Update on grass
Added 2019-09-01 16:09:09 +0000 UTCDeformation is working! Both wheels and car body (actual collider mesh) now deform grass. Based on distance towards ground, so jumping cars won’t bend anything (never mind grass going through ramp, it’s to show it’s not bend; for actual tracks, some area adjustment could get rid of grass or shorten it in that area):
Depending on how grass is bent, it’ll stay like this or staighten up when possible. Some cars would not give it a chance though (no configs here, just use of collider mesh):
Also, grass now has an option for more complex shading, adding a bit of speculars and backlit (although simple in code, because of grass density, it still costs extra 5 FPS in worst case). And it casts shadows too:
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Very sorry for the late response, missed the notification. I added Objects Inspector for the upcoming update, allowing to check names and materials of different objects in-game, just for that
Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab
2019-10-27 02:19:14 +0000 UTCCan't wait for the update! Will we be able to add our own grass textures?
2019-10-26 22:41:01 +0000 UTCNo worries! This will be fantastic. :-) Loving the updates. Thank-you IIja.
2019-10-26 21:45:56 +0000 UTCThank you! I’m about to release an update with that grass now, sorry it took so long
Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab
2019-10-26 21:44:41 +0000 UTCThe grass is automatically placed on materials defined in the track's ini file.
2019-10-24 12:44:38 +0000 UTCDoes the grass just appear or needs to be activated somehow? Sorry a total noob but loving the plugin. I am testing it on the Nordschlife.
2019-10-23 21:28:20 +0000 UTCUse 3Dsimed to know the materials
Josh Kerr
2019-10-23 05:39:00 +0000 UTCIf I don't know the materials, is there a good way to find out in a Track folder?
2019-10-20 05:02:36 +0000 UTC10-15% performance impact at nurburgring, it's acceptable. And the Mclaren Senna's rims and tyres motion blur problem still there, I want to know it's unfixable?
allensakura
2019-09-28 04:23:13 +0000 UTCGreat - thanks for the tip!
2019-09-19 22:00:56 +0000 UTCHi, Check out GRASS_FX sections from the ini files under extension/config/tracks inside the zip from Ilja. If you know the Name of the Materials you want to have Grass you can put there names inside the config. „?“ is regex token. But also keep in your Mind it is Alpha state. So way to define Materials in ini files could change
2019-09-19 19:03:53 +0000 UTCAny information on how the grass configuration for a track is made, if I want to try it out on some of the other mod tracks I have?
2019-09-16 02:12:10 +0000 UTCPersonally, I think regular density will be just fine for my needs - in VR I didn't notice a huge difference. I kind of wonder what 1/2 density might look like?
2019-09-16 01:59:19 +0000 UTCGot back from holiday and tested today, My rig: Intel 5820k @4.3Ghz - 32GB RAM - 2080TI Ran in VR on the Samsung Odyssey Plus at 300% Super Sampling Brands Hatch in Porsche Cayman GT4 wit 6 AI opponents: No grass - Frametime 8.8-9.4ms Regular Density - Frametime 10.8-13.2 - seemed highly variable based on how much grass was in view and spiked when someone went into the grass. Double Density - 11.8 - 13.8 - same spiky behavior as regular density. Really beautiful! I didn't actually notice much in terms of FOV or distance issues in VR (probably because VR is still not great for looking much past 100 meters on the track)
2019-09-16 01:58:04 +0000 UTCPlease try this build: https://mega.nz/#!Sh5VHQrL!Kd1K2-WKlwr-Qd8NkeEqNLRBQusvgu_u6GnZA5jeok0 Took longer that expected, sorry about it. It looks much worse if cut down. I added double density option, but it’s very expensive, so I’m thinking about some different ways to solve this. Also it looks quite unfortunate with distance and low FOV, fixing that too
Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab
2019-09-13 10:37:24 +0000 UTCThanks, I’ll send you a preview-of-preview build soon once its ready :)
Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab
2019-09-02 17:19:57 +0000 UTCThis is just absolutely incredible Ilja. Can't thank you enough!
2019-09-02 10:17:37 +0000 UTCWonderful. Let me know if you want a beta tester ;)
2019-09-01 19:28:38 +0000 UTCThank you! I’d say, in a couple of days, gotta figure out what to do with adjustment areas for them to work the best. Also, I think some new particle system for pieces of grass would help a lot, it shouldn’t take too long to add, hopefully
Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab
2019-09-01 19:05:19 +0000 UTC
