Bluecat Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 On 6/26/2023 at 6:00 PM, Taz1004 said: All of them. Windows temp, your browser temp (not cookies and passwords). If a download always fails at same point, it might be the unfinished download in your temp folder is corrupted. Just to follow up, I did complete the downloads of the core files, and as far as I can tell #s 1, 4 & 5 are fine. But #s 2 and 3 show a data error when I try to unzip to OvGME. I re-downloaded the files again (twice) and they continue to show a data error. Thanks for all your hard work. Sorry to be such a problem child, but I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 47 minutes ago, Bluecat said: Just to follow up, I did complete the downloads of the core files, and as far as I can tell #s 1, 4 & 5 are fine. But #s 2 and 3 show a data error when I try to unzip to OvGME. I re-downloaded the files again (twice) and they continue to show a data error. Thanks for all your hard work. Sorry to be such a problem child, but I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. What are you using to unzip Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecat Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Bluecat said: Just to follow up, I did complete the downloads of the core files, and as far as I can tell #s 1, 4 & 5 are fine. But #s 2 and 3 show a data error when I try to unzip to OvGME. I re-downloaded the files again (twice) and they continue to show a data error. Thanks for all your hard work. Sorry to be such a problem child, but I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. 7-zip file manager Is that wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted June 29, 2023 Author Share Posted June 29, 2023 24 minutes ago, Bluecat said: 7-zip file manager Is that wrong? Seems to me like you have unstable internet. I don't know what else to tell you. Download is working fine on my end. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecat Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, Taz1004 said: Seems to me like you have unstable internet. Oh, that's definitely true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusRoPotato Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) I'm getting about a 7% reduction of Vram and Ram usage from this. Can't tell if there's any improvement in loading times. There appears to be some kind of bug with DCS that is causing load times to be quite long and random. Somtimes my load times were better, sometimes they were not. Edited July 5, 2023 by FusRoPotato 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, FusRoPotato said: I'm only getting about a 7% reduction of Vram and Ram usage from this. Can't tell if there's any improvement in loading times. There appears to be some kind of bug with DCS that is causing load times to be quite long and random. Somtimes my load times were better, sometimes they were not. Current version of DCS is not a good version to test it on as it has load time issue not related to textures. And as I stated in first post, more VRAM will be saved with heavier mission. If your test mission only uses 6.35GB default, I'm assuming it's pretty empty and there's not much object to save VRAM from. Edited July 4, 2023 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...
KCOOL Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Taz1004 said: Current version of DCS is not a good version to test it on as it has load time issue not related to textures. And as I stated in first post, more VRAM will be saved with heavier mission. If your test mission only uses 6.35GB default, I'm assuming it's pretty empty and there's not much object to save VRAM from. Good to know I am not the only one suffering from the long load times Bad to know it is an issue... It seems ED run too much to launch F15 without reviewing rest of the code... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, KCOOL said: Good to know I am not the only one suffering from the long load times Bad to know it is an issue... It seems ED run too much to launch F15 without reviewing rest of the code... These two things are not connected... Razbam developed the F15 not ED, and the issue occurs on the BETA version of DCS... Edited July 5, 2023 by speed-of-heat 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...
freehand Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 The mind boggles some times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusRoPotato Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Taz1004 said: Current version of DCS is not a good version to test it on as it has load time issue not related to textures. And as I stated in first post, more VRAM will be saved with heavier mission. If your test mission only uses 6.35GB default, I'm assuming it's pretty empty and there's not much object to save VRAM from. It was a multiplayer server with around 30 aircraft and 350 ground units, many of which are shooting and pathing about, loading onto a super-carrier slot with about an additional 5 aircraft parked on it. I was using the core and livery packs and loading into the Caucasus map. Load times are definitely off the wall, long, and seemingly random regardless of the mod. Edited July 5, 2023 by FusRoPotato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, FusRoPotato said: It was a multiplayer server with around 30 aircraft and 350 ground units Explains the randomness and huge discrepancy. Multiplayer is not a good place to run benchmarks due to too many variables. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusRoPotato Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Taz1004 said: Explains the randomness and huge discrepancy. Multiplayer is not a good place to run benchmarks due to too many variables. Fresh server start - no players - same slot chosen. Perfect setting for a benchmark and it's why the ram values and fps hardly deviate. The randomness is in loading time, not capacity. Can't really call it multiplayer in this case or claim variables. Edited July 5, 2023 by FusRoPotato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmuss Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 @Taz1004 it appears that the gazelle textures are currently broken, if I enable the core textures I get a load of missing textures. For now I've removed the gazelle folder from the mod package and all is good. Not sure if you were aware or not 1 Ryzen7 7800X3D / RTX3080ti / 64GB DDR5 4800 / Varjo Aero / Leap Motion / Kinect Headtracking TM 28" Warthog Deltasim Hotas / DIY Pendular Rudders / DIY Cyclic Maglock Trimmer / DIY Abris / TM TX 599 evo wheel / TM T3PA pro / DIY 7+1+Sequential Shifter / DIY Handbrake / Cobra Clubman Seat Shoehorned into a 43" x 43" cupboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, edmuss said: @Taz1004 it appears that the gazelle textures are currently broken, if I enable the core textures I get a load of missing textures. For now I've removed the gazelle folder from the mod package and all is good. Not sure if you were aware or not Which part of gazelle? I don't have Gazelle so I can only view it in Encyclopedia and seems to look fine with core. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmuss Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 It all looks ok from outside but this is the inside Ryzen7 7800X3D / RTX3080ti / 64GB DDR5 4800 / Varjo Aero / Leap Motion / Kinect Headtracking TM 28" Warthog Deltasim Hotas / DIY Pendular Rudders / DIY Cyclic Maglock Trimmer / DIY Abris / TM TX 599 evo wheel / TM T3PA pro / DIY 7+1+Sequential Shifter / DIY Handbrake / Cobra Clubman Seat Shoehorned into a 43" x 43" cupboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 48 minutes ago, edmuss said: It all looks ok from outside but this is the inside So they put cockpit textures in CoreMods? Since I can't test the cockpit, all I can recommend is doing what you did for gazelle owners. Delete the gazelle texture from the mod. Thanks for bringing it up tho. Edited July 6, 2023 by Taz1004 4 Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinde Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Does Optimized Syria work without problems with the new lightning? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Blinde said: Does Optimized Syria work without problems with the new lightning? I would delete the Syria mod now. Appears Ugra have improved optimization and some files are actually smaller than my mod. Also uploaded another core update. It's just additional texture for A10C-II's wheel chocks. I've also removed F-15E files because it's constantly being updated/changed. If you downloaded it before, delete F-15E from CoreMods/aircraft/ of this mod. Edited July 25, 2023 by Taz1004 5 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...
bernardv Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Mate, you're a fucking genius. You just saved me 2000€ (cost of RTX 4080/90 card, new power supply and case). You should be working for DCS, i.e. they should be paying you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prianik Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 @Taz1004your mod should become an official DCS module 3 I7 10700 KF | RTX 3080 | HyperX Fury 64 GB | Oculus quest 3 | VPC WarBRD Base + VPC Constellation ALPHA Grip | VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle | VPC ACE Flight Rudder Pedals | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zildac Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) On 5/7/2023 at 2:50 PM, Shurik75 said: Hi all ! Here is an archive with optimized Roughmet and Normal files for those objects that are missing in previous builds of optimized textures: AV8BNA, F-5E, M-2000C, Su-34, Arleigh Burke, LHA Tarawa. Update_Core_07052023 (220 Mb) P.S. Taz, you are great! Is this still needed with the latest core and updates? (Specifically AV8) Disregard...the lack of an overwrite prompt in OVGME suggests it is. Edited August 4, 2023 by zildac 14900KS | 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...
FupDuck Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 This looks great, I can't wait to try it! Quick question, for the "update core" patch files at the end of the first post, do I need to install all of those, or just the most recent? Thanks! "...I just wanna fly; put your arms around me baby, put your arms around me baby" - Sugar Ray RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, MSI MPG B550 Gaming mobo, 64 GB DDR4 RAM, 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB game install drive, Oculus Quest Pro via link cable, Standalone DCS beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noremorse1004 Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) Hi @Taz1004 I'd like to first thank you your incredible effort to optimize DCS, It helped a lot for me specially. I'd like to report one small texture issue regarding the B-8m1 pylons missing textures Thank you again Edited August 17, 2023 by noremorse1004 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zildac Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 7:45 PM, FupDuck said: This looks great, I can't wait to try it! Quick question, for the "update core" patch files at the end of the first post, do I need to install all of those, or just the most recent? Thanks! All of them sequentially is my understanding. 1 1 14900KS | 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...
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