Stary's HR1024 Germany CE terrain install problems

[davew]

I've got Strike Fighters 2 Europe pretty much completely vanilla, not played it much. I recently updated it to the latest version, and the performance is so much better for me that it ever used to be I thought I'd give the game another go.

 

I was looking for a terrain mod to update the unpleasantly low-res stock GermanyCE terrain and stumbled across Stary's hi-res mod here at this very site. I've installed it in accordance with the instructions, and I've made sure my Terrain Detail is set to unlimited. However in some missions I'm definately NOT seeing the updated tiles, it seems to depend on season. I get the hard winter tiles in February, but in October I just see the stock tiles.

 

Anything in particular I should have done when installing the mod that's not mentioned in the docs?

[davew]

Never mind, I reinstalled it and I think that I'm seeing the modded each time now.

 

Unfortunately, I've had a couple of BSODs, crashes and freezes since using this mod, i guess I don't have enough video memory for it.

[+Stary]

1024 MB or video memory is recommended for the HR tilesets, 512 will do but I used to have CTDs rarely when using that amount

[davew]

It's hard for me to tell if the game treats my HD3870X2 as a pair of 512mb or a single 1024mb when running in DX10 mode w/crossfire. Seems that its more likely to be the former given the crashes I was getting.

 

I read somewhere that there was a 512x512 version of your mod, I think I should probably try that one instead? it certainly was an improvement over the default terrain tiles.

[+Stary]

should be in SF2 terrains download section, but with your cards you shouldn't have that much troubles, try setting the terrain detail and ground objects to high instead, this gives great performance boots in some cases

[davew]

should be in SF2 terrains download section, but with your cards you shouldn't have that much troubles, try setting the terrain detail and ground objects to high instead, this gives great performance boots in some cases

 

I had some stutters when I tried that - I'll have a look for the 512x512 tiles and see if that makes a difference. Thanks!

[+Stary]

I hope 512 ones will help!

[davew]

I hope 512 ones will help!

 

I think they've helped alot, no more crashes and no more stutters. Tiles look good with textures on High.

 

Do I need to add any of your other mods for trees, buildings etc.? are they compatible with the 512x512 tileset by SFP1Ace?

 

Kind regards

Dave

[SFP1Ace]

Errr, Dave, it's not MY tileset, it's Stary's! I just "resized" it to 512, I think. Which, in turn, is dead simple to do, as compared to creating new tiles form scratch. All kudos go to Stary!

Edited December 11, 2011 by SFP1Ace