Yes, the sky textures are not compressed, and maybe they can also be scaled down. However I don’t remember any lag looking at the sky.
Should I compress them?

I saw that thread on PA, and how the discussion evolved.

Particularly, that message “anyone associated with MK is held in very low esteem around here. Expect nothing good to come from visiting here” reveals how narrow-minded and childish they are (even though that has been quite clear in other occasions): so even if someone comes to offer help he…[Read more]

I saw that thread on PA, and how the discussion evolved.

Particularly, that message “anyone associated with MK is held in very low esteem around here. Expect nothing good to come from visiting here” reveals how narrow-minded and childish they are (even though that has been quite clear in other occasions): so even if someone comes to offer help he…[Read more]

I saw that thread on PA, and how the discussion evolved.

Particularly, that message “anyone associated with MK is held in very low esteem around here. Expect nothing good to come from visiting here” reveals how narrow-minded and childish they are (even though that has been quite clear in other occasions): so even if someone comes to offer help he…[Read more]

I have just found out that almost all the ships that I had identified to receive this cabin are disabled via code… I had thought that the existence of the models was enough for them to exist also in game, but apparently it’s not like this.

I should’ve actually suspected it, because this cabin is suitable for ships that are a bit later than the…[Read more]

I had a look at the texture files for the items, and actually they are very big: most of them have a resolution of 2K, that is too much unless maybe one is using a 4K monitor, and they have not been compressed.

I have heavily optimized the textures for the items and also my inventory character picture (I didn’t compress it at the time); the items…[Read more]

Reading the last suggestions, I really like the idea of finding floating barrels and shipwrecked people. Also slaves got my interest, but I don’t know how that works since I stopped playing SDTEHO very early.

Now the “problem” is that we need somebody capable of writing (and also willing to do it) the appropriate code to make those things happen.…[Read more]

I didn’t enjoy SDTEHO either, and stopped playing just after the end of the tutorial.

About uploading Eras2 on moddb, Modernknight should have the last word, since it’s his own mod. We’ll see when he comes back.

I used Rivatuner Statistics Server to check the FPS, but another famous program is Fraps.

Only 10%? Strange, in my case it was much more, making the game almost unplayable. Unfortunately I don’t have a good hardware, but it’s powerful enough to smoothly run the game in DX8 with a forced 4x anti-aliasing; so I don’t get why there is this huge…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking about the same thing, putting the mod on moddb.com.
I’m not really sure how many people are still interested in this game, and how many of these people check moddb.com, but it may be worth a try.

Lately there is almost no participation at all in this community, with just me and jeffrey posting here regularly (even MK…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking about the same thing, putting the mod on moddb.com.
I’m not really sure how many people are still interested in this game, and how many of these people check moddb.com, but it may be worth a try.

Lately there is almost no participation at all in this community, with just me and jeffrey posting here regularly (even MK…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking about the same thing, putting the mod on moddb.com.
I’m not really sure how many people are still interested in this game, and how many of these people check moddb.com, but it may be worth a try.

Lately there is almost no participation at all in this community, with just me and jeffrey posting here regularly (even MK…[Read more]

I’ve been thinking about the same thing, putting the mod on moddb.com.
I’m not really sure how many people are still interested in this game, and how many of these people check moddb.com, but it may be worth a try.

Lately there is almost no participation at all in this community, with just me and jeffrey posting here regularly (even MK…[Read more]

I’ve been testing the DX9 version (ERAS2TestDX9), and the first thing that I noticed was a pretty serious impact on performance: I experienced a huge FPS drop, ranging from 20 to 30 FPS less…
Setting “full_screen = 1” in start.ini helped, lowering the FPS drop to around 10/15, but it’s still a lot for my system; besides, playing the DX8 version…[Read more]

Oh nice one! So the models are ok, it was just something on the code, as I thought. Great achievement!

Now I wonder what possibilities this upgrade opens up: an improved graphic maybe? Or more stability? And to get those, I think some additional work is required on the coding side, rewriting/modifying old DirectX8 parts of code to make use of the…[Read more]

The structure of the cabin is 99% complete, soon I’ll start with furniture and objects.
Some screenshots:

The following is the view from the port quarter gallery, with the external hull and the rigging visible. The latter, along with the masts, is also visible through the skylight in the first picture. This little feature cost me a lot of…[Read more]

The names you see in game don’t usually match the actual names of the models, so I hope I tested the right models! The ‘Dutch West Indiaman’ should be the Pinnace3_50 and the ‘Ordere Seconde’ the Poseidon; for the character Angelica I used the model Angelica.gm, but there are many of them…

This being said, viewing the models in GM Viewer (that…[Read more]

The names you see in game don’t usually match the actual names of the models, so I hope I tested the right models! The ‘Dutch West Indiaman’ should be the Pinnace3_50 and the ‘Ordere Seconde’ the Poseidon; for the character Angelica I used the model Angelica.gm, but there are many of them…

This being said, viewing the models in GM Viewer (that…[Read more]

I really wish I could help, but I have no idea why that happens…

If I were you I’d ask on PA, that site has probably more visibility than this so the message may reach more people, hoping there is someone able and willing to help…

There was that german modder who managed to upgrade the Storm Engine to DX9, though he didn’t seem very inclined…[Read more]

I really wish I could help, but I have no idea why that happens…

If I were you I’d ask on PA, that site has probably more visibility than this so the message may reach more people, hoping there is someone able and willing to help…