CarsmasterWater=4

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:42 am

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Iv been working with the new water mod for up3, at first it wouldn't work correct no matter what Starbo and I did, we gave up around 3am Wednesday morning, after getting a few hours sleep, I dug into it again, after long hours of changing numbers I finally got it to work on my rig. this is what I came up with.

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NOTE:

These settings are for NAVIDA GTX 275 video cards or higher, and are listed at the bottom section of the Conf.

Be sure to copy your settings to a Text doc. before using these, so that you can change them back if this does not work for you.

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[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=0
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=4
Effects=2
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

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Here is the screenshot:

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Water before the MOD

Water after the MOD

The MOD works well for 4.11.1 UP3, will not work with HSFX.

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You can find the CarsmasterWater.rar on the 214th Teamspeak in the iL2 MODs room sub channel UP3

or download it here >> http://www.mediafire.com/?urvcs5tclr8897c

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Here is how to install it.

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1: Download the rar file.

2: Open the rar file, you will see a Yellow folder called "CarsmasterWater..."

3: Open your 4.11.1 UP3 game folder.

4: In your 4.11.1 UP3 game folder you will see a folder called #UP# if you do not see this folder, Create one.

5: In the #UP# folder you will see a folder called Map mods, if you don't see this folder, Create one.

6: In the Map mods folder you will see a folder called Maps, if you don't see this folder, Create one.

7: Now, take the CarsmasterWater folder and place it in the Maps folder.

8: Now open the CarsmasterWater folder, you will see a Maps folder in it,.... Open it.

9: now that is open you will see a folder called _Tex, Copy the _Tex folder.

10: Back your browser to the folder where you placed the CarsmasterWater folder.

11: Paste the _Tex folder alongside the CarsmasterWater folder.

12: Now close all folders.

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As I said before:

NOTE:

These settings are for NAVIDA GTX 275 video cards or higher, and are listed at the bottom section of the Conf.

Be sure to copy you settings to a Text doc. before using there, so that you can change them back it this does not work for you.

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Here are the settings for a number of Video cards.

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VideoSetupId=

VideoSetupId=0 - Safe Settings

VideoSetupId=1 - Default Settings

VideoSetupId=2 - Maximum Settings

VideoSetupId=3 - NVidia GeForce 6800/6600/FX/4/3

VideoSetupId=4 - NVidia GeForce 5200..5900 - 1.x Shaders

VideoSetupId=5 - NVidia GeForce 4MX

VideoSetupId=6 - NVidia GeForce 2 GTS/MX/256

VideoSetupId=7 - NVidia Riva TNT2

VideoSetupId=8 - ATI Radeon X800/9800/9700/9600/9500

VideoSetupId=9 - ATI Radeon 8500/9000

VideoSetupId=10 - ATI Radeon

VideoSetupId=11 - Intel 915/925 (GMA900)

VideoSetupId=12 - Kyro II

VideoSetupId=13 - Matrox G400

VideoSetupId=14 - 3dfx Voodoo 3

VideoSetupId=15 - 3dfx Voodoo 5

VideoSetupId=16 - S3 Savage 4

VideoSetupId=17 – Custom

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... better keep =17 I think ...

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If you need further help with this Mod, contact SAS_Skipper here >> http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,15180.0.html

There are a lot who have problems with there Conf settings, It worked for me, I think you'll like the end results.