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[SAS~Malone]

okay Pablo,
i need a few more days to get my current installs up to speed, and when i'm satisfied with that, i can take a look at setting up some sort of document  for it.
i feel its important for this feature-rich  mod.

[BravoFxTrt]

Thanks for the update Pablo.

[teisco]

Thanks for the update but still will not load for me and crashes to desktop after first small window with DBW, Modact 3.3 and TFM 412. Looking forward to any documentation forthcoming showing proper install and config entries and setup.

[SAS~Bombsaway]

I can confirm the same. Game will not start at all.

[BravoFxTrt]

Did yall deactivate the old one from JSGME?

[teisco]

I deleted the older version weeks ago because it did not work either.

[SAS~Malone]

Pablo, a little (hopefully) suggestion for improving the navigation through your menus, specifically when one wants to 'cycle' through the names of actors/chiefs/static, etc, its hard to move from one object to the next without losing your place in the menu list, due to the similar naming.
what i suggest, is something like what the FMB map list has - there is a little check mark next to the currently selected map, so that it's easy to move form one to the next in the list.
so, if you could implement a similar 'check' mark for the currently selected actor in the drop down list, that would really help navigation.
hope my explanation is okay, and thanks for considering

[benitomuso]

Malone,
             in fact the object menu does that. But you only have one "actor" focused: a plane or a technics, from your current side. But if you go to select one different type of object or an enemy one you will not see any check because they are not selected.

  Let me think if something can be done to improve it.

  I'm going to send to you by PM the original manual of the 3D Stereo MOD. If you want to use that as a chapter of some documentation for the visual MOD it could be a start.

  Regards,
                        Pablo

[SAS~Tom2]

For me it seems to work. No crash etc.

[darrme62]

Hello! I am a L... O... N... G...TIME fan of the il2 series since day one of the sim. And I am very happy to see all the very hard work that goes into keeping this old dog barking! this dogs teeth may be a bit yellowed but it can still stand its ground.
Now.. to my question, I have been hoping for a stereoscopic update to the il2 1946 for very long time and now there seems to be one in this mod
(THANKS FOR THE MOD and HARD WORK!)......BUT! I seem to not be able to get it to work on my PC!, I have an Asus GTX560 MAX overclocked (kinda the same specs as a GTX580) graphic card, A 3ghz quad core processor and 4 gigs of ram on Vista Ultimate.  I can run FSX in 3d and just about any game in 3d at max settings on a 42 inch Vizio 3d monitor, so i know my system is capable of stereoscopic 3d. I have installed Modact 5.3 and all the needed updates to 4.12.2 and everything runs "mods included" (using JSGME) but not the SAS Visual Mod8 PAL mod!. The start splash screen for modact 5.3 comes up then goes away! if i us the visual mod8 version that has the "RRR" at the end of it i can get the game to start and all run normal but in the control settings under (Misc) there is no "Game Menu" in the list, which if i read correctly that's how to activate the menu for visual mod8? is there something i am not getting right? Oh... does the game need to be running in opengl or DirectX (which only show "DX8wrap" in the config file) Cant seem to get DX to run after install of mod activator! only GL runs!

Thanks if anyone can help!  I really really would like to have il2 in 3d finally!

[SAS~Tom2]

Wow, quite a bunch of questions at one post.

Since you pm'd me (lol-that is the last area I can argue about)..:
First:
The new options are available under "miscellaneous" in your game folder, TBH I forgot that these options came with the Visual Mod. Yet yes, that was the case, simply forgot it.
The key you need to assign is called "game menu".

I do not know what to say WRT to your question on the version of this mod nor why it does not work for you, but I can give you two tips.

1st: Wait for an admin with coding capability or the master (benitomuso) to read this post.
They will know.
2. In any case, if you experience lags, crashes, or freezes, get used to utilize this mod:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=19308.0

It tells you via its log.lst named textual file what exactly happened from the game code's perspective the last time you flew a mission. If you copy the last let's say 50-100 lines and post them with your crash description in code

Code: [Select]

aka # brackets here, along with the system specs like above and your game version like above.. ..you get a good chance for a precise tip often. The brackets for code (to spare space when posting long text) come up when you hit the # sign when making a post. 3rd bar of signs above text window, to be precise, at least on my rig.

For the rest, please read a bit more on the forum wrt performance.

Especially in the new Member Safety Area and the Tech help area.
Since you have an NVidia card, and a fast one if I recall the specs correctly, you should fly in Open GL. Direct X for IL-2 sucks and is regarded ancient.
ALl the advanced map features like Open GL.
But that can also be a matter of taste.

And...In your Open GL, conf.ini section, mark:


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


That is for Nvidia.


There is a good thread named "Inside the Conf.ini" somewhere on the forum.
..it helps a lot.

Good Luck!

Tom

[SAS~Tom2]

PS:

The "NV=1" or "NV=0" setting in your conf.ini textual file (in your main IL-2 game/parent install folder) is designed to fit NVidia or AMD/ATI cards.
  I run Ati.