Improved water effects ? ? ? (how can we get back) v1.2.1.5970

Just personal preference but I don't like the new water.

Anyone who's ever seen water from the air knows it doesn't move around like an aquarium being carried by a drunk.

It can be toned down and save some FPS.

95 flights a year here.... definitely looks a tad odd.

yeah I agree too. It looks like you are 10 feet above the water at any altitude. Doesn't feel right.

looks very good when skimming over at 20 feet in BS...and thats on low setting...I think its the best water yet

I like the new water... add some white caps are it'll look great

I live by the sea in a fairly windy and rough part of the South Pacific and fly over it reasonably often.

Not perfect, but the best yet I'd say...

(more like 'real' sea and less like 'flashy video game' sea)

It's much improved. The waves are still too large if you ask me but it's better. I would like to see sharper sun glint, though.

I would very much like to see them fix the water altitude bug that causes lakes and river water to appear lower than they actually are.

Improved water effects ? ? ? (how can we get back) v1.2.1.5970

 

Water colour never changed. Just the texture/pattern used for the waves.

 

Nate

 

So can we get back the "Improved water effects" as Wags wrote before in the 1.2.1 updates list ?

 

or any chance to get newer side-patches (files) with the reverted improved water effects ? :thumbup:

 

because i thnk ED changed the DLLs too - (not only textures, FXOs, FXs)

If it affects performance in a negative way, no thanks.

If it affects performance in a negative way, no thanks.

 

everything what is good looking affects performance in a negative way, no surprise.

 

but i hope in choices: maybe in a ultra-high Water setting.

 

good looking, isnt it ?,

 

Yes it's good, no doubt :)

 

I don't know how much the waterdetails and the stuff around it affected the performance. But when my 2 x GTX 580's where running @ 100% and my frames where almost 1/2 of what I normally have, the price is to high for me.

 

I'd rather run the sim @ stable 60 FPS w/vsync and high details, high view distance, then choppy 30 FPS and nice looking watereffects.

Yeah the new water shaders etc is missing for me. Looks like the low quaility water setting. Was it removed for the performance hot fix?

I want it back aswell or at least an option to turn it on. since i have a good pc and my fps was fine with it why not.

I want it back aswell or at least an option to turn it on. since i have a good pc and my fps was fine with it why not.

It's a problem with optimization so it will be back. They didn't spend all that time making the new shaders just to drop it I'm sure.

On a similar but differt subject....please bring back the tall nice smoke from 1.2.0

 

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Smoke now in 1.2.1 looks again like the shitty old smoke from Lock on (since 2003)

everything what is good looking affects performance in a negative way, no surprise.

 

but i hope in choices: maybe in a ultra-high Water setting.

 

good looking, isnt it ?,

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water looked good but again the wave animation was to fast, and also fps performance hog.

ed is going to have to code in more cpu cores for new effects amfraid.

 

or get the new edge terrain engine on a seperate core, this in turn will free up resources.

Edited October 9, 2012 by diveplane

On a similar but differt subject....please bring back the tall nice smoke from 1.2.0

 

Smoke now in 1.2.1 looks again like the shitty old smoke from Lock on (since 2003)

 

Use this http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/206950/ works like a charm

everything what is good looking affects performance in a negative way, no surprise.

 

but i hope in choices: maybe in a ultra-high Water setting.

 

 

+1 for all that :thumbup:

 

It exist, it was there.. so why pull it out?

+1 for new water option

Use this http://files.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/206950/ works like a charm

 

I did...it still doesn't give me those tall smoke stacks. :(

I would very much like to see them fix the water altitude bug that causes lakes and river water to appear lower than they actually are.

 

This.

I did...it still doesn't give me those tall smoke stacks. :(

 

Ok thats weird cause i does for me

i doubt the new water shaders were the problem, but more the driving engine behind it..

 

this terrain engine is old old old... which is where edge comes in.

everything what is good looking affects performance in a negative way, no surprise.

 

but i hope in choices: maybe in a ultra-high Water setting.

 

good looking, isnt it ?,

 

 

Damn! i miss the new water too. Anyone figured out what files need to be used from the initital 1.2.1 version?

Ok thats weird cause i does for me

 

I did only copy the smoke files, I did not copy the explosion files as I did not want to loose the new explosion effects from 1.2.1.