Special Aircraft Service
Individual Mods and Packs for IL-2 1946 => Other Mods => Visual Mods => Topic started by: Ranwers on September 11, 2014, 02:49:48 AM
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This mod added some grass in close area of airstrip:
for summer
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ab18/zrbnqun200ln15a6g.jpg)
& desert
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8d07/92xnc5lbl2cgxcf6g.jpg)
Enjoy
Download: https://www.mediafire.com/download/zq14hbqrzz10qc4/Grass.7z
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
EDIT:
Winter version: http://ulozto.net/xuHBDNJM/grassw-7z made by vpmedia
(http://i.imgur.com/oarvfVz.jpg)
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Wow! Many thanks! :)
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+1 :D
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Its beautiful, thank you!
(http://i.imgur.com/kjiyaGt.jpg)
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Great mod, many thanks for sharing, 8)
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very nice! Thank you, will d/l tonight
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Thank you Ranwers. These small mods add SO much depth! :)
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awesome, thanks Ranwers :D
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Hell yeah ! 8)
wonderful stuff Ranwers ! ;D
Thank you :)
~S!~
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Many, many thanks Ranwers. It's amazing how something so simple can add so much.
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Darn curious on that (how you did it), thanks!
Much needed mod, now some cockpit shadows and FM revisits and the game is en par ;)
Lovely idea, did something similar, tiring handmade, on one of the Quicks for Reno.
Thanks!
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Thank you very much !
Work fine in my UP2.01 !
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Tested in 4.12 on MTO, Crimea, Woodlark, Ifni3...no grass. :(
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Tested in 4.12 on MTO, Crimea, Woodlark, Ifni3...no grass.
It seems that this mod works on the edges of the tracks.
If the airport is done by a single plate (eg Slovakia) then indeed there is no grass.
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It seems that this mod works on the edges of the tracks.
If the airport is done by a single plate (eg Slovakia) then indeed there is no grass.
Yes.
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... so after Ranwers the Franken plane man, now we have Ranwers the gardener ...! :D
Many THX, Ranwers, just a suggestion, is it necessary for the .tga to be as big as 4 Mb ...?
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Yoinks ! I've just seen this now :-[
Very cool Rawners to add one of the most lacking scenic aspects missing in to the game.
Perfect for a current project. ;D
I guess the base groundsmen are on R and R at the local town getting drunk and having a good 'ol time ha ha.
It does add a lot of realism ;D :D ;)
Kirby
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This mod added some grass in close area of airstrip
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I like the idea. :)
I hope something can be done about the pop up effect which is very noticable.
And perhaps an idea to have the grass a bit more at random spreaded? Now the grass is a bit too much in straight lines parallel to the airstrip. For my feeling it has a bit the look of a kitchen garden at the moment.
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Now the grass is a bit too much in straight lines parallel to the airstrip. For my feeling it has a bit the look of a kitchen garden at the moment.
This look that:
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6496/jwaa0yki2gn4s776g.jpg) :-\
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Now the grass is a bit too much in straight lines parallel to the airstrip. For my feeling it has a bit the look of a kitchen garden at the moment.
This look that:
(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6496/jwaa0yki2gn4s776g.jpg) :-\
I know what you mean but in game it looks like this:
(http://s20.postimg.cc/9vx0gn1m5/12_09_2014_20_20_29.jpg) (http://postimg.cc/image/wkm7g7izt/full/)
free upload (http://postimage.org/)
We also have to take in consideration that lighting on objects is different than on landscape. Which makes grass sticks out a bit too much.
A problematic issue that still occurs in nowadays flight sims but in a less noticable way. I hope I will see the day that objects blend very well with surrounding landscapes in flight sims.
Nor COD, nor DCS, nor BoS, nor RoF tackles the issue. Not that I have one of these games, my opinions are based on screenshots and videos. ;)
By the way, in the past I added a lot of grass on an airfield as a try out and noticed that with too much grass the pop up effect was horrible and plane exploded when taxiing through it.
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This mod added some grass in close area of airstrip
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I like the idea. :)
I hope something can be done about the pop up effect which is very noticable.
And perhaps an idea to have the grass a bit more at random spreaded? Now the grass is a bit too much in straight lines parallel to the airstrip. For my feeling it has a bit the look of a kitchen garden at the moment.
Plus one. :D
Good for cockpit screenies though! :)
I also tried to place many bushes around Reno Stead Airfield in the Reno mod in one Quick mission (RedNone) and it works. The popup effect very much depends on the chosen bush as well. :P
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I added this because it boosts immersion on the most important part of the game,
the airstrip, the thing where all things start. Thanks Master for this Mod
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This would be perfect if two things happened:
Brushes triggered by airfield markings as per FMB. Atm many maps simply do not show the effect.
And, secondly, another bush/grass model, some from the FMB list have bigger popup distance and "only" sport the weird lighting part. Those spread over a wider area....that would rock.
I gladly research which brushes have the longest visibly distance ingame.
Cheers
Thorsten
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Great idea and a very cool mod.
Thank you Ranwers!
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Hi all,
In my 4.09m + UP2.01+lot of mods and maps the grass unfortunately does not shows up,while I have the complete file put in my modsfolder.
:(
Who could help me?
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I use UP2.01 only and as I mentioned this mod works great!
But you may be in the same case that was mentioned above ... Your airstrip are perhaps the "plates"!
In this case reread the post from the beginning!
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I made a winter version: http://ulozto.net/xuHBDNJM/grassw-7z
For the blank plates try to duplicate the "Ground" folder under the name "Blank".
Example path: #SAS\00_Grass\3do\Airfield\Blank\Runway\body.msh
I tried the concrete runways but it did not work for some reason.
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Thank you vp for winter version and the tips ! :)
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Thank you Istvan
(http://i.imgur.com/oarvfVz.jpg)
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I made a winter version: http://ulozto.net/xuHBDNJM/grassw-7z
Nice - thanks :)
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vp your link for winter grass doesn't seem to be working
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Depends on the airbase you use AFAIK.
Pretty cool mod for takeoffs and landings. :)
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Hi Ranwers,
is it possible to modify the visibility distance as well as the density of the grass? Which parameters in which files may i change to achieve the wished effect?
Regards,
Michael
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is it possible to modify the visibility distance as well as the density of the grass? Which parameters in which files may i change to achieve the wished effect?
Yes. Modify the visibility distance is simple:
in file body.msh change this parameters:
[LOD]
60
140
1100
2500
firt line - 60 to .... what you have
next line must be bigger then first etc.
About density - needed new meshes.
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60
ok, I see this. But ...
140
1100
2500
Do these inscriptions have a funktion?
needed new meshes.
o_O
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140
1100
2500
Do these inscriptions have a funktion?
No - only first
Bu iff you change 60 for 200
then you must change 140 at ... fe 300
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No - only first
Can't I leave the others out?
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No - only first
Can't I leave the others out?
Yes
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About density - needed new meshes.
A mesh, is that a file named body.msh for example?
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About density - needed new meshes.
A mesh, is that a file named body.msh for example?
I believe that is what is it.
It is the file where the 3d-model has its information on how it is created and how it is viewed.
That is what makes the 3d-model.
You change anything in that mesh file and your model may not look correct.
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140
1100
2500
Do these inscriptions have a funktion?
No - only first
Bu iff you change 60 for 200
then you must change 140 at ... fe 300
chaging 60 to 120 enough and to spare :) Thanks!
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Could anyone explain, please, how to install this mod ? ( VP Modpack )
Thank you
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Could anyone explain, please, how to install this mod ? ( VP Modpack )
Thank you
Just put this mod into main folder for mods - #SAS or another
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It is very bright at nights, that makes it non-realistic, unfortumatelly.(( How to fix this?
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Dear Ranwers,
I use your mod and cannot imagine the game without this beautiful grass! But at night missions I have to swicth the mod off, cause the grass shines bright. And switch on again for the day ones. Is it possible somehow to fix this issue? What can be done? What makes the grass shine in comparison with other trees which do not? Is it possible to do smth with it? The lanscape is excellent with your grass!
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Just place a few runway lights, and convince yourself that the lights are illuminating the grass. ;D
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Thanks! But if seriously? What makes grass shine? Why other modded threes do not? Probably there is a clue? I hoe if we solve this, everybody would be happy))
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The problem is in mat.file
I'll try change.
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Many thanks if you do this! I am sure everybody will be very very happy!!! :D
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The problem is in mat.file
I'll try change.
Many thanks if you do this! I am sure everybody will be very very happy!!!
Yes ! Thanks !
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... the "fix" is easy ... ;)
Open the Bush.mat:
[ClassInfo]
ClassName TMaterial
[General]
tfDoubleSide 1
tfShouldSort 1
tfDropShadow 0
tfGameTimer 1
tfDepthOffset 1
[LightParams]
Ambient 1
Diffuse 1
Specular 0
SpecularPow 32
Shine 0.7 <== change the value to 0.0
... by the way, SpecularPow 32 is useless, since Specular is set to 0 ... ;)
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... the "fix" is easy ...
Open the Bush.mat:
Work fine in my game !
Thanks Mick ! ;)
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Cool! thanks Mick. Can the rendering distance be slightly increased with such simple edits? Double should be enough to cover most of a runway, at least from the cockpit POV.
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... you can try editing this value (in meters) ... ;)
[Layer0]
TextureName bush.tga
PaletteName
Frame 0.0
VisibleDistanceNear 0.0
VisibleDistanceFar 10000.0
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No joy trying to increase the rendering distance, but no big deal either, thank you anyway Mick
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... you can try editing this value (in meters) ...
VisibleDistanceNear 0.0
Ca supprime les herbes si tu modifies la valeur... ;)
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Very sorry, but what the mat file can be opened with? :( I am not such a professional in these aspects
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... sorry guys, I wasn't sure, that's why I wrote about "trying" to edit the value ... :-[
... besides, I can't check, because this mod doesn't work for me, since I use other .tga textures for airstrips ... ;)
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Very sorry, but what the mat file can be opened with? :( I am not such a professional in these aspects
... any text editor will do, such as Notepad, that comes with every Windows OS ... ;)
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Many thanks! I will try and write the result later :D
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I changed the values and now everything is OK! Fantastic! Many thanks!!! ;)
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Thanks Mick :)