ruthberg 7 Posted November 27, 2014 Have you ever considered pushing the time critical and heavy computations to an external program which you access via a .dll?Yes, I actually did. Let's see what I can do for the next version. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TiborasaurusRex 11 Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) What? Where? Where is this Android app? :)EDIT: Ah I see, it's in the play store... I was under the impression Ruth developed this as well... these are awesome & reliable commercial ballistics calculators which i use for real life shooting and for Ruthberg's Advanced Ballistics: Applied Ballistics Shooter External Ballistics Calculator Sierra Infinity 6 Ballistic: Advanced Edition they're all completely applicable to Advanced Ballistics and surprisingly a bit more accurate than his AtragMX :) or if you don't wanna spend any money, you can try some of these free ballistics calculators like: JBM Ballistics → really awesome & reliable! → really awesome & reliable! GNU Ballistics → really awesome & reliable! Strelok → this is kinda garbage though lol Edited November 28, 2014 by TiborasaurusRex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DGeorge85 10 Posted November 28, 2014 Hi Ruthberg. I've been looking over various mods I use and noticed in your change log - "Added config data for RHS (AFRF and USAF), TMR and the new HLC MP5 pack". Concerning TMR, I'm assuming this has to do with its ballistic modifications, but I'm not sure what all is involved here. In any case would it be best to just remove the TMR ballistic pbo to avoid redundancy/compatibility issues if I'm looking for consistency across all weapons, or would I be missing out on something by removing TMR's ballistic files? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 28, 2014 You don't need to modify any of the mods you mentioned. "Added config data for mod X" simply means, that AdvancedBallistics is now fully compatible with mods X. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 29, 2014 Version 2.8 Changelog: -Performance improvements -Added an optional AdvancedBallistics.dll (huge performance increase) -Added a userconfig setting that allows you enable/disable the use of dll extensions -Added G1 drag coefficient to the russian 12.7x108 mm cartridge -Added config data for the Community Upgrade Project - Weapon Pack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DGeorge85 10 Posted November 29, 2014 I've been curious about these performance increases since brainslush made his suggestion. I wasn't aware of any performance degradation from your mod, but is this something we should notice? I wouldn't have thought the calculations were all that intensive for the CPU unless maybe the mod applied to AI fire as well. At any rate, I'll be giving all the updated stuff a go today. Faster/more efficient is always better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted November 29, 2014 Sounds great - thanks for the update! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonsalt6 105 Posted November 29, 2014 Updated mod 2.8 available at withSIX. Download now by clicking: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 @DGeorge85, in multiplayer sessions with many players and on lower end computers, there were noticeable frame drops, which are now most likely gone. Feel free to not use the dll if you don't experience any performance problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DGeorge85 10 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) @DGeorge85, in multiplayer sessions with many players and on lower end computers, there were noticeable frame drops, which are now most likely gone. Feel free to not use the dll if you don't experience any performance problems. Ah, I see. I don't know why I wouldn't use it, unless you can give me some sort of drawback? It sounds like a free lunch, however big or small it may be. I got all the updates and jumped in my edited 360 course to mess around, and I'm not getting any wind speed, temperature, or humidity. Edit: I suppose it's an issue I'm having with the Kestrel because it appears the bullets are drifting, and shift+K shows a wind direction, the Kestrel is just not picking it up along with the temperature and humidity. Pressure is showing though. Edited November 30, 2014 by DGeorge85 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 30, 2014 New version frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage. Advanced Ballistics v2.8Community Base addons A3 ================================================ We have also "connected" these pages to your account on Armaholic. This means in the future you will be able to maintain these pages yourself if you wish to do so. Once this new feature is ready we will contact you about it and explain how things work and what options you have. When you have any questions already feel free to PM or email me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laid3acK 74 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) Hello Ruthberg, as mentioned by DGeorge85, when i use your mods as the same time and open the Kestrel , i have a message : "Script advancedballistics\fnc_calculate_wind_speed.sqf not found" the Kestrel don't work correctly. As usual, thanks a lot for your works and congrats for this update and your missions. Best regards.:) Edited November 30, 2014 by J3aLeiNe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) I think I messed up the ATragMX and Kestrel 4500 uploads. Hold on. Edit: Yes I did, sorry for that. Gonna re-upload the correct ones now: @Kestrel4500_v1.3.zip @ATragMX_v1.0.zip Edited November 30, 2014 by Ruthberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laid3acK 74 Posted November 30, 2014 Fixed ! Damned, you are very fast, thanks again.:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yakavetta 0 Posted November 30, 2014 Version 2.8 Changelog:-Added config data for the Community Upgrade Project - Weapon Pack Awesome, thank you for adding this. I was tempted to make a quick config to allow this, but I'm glad you tackled it so quickly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsean 11 Posted November 30, 2014 Hey Ruthberg, I absolutely love this addon, however since the last update of AdvancedBallistics, whenever I access the Virtual Arsenal from a mission, it just freezes on the loading screen. I confirmed it's AdvancedBallistics since I tested it with no other mods running, other than CBA. When AdvancedBallistics isn't running, I can access the Virtual Arsenal just fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) I'll take a look at it. Thanks for reporting. Edit1: This seems to be related to the newly added terrain initialization script. I'll see what I can do about it. A quick fix for this would be to not use the AdvancedBallistics.dll, or to disable its use in the userconfig: #define AB_EXTENSIONS_ENABLED false Edit2: It's not directly related to the use of the extension, but it should be fixed with version 2.8.1. Edited November 30, 2014 by Ruthberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Tyranos 1263 Posted November 30, 2014 Is the DLL client side or server side ? Or both ? At the moment, I can connect to my server using the DLL without having it in my /dll folder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) The AdvancedBallistics.dll extension is an optional feature. It's only used client side to speed up the calculations. I can connect to my server using the DLL without having it in my /dll folder. The dll will only be used if you put it into the root folder of your ArmA 3 installation (...\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Arma 3\AdvancedBallistics.dll). Edited November 30, 2014 by Ruthberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsean 11 Posted November 30, 2014 I'll take a look at it. Thanks for reporting.Edit: This seems to be related to the newly added terrain initialization script. I'll see what I can do about it. A quick fix for this would be to not use the AdvancedBallistics.dll, or to disable its use in the userconfig: Hm, I'm not using the .dll. I tried the userconfig thing, but it still freezes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 I think I found the issue(s), I'll release a hotfix for this later today. Edit1: @TSean, you're right, the bug seems to always occur. Edit2: I release a hotfix, please let me know if you still have the problem. ---------- Post added at 17:56 ---------- Previous post was at 17:42 ---------- Version 2.8.1 Changelog: -Fixed extension initialization freezing the game in some circumstances -Fixed extension initialization being run even if no extension was used Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brainslush 13 Posted November 30, 2014 @Ruthberg: I can read minds, yeah! Have you measured the performance increase? It probably varies from machine to machine and also depends if you did some performance enhancing programming but still I've been curious about these performance increases since brainslush made his suggestion. I wasn't aware of any performance degradation from your mod, but is this something we should notice? I wouldn't have thought the calculations were all that intensive for the CPU unless maybe the mod applied to AI fire as well. At any rate, I'll be giving all the updated stuff a go today. Faster/more efficient is always better. You specially noticed it when multiple vehicle MGs or automatic rifles were fired in MP. Usually the framedrop is negligible but in Arma one always appreciates some extra frames since either one or the other way you always will find a point where you could use some more frames. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 30, 2014 New version frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage. Advanced Ballistics v2.8.1Community Base addons A3 ================================================ We have also "connected" these pages to your account on Armaholic. This means in the future you will be able to maintain these pages yourself if you wish to do so. Once this new feature is ready we will contact you about it and explain how things work and what options you have. When you have any questions already feel free to PM or email me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthberg 7 Posted November 30, 2014 Have you measured the performance increase?Yes I did. The code (which is executed once per bullet per frame) is running ~5 times faster on my machine, when I use the new extension. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DGeorge85 10 Posted November 30, 2014 So to be sure, we need v2.8.1 and the ATrag and Kestrel from the links you posted on the last page, correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
