DCS A-10C - more dense grass

Use this mod if you would like to have more dense grass/bushes. Files can be used for DCS A-10C v1.1.1.1 and DCS BS2 v1.1.1.1 only.

Note:

This mod does impact performance in negative way, affecting video card mainly, so you will need higher end video card to render more denser grass and at further distance (I currently use HD5870 with 1GB vRAM)

Few screenshots

These are mine in-game options

EDIT: version 1.2.6 Slider limits are in file

...DCS World/MissionEditor/Modules/dialogs/me_options_system.dlg - look section starting at line 501

edit "range" values (Min and Max)

Files (A)

Files (B)

Files ©

Cool, I've always kept the grass off because it was sparse and actually looked bad in my opinion. This makes it a bit more appealing. Will give it a go.

Very cool Kuky, always wanted to know how to do this, great discovery :thumbup:

edit: this tweak, plus the visibility modifications we've discovered over the past few days, has transformed the way this sim looks :)

how bad does it hurt FPS?

hm... I just found out I am maxing out my video card (HD5870) pretty much during the whole mission... I think I might have overdone on the increased visibility distance and now grass density and need to step back a notch :D

Yeah rgr Kuky, i think you're pushing it with the draw distance settings (saw what you were using in that other thread) although i reckon the denser vegetation settings you use above is fine with FPS/resource usage.

now I would love to know if we can adjust power lines draw distance as I find they too disapear too early, the power pole at least should be visible few km further out

now I would love to know if we can adjust power lines draw distance as I find they too disapear too early, the power pole at least should be visible few km further out

Yep i agree, as do the pylons in my avatar :P

Nice find! Note using TSSAA and/or AAA in CCC will produce a significant FPS hit the more grass there is.

EDIT:- Sorry Kuky, I think I accidentally gave you Negative instead of positive rep, oops :)

Nate

Very nice. Thanks!

Really nice effect!

If grass were more optimized it would be really nice thick fauna.

Really nice effect!

If grass were more optimized it would be really nice thick fauna.

That's the first thing I tried ~ 5fps :( Not unexpected though.

Nate

That's the first thing I tried ~ 5fps :( Not unexpected though.

 

Nate

which mission are you trying to run? I find this extra bushes does not decrease my fps a lot, only in missions like Hideout where there are lot of units on the base to the left of the hangar you spawn in, does the fps drop to bellow 20 but this is due to lot of 3D models and I think it hits the CPU... hm.. maybe the GPU also due to lot of polygons... anyway in any part of the map when I fly alone I get 30-40 easy even on the ground

Sorry I should have been clearer, I had set it really really dense, so it would look like Arma 2 or IL2:CoD. It killed performance not unexpectedly :) Your settings work fine for me.

Nate

Yeah I used Kuky's settings and it works flawless and looks great. +1

This looks great! I'll def try it out. Hopefully it doesnt hurt my FPS too much :)

Wow Kuky, that looks really nice! Need to try that!

Would you mind to share information about the visibility modifications, mentioned by Mustang, in this thread?

Or is there a dedicated thread somewhere?

Would you mind to share information about the visibility modifications, mentioned by Mustang, in this thread?

 

Or is there a dedicated thread somewhere?

That thread is in the same section: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=71639

and here's another thread on the same thing: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=71383

Looks great dude!

TY for the links Kuky!

Load Times Impacted??

I made the changes Kuky proposed. After I relaunch the game, I get to the main menu with no problem, but when I try to launch a mission or even just go to the mission editor, the load screen just sits there staring at me. After 10+ minutes, I just had the kill the process.

I tried this twice, reloading the old lua files, then modifying them again and I get the same result.

Just curious if others are seeing this, and whether this might be a one-time hurdle to get over after which time the game might begin to load normally.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

I made the changes Kuky proposed. After I relaunch the game, I get to the main menu with no problem, but when I try to launch a mission or even just go to the mission editor, the load screen just sits there staring at me. After 10+ minutes, I just had the kill the process.

 

I tried this twice, reloading the old lua files, then modifying them again and I get the same result.

 

Just curious if others are seeing this, and whether this might be a one-time hurdle to get over after which time the game might begin to load normally.

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

you must be making a mistake when modifying the file. How about copy/paste your edited file here so we can have a look?

Thanks Kuky for all your work :D this and the distance mod make the game look effin sexy!

I made the changes Kuky proposed. After I relaunch the game, I get to the main menu with no problem, but when I try to launch a mission or even just go to the mission editor, the load screen just sits there staring at me. After 10+ minutes, I just had the kill the process.

 

I tried this twice, reloading the old lua files, then modifying them again and I get the same result.

 

Just curious if others are seeing this, and whether this might be a one-time hurdle to get over after which time the game might begin to load normally.

 

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

I'm having the exact same problem

I'm having the exact same problem

ok, which files are you editing... the one for the grass or for the districts visibility distance? I am pretty sure you must have missed a semi column somewhere or something like that... also silly question as most know this but checking anyway, did you use regular notepad to edit or notepad++?