Best Mods for use in 1.2.4 ?

I haven't used any mods in DCS world and was wondering if somebody could put together a list of essential mods for 1.2.4, I've fallen way behind the times with the mod scene and I can't tell whats World and whats pre-World mods.

Any help would be much appreciated

Try this one for size - the attached file contains newly adjusted sky colour effects (grey band on horizon and white haze over terrain is removed) better HDR, along with enhanced terrain rendering (terrain now blends correctly to horizon) I've created other versions of these files in the past but this is more of a final version.

Simply open the file with WinRAR and copy the folders directly into the DCS main directory.

EDIT: please re-download the attachment if you've already installed it, the previous version had a tiny bug, now resolved.

EDIT 2: High.lua removed from package.

EDIT 3: updated hdr.fx with corrections to light diffuse values.

Other good mods to look for:

Corrected FC3 flyables HD pits

Reworked Cockpit Views with proper Neck

6DOF for FC3

Increased overcast draw distance modification

these are just some of my favorites.

Ooooooo! Good thread. All the mods should be posted here.

Ooooooo! Good thread. All the mods should be posted here.

sorry Mustang but your previous "Corrected FC3 flyables HD pits" does work with current versions ? (1.2.4) and will work with 1.2.5 ? (i guess you test 1.2.5 already)

coz since you released your mod some cockpit have been changed - i mean we got new Su-27 and Su-25 pits, however i think your mod is not changed the old A-10A pit

so does your mod good for 1.2.4-1.2.5 ?

for old MiG-29, Su-33 and Su-25T pit ? - without changing something on the new pits

(only 3 old, "non-3D-6DOF" pit remained in the sim)

and Russian voice comms pack ?

i dont know (not checked) but is it in 1.2.4 already officially ?

Does anyone who joined a MP-game has to have installed every single mod I have installed, when I am hosting?

Hello,

I have a question for Mustang, there's few minutes I have installed your Mod: sky and terrain.rar and I would like to know if each time that you upgrade this Mod where I can found the new version of Sky and terrain ?

A great thanks in advance for all, best regards. Skull

Does anyone who joined a MP-game has to have installed every single mod I have installed, when I am hosting?

Only if the mod modifies the files that are integrity checked. There are very few files that are integrity checked- by default, Config/Weapons and Scripts/compile.lua.

No mods that I am aware of modify these files.

Now, as server host, you can expand your integrity check to cover other files, and some server hosts do that- especially server hosts that run player-vs-player missions. Still, most mods are OK even with expanded integrity checks.

All from post #2 plus:

- Better fire and Smoke http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89157

- ULTRA HIGH visibility http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=106712

Have Fun! :thumbup:

and this...

:D

Some Mods that I use and I like, these Mods are from many members ;) :

Reworked Cockpit Views with proper Neck Post #1 : http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96116

A-10C-glass-REFLECT Post #45: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100830&page=5

HD Cockpit for KA-50: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=94081

APU and ROTOR Sound Post #1: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=93448

English Cues Mod on HUD, Shkval & PUI-800 Post #1: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=93618

Blackshark 2 Canopy Glass Mods Post #17: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=83849

Uh-1H Scratches mod Post #61: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=105719

Huey Device Scale in Higher Resolution Post #1: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=106741

It's a good topic to present the Mods that we like :thumbup:

Wow fantastic stuff guys. :thumbup:

Hi all. Thanks for putting these post.

I have never use MODS cause I'm afraid in 2 things:

1: If I put MODS, every time there's and DCS update the update wont work cause of the MODS.

2: I will have to erase the mods one by one or reinstall everything again.

For that reason I haven look further in MODS explanations so leaving all DCS sim's as they are.

So how this work and whats the correct or best procedure to install and unistall without damaging the hold program?

Those this MODS posted in this forum works for today version?

Thanks again.

<S>

C.O.

1. Customize snapviews!! <<<<

Not really a mod but very essential for BS if you have only 1 screen.

I mapped it on the stick so i can switch very fast between shkval in fullscreen and my default cockpit view.

2. setting your HMS reticle on mouse pointer

3.diveplanes soundmod

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=92598

4. HUD only sight (no skhval and abris)

5. Migos Shkval. the best shval mod out there!!

6. I also love diveplanes brightness landscape mod. you can make the terrain darker or brighter. the brighter textures having a very good contrast in shkval and the darker textures giving a better athmosphere.

Devrim_DCSWBS2_EnglishCues_v1.rar

Duke_HMS_Reticle_Fix_ModMan.zip

ShkvalMigo.zip

Diveplanes Land Brightness Mods 1.0.zip

You should use JSGME. I just started using it and I LOVE IT!! You can install any mod with a little added work removed and add on the fly and you can keep your mods with updates. See link below...

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607

Thanks <S>

...I have never use MODS cause I'm afraid in 2 things...

I like to install/reinstall or uninstall mods by manually. Because some mods consist only one zip file. It's easy to drag and drop. And I keep a list which mods are installed on my DCS. And; Some mods don't consist a file. It's just a line. I'd like to find the file and replace the line. I like it because I'm a php programmer. I've learned/started it via php forum editing. bla bla...

Whatever!; I think you should use mods, you'll see DCS will be better in every aspect.

In my opinion, you're missing many things Crazyowl.

 

I like to install/reinstall or uninstall mods by manually. Because some mods consist only one zip file. It's easy to drag and drop. And I keep a list which mods are installed on my DCS. And; Some mods don't consist a file. It's just a line. I'd like to find the file and replace the line. I like it because I'm a php programmer. I've learned/started it via php forum editing. bla bla...

 

Whatever!; I think you should use mods, you'll see DCS will be better in every aspect.

Great, soo I was reading some of the mods in this post and if i'm not wrong it seems that for example the mod for better head position don't work with the last upgrade of DCS, is this correct?

I don't whant to stard dowloading stuuf that don't work. Any official mods that work with the last update?

Thanks and <S>

Hello guys,

for example the mod for better head position don't work with the last upgrade of DCS, is this correct?

Crazyowl, I confirm that the Mod "Reworked Cockpit Views with proper Neck" work fine with the last version of DCS 1.2.4.

You can found this Mod here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=96116

About the Mods devrim have right, you can installed all the Mods that I want because it's very easy to installed and uninstalled.

Bye and have a good day. Skull

Great thread! Love the new KA-50 rotor sound's.

Problem here is that some recommended mods will overwrite others.

For example, Mustang's "sky and terrain" file replaces the "High.lua" in Config/terrain, but so does the "Ultra high visibility" mod by Lightningstrike (linked to in post #8 ).

So will have to use one or the other - or try and compare the two and edit one to include the other's settings, if possible. Which would probably be a PITA (I haven't checked yet) but in any case it warrants bearing in mind ;)

You can use WinMerge to compare the files.

http://winmerge.org/

Easy to use

thanks for the link - worth checking out.

Notepad++ also has the ability to view/edit two files side by side (including synchronized scrolling) which also makes comparing and editing quite easy.

Probably - I use Textpad myself - it may have a similar function but I only ever used it for editing lua files and the like, so I don't know. Of course, Notepad++ is free, so probably more useful to most folks.

Try this one for size - the attached file contains newly adjusted sky colour effects (grey band on horizon and white haze over terrain is removed) better HDR, along with enhanced terrain rendering (terrain now blends correctly to horizon) I've created other versions of these files in the past but this is more of a final version.

Great version Mustang!!!

Dunno what you did, but It seems so much better and somehow right... :thumbup:

Great version Mustang!!!

 

Dunno what you did, but It seems so much better and somehow right... :thumbup:

Yes it's taken a ton of trial and error to find the right values in the right files and now it looks (IMO of course) close to perfect.