Hello guys!
After few months i come back to eech. I wondered how improve graphically look of EECH.. today an idea come to my head - we need clouds !

New version for download 28-01-2012:
-one test texture for alaska summer (optional)
-better model, have more FPS when flying trough clouds
-most of maps gets new trees textures
-fixed cuba, lebanon , thailand

Installation:
- make sure you have render-tree-shadows=0
- dont put whole downloaded folder to game folder, in razorworks\.. should be only files that is needed (any backups in this folder will make bugs! )

Enjoy !


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They have one bug, maybe somebody can fix it. Scene has 2 files - trees and clouds over them, when you look up, and dont see trees, clouds dissapear.

Soczkien back!

Replace fast_tree folder in 3ddata\objects

Be sure you have turn on high lod hack for better look at distance [Alt+L]

Good Heavens it's Soczkien!!...Welcome back...

wooow second movie AMAZING what about framerate?the same texture kills fps at smoke trails.

Of course theres fps drop somewheres, it depends on map and how much trees are there. It's nearly optimized as much as possible.

I dont know why i have black shadow inside cockpit, it doesnt matter of light position in scene , always the same. I'm using old default apache cockpit to replace. Can someone help?


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The clouds look really good in the arctic environment, as when there's snow (in the UK at least) the clouds are always dark and 'solid'-looking.

BANITA - Longbow 2 had clouds already! Now crawl back on the knees! (inside joke)

The cockpit contains several scenes. Some of them use light source, and its position, direction and intensity are specified in the code.
The Viper cockpit is being made by dfang has the light defined in the scene, not in the code.

Thaks for replay. Ok i think all my problems are because i working with old apache cockpit, replacing its files etc. Maybe this old cockpit dont use light from scene but from code?


Nearly done. Finally mfd's on right place..

Soczkien- as always perfect work.

Flyboy -I remember I remember, even now look great

What Helo is this going to be for?

Oh-58D

Soczkien - I see that you went for this version of the OH-58D cockpit...



But I am more familiar with this one...



Notice in the second pic that the central section has a large moving map display.

Which cockpit layout is the newest?

BANITA - Hmph!

Cockpit is nearly done and i dont want change it's version now. Also i dont have good quality pics of version you show.

Btw. its good version of cockpit for blackhawk that we have in eech ?
http://blackhawk.airpower.at/technik-cockpit.htm

Soczkien-Do not ask, just do

I'm actually working on an updated blackhawk model that your cockpit would go with. I'm no good with the cockpit bit though, so maybe we could work together to complete the updated model?

It's probably about 70% done as I had to fix a lot of the geometry to reduce polys. It need textured and put into the layout.

Good idea:D i send pm to you

Last photo for today:


K-50


Also I need photos of mi-28 cockpit because its hard to find :P

Hope these help:

Pilot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/P001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/P002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/P003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/P004.jpg

Gunner
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/G001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/G002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/G003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/G004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/G005.jpg

Both
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/GP001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/GP002.jpg


Gus

Guys you are awesome!

BANITA send nice link for me, theres everything i need

http://twower.livejournal.com/575649.html

also K50 here
http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/kamov/ka-50/index.htm

Soczkien FTW !

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95% done

Very Nice!!!

Bloody Hell!!!

That is amazing..... love the wear and tear on the panels and floor. Superb!

Cheers,

Andy

No hud projector lens?! This cockpit sucks
The long switches on the right panel look like a fully 3d, amazing

There's lens already dont worry btw - switches are fully 3d

Another question: I noticed that the Mi-28 screenshots with the twin MFDs don't match the analog cockpit of the EEAH Mi-28. Has there been an upgrade to the Mi-28 line, or was the EEAH cockpit an educated guess?

I want make version with 2 mfd's

Don't blame you at all for that, Soczkien. I think that flying the Mi-28H (the 2 MFD version) would be a blast. I'm just wondering if there are two Mi-28 variants in game, so that you could select the Mi-28A and get the EEAH analog cockpit, or the Mi-28H to get the glass cockpit.

It wasn't an educated guess:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/PP001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/PP002.jpg

I believe that the cockpit is of the pre-production aircraft:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/goose814/PP1001.jpg

I'm nearly done with new blackhawk model (pylons, pilots not already matched)

I'm speechless!

Great work!

There are seats now inside


also i decided to change cockpit colour set for gray

Amazing stuff!!!!!

Yep. I really like it. Now, if someone happened to have the sourcecode of EECH2's graph engine...

Some marines inside

Now you're just getting cocky!

You might find this interesting, if you haven't already seen it.

Just download and test it ))
looking very nice)
but in clouds FPS is down to 20-25 ..

Yea some maps works nice (alaska, yemen) but others really slow down (grand canyon, georgia). I'll try improve this by change texture for smaller (now it use smoke texture smoke001.tga) and change lod's. I think there's still some fps to obtain.

FPS can be improved if all of trees and clouds use the same surface (and the same texture, of course). It will not break batch.

Thanks for advice fps are really better

New version for download 24-01-2012:
-one test texture for alaska summer (optional)
-better model, have more FPS when flying trough clouds
-most of maps gets new trees textures

Enjoy !

-lebanon have bug i'm fix this in moment.

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Alaska, Skagway, Norway etc new trees

Yemen new trees


Also I've making new version of one map. It'll be in european style

Soczkien new terrain for Alaska AMAZING
Quite New game with textures 2048x2048

Great!!

How looks your FPS now ?

That Euro-like map kicks some serious tail rotor!

I have flown several times over Europe (in commercial planes, not military helicopters! ) and it does look like that. Great job!

in georgia - no changes



now i'll try Alaska )


update ) Alaska don't have massive clouds as Georgia ) all is good.

Yemen - very nice trees )) fps in clouds down to 17-23 ((

question about installation new fast_tree ... delete previous files or just replace with new ?
and, plz post your eech.ini
my ini is here - http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3495955.html#Post3495955
AAxAF is 8x16

try change this
tsdrender=0
tsdpalette=0
tsddetail=0
render-tree-shadows=0
also try disable aaxaf
it can really consumes fps.

Does EECH use hardware-accelerated AA and AF? If not, software AA and AF are incredibly slow and should be disabled...

Are these cockpits being created or available now? They look great!

So is it the Blackhawk, the 58 and the Hind being done?

They aren't available yet. Currently working on kiowa, then k50 and blackhawk.

yep, is improve fps )

So far, tried Alaska and Afognok, and no problems. Looks great! Thanks for the efforts on this.

I found nice place near enemy armour.

We can see them but they dont see us.


Firing missile



Good kill.

RTB.

good shot! good kill!

Nice work.

Man..if we could get someone to update the campaign (the way the ground units move)..this thing would have limitless possibilities (seems to already though actually..)

Are the trees available now? They look great!

Trees are in pack with clouds, download link is on first page of this topic. It's not final version

Cheers

Soczkien king! I have his early version of the cockpit, and is simply wonderful!

I have trees in the sky....

Can I get rid of these?

Soczkien maybe write, how to remove the clouds, and leave a new trees?
Clouds are still a lot of bugs on many maps.

Heres new download:
Report if any map have this bug, but im 99% sure everythings fine

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please cut original 1.14.1 3ddata\objects\fast_tree folder or delete it and put this new.

MaceUK - these trees are the same as on alaska maps

Ah so will be ok in Alaska map?

Also, can I choose trees shape? Mine are sort of square-ish round shape and I like the pointy ones in your screenshots

EDIT: Just tried Alaska and it's the same on that map too and my trees don't look like yours.

Can you post screenshot? then i can help you..

Yup. On Alaska map.

You dont put textures folder correctly "Trees Clouds 1.2\put in graphics\textures\terrain" copy this folder and put it there "Razorworks\cohokum\graphics\textures\" and replace all textures.

I have done that with the new download and previously and still the same.

It's impossible , you must do something wrong :P

You probably did not delete the old directories / files only you left somewhere in the game directory.You can not keep a backup of any file in any directory EECH.

Banita's right. I have same effect when i put "ORIGINAL BACKUP 1.14.1 folder" in game directory. Check it
also you should have render-tree-shadows=0 in eech.ini for better fps.

I'm doing a quick re-install and see if that fixes it.

That seems to have sorted it out, must have had some rogue files in there.

What theater is that? Do the trees replace the annoying "patches" or "fake forests?"

Currently only 4 maps have block forest. This is remake of puerto rico map with new textures and it will have new scenarios.

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Some new screens

Damn, it's good, m8!!!

Pleeeeeease!!!
Releeeeease!!!

(Jeez, no tragic crying smileys on this forum... But, anyway - you don't want to be a cause of some suicides, do you?.. ;))

Yep cockpits and forested mountains look amazing

I see you changed the Kiowa cockpit to reflect the pic of the one I showed you, with the larger central screen showing the moving map display.

Tell KLiM again to arrange dynamics. The quicker he makes it the quicker release will be out.

Yea it's because of useless middle screen from older version.

KLiM Pleeeeeease!!!

rgr
But something tells me - he'll not be happy about that

Nice!

Just checking to see if anyone knows the status of these cockpits being released. Like the idea of flying insertion missions with the blackhawk.

[Polish]Swietna robota Soczkien! Trzymam kciuki. [/Polish]

Popieram, doskonala robota! Nie popedzam, ale kiedy przewidujesz realizacje kokpitów - tak pi razy dzwi..

Is this all in the newest main downloads or do we use the above link?

What new main downloads?

And yes, we need a new build uploaded like yesterday! What's the hold up? Are we there yet?

+1

I still haven't figured out how to install the tree mod. It doesn't matter if I overwrite the old files with copy-paste or delete them previously, I still get flying trees

Same problem here. Instead of clouds I see trees. Any ideas how to fix it?

After third clean installation I somehow managed to make this clouds and trees working. But then I encountered another problem. All terrain turned into white. This is Puerto Rico
What I'm doing wrong?

I'll install game and look wtf is going on ..
Sorry guys but i dont understand your problems.
Clean install eech, then patches 1.14.0 , 1.14.1 , and copy just 2 folders "objects" and "textures" from folders "put in .." to razorworks\cohokum replace all files and everything works fine.. also remember dont make backups in game folder because it mess up just replace files !

Well it works. Just my stupidy. Changed folders not files chence white ground. Now it works fine

good

A small bonus, test map "Europe" - its remaked one of existing but it work as new one. Make for test big textures etc. tell me what you think about it guys

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I'm using 16x anisotrophic filtering at drivers.