PROPER projects - game tweaks of all sorts

[johncage 30]

is there a way to bring back the old mipmap effects for the grass and trees? without them, the game lags a lot.

i don't mind seeing trees popping up and grass morphing to be honest.

[.kju 3245]

Sorry cannot follow. What addon you are talking about?

[cyclone83 6]

Is there already a tweak for a larger grass view distance at all?

[.kju 3245]

I posted an addon some many moons ago to tweak it yourself.

Most likely will hurt your performance badly and at least in a1 at some point the grass

was no longer drawn.

First set very high object details and terrainGrid to 1 or 0.1.

[johncage 30]

Sorry cannot follow. What addon you are talking about?

proper vegetation and proper buildings. in the new beta patch and i assume the upcoming patch 1.05, the view distance for objects has increased, leading to poorer performance. since proper vegetation does not use the low mip levels, areas with many trees and buildings will lag.

[.kju 3245]

Ok. What now?

You can either reduce the viewdistance or not use the proper model tweaks, if you see

a negative FPS impact. I dont quite get your point sorry.

Mipmaps are very unlikely to cause an FPS impact. At least way more important should

be the Resolution LODs.

[johncage 30]

LOD switching: While moving the shape of the vegetation changes very noticeable (resolution LODs)

could you bring this back?

for some reason new beta patch makes performance go down 5-10fps when looking at wooded area. before, the wooded area was 5-10fps better than original using this mod.

[.kju 3245]

Most likely as drawing distance of vegetation was made higher.

What setting do you use? You probably have to reduce your viewdistance setting,

if you want the same FPS.

If you do watch LOD switching back, just do not use the addon.

That is the whole point of it. :)

[johncage 30]

i am using only 1300 view distance.

i tried gt plants, but it also has the same problem. the grass and trees do not have lod switching.

[.kju 3245]

What is your goal - better FPS? Try the OFP Resistance vegetation replacement addon.

[AnimalMother92 10]

kju, any news on some of the buildings being blurry with PROPER low buildings mod?

http://dev-heaven.net/issues/show/4383

[.kju 3245]

Yup. As you see I am gathering myself now. :)

[johncage 30]

What is your goal - better FPS? Try the OFP Resistance vegetation replacement addon.

hi, is it possible to edit proper vegetation to remove high lod models only but not change anything else? is there something i can edit?

with new beta draw distance, the fps advantage of low lod trees is offset by longer distance before lod switching.

[TheCrusader 10]

Hi,

anyone knows if the proper viewdistance fixes are still needed with ACE2 or if they are integrated?

Just tested a bit, and ACE2 seems to have some similar effects on VD.

[.kju 3245]

TheCrusader best to ask ACE2 people. :)

Here are some more tweaks:

• BlackBackgroundForGearDialog (Visuals)
  
• BlockIconforRadarItemInTacticalDisplay (Visuals)
  
• DisableFatigue (Gameplay)
  
• DisableWeaponSway (Gameplay)
  
• EnableTacticalDisplayCursor (Visuals)
  
• EnhancedWeaponSway (Gameplay)
  
• FixedLockedSlotsColorsInMPMissionLobby (Visuals)
  
• HideActionsAvailableViaKeyShortcuts (Controls)
  
• HideRadarTacticalDisplay (Visuals)
  
• MadeGearDialogNonMovable (Controls)
  
• NoLongerShowEmptyFakeWeapon (Visuals)
  
• OFPlikeLockCursor (Visuals)
  
• OFPlikeRadarSideColors (Visuals)
  
• OFPStylePlayerIcon (Visuals)
  
• ReducedAirplaneHUD (Visuals)
  
• ReducedUAVHUD (Visuals)
  
• ReducedWeaponWeight (Gameplay)
  
• ReduceFatigue (Gameplay)
  
• RemoveBurstWeaponModeAndSingleWeaponModeFirst (Gameplay)
  
• SeparateEditorButtons (Controls)
  
• ShowTextInsteadOfActionIcons (Visuals)
  
• SingleWeaponModeFirstForAK (Gameplay)
  
• StrippedActionText (Gameplay)
  
• TweakedGearFilters (Controls)
  
• TweakedInfantryCursors (Gameplay)
  
• TweakedVehicleCursors (Gameplay)
  
• WhiteFontYellowSelectedOpaqueBlackBackgroundInterface (Visuals)
  
• WhiteWeaponCursor (Visuals)
  

Take note that some gameplay tweaks are geared towards the run and gun

players (only). Also be aware that only type fatigure/sway tweak is to be

used at the same time.

Download: PROPER_Tweaks_2009_12_24.7z

Proper PROPER release with key, sign, readme and pictures in the coming days. :o

Enjoy. :bounce3:

Edited December 25, 2009 by kju

[ACPL Jon 68]

thx again Kju!

But I also has a question - can You repair the broken DoubleSupplyRadius, UnlimitedTransportOfWeapons and TweakedHeadingBars for 1.05 Patch?

Pretty please, these are pretty needed

Plus, Reduced Fatigue crashes game at startup with

ErrorMessage: File ReduceFatigue_Gameplay_C_PROPER\config.cpp, line 85: /CfgMovesMaleSdr/States.AmovPercMstpSrasWrflDnon: Member already defined.

on clean 1.05. Edited December 25, 2009 by JonPL

[Nazul 10]

SingleWeaponModeFirstForAK (Gameplay)

I love this one

[xxbbcc 6]

Kju, thank you very much for these tweaks. Your work make ArmA2 a much more playable game.

[nikita320106 0]

@kju) you rock men)

)as usual))

thanx)

[.kju 3245]

Fixed some issues.. sorry for that.

Just download all again from the link above.

The former addons will be updated and fixed as well today or tomorrow.

[ACPL Jon 68]

thx, waiting for the others

[Nazul 10]

Ive voted for this as the best mod/addon for Arma2. I cant play without these tweaks now.

Thanks again Kju!

http://www.bistudio.com/bohemia-interactive-community-awards-2009_en.html

[nikita320106 0]

vote for kju and his projects

[.kju 3245]

Not really related to this thread, yet to me it reads:

Nominations: December 1st 2009 12:00PM CET - December 31st 2009 12:00PM CET

Final voting: January 1st 2010 12:00PM CET - January 31st 2010 12:00PM CET

So you can only vote next year.

[.kju 3245]

Unfortunately I did not complete the release in time.

This place will no longer be updated. Feel free to visit the PROPER projects space instead.

See you on the other side.