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[ssn637]

Shardane

I've removed the conflicting HEX files from the BAT 4.2.1 installation but am still experiencing the same problem as you are with the ships' wakes.  Not sure why...I also tried removing them from the WxTech Effects V1.5 folder but that didn't solve the issue either.

The only other suggestion I can make is to remove any WxTechEffects folders you have from your BATMODS / #WAW folder, including any remnants of previous versions, and extract the following archive to your #WAW folder

Deleted

That's the setup I'm currently using and it seems to be working for me.  If that doesn't help you, then all I can recommend is that you go back to V1.4 until a new package has been released.

Cheers

Geoffrey

[shardana]

Hi Geoffrey! and thanks. I've installed your file and it seems it is working fine. My question is: What are we missing from the 1.5 version?
In any case thank you for helping me out!

Shardana

[WxTech]

OK, using the classcheck utility I've found the following doublons between the WxTechEffects V1.5 package and the BAT 4.2.1 Class files:

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List of potentially conflicting classes
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75EE7D800CB6AA7A exists with :
   CRC -201d2010 :   .\BATHEX\75EE7D800CB6AA7A

   CRC 7c85abfd :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\75EE7D800CB6AA7A

E8B3A3AA0D6049DC exists with :
   CRC 456f5f11 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\E8B3A3AA0D6049DC

   CRC -2d9eba1a :   .\BATHEX\E8B3A3AA0D6049DC

B7F00E9653C7D46A exists with :
   CRC -77cba65e :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\B7F00E9653C7D46A

   CRC -41e6b822 :   .\BATHEX\B7F00E9653C7D46A

920F1FD42DDA6D18 exists with :
   CRC -232c48e0 :   .\BATHEX\920F1FD42DDA6D18

   CRC -e3886a7 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\920F1FD42DDA6D18

D94C776EC8923D50 exists with :
   CRC -70b795c4 :   .\BATHEX\D94C776EC8923D50

   CRC -1bb32ef4 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\D94C776EC8923D50

AF72DF8C5009B77A exists with :
   CRC -59c6f8e8 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\AF72DF8C5009B77A

   CRC -1ea33e03 :   .\BATHEX\AF72DF8C5009B77A

59D57F160D17429C exists with :
   CRC -678b9adb :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\59D57F160D17429C

   CRC -2ed075eb :   .\BATHEX\59D57F160D17429C

41FC90AE0DC4A868 exists with :
   CRC -58447c1e :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\41FC90AE0DC4A868

   CRC -3486d691 :   .\BATHEX\41FC90AE0DC4A868

550C0C761DE3CC06 exists with :
   CRC 7cb56618 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\550C0C761DE3CC06

   CRC 25f99888 :   .\BATHEX\550C0C761DE3CC06

9A5894F07FD640FA exists with :
   CRC -6d9c721d :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\9A5894F07FD640FA

   CRC -48e59e12 :   .\BATHEX\9A5894F07FD640FA

A91E422C74197C56 exists with :
   CRC 418f957e :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\A91E422C74197C56

   CRC 4dff1bc7 :   .\BATHEX\A91E422C74197C56

3312B02EF6F00B82 exists with :
   CRC -2f583412 :   .\BATHEX\3312B02EF6F00B82

   CRC -250d2352 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\3312B02EF6F00B82

CBAD226EC7163FC8 exists with :
   CRC -1ada7d46 :   .\BATHEX\CBAD226EC7163FC8

   CRC 75b3cfbd :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\CBAD226EC7163FC8

ECD311681EBF81FA exists with :
   CRC -61ca5ed5 :   .\BATHEX\ECD311681EBF81FA

   CRC 75f76276 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\ECD311681EBF81FA

9F07C39079EC0B76 exists with :
   CRC -361178c8 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\9F07C39079EC0B76

   CRC 36b2ea0e :   .\BATHEX\9F07C39079EC0B76

7DD6DDA2925891E2 exists with :
   CRC 2fbefc60 :   .\BATHEX\7DD6DDA2925891E2

   CRC -55c0b0e6 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\7DD6DDA2925891E2

89826A60BFE53D96 exists with :
   CRC -76444054 :   .\BATHEX\89826A60BFE53D96

   CRC -1d40fb64 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\89826A60BFE53D96

B50D3E1499C1DA5A exists with :
   CRC 7faf3b28 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\B50D3E1499C1DA5A

   CRC -3698b414 :   .\BATHEX\B50D3E1499C1DA5A

8A318408BB7C513E exists with :
   CRC 1f5f6e2b :   .\! ! ! Long_Visual_Distance_for_BAT\8A318408BB7C513E

   CRC -33d8c5ba :   .\BATHEX\8A318408BB7C513E

747D28BA9F06E1BA exists with :
   CRC -c98aa8d :   .\BATHEX\747D28BA9F06E1BA

   CRC -433b9d34 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\747D28BA9F06E1BA

2BA70236DDE53642 exists with :
   CRC 26cbb0d2 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\2BA70236DDE53642

   CRC -51c5226e :   .\BATHEX\2BA70236DDE53642

74DA99F0652866CC exists with :
   CRC -4fd91176 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\74DA99F0652866CC

   CRC -66013f7d :   .\BATHEX\74DA99F0652866CC

46FFD208B38FADE2 exists with :
   CRC 278256eb :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\46FFD208B38FADE2

   CRC -7cf84d35 :   .\BATHEX\46FFD208B38FADE2

E331EA424E2C2BC6 exists with :
   CRC -47051c8f :   .\BATHEX\E331EA424E2C2BC6

   CRC -4e56046 :   .\!0_WxTech_Effects\E331EA424E2C2BC6


Perhaps removing one or the other will help?  I'm going to give it a try by removing the BAT 4.2.1 Hex files that clash with the WxTech Effects mod and see what happens.

Cheers

Geoffrey

This BATHEX folder is a new one, not present in B.A.T. 4.0.

I did a spot check on several of these classes, and they were weapon classes for guns. My changes to gun classes include assigning a small value for Power where previously there were instances of zero Power. This ensures that all rounds hitting water will make a splash effect, and a hit effect will be seen upon planes. Also, I tweaked the tracer (simple lines drawn at longer distance) color/opacity values, to better match the 3D tracer appearance.

When ship side waves stretch out like widely spread dragonfly wings, that tells us that my BigShipGeneric classfiles are not being utilized. The old code based the spread angle as a function of the ratio between start and end width. My new code has the sizes as an absolute value, in meters.

[WxTech]

Shardane

I've removed the conflicting HEX files from the BAT 4.2.1 installation but am still experiencing the same problem as you are with the ships' wakes.  Not sure why...I also tried removing them from the WxTech Effects V1.5 folder but that didn't solve the issue either.

The only other suggestion I can make is to remove any WxTechEffects folders you have from your BATMODS / #WAW folder, including any remnants of previous versions, and extract the following archive to your #WAW folder

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jb4xih5huw6tfy4/%25210_WxTech_Effects.rar/file

That's the setup I'm currently using and it seems to be working for me.  If that doesn't help you, then all I can recommend is that you go back to V1.4 until a new package has been released.

Cheers

Geoffrey

Geoffrey,
Without wanting to download all that and having to potentially look through hundreds of files  , can you specify what changes you made?

To remind, I have only B.A.T. 4.0 installed (besides 4.12.2 modact).

Thanks!

[ssn637]

WxTech

With regard to the conflict between the Class files I reported (other than those located in the *WAW/Sounds" folder) and your Effects package, I must apologize, since I'd forgotten that I am also using the BAT Soundmatrix Unlocker, which is where at least some of those doubles came from, since as far as I know they're not part of the default BAT 4.2.1 installation:

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,64163.0.html

Thanks so much for taking the time to investigate these!  Sounds like none of them are likely to be the cause of any issues.

The BATHEX folder you asked about is simply the folder where I've extracted all the Class / Hex files from my BAT SFS archives so I can keep track of them in case there are conflicts.  I noted that in the original installation of BAT 4.2.1 there were quite a few instances of conflicting class files hidden among the SFS archives, so I extracted all of them and merged the resulting unpacked folders together, keeping the most recent class file whenever there were more than one instance of each. 

The "!0_WxTech_Effects.rar" that I uploaded was only meant to help Shardana with the issue he'd reported and should have been sent as a PM.

Thanks again for all the effort you've put in here and I'm sorry if I've caused any trouble.

Cheers

Geoffrey

[WxTech]

No trouble at all, Geoffrey! Anyone who steps in to help another is always welcome by me. I was only wondering if I might have minced up something in my later BAT version, because I have no way to test it out.

Glenn

[Dastardly]

Hi WxTech, enjoying your fx pack greatly!
Have encountered a wierd problem, flying Swordfish Mk1 off a carrier, I can accelerate on deck without a problem, but with full throttle the plane flies backwards! Removing your mod (no other mods) and flight is normal.

[WxTech]

Hi WxTech, enjoying your fx pack greatly!
Have encountered a wierd problem, flying Swordfish Mk1 off a carrier, I can accelerate on deck without a problem, but with full throttle the plane flies backwards! Removing your mod (no other mods) and flight is normal.

How do other aircraft behave? Is this limited to the stringbag only?

[Dastardly]

Testing so far only the swordfish Mk1 & 2 freeze on the ground or mid air with full throttle, removing only the fullthrottlesmoke mod resolves the issue. So yes a Stringbag thing! I'll test some more to see if there are others.

EDIT: Same thing with the Blackburn B-24 Skua at 95%+ throttle, otherwise fleet air arm seems to be ok.

[simmybear3112]

Sorry to trouble you but the mediafire link isnt working it keeps generating a new key but never downloads. The version 1.4 download still works ok. Thankyou for this great piece of work.

[WxTech]

Sorry to trouble you but the mediafire link isnt working it keeps generating a new key but never downloads. The version 1.4 download still works ok. Thankyou for this great piece of work.

I gather that when mediafire acts up like this, wait a while and try again...

If this is indeed a permanent problem, I'll do another upload. Although I'm getting sorta close to releasing v1.6.

[genXgamer]

G'day WxTech

Your intermittent aircraft flames look fantastic BUT is it costing me kills?

Just had a short session flying one of Von's quick missions for the New Georgia map and twice had Zeros in flames only for the flames to go out and them continuing on leaking fuel.

If this is realistic and how it's meant to be then I'll have to change my thinking.
Previously if I saw a Zero in flames I would break off knowing he was done for.