DCS World environmental shaders mod

[Mustang]

very nice Mustang :thumbup: but the color of the horizon line is gray again

would you mind changing it back to white ? :)

 

^^This. You would not believe how hard i am trying to change this, the gray is annoying!

 

edit: this is the section of sky.fx that i've been tinkering with -

 

//;temporary dimming below horizon

 

r1=min(r8.y+0.018,cv9.x);

r1=max(r1,cv50.z);

 

r1=r0*(+pow(abs(r1.y),cv50.w));

 

float4 finclr=saturate(r0+abs(r1-0.018)*cv31.x);

 

float bw=dot(finclr.xyz,cv32.xyz);

float4 gray=float4(0.9,0.91,0.96,0)*bw;

 

oDc=lerp(finclr,gray,cv31.z);

oTex0=r2;

oTex0.a = luminance;

 

}

 

the first obvious choice for editing were the lines that contained 'gray' entries, but it's not so simple as that :( i'll keep going and see where it leads.

Edited July 9, 2014 by Mustang

[NRG-Vampire]

okay but there is

float bw=dot(finclr.xyz,cv32.xyz);

float4 gray=float4(0.9,0.91,0.96,0)*bw;

 

(0.9,0.91,0.96,0) is the shade of the gray ?

maybe we should try this

float4 gray=float4(1,1,1,0); -- without bw (means black-white?)

 

or float4 gray=float4(1,1,1,1); -- ^ last zero was the alpha channel ?

 

or using the word "float4 white" instead of "float4 gray"

probably "gray" is defined as rgb numbers somewhere so try to use the defined "white"

Edited July 9, 2014 by NRG-Vampire

[Mustang]

I've already tried exactly what you've said above but it makes 0 difference.

 

I'll just have to keep looking elsewhere :)

[71st_Mastiff]

http://www.twitch.tv/whmastiff/c/4630192

 

are you guys talk'en about the greyness at or co-alt cloud level?

[NRG-Vampire]

well, here is my first step

not perfect (horizon is a bit "foggy") but no more gray horizon line

 

 

float4 finclr=saturate(r0+abs(r1-0.018)/100*cv31.x);

 

float bw=dot(finclr.xyz,cv32.xyz);

float4 gray=float4(0.9,0.91,0.96,0)*bw/100;

[Mustang]

Made a ninja update to 5.26 in first post, tweaked the horizon curve more and lowered it slightly, also lowered the gray so it blends more with the terrain than the sky (best compromise for now)

 

 

Edited July 10, 2014 by Mustang

[uboats]

great try on horizon curvature

[Mustang]

Important: anyone who has downloaded 5.26 recently should re-download the updated package, there was a problem with the overcast shader which is now corrected.

[MoGas]

Chris, I DL the mod 8h ago, do I need to DL again?

[Mustang]

Chris, I DL the mod 8h ago, do I need to DL again?

 

Yes sorry MoGas you should, i only noticed this bug this evening while flying Op. Bison in the 104th server, it occured when entering and exiting the overcast cloud layer (the fog effect was blocky and messed up)

[MoGas]

Ok no problem :)

[VTJS17_Fire]

Hi,

 

are there any effects for the visibility on other aircraft (mulitplayer) with your mod? Are aircrafts visible on a greater range or doesn't this mod affect the visibily?

 

Thanks in advance,

Fire

[Mustang]

Hi,

 

are there any effects for the visibility on other aircraft (mulitplayer) with your mod? Are aircrafts visible on a greater range or doesn't this mod affect the visibily?

 

Thanks in advance,

Fire

 

None really, i fly in the 104th server along with others who use this mod and i've not seen any reports of problems.

[Falcon_S]

I bet Fire is Nvidia user like me and you Mustang AMD because you don`t have visibility problems but we, Nvidia users have big visibility problem and wanna some mod to be equal with AMD. :D

[Mustang]

I bet Fire is Nvidia user like me and you Mustang AMD because you don`t have visibility problems but we, Nvidia users have big visibility problem and wanna some mod to be equal with AMD. :D

 

I see what you mean now, no sorry these shaders do absolutely nothing for the engine smoke emissions.

 

v5.27 is up in first post now, made some more changes to the sky.fx shader.

[71st_Mastiff]

I'm loving it Mustang the horizon down low looks great with haze effect in the distance. awesome work..

 

http://www.twitch.tv/whmastiff/c/4646858

[Skulleader]

Hello guys,

 

I have one little question for Mustang, I've installed your last version v5.27 but I have the sensation that I've drop few FPS, please can you tell if it's possible ?

 

Thanks in advance, Skull.

[Mustang]

I'm loving it Mustang the horizon down low looks great with haze effect in the distance. awesome work..

 

http://www.twitch.tv/whmastiff/c/4646858

 

Good demonstration and video, it's also good to see the mod running on an nVidia equipped system :thumbup:

 

BTW i see you like to play around with the external views when flying, you should try out left-ctrl F4 for a cool chase cam (left-ctrl F6 with fired weapons also looks neat)

 

Hello guys,

 

I have one little question for Mustang, I've installed your last version v5.27 but I have the sensation that I've drop few FPS, please can you tell if it's possible ?

 

Thanks in advance, Skull.

 

5.17 should be no different performance-wise to the previous version, i cannot understand why you might be getting an FPS loss.

Edited July 13, 2014 by Mustang

[Esac_mirmidon]

Any chance to acces previous versions of this mod?

 

I need 5.23 version to compare with the last one. The horizon tweak with my nvidia 770 looks a little weird. Like no AA on it when i roll.

[Skulleader]

5.17 should be no different performance-wise to the previous version, i cannot understand why you might be getting an FPS loss.

 

Hello Mustang,

Thanks for your explanations, Skull.

[Esac_mirmidon]

Anyone here could send me a 5,23 version please?

[Milli]

Anyone here could send me a 5,23 version please?

 

Here you go.

 

Regards,

Milli

Clouds & Sky complete v5.23 standard.rar

Clouds & Sky complete v5.23 larger clouds.rar

[Esac_mirmidon]

Thanks milli ¡¡¡

[Mustang]

v5.28 updated to first post - testing a different technique for horizon, i think this version looks better IMO.

[POLARIS1]

Mustang...there's something I think I'm missing...

Are you testing this mod also on NVIDIA or only on AMD?