Sundowner.pl Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 (edited) Default cockpit textures for the Mi-24P module are quite heavy - memory usage wise, both cockpits will take up whole 2GB of ones VRAM, and for some this might be too much. So I tried to optimize them, to limit the amount of VRAM take take, by rescaling textures that are not essential for graphical fidelity. In the mean time, also re-coloring them... because why not? The result are cockpits that take only half of the memory they used to, without any noticeable degradation in visual quality. For a week now many of you could try the Black English-language one, and I heard a lot of positives about the load times, and in some cases performance increase. So through the week I made also the Russian version of the black cockpit, as well as both in grey, and... RAL 5018 - which was a substitute for trying to match the factory turquoise paint used by Mil, by the European users. English language cockpits also have brightened engine fire lights, as by default they are dimmer than the Russian language one. Skins are made to be compatible with OvGME - just use that program to install the mods. If you don't use that program, just unpack the .zi archive, and move the 'Liveries' folder, to your DCS directory in Saved Files location. Then choose new cockpit paint in game Options -> Special -> Mi-24. Update 2021-09-27: All cockpits updated to be compatible with newly added texture layers. Update 2021-06-21: Russian language cockpits updated for the warning panel lights to display properly. Download: Mi-24P Black EN Cockpit (optimized) Mi-24P Black RU Cockpit (optimized) Mi-24P Grey EN Cockpit (optimized) Mi-24P Grey RU Cockpit (optimized) Mi-24P RAL5018 EN Cockpit (optimized) Mi-24P RAL5018 RU Cockpit (optimized) Edited September 26, 2021 by Sundowner.pl 2 5 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Thx, blue-green is my favorite still but I'll try also yours! Thanks Sundowner. Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 4090 24Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Something is wrong now with warnings lights: The path: C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Cockpit_Mi-24P\RAL5018_RU_bySundowner . Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 4090 24Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiki Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 36 minutes ago, YoYo said: Something is wrong now with warnings lights: The path: C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\Cockpit_Mi-24P\RAL5018_RU_bySundowner . Do you have CH53 mod installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 minute ago, admiki said: Do you have CH53 mod installed? For CH53 copter? No. Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 4090 24Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner.pl Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 It's an error in filename for the Russian cockpits, after I switched the naming system it wasn't updated, while I'll repack all the cockpits, find the "Cockpit_Mi-24P_scoreboard_RUS_on.dds" file, and rename it to "Cockpit_Mi-24P_scoreboard_on_RUS.dds" [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Sundowner.pl said: It's an error in filename for the Russian cockpits, after I switched the naming system it wasn't updated, while I'll repack all the cockpits, find the "Cockpit_Mi-24P_scoreboard_RUS_on.dds" file, and rename it to "Cockpit_Mi-24P_scoreboard_on_RUS.dds" Now its ok with this 1.2.1v. Thx! Webmaster of http://www.yoyosims.pl Win 10 64, i9-13900 KF, RTX 4090 24Gb OC, RAM 64Gb Corsair Vengeance LED OC@3600MHz,, 3xSSD+3xSSD M.2 NVMe, Predator XB271HU res.2560x1440 27'' G-sync, Sound Blaster Z + 5.1, TiR5, [MSFS, P3Dv5, DCS, RoF, Condor2, IL-2 CoD/BoX] VR fly only: Meta Quest Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japo32 Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 (edited) latest update of DCS changed the electrical panel to Russian. The rest is ok in english (the black version) Ok.. to solve it you have to go to the description.lua and substitute with this one attached description.lua Edited September 21, 2021 by Japo32 include of lua file to solve it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner.pl Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Yes, I'm aware of that issue, was waiting for a newer update to see if anything else changed. The files will be updated in next couple of days. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner.pl Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 All cockpits have been updated to be compatible with both, the 2.7.5.10869 Stable, as well as the 2.7.6.13133 Open Beta. A little more work was done on optimization, more of a streamlining work, than actual visible benefits though. I had some hopes on using ATSC 5x5 compression on Normal Maps, which could result in additional 15% of space gain with no degradation of image quality... unfortunately the game engine doesn't really want to work with them as well, as the now-default BC5u compression. Resulting in a lot of artefacts, as it appears the game still tries to read blue and alpha channel of those textures, which are simply not there with BC5u, but pure max value ("white") with ATSC. 2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGOL_ATAKI Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) Fix please 2UT-6K gas temperature scale (20-40-60-30). From the first version. Mi-24P RAL5018 RU. Was corrected in 2.7.3.8494 Скрытый текст Edited October 9, 2021 by UGOL_ATAKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven434th Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 For me this was a freakin GOD send...so much thanks...I now get above 24-28 fps over Caucasus, where 17-20 fps was the norm with default pit MODUALS OWNED AH-64D APACHE, Ka-50, UH-1H, Mi-8MTV2, Mi-24,Gazelle, FC3, A-10C, A-10CII, Mirage 2000C, F-14 TOMCAT, F/A-18C HORNET, F-16C VIPER, AV-8B/NA, F-15 E, F-4 Phantom, MiG-21Bis, L-39, F-5E, AJS 37 Viggen, MiG-19, F-86, MiG-15Bis, Spitfire IX, Bf-109K, Fw-190D, P-51D, CA, SYRIA, NEVADA, NORMANDY, PERSIAN GULF, MARIANA ISLANDS,SUPER CARRIER, WORLD WAR II ASSETS PACK, HAWK T1 SYSTEM SPECS AMD 7600X 4.7 Ghz CPU , MSI RX 6750 12 gig GPU ,32 gig ram on Win11 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundowner.pl Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Unfortunately I still have no free time to update them, and fix gauges in the Russian pits. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, Sundowner.pl said: Unfortunately I still have no free time to update them, and fix gauges in the Russian pits. Just tried the Black version and it seemed to work fine, on the latest Openbeta 2.7.10.18996 ... thanks for sharing it For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven434th Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Did anyone do a similar optimization for the blackshark?? MODUALS OWNED AH-64D APACHE, Ka-50, UH-1H, Mi-8MTV2, Mi-24,Gazelle, FC3, A-10C, A-10CII, Mirage 2000C, F-14 TOMCAT, F/A-18C HORNET, F-16C VIPER, AV-8B/NA, F-15 E, F-4 Phantom, MiG-21Bis, L-39, F-5E, AJS 37 Viggen, MiG-19, F-86, MiG-15Bis, Spitfire IX, Bf-109K, Fw-190D, P-51D, CA, SYRIA, NEVADA, NORMANDY, PERSIAN GULF, MARIANA ISLANDS,SUPER CARRIER, WORLD WAR II ASSETS PACK, HAWK T1 SYSTEM SPECS AMD 7600X 4.7 Ghz CPU , MSI RX 6750 12 gig GPU ,32 gig ram on Win11 64bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefuneste01 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) When I see the size of all textures for new planes (F14, F18, ...) I wonder it this texture downsizing should not be a good way to get back some fps if done for all of them ! Edited January 30, 2022 by lefuneste01 P8700K @4.8 GHz, 3080ti, 32 GB RAM, HP reverb Pro. I spend my time making 3dmigoto VR mods for BoS and DCS instead of flying, see https://www.patreon.com/lefuneste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 1 hour ago, lefuneste01 said: I wonder it this texture downsizing should not be a good way to get back some fps if done for all of them A year ago I opted to upgrade my GPU to an 8 GB model, so I don't really notice a difference performance-wise, but I use Sundowner's black cockpit because I think it just looks better .. but I have no doubt that people with 4 GB or less on their GPU do benefit from this. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadGoose Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Lovely textures! Only bug I've found is the mirror and external views are still blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater1337 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Any Chance we could get an Update for the English Versions? The newly added R-60 Control Panel is currently in Russian. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidianuk Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) On 6/22/2022 at 7:29 AM, Slater1337 said: Any Chance we could get an Update for the English Versions? The newly added R-60 Control Panel is currently in Russian. +1 Really like the optimised pit! If possible an update for the r-60 panel would be great! @Sundowner.pl Edited August 5, 2022 by obsidianuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mehksauce Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Does this still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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