[REL] Dynamic Environment SH5

[GT182]

Wow, you guys have been busy.

After see the charts one question. Where safety lines modded in so the crews won't be blown overboard?

I'd try it out when you get a link posted but I'd have to start all over again with my campaign. Not going to happen for a while I'm afraid, but I will download it and have it in a safe place for later on.

[gap]

Originally Posted by GT182

Wow, you guys have been busy.

I'd try it out but I'd have to start all over again with my campaign. Not going to happen for a while I'm afraid, but I will download it and have it in a safe place for later on.

Hi Gary,

If you were using Dynamic Environment v 2.1, you can enabled the new version any time

[GT182]

Originally Posted by gap

Hi Gary,

If you were using Dynamic Environment v 2.1, you can enabled the new version any time

By that I take it you mean I wouldn't have to start a new career? And yes I do have the Dyn Env v2.1 mod installed right now. Just uninstall 2.1 and install 2.9 in the same lines where 2.1 was?

[gap]

Originally Posted by RushTheBus

Gap, stupid question. Can you enable Breeze, Gale & Hurricane sub mods to encompass all wind conditions?

Hi RushTheBus, sorry for the late reply.

The naming of DynEnv's submods have probably misleaded you into thinking that they apply to different wind ranges, and that they can therefore be enabled together. I and stoianm could have actually called them "normal version", "very high waves version" and "high waves with abnormal frequency version". They all, especially the last two, are sort of experimental, as they try to address a limitation of the game engine (which limits the wind speed to max 15 m/s) by increasing dramatically wave strenght leawing wind speeds unaltered. The settings of the three of them are found in the same file, and enabling more than one would mean that only the one enabled last would be applied. On the other hand, their merging into one file, would require a delicate averaging/finetunig of parameters from different version applying to the same wind speeds, rather than a simple copy/paste process.

Waiting for a proper wave mod, I suggest you sticking to one of the following:

- breeze version (as included in DynEnv's package);
- gale version with Fifi's improvements (available as an external download at post #1);
- sobers wave mod (also available from post #1)

Originally Posted by GT182

By that I take it you mean I wouldn't have to start a new career? And yes I do have the Dyn Env v2.1 mod installed right now. Just uninstall 2.1 and install 2.9 in the same lines where 2.1 was?

yep, v 2.9 is an optimization of v 2.1, but core files are mostly unchanged. More in general, not being saved in save games, environmental parameters can be edited during campaign with relative safety. This is on the pro side, the cons being that on game reload, weather is never the same as when you saved it

[R1fl3M4n]

installed the mod, everything looks ok but underwater i see lots of white textures, what did i miss?!

LE: installed the critical update and everything is fine ! nice graphics ! nice mod! 10/10 !!!!

[gap]

Originally Posted by R1fl3M4n

installed the mod, everything looks ok but underwater i see lots of white textures, what did i miss?!

LE: installed the critical update and everything is fine ! nice graphics ! nice mod! 10/10 !!!!

Since you are enjoying the mod so mutch, you might be pleased knowing that it was started as a solo project by a country mate of you. I take the occasion for praising (once more) our friend stoianm and all the subsim buddies who have contributed to it!

[tonschk]

A Big Thank you to Stoianm

Originally Posted by gap

Since you are enjoying the mod so mutch, you might be pleased knowing that it was started as a solo project by a country mate of you. I take the occasion for praising (once more) our friend stoianm and all the subsim buddies who have contributed to it!

[THE_MASK]

[SeaType #]
WindSpeed= the wind speed that each sea type applies to
ScaleX= main wave width. In game units? (1 unit = 10 m)
ScaleY= main wave height
ScaleZ= main wave length
ScaleNormal= ?
BumpScaleU= how many times waves' bump map (which file is that?) is sampled over a square of sea surface (in width) (?)
BumpScaleV= how many times waves' bump map is sampled over a square of sea surface (in length) (?)
NormalSharpness= ?
BumpScale= the size of the sea surface square that the bump map is sampled on (in game units?)
BumpStrength= bump map sharpness?
FarWavesScale= this could be a wave scale (X, Y, and Z) modifier, applied to waves far from player's sub (?)
FarWavesStrength= this could be a wave strength (the force applied to seagoing vessels) modifier, applied to waves far from player's sub (?)
FresnelBias= applies to water reflections
FresnelPower= applies to water reflections
LargeWavesArmonics= max number of large waves travelling in a string (?)
LargeWavesCoef= ?
SeaSpeed= how fast waves are travelling compared to wind speed (?)
WaveChoppinessFactor= self explanatory
ReflectionIntensity= self explanatory
ReflectionDeformation= self explanatory
TransparencyDistance=? Transparent water distance from the players view . Wider or narrower view . When looking over the side of the sub you could make the water transparent 18 mts deep by a few meters wide etc . or 25 mts deep x 100 meters wide view . You will get the same view with external camera . stoianm did a transparent water altering the shaders but that made the entire water transparent .
TransparencyDistanceUnder= ? Transparent water distance from the players view . Depth of transparency .
SpecGlossiness= specular reflections glosiness
SpecIntensity= specular reflections strength
SpecSpread= specular reflections angle of spread (?) shape of specular glossiness http://stevesfsxanalysis.wordpress.c...lour-of-water/
UnderSpecGlossiness= ?
UnderSpecIntensity= ?
ExtraSpecGlossiness= ?
ExtraSpecIntensity= ?
ExtraSpecSpread= ?
HeightColorFactor= ? You can give the trough of waves a darker appearance giving the impression of depth . Too much and it looks terrible

[gap]

Thank you sober. Please keep your comments coming

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by sober

[SeaType #]
WindSpeed= the wind speed that each sea type applies to
ScaleX= main wave width. In game units? (1 unit = 10 m)
ScaleY= main wave height
ScaleZ= main wave length
ScaleNormal= ?
BumpScaleU= how many times waves' bump map (which file is that?) is sampled over a square of sea surface (in width) (?)
BumpScaleV= how many times waves' bump map is sampled over a square of sea surface (in length) (?)
NormalSharpness= ?
BumpScale= the size of the sea surface square that the bump map is sampled on (in game units?)
BumpStrength= bump map sharpness?
FarWavesScale= this could be a wave scale (X, Y, and Z) modifier, applied to waves far from player's sub (?)
FarWavesStrength= this could be a wave strength (the force applied to seagoing vessels) modifier, applied to waves far from player's sub (?)
FresnelBias= applies to water reflections
FresnelPower= applies to water reflections
LargeWavesArmonics= max number of large waves travelling in a string (?)
LargeWavesCoef= Drag coef. introduced to the vessel when it hits large wave, O-no drag, 1- shiping goes nowhere...
SeaSpeed= how fast waves are travelling compared to wind speed (?)
WaveChoppinessFactor= self explanatory
ReflectionIntensity= self explanatory
ReflectionDeformation= self explanatory
TransparencyDistance=? Transparent water distance from the players view . Wider or narrower view . When looking over the side of the sub you could make the water transparent 18 mts deep by a few meters wide etc . or 25 mts deep x 100 meters wide view . You will get the same view with external camera . stoianm did a transparent water altering the shaders but that made the entire water transparent .
TransparencyDistanceUnder= ? Transparent water distance from the players view . Depth of transparency .
SpecGlossiness= specular reflections glosiness
SpecIntensity= specular reflections strength
SpecSpread= specular reflections angle of spread (?) shape of specular glossiness http://stevesfsxanalysis.wordpress.c...lour-of-water/
UnderSpecGlossiness= ?
UnderSpecIntensity= ?
ExtraSpecGlossiness= ?
ExtraSpecIntensity= ?
ExtraSpecSpread= ?
HeightColorFactor= ? You can give the trough of waves a darker appearance giving the impression of depth . Too much and it looks terrible

Small digression...

[volodya61]

Congratulations my friend!



It was really Global work!

User guide is similar to the user manual for launching ballistic missiles
I'm afraid I'll need more than a day to read it all

Thank you Gabriele!

PS: why v2.9?

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

Congratulations my friend!



It was really Global work!

User guide is similar to the user manual for launching ballistic missiles
I'm afraid I'll need more than a day to read it all

Thank you Gabriele!

PS: why v2.9?

Thank you Volodya for your encoragement and your contributions to this mod!

This new version doesn't contain substantial new features (thus the number version 2.9), but it is aimed to consolidate Dynamic Environment with several improvement which had been released as separate patches since its last "official" release, and to make it more accessible to any player in therms of easy dowload and installation, compatibility with other mods, and good performance on any computer.

Imo, the most important feature is that I and stoianm agreed in making Dynamic Environment into a "community mod" (as stated is 'Authors' section of the readme, we don't consider it anymore as "our" mod), thus making it even more open than before to anyone's contribution. I strongly hope that our modders will accept our invitation

Unfortunately, my convolute English didn't help me in making the user guide as easy as, as I hope, is the rest

[volodya61]

I see new vegetation does not yet implemented in this version?

PS: my contributions? a drop in the ocean

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

I see new vegetation does not yet implemented in this version?

No, not yet, but it is still in my todo list.

Implementing this feature implies a lot of graphical work on the raw map used for setting the different ecoregions, and on the textures to be rendered in game (not only tree textures: seabed, terrain and rock textures can be customized as well for each region ).

It means a lot of work. I will consecrate to it once we finish with our other project, which I hope to work on full time, now

Originally Posted by volodya61

PS: my contributions? a drop in the ocean

drops is exaclty what oceans are made of. Many drops. Any singular drop may appear insignificant, but it is not

[finchOU]

Gap,

What's the weather change factor? As in ...does the weather change at some random interval....or does it change after X number of hours? Does the Medium Fog reload bug follow the same weather change factor?