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[Stallion Free]

Just the massive Mass Effect New Texture Updates/Improvement Mod and a bit of SweetFX for SMAA and to desature the image, plus give it a slightly warmer look with a mild Sepia filter.

Forcing ambient occlusion through the drivers too?

 

[Kukuk]

Every few months I like to dust this off and see how it has aged. I swear, it looks better every time I play it. They really nailed the realistic lighting. It's really thrilling to rip through the streets in a car in first person.

 

[Kukuk]

 

[BONKERS]

 

[TheVampire]

 

[Spazznid]

I love you.

Are you running any mods? Don't remember seeing reflections like that the 3,247 times I played ME1.

It's just that one part with those reflections.

 

[Durante]

ME's art style is still awesome. Those armor designs...

 

[Blizzard]

Skyrim

Excellent work as always. I shall continue to err, wait patiently over here. ;_;

Is that depth-of-field during gameplay though? I feel like it could mess with your eyes but I don't know how it works exactly.

 

[Drunken Master]

Just the massive Mass Effect New Texture Updates/Improvement Mod and a bit of SweetFX for SMAA and to desature the image, plus give it a slightly warmer look with a mild Sepia filter.

Wow, with this Mod i got to play this game again Oo

 

[kanuuna]

Forcing ambient occlusion through the drivers too?

That, too. As with most games that don't natively support it, it tends to look a bit glitchy with fog, as evidenced by that character shot. Ignoring that, it's a good effect.
Also, not really a recent discovery on my part, but you can force ambient occlusion in Alpha Protocol using the ME profile's AO compatibility settings.

 

[Spazznid]

Wow, with this Mod i got to play this game again Oo

Exactly what I though when I saw it a while ago.

It's worth another playthrough like that.

 

[One3rd]

 

[One3rd]

 

[One3rd]

Had some fun moments on this map, sort of a matrix themed map with long runways and random elevators that snatch you to different levels. Definitely different than the normal medieval maps!

 

[FACE]

ME's art style is still awesome. Those armor designs...

I think most character models, specially humans, just look awful.

 

[BONKERS]

That, too. As with most games that don't natively support it, it tends to look a bit glitchy with fog, as evidenced by that character shot. Ignoring that, it's a good effect.
Also, not really a recent discovery on my part, but you can force ambient occlusion in Alpha Protocol using the ME profile's AO compatibility settings.

Which drivers are you using though?

All Driver SSAO in Nvidia's Drivers has been switched to HBAO+ now.

 

[Spazznid]

 

[HolyFridge]

 

[rashbeep]

I think most character models, specially humans, just look awful.

I agree, the main character models aren't bad but the majority of the human characters look terrible.

 

[kanuuna]

Which drivers are you using though?

All Driver SSAO in Nvidia's Drivers has been switched to HBAO+ now.

Latest Nvidia WHQL drivers, 331.82. I wasn't aware they had changed their forced AO method though. Are issues the likes of which I'm facing with fog on ME considered an oddity with HBAO+? I really don't know how obvious the benefits are from switching from SSAO to HBAO+ with games that never had an ambient occlusion solution to begin with.

 

[Thorgal]

Zach told me to upload these pictures .
He thought you might like them.
Isn't that right , Zach ?

 

[Thorgal]

 

[Stallion Free]

Half-Life 2 // 1620p / 8x SGSSAA / -1.5 LOD Bias / Highest AO Forced

 

[Alo81]

That grass is so dense with slightly different color that I thought the image had JPEG compression for a second.

FUCK man.

How are you getting the game to look like that?

Zach told me to upload these pictures .
He thought you might like them.
Isn't that right , Zach ?

Have...Have the characters always had lady eyelashes? Freakin me out man!

 

[Thorgal]

Have...Have the characters always had lady eyelashes? Freakin me out man!

apparently so .
the higher res makes them much clearer to see.

I consider it another charm of the game .
Everything is crazy in it .

 

[Brerlappin]

 

[Brerlappin]

 

[BONKERS]

Latest Nvidia WHQL drivers, 331.82. I wasn't aware they had changed their forced AO method though. Are issues the likes of which I'm facing with fog on ME considered an oddity with HBAO+? I really don't know how obvious the benefits are from switching from SSAO to HBAO+ with games that never had an ambient occlusion solution to begin with.

Yeah they switched it with 331.40.

I'd imagine the fog is just an un-intended glitch, perhaps due to the larger sample count HBAO+ has over the old SSAO.
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-331-40-beta-drivers-released


You may feel like trying different AO Flags to see if you can find one that doesn't cause the fog issue.

I've been able to find the following flags for near perfect AO without issue so far

Saint's Row 2 - 0x00000003
Shelter - 0x0000002D
Urban Trials Freestyle - 0x0000001A

Half-Life 2 // 1620p / 8x SGSSAA / -1.5 LOD Bias / Highest AO Forced

There doesn't seem to actually be any AO at all here. There has been issues with several games AO not getting applied at all with the existing flags after the HBAO+ change.

Street Fighter IV, CS:GO/Source. You'll still get the performance hit, but no AO.

SFIV:
No AO 341 FPS http://i1.minus.com/iucJNgQvm8j8x.png
AO forced through inspector in drivers after 331.40 160FPS , no AO visible http://i1.minus.com/iBe8xCSBJ0eQ6.png

This is in contrast to prior to the update, the SFIV AO was very strong and visible.


When it's working correctly

Saint's Row 2
No AO http://i3.minus.com/imz7C35aTcdMS.png
HBAO+ Forced http://i4.minus.com/ibostFGxKvSYvz.png

 

[Stallion Free]

On ultra it's more obvious on certain objects than others, but the effect is certainly there:

 

[Turin Turambar]

Freaking cool!

 

[Spazznid]

 

[Spazznid]

 

[Spazznid]

 

[Stallion Free]

Is the film grain and chromatic aberration done through a mod or through sweetfx? I've been thinking it would be interesting to see Dead Space 1/2 with those effects in motion (although a bit more subtle with the CA lol).

 

[Spazznid]

Is the film grain and chromatic aberration done through a mod or through sweetfx? I've been thinking it would be interesting to see Dead Space 1/2 with those effects in motion (although a bit more subtle with the CA lol).

heh, I'm pretty sure it's the DoF I'm using. But SweetFX is on as well. I never really go too deep into the files, I just kind of use whatever I have. It's a bit much in some spots, but since I'm only using it for Screenshots, I don't mind.

 

[Stallion Free]

heh, I'm pretty sure it's the DoF I'm using. But SweetFX is on as well. I never really go too deep into the files, I just kind of use whatever I have. It's a bit much in some spots, but since I'm only using it for Screenshots, I don't mind.

Ah, bummer, I figured it was a bit more than SweetFX would be able to manage alone.

 

[sekrit]

I dug up one shot that uses CA. It's not that good image but Dead Space does like the effect. The game looks gorgeous in motion.

 

[Stallion Free]

Yo PM me your setup for that please.

 

[jim2point0]

K-Putt really loves CA and puts it on all the Dead Space games. Here's one of this shots:

Here's his setup.

Looks like he edits the colors heavily so many you want to disable\edit some shaders. Unless you like it the way it is. Check the comparison shots for before\after sliders.

 

[Spazznid]

 

[Spazznid]

 

[Spazznid]

I kind of want to get rid of the Noise... Anyone know where to look in the ENB files?

 

[maneil99]

I had a driver display crash in crysis, couldn't replicate it, most likely a windows issue right? 6 years old. BF4/Metro and Firemark run fine

 

[jim2point0]

9 times out of 10, the grain is usually introduced in the "effect.txt." Though some folks build it into the depth of field. So you may need to look around in the "enbeffectprepass.fx" file as well. Which ENB setup are you using?

 

[Spazznid]

9 times out of 10, the grain is usually introduced in the "effect.txt." Though some folks build it into the depth of field. So you may need to look around in the "enbeffectprepass.fx" file as well. Which ENB setup are you using?

I think I figured it out... I'm using Far Off 4.0 (Non CoT Compatible) with Mindstalker's DoF Prepass. I see both CA and Grain options in the Prepass, so I'll mess with those. Meanwhile, take these.

 

[BONKERS]

Yuck, CA.

 

[Spazznid]

Yuck, CA.

 

[N1ghtW4lk3R]

 

[N1ghtW4lk3R]

 

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Wow, these are stunning. Fantastic job.