Mitthrawnuruodo 703 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) This mod adds several new tracer colours. I thought that the stock orange tracers were rather boring, so I tried to recreate the tracers in Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946. Obsolete original version Spoiler The following tracers are included: Green Soviet 7.62 mm Blue German 13 mm German 20 mm White Italian 7.7 mm Italian 12.7 mm Soviet 12.7 mm Yellow German 15 mm German 30 mm HE All other original tracers are unchanged. With this mod, attacking aircraft can sometimes be identified from afar by the colour. Although the realism is very questionable, I think it makes the game more interesting. Download the mod here. Install using JSGME or similar. Alternatively, do it manually by putting the mod's "data" folder in your main Il-2 directory. Make sure to have mods on in the game. Note that this is not just a texture replacement; it supplements the two original tracers with four new types. Please see the improved version by Rieper_420 Edited April 3, 2020 by Mitthrawnuruodo 5 5 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Trooper117 2589 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great stuff! Link to post Share on other sites
=gRiJ=Roman- 672 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Thanks a lot! Link to post Share on other sites
BOO 924 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Thank you - AGAIN! Link to post Share on other sites
Pupo 217 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Great! Can't wait to try this one out! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
=WH=PangolinWranglin 106 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I sure hope it's possible to combine all of these colors. I want to be shooting rainbows across the sky in my P-40 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Avyx 23 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) What about a mod, to replace all the default smoke tracers? Tinier, for example Edited April 8, 2018 by Avyx Link to post Share on other sites
Mitthrawnuruodo 703 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Avyx said: What about a mod, to replace all the default smoke tracers? Tinier, for example That could be done. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Avyx 23 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Thanks a million, I'd be happy to see this Link to post Share on other sites
SCG_motoadve 1893 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Yes looks a bit overdone, the smoke tracers. Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 484 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 brilliant! Link to post Share on other sites
Avyx 23 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Any news on this? Link to post Share on other sites
DD_Arthur 2755 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 45 minutes ago, Avyx said: Any news on this? Er...yes. It works really well. Give it a try Link to post Share on other sites
Avyx 23 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 I mean, the tinier tracers, not the multicoloured Link to post Share on other sites
Mitthrawnuruodo 703 Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Avyx said: Any news on this? For now, I've made this simple mod to remove the smoke trails from projectiles. Note that it's not compatible with my other tracer mod. I still hope to create a more comprehensive tracer mod eventually. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Avyx 23 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Thanks again Link to post Share on other sites
]LH[Tony_Kito 178 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hello, I believe that after some recent updates the 7.62 ShKAS green tracers don't work anymore. Any chance for an update to the mod? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DoWAlpha 4 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 This is great. Im use to DCS where you can identify aircraft by tracers and it is very confusing in IL2 and hard to set up shots when diving without being able to identify by tracers before hand. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
RickVic 5 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 This mods seems to remove the smoke lines from the MG131. TBH i am a sucker for the smoke lines in general. Could you maybe update this mod (can also confirm green ones are not working anymore) to give the smoke lines back to the MG131 and maybe as a super plus add the lines to the 50cal and 303s ????? Link to post Share on other sites
=[TIA]=Yujin 6 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Sweet! I like it ! Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
1PL-Husar-1Esk 1260 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 I recently updated Clod to the Blitz and saw that they changed gfx of smoke traces from more straight to the spiraling ones, I find it nice for view, but do they more truly represent real ones compared to what we have in Il2 GB ? Link to post Share on other sites
OrLoK 484 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 can the brightness be adjusted of the traders via the mod. it's excellent btw. Link to post Share on other sites
adonys 36 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 An update for this for v3.201c (also including modifications for the english and usa ammo tracers colors), please? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
keeno 295 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
DN308 212 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Just a quick one: I installed manually in the corresponding folders but nothing appears. Any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites
choctaw111 4 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Thank you for this. With as much attention to detail as this sim has, I was surprised that they were all the same color. After trying this out, I found that the Russian 30 cal tracers are still red but other calibers are the modded color. Was this due to an update in the sim and will the mod be updated to address this? Link to post Share on other sites
Gretsch_Man 77 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Nice mod. Would be nice if you could make it to apply to the AAA tracers for different countries as well. Link to post Share on other sites
mrBruce2 7 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) I have installed this 3 different ways and I still cant get it to work. Have not had a problem with any other mod... I have done it manuall, with JSGME and another installer. Help? Or is this mod just no-longer working? EDIT: It works for the blue tracers, white, and yellow but not the green..? Edited April 1, 2020 by mrBruce2 Link to post Share on other sites
rieper_420 69 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Hi all, with the permission of Mitthrawnuruodo, I have made an updated version of the mod: Thanks again!! 1)AAA tracers now are also colored: look out for those white streaks of 20mm AAA Flakvierling! Thanks Gretsch_Man for the suggestion! I would not have come up with the idea myself haha 2)I changed the tracer sizes a little: 37mm cannon should have a little bigger tracer than 7.62mm (maybe not realistic, but looks "cooler") Guns: 7,62 mm: Visualradius = 3.8 (default 4) 7,92 mm: Visualradius = 4 (unchanged) 12,7 mm: Visualradius = 4.4 (default 4) 13 mm: Visualradius = 4.4 (default 4) 15 mm: Visualradius = 5 (using MG tracer textures) Cannons 20 mm: Visualradius = 4 (unchanged) 23 mm: Visualradius = 4.6 (default 4) 30 mm: Visualradius = 5 (default 4) 37 mm: Visualradius = 6 (default 4) 3)German 13 MM is now purple bluish DOWNLOAD HERE: Download outdated: http://www.mediafire.com/file/bme7bhmj33aqper/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.1.zip make sure to download V1.2: updated to Game Version 4005 http://www.mediafire.com/file/3gnwk8oayedwdk8/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.2.zip Feel free to change yourself see: Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1\data\luascripts\worldobjects\ballistics\projectiles\*.txt => Default visualradius= 4 I tweaked the tracer colors a little bit: Green Soviet 7.62 mm Blue (a more whitish blue than Mitthrawnuruodo original color) German 20 mm White Italian 7.7 mm Italian 12.7 mm Soviet 12.7 mm Purple German 13 mm Yellow German 15 mm German 30 mm German 37 mm Soviet 20 mm Red British 11 mm British 7.7 mm British 20 mm USA 12.7 mm USA 7.62 mm USA 37 mm Soviet 23 mm Soviet 37 mm Details: If you like to modify yourself: See the files bullet*.txt / shell*.txt in "Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1\data\luascripts\worldobjects\ballistics\projectiles": Search for the line VisualImage=0,"graphics/ammo/ammoRmg.mgm",false // TODO and replace the "ammoRmg.mgm" with "ammoGmg.mgm" to change tracer color from Red to Green bullet_eng_11x59: ammoRmgSmk => Red MG bullet with Smoke trail => R MG SMK bullet_eng_7-7x56: ammoRmg => Red MG bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_ger_13x64: ammoPmgSmk => Purple MG bullet (smoke trail) I don't know if it is historic but I like the difference from the white blue bullet_ger_7-92x57: ammoYmg => Yellow MG bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_ita_12-7x81: ammoWmg => White MG Bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_rus_12-7x108: ammoWmg => White MG Bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_rus_7-62x54 ammoGmg => Green MG Bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_usa_12-7x99: ammoRmg => Red MG bullet (no smoke trail) bullet_usa_7-62x63: ammoRmg => Red MG bullet (no smoke trail) shell_eng_20x110: ammoRacSmk => Red AutoCannon with Smoke Trail (R AC SMK) shell_ger_15x96: ammoYmgSmk => Yellow MG bullet with smoke trail shell_ger_20x82: ammobacsmk => Blueish / White AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_ger_30x184: ammoYacsmk => Yellow AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_ger_37x263: ammoYacsmk => Yellow AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_rus_20x99: ammoYacSmk => Yellow AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_rus_23x152: ammoRacSmk => Red AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_rus_37x198: ammoRacSmk => Red AutoCannon with Smoke Trail shell_usa_37x145 ammoRac => Red AutoCannon (no Smoke Trail) since there are separate files for AP & HE ammo, you could even have a mixed tracer color when firing AP/HE cannon mix - never tried it out myself... (for example firing alternating purple / blue tracer with 13mm) Change Tracer Color yourself! If you would like to adapt the color, you can change it yourself 🙂 (thanks for making IL-2 so mod friendly in some areas) Go to the folder Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1\data\graphics\ammo\textures and edit the .bmp file with Paint or whatever AAA tracer colors and sizes can be modified here: C:\Games\SteamLibrary3\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\MODS\Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1\data\luascripts\worldobjects\ballistics\ammunitionfornpc change: VisualImage=0,"graphics/ammo/ammowmg.mgm",false visualradius=4 as you like to change tracer size and color Bonus Mod: Less Tracer Smoke (does not conflict with multicolored tracers I toned down the tracer smoke for MG and Cannon at around 30% - looks more transparent grey smoke like to me now... DOWNLOAD HERE http://www.mediafire.com/file/dm5pu5qap1i7r4n/less_tracer_smoke.zip Secret bonus info (do not read) It would also be possible to cheat here and edit ammo parameters, e.g. make the german 30mm AP ammo more powerful than the Russian 37mm. One would just need to compare the files shell_ger_30x184_ap.txt & shell_rus_37x198_ap.txt in the folder "Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1\data\luascripts\worldobjects\ballistics\projectiles" If somebody would take a look at the Lines: Armor1, Armor2, Armor3, Armor4 => those describe the penetration values calculated by some fancy physics magic You could also make cheaty overpowered ammo by changing the values of mass, DefaultStartSpeed, DefaultBulletSpeed & BulletSpeed to make the projectile faster and heavier (also considered a cheat!) less_tracer_smoke.zip Multicoloured Tracers_V1.1.zip Edited April 8, 2020 by rieper_420 formatting 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gretsch_Man 77 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 2 hours ago, rieper_420 said: AAA tracers now are also colored: look out for those white streaks of 20mm AAA Flakvierling! Thanks Gretsch_Man for the suggestion! I would not have come up with the idea myself haha You're welcome! And thanks for the new mod! Link to post Share on other sites
mrBruce2 7 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 rieper420 you are a hero. Link to post Share on other sites
rieper_420 69 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 mod updated to be compatible to Game Version V4005 Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3gnwk8oayedwdk8/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.2.zip Cheers rpr Multicoloured Tracers_V1.2.zip 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites
1CGS Jason_Williams 26354 Posted April 8, 2020 1CGS Share Posted April 8, 2020 8 hours ago, rieper_420 said: mod updated to be compatible to Game Version V4005 Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3gnwk8oayedwdk8/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.2.zip Cheers rpr Multicoloured Tracers_V1.2.zip 254.65 kB · 3 downloads I tried it but didn't seem to apply. Edit: Ooops operator error. Fun mod. Jason Link to post Share on other sites
DN308 212 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 10 hours ago, rieper_420 said: mod updated to be compatible to Game Version V4005 Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3gnwk8oayedwdk8/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.2.zip Cheers rpr Multicoloured Tracers_V1.2.zip 254.65 kB · 5 downloads It works nicely, thanks Link to post Share on other sites
mrBruce2 7 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) This mod is broken again as of 5/15/2020. You get "object undefined" errors nonstop while shooting Edit: Turns out im just retarded and downloaded the old version by mistake Edited May 15, 2020 by mrBruce2 Stupidity and carelessness Link to post Share on other sites
babymihai 0 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Armor=0,855, 12,44, 10,109, 0,174 Armor=100,800, 11,38, 9,95, 0,152 Armor=500,603, 7,22, 6,54, 0,87 // ďîń÷čňŕíî ďî đĺôĺđĺíńíîé ňî÷ęĺ ďî áđîíĺďđîáčâŕĺěîńňč äë˙ äŕííîé ďóëč 300ě-9ěě Armor=1500,300, 3,5, 2,13, 0,21 what the numbers mean ? Link to post Share on other sites
LizLemon 1025 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Armor penetration values Link to post Share on other sites
babymihai 0 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 (edited) I know that. but how it is calculated which means 12.44 10.109 and the rest Edited November 2, 2020 by babymihai Link to post Share on other sites
[808_BOB]Dafak-man 55 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Mod doesn't seem to be working anymore. Link to post Share on other sites
rieper_420 69 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) Hello Dafakman, That is strange, it working fine for me currently. What tracers changed back to red color? Are you using this version?: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3gnwk8oayedwdk8/Multicoloured_Tracers_V1.2.zip There were no changes in 4.503 that affected the mod. Please check the folder: \IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\LuaScripts\worldobjects\ballistics\projectiles and take a brief look at the .txt files there. E.g. the file "bullet_rus_12-7x108_ap.txt" should loook like this: ////// PhysicsBody properties VisualImage=0,"graphics/ammo/ammowmgsmk.mgm",false => wmgsmk => White Tracer - MG - Smoketrail visualradius=4.4 => size 4.4. Feel free to reach out via PM if a more detailed debug session is necessary. Best regards Rieper Edited December 16, 2020 by rieper_420 correction Link to post Share on other sites
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