DCS World Spec/Land Lighting Mod

[diveplane]

ok heres the mod in action, Specular lighting you can see the suns rays shine bounce of the airframes,

and ground models ingame, also canopy glass really shines up better reflects sunlight more.

some older models ingame do not have this effect, or its very weak ingame.

 

default no mod

 

default no mod ..screen 2

 

mod installed on

 

mod installed on ..screen 2

 

other shots mod enabled....below = beautiful looking...

 

 

 

real f15 pic note the shine on the airframe..

 

 

 

..post up land lighting effects shortly.

Edited May 20, 2012 by diveplane

[Mustang]

Now that is very cool, nice work :)

[Corrigan]

Any performance hit, mate?

[aaron886]

Can you show a screenshot during mid-day hours so we can see it without the very yellow lighting?

[diveplane]

Can you show a screenshot during mid-day hours so we can see it without the very yellow lighting?

 

very yellowish is sunset ..

 

screen below beautiful shot of the f15c eagle in flight with effect on

 

[diveplane]

Any performance hit, mate?

 

only let down is slightly longer loadtimes, but am sure theres a small performance hit with it,

still its not to bad ingame and framerate testing so far, but its worth it, having it on is stunning to see in game,really brings the simulator to life and the models.

 

the effect has always been there just values have been increased to bring dull bland models to life and give them that metallic real life look.

Edited May 20, 2012 by diveplane

[Corrigan]

It does look very good on those screens. :)

I wonder how it looks on some of the lower quality models.

[diveplane]

It does look very good on those screens. :)

I wonder how it looks on some of the lower quality models.

 

because some of the models have lower textures ,

mind this effect adjusts everything in the DCS World enviroment even ground units, so its not going to look as good on some units ingame, but as u can see its great for the latest aircraft models ingame, and imo worth it.

 

so far its been positive results this mod in testing so this one will be a go for download soon, providing i dont come across a show stopper.

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still to highlight land brightness adjustment as well, u guys think its to dull DCS World terrain lighting atm? would like some input on this one.

 

= darker? or more vibrant lighting? , i could do a combo mod so it has both maybe..

Edited May 20, 2012 by diveplane

[213]

i think it looks like polished airshow display rather than real operation. that's the problem with specular reflection. it's too concentrated and glossy.

[diveplane]

i think it looks like polished airshow display rather than real operation. that's the problem with specular reflection. it's too concentrated and glossy.

 

why i posted the real f15c pic up its quite close to the real photo imo, so i have to disagree with u on that.

however the spec effect can be toned down as well, no problems with this effect, so might create alternative ones for everyone.

Edited May 20, 2012 by diveplane

[diveplane]

so whats the opinion on land brightness levels as they stand? needs more less?

[Mustang]

Could you give us an example of what you can do to change the terrain lighting effects?

[diveplane]

Could you give us an example of what you can do to change the terrain lighting effects?

 

sure thing mustang stay tuned , will tone it bright and default side by side screens, this is just a example tester to show.

Edited May 21, 2012 by diveplane

[diveplane]

default

 

brightness mod on

[Mustang]

Ok, and do you have one of darkened terrain?

[aaron886]

Thanks for putting up those mid-day screens, diveplane. First shot looks okay, and flat surfaces look good, but otherwise it looks like a jello airplane. Seems to me the modification should be made to the aircraft's specular textures, not the world.

 

Either way, good effort, always glad to see innovative thinking.

[diveplane]

Thanks for putting up those mid-day screens, diveplane. First shot looks okay, and flat surfaces look good, but otherwise it looks like a jello airplane. Seems to me the modification should be made to the aircraft's specular textures, not the world.

 

Either way, good effort, always glad to see innovative thinking.

 

mod will have 5 versions including default for choice. = the low spec mod is lower shine than default.

 

screens below of 5 versions.

 

super high spec mod

 

high spec mod

 

low spec mod

 

default spec

 

movie making spec mod

 

no spec mod ,this may bring few frame rates increase.

Edited May 21, 2012 by diveplane

[diveplane]

Ok, and do you have one of darkened terrain?

 

mean u want it darker looking than default?

 

ok will make one.

[diveplane]

ok land brightness mod, it will be 2 versions, and included default.

 

screens below

 

default brightness

 

bright mod

 

dark mod

[Kuky]

low spec mod

 

 

I like this one the best

 

If you can have this little brightness added to aircrat in some distance (few km) this would help so much maintaining visual contact which I lose quite easy when textures blend in with background, this is what's missing and this should be great little mod

[diveplane]

ok specular lighting mod uploaded to user files section guys.

 

look for = Diveplanes Global Specular Shine Mods

 

..

[Kuky]

how long till it shows on the list?

Looks like I'll have to wait till tomorrow (bed time for me now)

 

Thanks Diveplane!

Edited May 21, 2012 by Kuky

[Esac_mirmidon]

The mod is great but the loading times grows to much for me. More than 2 minutes to load when without this mod all runs well after 30 seconds.

 

If someone is interested i have a 2500K OC to 4.5

[diveplane]

just tried this mod, didn't notice THAT much of difference. except the loading times.

 

it is pretty much weird to see these parameters affecting the loading times

 

they have still to optimize shaders i think , should not be 2min to load?.. my tests are less than that.

its just a little longer than normal.

Edited May 21, 2012 by diveplane

[-Rudel-]

On the skin artist side, this affects our specular map textures, and depending if you have a GeForce 570 to 680, etc etc, the Specular shader will actually output differently.