Winter Mod Beta IIII

[hemisent]

Hemi which Winter mod do you currently have/Is it Lajcak's Late Winter Mod no Snow or is it the earlier version of the Winter Mod made in 2010 or 2011?The Beta III version incorporate ice as in icy lakes and rivers ( frozen) and more snow than the previous versions.

Hi Frinik
 The one I have is the earlier one....I love winter settings and try to use it often however I have always enabled it last, meaning after all the mods but ahead of the actual missions. Some would play and some would not.

 Now, I just DL'd the latest Beta III version and enabled it after the Ultimate Update/patch combo with no other mods and it plays some missions perfectly and some others go white screen on me. Id I enable the "Autumn mod" everything plays with no problems. Not complaining just wondering if there's a way to get all missions to play with either one.

Cheers
H

[frinik]

I am wondering if they tested it with the Ultimate mod????It may be only compatible with Beta 1.5 or NTA 1.4? I 'll have to install it and test it .I'll let you know Panzer faust!

Cheers!

[lockie]

WMbeta III changed comon_res. It does that mod needs to be compatible with NTA or UU. I've a simple WMbeta I without comon_res changing and everyth. works fine!

[frinik]

Thanks for the info Lockie!My question is why does that mod require a chnage in the common res files?

[Txema]

When Stone2009 released the Winter_Mod_Beta_III he stated in the Russian forums that it is "Compatible with SPM 1.5 Ultimate Update [SPM1.5_ultimate_update_patch_ (v.March 4th RUS)] ".

It is designed to be enabled after SPM 1.5 Ultimate Update, with the latest patch (March 4th).


Txema

[lockie]

why does that mod require a change in the common res files?

I'm sure it's because of the ice properties.

[lockie]

I got permission from Maleshkin to upload his early winter mod, which is very similar to the other weather mods and don't change common_res file.
D/l link:
http://www.4shared.com/rar/QlHiLJtM/file.html

[frinik]

Thank you Maleshkin and Lockie!

[lockie]

And according to my experience, I'd recommend to add early mod with a texture from the version "III".

[hemisent]

I tried out Maleshkin's winter mod and that seems to work...just fired up a mission in the snow that would not work with the others.

Lockie, what do you mean about the texture from version III? Could you elaborate?

Thanks for everything.
H

[lockie]

I tried out Maleshkin's winter mod and that seems to work

Sounds good!

Lockie, what do you mean about the texture from version III? Could you elaborate?

As it appeared a "winter modIII" is not just ordinary texture mod. It has the hell a lot number of improvements:
- sunflowers
- su-100
- new armor maps for the trees/objects
- new sounds
- new visual effects
- new water
etc.
Unfortunately, there's no readme. In my point, if readme is absent, then it's a big problem
So, "Winter Mod III" is not just texture replacing, it effects the whole game. Well, as my point, that's exaggeration for the weather mod. It should be included into the next UU update or ... well, I don't know. Perhaps, someone like it, somebody not. I don't know, but just for the ordinary "winter mod", I'd recommend a first one:
http://www.4shared.com/rar/QlHiLJtM/file.html

Take some textures from the "v. III":
...\data\k42\loc_rus\textures\

[frinik]

I agree with you Lockie!That's why I am not using Lajcak's Late Winter mod as well because it brings changes to the levels folder.Anyway I don't like Winter missions too bland for me so I am fien with summer, autumn and late autumn mods.Hope Lajcak's spring mod will not affect the levels folder....

[Panzerfaust]

I really like the new Winter Mod III. A readme would have been nice but I could tell right away there was something very different with this mod, it wasn't just a season change, or an enhancement of a previous mod, alot more was added and I definately like it. The main complaint I had with the original Winter Mod was it was just too bleak, the foliage was almost totally stripped away and it just didn't look realistic to me, but heck I've never been to Kharkov so maybe that is how it looks in the winter. But this new Winter Mod looks just like winter in my cornor of the globe, maybe thats why I find it more appealing.
Cheers

[hemisent]

  After reading all the posts about people playing the new beta III winter mod it seems that I was the only one that was having problems. After brilliant deductive reasoning on my part I concluded that something was amiss in my setup so I deleted the beta III version ( and the beta II that I had) and re downloaded it. With the Ultimate Update/patch running successfully I re enabled it and......Voila!   It works!

 Wat a great mod! I too wish there was a read me but it sure adds a lot to the game if you like winter warfare.

Cheers
H

Thanks again for all those who tried to help me.