VAS comments by Beau

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Richie, you little snitch!

 

 

You crack me up Neil

 

Ok have been playing with these a bit as Neil stated - you must make copies of your original files and note the exact folders they need to go back in - MAKE SURE YOU DUMP SHADERS

 

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Heres the good

 

Smoother while spot plane panning - fps and AA appear to be better

 

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Heres the bad so far anyway

 

I got an OOM message which I never get and some menu crashes

Your distant water will not have waves they will appear flat and shiny kind of like x-plane that being said you will see waves in very close proximity to your aircraft but thats it

You can re load up your rex waves and they are back but that would defeat the purpose I think

 

So use caution and if distant waves is not an issue with you then these might be your thing - I am going to re-test crashing issues not sure why as its just down sizing the files but not having any problems previous I can only surmise these changes are the culprit but maybe something good can come out of it

 

Tried just the down sized env maps but that didnt make much difference

[Ebs 114]

 

 

Thanks - is this after Beau's latest reply on LM site or prior to reading it.

 

I made the zip before Beau's latest post (http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/vas-usage-related-to-water-detail-settings/#post-112054) I've edited my original post with this info. Thanks for the heads up.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

I made the zip before Beau's latest post (http://www.prepar3d.com/forum-5/topic/vas-usage-related-to-water-detail-settings/#post-112054) I've edited my original post with this info. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Thanks brother assuming you update files in some way - try again now

[Ebs 114]

No rich I didn't update the zip. Apply what beau said to the files in the zip.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Ah ok - be nice to get this to work as I just crashed to desktop again when accessing the menu while in flight - if I can stop that then I think this is a keeper for me I can live with distant flat waters but you do have to turn water up to ultra to get anything to show in close proximity to aircraft

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

No rich I didn't update the zip. Apply what beau said to the files in the zip.

 

Ok got this worked out no crashes and retaining the benefits as posted by me above - give me a few minutes to put a new package together with directions

Use at your own risk but should be fine *********** Take note do not try the files in Neils file link posted they will cause issues

 

You must make copies of your original files and note the exact folders they need to go back in - MAKE SURE YOU DUMP SHADERS before running P3D

 

Link to files needed:

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-cAHnyMVBgfcmNER21GalZZV2s/view?usp=sharing

 

1. Delete all 32 of these water detail files       location: Prepar3D\Scenery\World\texture folder

 

   water_detailRXX.bmp (32 of them)

   water_detailXX.bmp (32 of them)

 

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2. These should be safe to delete             location: Prepar3D\texture folder

   

   OceanHeight20FieldLow.bmp

   OceanHeight20FieldHigh.dds

 

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3. These files should be replaced with the files in zip file           location:scenery\World\texture:

   env_predawn.bmp

   env_dawn.bmp

   env_lowsun.bmp

   env_midsun.bmp

   env_highnoon.bmp

   env_postdusk.bmp

   env_dusk.bmp

   env_lowmoon.bmp

   env_highmoon.bmp

   env_newmoon.bmp

   env_overcast.bmp

[Tokitaumelie 164]

Thanks much Rich and Neil,

Will have a go and revert

 

All have a great day

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Still getting crashes not sure if this or just not having a fresh install of windows 10 - please report back if others are having issues - putting back old files and see what happens

[Guest]

Hi Rich,

 

Thanks for doing this ... but I think you have the wrong path in step 1.

 

Step 1.  -- should be ...Prepar3d v2\Scenery\World\Texture  (at least that's where they are on both my PCs)

 

Testing the new files now.

 

Cheers, Rob.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Hi Rich,

 

Thanks Rob - can you change it for me as I cant now - been a long day quite tired

[Simmer2050 28]

thanks guys, you have all my moral support for this.

[mr340 56]

Hi Rich , i test out your zip file . An it appears to be working with out a glitch, however i did had some Sim Object Engine Crash at first. But i don't think that was caused by the file i just install. I fix that problem by going to the task manager after closing P3D. It remain running on my pc without P3D running.  I ended the process an restart P3D and that problem was gone.

[Guest]

No issues with these adjustment, water looks perfect (same as before), VAS appears to be improved, especially out of KDAB (Aerosofts).

 

Also, just installed the 353.62 drivers and SLI is now fully functional ... no artifacts so far .. still testing.

 

Video to follow.

 

Cheers, Rob.

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

No issues with these adjustment, water looks perfect (same as before), VAS appears to be improved, especially out of KDAB (Aerosofts).

 

Hi Guys I dont think its the files I am getting a crash when hitting the world menu item while in P3D with or without tweaked files

 

After checking event viewer found it may be a temp file causing an issue and I cleaned all of those temp files out and ran malwarebytes as far as I can tell its another problem so need to test that out before trying again - thanks for the info 

 

File in question is wer49cb.tmp.werinternalmetdata.xml 

 

Now not sure if P3D is placing this there have to watch if so then something else is going on to cause that

 

Rob I also updated to that driver - AA is not as good as my tweakforce driver I was using so running in circles but its all good - I can always do a fresh install of the whole system if I have to

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

Well the moral of the story is make sure your temp folder is cleaned periodically as my problem is gone - thats a new one - tried the tweak in this post again and no ill effects so guess it was bad timing - She's a fixed for now

 

Rob thanks for the fix on post