Update on grass

Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab

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

Can't wait for the update! Will we be able to add our own grass textures?

No worries! This will be fantastic. :-) Loving the updates. Thank-you IIja.

Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab

Thank you! I’m about to release an update with that grass now, sorry it took so long

The grass is automatically placed on materials defined in the track's ini file.

Does 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.

Josh Kerr

Use 3Dsimed to know the materials

If I don't know the materials, is there a good way to find out in a Track folder?

allensakura

10-15% 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?

Great - thanks for the tip!

Hi, 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

Any 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?

Personally, 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?

Got 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)

Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab

Please 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

Thanks, I’ll send you a preview-of-preview build soon once its ready :)

This is just absolutely incredible Ilja. Can't thank you enough!

Wonderful. Let me know if you want a beta tester ;)

Ilja Jusupov aka x4fab

Thank 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

Stunningly beautiful. When do you think we’ll have a first release?