Taz1004 Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 14 minutes ago, Sean Archer said: Taz1004, I really enjoy this mod so far, looks really nice. Fire on aircraft ground collision looks a little big for me. Can you please tell me which file and line governs it so I can make it a bit smaller for myself if you may? Probably same one as vehicle smoke. And you can decrease length but will probably break flame. Like I've said earlier, changing one will likely break another attribute. 1 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vCSG3 Bloat 203 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @Taz1004I'm a great fan of your work - thank you for continuous updates! If I may comment on the wavy motion of smoke in v12 - it's a great idea, but it feels a little bit exaggerated - is there any way to tune it down, or is there a limitation on what it can be? :pilotfly: BrotherBloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, vCSG3 Bloat 203 said: @Taz1004I'm a great fan of your work - thank you for continuous updates! If I may comment on the wavy motion of smoke in v12 - it's a great idea, but it feels a little bit exaggerated - is there any way to tune it down, or is there a limitation on what it can be? I didn't create the wavy motion. I actually turned it down from default. It's called perturbation factor or something in smoke.fx 1 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vCSG3 Bloat 203 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, Taz1004 said: I didn't create the wavy motion. I actually turned it down from default. It's called perturbation factor or something in smoke.fx many thanks! good to know! :pilotfly: BrotherBloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just tried it for a few mins today, and for me it's shimmering like a boss. Any ideas? https://youtu.be/XSm8YjHTZjg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Vanguard said: Just tried it for a few mins today, and for me it's shimmering like a boss. Any ideas? https://youtu.be/XSm8YjHTZjg No idea. Never seen that before. Post a track and the mission? Edited May 9, 2021 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 May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) UPDATED to V13 Updated crater textures. The new crater textures were 3 sets (diffuse, normal, roughmet) of 2048x2048 resolution 32bit textures. Used to be 256x256 8bit in 2.5.6. So I shrunk them way down and 8bit. I hope this is proof enough that higher bit depth and resolution doesn't necessarily equate to better quality. This seems to be IC safe based on my testing so both MP and SP are updated. But some reported IC issue last time even tho it worked on my end so if you run into IC issue with MP version, please let me know. Edited May 12, 2021 by Taz1004 10 8 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zildac Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Thanks @Taz1004!! 12900KF | Maximus Hero Z690 | ASUS 4090 TUF OC | 64GB DDR5 5200 | DCS on 2TB NVMe | WarBRD+Warthog Stick | CM3 | TM TPR's | Varjo Aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Thanks @Taz1004 SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Oh wow! Thanks. VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants -- this is how I fly. We do not fly at treetop height, we fly between trees(TM) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc9BDi-STaqgWsjNiHbW0fA My simple missions: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/284071-vr-flight-guy-in-pj-pants-simple-missions/ NSRI - National Strategy Research Institution, a fictional organisation based on wordplay of Strategic Naval Research Institution (SNRI), a fictional institution appears in Mobile Suit Gundam UC timeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride37 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Wow, impressive, as always!! Did you also tweak the craters on runways? As I remember, since 2.7 they were not bad at all... "An optimist is a guy who plants two seeds and runs to buy a hammock" Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WiFi | MSI RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio | 32Go Corsair Vengeance 32Go DDR5 6000Mt/s CL30 | MasterLiquid ML360R | Corsair NVMe M.2 1To x2 | Seagate 2To SATA III | TM Warthog stick base w/ F/A-18C grip + WW Orion 2 throttle w/ F/A-18C grips | FSSB R3 L w/ TM F-16C grip + TM Viper TQS | MFG Crosswind V3 w/ damper kit | Meta Quest 3 128Go | Dell S2722DGM Mirage 2000C | F/A-18C | F-16C | Su-33 | Mig 29 | Supercarrier | Nevada | Persian Gulf | Normandie 2.0 | Syria | South Atlantic | Sinai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 11 hours ago, Pride37 said: Wow, impressive, as always!! Did you also tweak the craters on runways? As I remember, since 2.7 they were not bad at all... I have not tested on runways but it's all same texture. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAT0R Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 i have this issues ( with barthek textures 2021 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Do you get the same issue on default textures? SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 57 minutes ago, xShin37x said: i have this issues ( with barthek textures 2021 ) I just realized the runway craters are TGA files instead of usual DDS. So I blew away the alpha by mistake. Fixed on first post. 2 7 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAT0R Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 thx Taz and thx for ur work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblarom Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Ic issue for me. 13 rev1 Mp version. I deleted the temptextures folder and its working fine. Thanks for your job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvv.Fr Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 thanks, i love this MOD is there a list of the differences of "effects" between the SP and MP versions? this game is incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vCSG3 Bloat 203 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 7 hours ago, Bvv.Fr said: thanks, i love this MOD is there a list of the differences of "effects" between the SP and MP versions? I don't think there is a list, but I think previously it was crater texture replacement... could be more now :pilotfly: BrotherBloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 I saw this on today's patch notes Effects. Updated smoke presets. So I thought they mean vehicle smoke presets so I looked through the files and those are not changed. Instead, they fixed tank/truck smokes. Which I'm glad by the way. Less mod the better. Everything's same except color which I thought they tried to be more compatible with desert maps and while it looks good close up, I think it's actually harder to see from distance. I'm not going to update the mod just so we'd have more options. If you want the new default tank/truck dust, just delete following files from the mod. They're located in: /Bazar/PartcleEffects/effects/ TankDust.lua TankDustLow.lua TankDirt.lua VehicleDust.lua 4 8 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampireNZ Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 R/Clicking link-open in new tab for 2.7 files does nothing. Also if you try to save target as Google Chrome browser gives warning zip file can't be downloaded securely. Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha| i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz | nVidia GTX 1080ti Strix OC 11GB @ 2075MHz| 16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz DDR4 CL14 | Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 SSD | Corsair Force LE 480GB SSD | Windows 10 64-Bit | TM Warthog with FSSB R3 Lighting Base | VKB Gunfighter Pro + MCG | TM MFD's | Oculus Rift S | Jetseat FSE [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bvv.Fr Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Just autorize download anyway 1 this game is incredible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 (edited) On 5/22/2021 at 12:24 AM, VampireNZ said: R/Clicking link-open in new tab for 2.7 files does nothing. Also if you try to save target as Google Chrome browser gives warning zip file can't be downloaded securely. Since Google was hacked recently, instead of improving their security, they decided to declare entire internet unsafe. Only sites with SSL certificate to have "secured" rating. I'm not gonna pay $100-$200 a year for SSL certificate especially since Google, Facebook, and many global SSL certified sites are still being hacked with SSL. And there are misconception about SSL. All it does is encrypt data in transit. So it's difficult for hacker to intercept. While this is important if you're accessing your online banking for example, it doesn't detect malware. If you download virus, it will be encrypted virus. Malware detection is done on your computer with or without SSL. I have now switched over to Edge. New Edge is based on Chromium so performs as well as Chrome. But has much better privacy setting without these nuisance of Chrome. I can restrict data collection which I couldn't with Chrome. And better integration with Windows. It does use more RAM however. Edited June 18, 2021 by Taz1004 2 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Greybeard Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Is the current version of better smoke compatible with 2.7.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 yes 2 SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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