note of whats the difference between SP and MP?   SP more features I know but what am I going to miss?   Used SP before the last patch.  Usual server I play on wasn't worried about a pure client.

 

[Taz1004]

4 hours ago, Saguanay said:

Do you have a note of whats the difference between SP and MP?   SP more features I know but what am I going to miss?   Used SP before the last patch.  Usual server I play on wasn't worried about a pure client.

 

IC Safe version:
--Smaller smoke marker
--Larger vehicle smoke
--Larger aircraft crash smoke
--Larger building smoke
--Larger placeable static smoke
--Longer gun smoke
--Toned down tank dust
--Toned down vehicle dust
--Toned down helo dust
--Toned down ground unit countermeasure dust
--Toned down landing gear smoke
--Toned down water explosion

IC Fail version:  In addition to above.
--Refined Vehicle smoke
--Refined water explosion
--Toned down carrier catapult steam
--Toned down Stennis IFLOLS glow
--Brighter cluster bomb explosion
--Replaced crater texture
--Longer ship trails
--Larger ground fire glow

[Japo32]

is there anyway to fix the disappearing distance smoke columns depending where we look? In trackir and VR if you look them to the front they are not there, but if you look them on the side there is a distance where they appear. I am sick of that problem. 

Not saying it is this mod issue. I think is DCS one.

Edited January 23, 2022 by Japo32

[Docsnuggles]

On 8/27/2020 at 10:24 PM, Taz1004 said:

UPDATED TO V16 for DCS 2.7  12/7/2021

Helo dust glowing at night fixed.

Affects day time slightly.

Also affects smoke sreen deployed by ground units.

IFLOLS reduced for Stennis.  IC Fail version ONLY.  Doesn't apply to IC Safe version.

Larger ground glow from fires.  Duration of the glow also lengthened from 100 seconds to 180 seconds.  IC Fail version ONLY.  Doesn't apply to IC Safe version.

 

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:

IC Fail version (More features):  Better Smoke V16 SP

IC Safe version (Less features):  Better Smoke V16 MP

 

List of differences between IC Fail and IC Safe version

ChangeList.txt 634 B · 86 downloads

 

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 - V11 - V12 - V13 - V14 - V15 - V16

 

very cool, thx !

[zildac]

Looks like the latest Open Beta broke this. Getting a compile error

[Old Greybeard]

better smoke currently not working on 2.7.11?

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

Seems like anything that touches Particles, like smoke and rain, causes compiler errors in the latest OB.

[Japo32]

Same.. error and crash.

[Taz1004]

UPDATED TO V17 for DCS 2.7  3/17/2022

• Updated for compatibility only in V17.  No new content.
• Few vehicle smoke seems to went back to old version and also very black.  This is ED change and also in default.

[Alighierian]

Thanks for the quick update. I've come to really like how realistically visible the smoke is, even at long range.

[YoYo]

19 hours ago, Japo32 said:

Same.. error and crash.

The same  

Edited March 18, 2022 by YoYo

[Taz1004]

5 hours ago, YoYo said:

The same  

 

Well, Japo32 was having issue before I updated to v17.

Your issue, ParticleSys_40.fx isn't part of this mod.  And psTranslucentAnimFlir is new function ED added and it's not being recognized.  It maybe another mod issue or try running repair and only use the v17 of this mod.

[Japo32]

no more issues with version 17. Thanks!!

[rayrayblues]

22 hours ago, YoYo said:

The same  

 

 V17 fixed it for me. Thanks for all of your hard work.

Ray

[YoYo]

17 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

Well, Japo32 was having issue before I updated to v17.

Your issue, ParticleSys_40.fx isn't part of this mod.  And psTranslucentAnimFlir is new function ED added and it's not being recognized.  It maybe another mod issue or try running repair and only use the v17 of this mod.

Now its ok, Im sure it was V16, however, maybe it affects something too, see that "fire" shaders etc. had error. I cleared the cache, installed V17 and it works again. Thx!

[Japo32]

@Taz1004If you have time, when you can, and if you want (of course) could you please take a look to the smoke that the tanks deploys when they are gunned to mask themselves. It is a huge awful smoke!!

Also any option to achieve this?

 

[Vekkinho]

I always thought that DCS default black smoke from ripped wings of a splashed fighter aircraft appeared too thick, too long and too black. It was probably done this way in order to increase player's situational awareness and enhance visibility with BVR kills but if you compare it to a real life situations you'll see that DCS goes Hollywood here. 

So can anyone post a few screenshots of how this mod deals with that and can we somehow reduce the thickness, lenght or change color from pitch black to a more grayish one in these situations.

Thank You.

 

   

[dresoccer4]

after installing this the ground dust looks reddish, is this supposed to happen?

[Taz1004]

6 hours ago, dresoccer4 said:

after installing this the ground dust looks reddish, is this supposed to happen?

I don't get that.  Track?