Installing Jan Tuma tiles?

[Stratos 3,192]

Anyone know how to install Jan Tuma seasonal terrain files? I tried to follow the instructions as per other SF games with no luck. BTW I'm on WIN 7 and yes I installed under Users/saved games...

 

Thanks in advance.

[MigBuster 2,884]

The tiles just go in the Terrains folder - make sure its spelt correctly

 

Image files:

C:\Users\Stratos\Saved Games\ThirdWire\FirstEagles2\Terrains\seasonal_tiles

 

Other files

 

C:\Users\Stratos\Saved Games\ThirdWire\FirstEagles2\Terrains\wwiCambrai

C:\Users\Stratos\Saved Games\ThirdWire\FirstEagles2\Terrains\wwiVerdun

[33LIMA 972]

What Migbuster said. The critical point may be that in FE2/SF2 sims, the install folder is 'Terrains' ie plural, while in FE/SF it's 'Terrain' ie singular, a detail that's easy to miss. One of those areas where install instructions based on a 1st gen sim can be wrong for a 2nd gen, even if you remember to use the Saved Games 'mods' folder.

[+whiteknight06604 934]

33LIMA,when the terrain was first released I made that mistake and drove myself nuts for days trying to fix it. I can say once my blood pressure went down I had to laugh at missing it lol.

[33LIMA 972]

Worth it when you get there; tho at the moment I'm back with the stock terrain whose appearance I find looks most like the natural hues I see out my window (unlike the rather garish shades on first release of FE), has a convincing lower contrast between the Lines and the other countryside, and has least visible tile repetition, tho I like stock, Jan T and Flanders too; it's nice to be spoiled for choice

[VFC_Baxter 19]

Hi Lima,

 

Always impressed with your screenies. Particularly the clouds and lighting. What time of day and what cloud settings are using in the first screen shot with the Nieuport please? I just tried a couple of different ones in a balloon busing expedition but could not get the same look as yours.

[Stratos 3,192]

Got them working. Thanks.

[33LIMA 972]

Hi Lima,

 

Always impressed with your screenies. Particularly the clouds and lighting. What time of day and what cloud settings are using in the first screen shot with the Nieuport please? I just tried a couple of different ones in a balloon busing expedition but could not get the same look as yours.

 

Thanks Baxter! I'm near-certain the main sky mod I use is this one, by Panama Red, which seems to work by producing the incredibly atmospheric distant/horizon cloud effects:

 

http://combatace.com/files/file/9664-realistic-sky-mod-first-eagles/

 

I also use a cloud mod - which I think is NOT the one that came with the above mod, as I vaguely recall having probs with its Environmentsystem.ini - to 'beef up'/texture the stock volumetric 'cotton wool' clouds. But I DO use the horizon cloud textures from Panama Red's mod. I have no idea if his realistic sky mod (the horizon cloud part) changes automatically - or at all - with season/time or if (as I suspect) you need to choose files manually to choice - I vaguely recall viewing all the horizon cloud images in the mod, and choosing the most dramatic - but I do know that whether I chose the file myself or FE chose it for me, I think the effect as I see it is a must-have for FEG/FE2.