Misc Enhanced Graphics Plus 1.3

Salut Gilles · Mar 9, 2014

Follow up: I just restored all the files of the mod to the original ones, and I must report the game did not crash during the rain part. 46% rain, started on L18/58, switched to inters on L22, rain stopped around L39, and I pitted for primes on L41. Finished the race without a crash.

Winner · Mar 9, 2014

Winner updated Enhanced Graphics Plus with a new update entry:

Balanced rain mist without flickering

Ver 1.2 replaced "some rain mist" and "realistic rain mist" options in ver1.1 with "balanced rain mist" option: more balanced rain mist without flickering. It is not possible to increase the mist without flickering.
Please do not use the no flickering mod if you want realistic rain mist.
Make backups before replacing files.

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Winner · Mar 9, 2014

naim said:
Hi winner, could you please reply to my message in the bahrain twilight race thread, thanks

It is dark during the transition from sunset to night. You may install this no glare mod to see if it helps.

Winner · Mar 9, 2014

BWX said:
I just hope that you fully understand when the flickering happens and when it doesn't.

I've seen so many people say the flickering is gone with a mod or whatever, and then when I test it, the flickering is only gone when it would be gone in vanilla game anyways, which is after you run the same track for a while, or after you run the same track a second time while the game is still running.

But thanks for the hope. I'll definitely test it out.

That's why it is very tedious to test as I need to cold start the game everytime I make a change and also I select the driver at the back of the grid.

Winner · Mar 9, 2014

Salut Gilles said:
Since I installed the No glare No rain flickering\realistic rain mist files yesterday evening, the game always crashes sometimes after the rain started (100% Melbourne GP, Race Only). I don't know if it's this mod, but before I copied these files yesterday, the game had not crashed since at least 3 months (since I removed the NVIDIA audio driver, in fact).

May be there is conflict with other mods. You can try installing no glare only and then no flickering only to see which one gives problem.

Winner · Mar 9, 2014

Kevin Amankwah said:
Gotta say thanks for taking out some time to try and find the fix for this bug. Thank you

Thanks for your appreciation and encouragement.

Salut Gilles · Mar 9, 2014

Winner said:
May be there is conflict with other mods. You can try installing no glare only and then no flickering only to see which one gives problem.

Thanks Winner. I understand the difficulties of testing. I will install the no flickering and report if something goes wrong.

Yawama · Mar 9, 2014

Just checking in to say that the flickering has gone down to almost zero on the three tracks I raced 100% on since installing the mod (India, Abu Dhabi, US).

Thanks a lot Winner!

Winner · Mar 10, 2014

Salut Gilles said:
Thanks Winner. I understand the difficulties of testing. I will install the no flickering and report if something goes wrong.

Thanks.

Winner · Mar 10, 2014

Kevin Amankwah said:
Just checking in to say that the flickering has gone down to almost zero on the three tracks I raced 100% on since installing the mod (India, Abu Dhabi, US).

Thanks a lot Winner!

Thanks for the info. Wondering why CM do not try to patch it since it will be easier for them as they know how it works.
I think this mod is most likely my last one for F1 2013, enough time spent.

Kartik Sri Harsha · Mar 10, 2014

Winner said:
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I think this mod is most likely my last one for F1 2013, enough time spent.

That's a Good decision particularly with better games reaching their release dates or having better Version to come out,

BWX · Mar 10, 2014

Winner said:
Thanks for the info. Wondering why CM do not try to patch it since it will be easier for them as they know how it works.
I think this mod is most likely my last one for F1 2013, enough time spent.

"as they know how it works" Yeah.. I wouldn't be so sure! LOL. I actually think the people who know how it works left the company a long time ago.

The guys who made F1 2013 are using an engine that they didn't develop, and do not fully understand. The guys who did the masterpiece that is Dirt3 are the ones who developed the engine, and they no longer work for CM..

At least that is my understanding of the situation. That is why they can't fix it.

Salut Gilles · Mar 10, 2014

Winner said:
Thanks for the info. Wondering why CM do not try to patch it since it will be easier for them as they know how it works.
I think this mod is most likely my last one for F1 2013, enough time spent.

Follow up: I just updated my notebook's NVIDIA driver to today's release, and done a full Melbourne race only again with dynamic rain in a 2014 mod, plus your No flickering mod, and everything went perfect. Maybe it was a driver issue which caused the previous crash, who knows?!?

I will now install No glare and report the test after it. OTOH, can't wait for the 2014 track updates now. We're almost there.

Winner · Mar 10, 2014

Kartik Sri Harsha said:
That's a Good decision particularly with better games reaching their release dates or having better Version to come out,

Which games in particular ? I am not sure I will buy F1 2014, but definitely not among the first when it is released.

Winner · Mar 10, 2014

BWX said:
"as they know how it works" Yeah.. I wouldn't be so sure! LOL. I actually think the people who know how it works left the company a long time ago.

The guys who made F1 2013 are using an engine that they didn't develop, and do not fully understand. The guys who did the masterpiece that is Dirt3 are the ones who developed the engine, and they no longer work for CM..

At least that is my understanding of the situation. That is why they can't fix it.

Oh, so that was the reason ? I can see traces of Dirt in some of the files. lol

Winner · Mar 10, 2014

Salut Gilles said:
Follow up: I just updated my notebook's NVIDIA driver to today's release, and done a full Melbourne race only again with dynamic rain in a 2014 mod, plus your No flickering mod, and everything went perfect. Maybe it was a driver issue which caused the previous crash, who knows?!?

I will now install No glare and report the test after it. OTOH, can't wait for the 2014 track updates now. We're almost there.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you are able to install the mod without problem.

BWX · Mar 11, 2014

Next time I play F1 2013 I'll definitely try the no flickering mod.

Kartik Sri Harsha · Mar 11, 2014

Winner said:
Which games in particular ? I am not sure I will buy F1 2014, but definitely not among the first when it is released.

Assetto Corsa For now. I was going to watch about P CARS for a while But after AC was released it will huge thing to work on

Salut Gilles · Mar 12, 2014

Winner said:
Thanks for the feedback, glad you are able to install the mod without problem.

Everything works fine now, and it really looks like it was a grfx driver issue after all!

Thank you so much for all the terrific mods you've given us! Now I can play it as Kimi in 1st career 2014 year, and Nando in GP mode. (Re-started everything with debugging-mod options).