2015 PC Screenshot Thread of the Only Place Where Compression Isn't

I could say the same about ESO. The lighting looks so flat and dull. Though I think that also applies to FFXIV.

Yeah ESO is pretty dull. Although, ReShade can do magic to these rather plain looking games when tweaked right. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Hardline looking so plain... I mean I've watched some singleplayer gameplay videos and they didn't look even close to as dull as in the shots seen here... Gotta say when I tried the Beta, it was very dull looking. I wonder if it's just the multiplayer as most of the shots here are taken of it.

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Yeah ESO is pretty dull. Although, ReShade can do magic to these rather plain looking games when tweaked right. I'm not exactly sure what's going on with Hardline looking so plain... I mean I've watched some singleplayer gameplay videos and they didn't look even close to as dull as in the shots seen here... Gotta say when I tried the Beta, it was very dull looking. I wonder if it's just the multiplayer as most of the shots here are taken of it.

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Well, the colour palette is very limited and the tonemapping they've gone with makes things look very plain. Greater local contrast in shadowed areas and less ambient light would make things look much better, but I guess Visceral have prioritised perfect visibility to reduce the overall skill entry barrier and frustration over a more exciting but perhaps less easily readable battlefield (hehe), which'll probably mean people find it easier to play than, say, Battlefield 4's often overly "busy" matches with dust and explosions everywhere, dark indoor areas, etc.
 
Guys , i need some help with Reshade with Dead space 3 .

The first time i started it it worked fine .

The preset i used had black bars so i went and edited the file to remove it .

But now every time i start up the game i get this :


Code:
ReShade 0.14.0.685 by Crosire
Compiling effect ... Failed!

C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\SweetFX/SweetFX_settings.txt(1, 1): error X3000: syntax error: invalid token
 
EDIT: Wow!!! Damn compression is absolutely killing my photos, i tried saving JPEG's with FastStone set @100 % quality and 100 % PNG's by using Paeth filter set at compression 1 and i'm getting same crappy results. Is there anything better that somebody can recommend?

Top pic is the PNG and bottom one is the sharpened FlickR JPEG for reference!

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Guys , i need some help with Reshade with Dead space 3 .

The first time i started it it worked fine .

The preset i used had black bars so i went and edited the file to remove it .

But now every time i start up the game i get this :


Code:
ReShade 0.14.0.685 by Crosire
Compiling effect ... Failed!

C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Inquisition\SweetFX/SweetFX_settings.txt(1, 1): error X3000: syntax error: invalid token

It's probably obvious but I think the easiest thing to do would be to re-install Reshade or the file.
 
I thought ReShade disabled the depth buffer for online games. That's.... interesting. I bought Guild Wars but never played very much of it. No time for MMOs :(

Dunno about online games in general but in GW2's case the depthbuffer only starts working once you've stopped moving. Also, for me personally MMOs are so much time for so little reward. I have yet to get really engrossed in one. Guild Wars is pretty gorgeous to roam around though.
 
I've not seen any of ReShade to make me a believer yet. And if that seems prejudicial to a lot of the pictures posted in this thread currently then that's precisely how it's intended.
 
I've not seen any of ReShade to make me a believer yet. And if that seems prejudicial to a lot of the pictures posted in this thread currently then that's precisely how it's intended.

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If you don't like the way the games in this thread look, you can always download ReShade and make em look better for your tastes.
 
Arkham City/Mastereffect/Reshade. Hopefully these are better quality png's instead of jpegs. Also upped the Anisotropic filtering.

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Fwiw, I haven't had a chance to look at it on my monitor but on the couch looking at this on the TV it looks great
 
Seeing as this thread is quickly devolving into enbdev v.2.0, I can't help but fuel the fire.

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Holy shit for real..in-game? I'm gobsmacked. Amazing captures to say the least.


Beauuutiful. This is turning out to be one good looking page of screenshots!

Fwiw, I haven't had a chance to look at it on my monitor but on the couch looking at this on the TV it looks great

That's good to know mate. I think the jaggies aren't as bad but not sure if the banding is still there. Cheers.
 
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If you don't like the way the games in this thread look, you can always download ReShade and make em look better for your tastes.

I get that.

What I'm really saying is that a lot of people who use it have very poor taste in respect of what looks good.

Crushed blacks and blown out whites don't look good.

Over sharpened images don't look good.

Consistently forced DoF doesn't look good.

If you think those sorts of things look good then perhaps don't publish the fact.

The fun police will be over shortly.
 
I get that.

What I'm really saying is that a lot of people who use it have very poor taste in respect of what looks good.

Crushed blacks and blown out whites don't look good.

Over sharpened images don't look good.

Consistently forced DoF doesn't look good.

If you think those sorts of things look good then perhaps don't publish the fact.

The fun police will be over shortly.

Aren't you being the "fun police" right now?
 
been tweaking ini's n stuff dam the aa is just much better in this one compared to last 2

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Bit far from the terrain in that one. Showing some tiling textures :(

BTW, ESO hotsamples so you can just resize the window with SRWE to 8K, snap a snot, and resize back down. Won't help you for gameplay, but will make for some nice screenshots :P

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Here's a pano I did a while abck:

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From the beta ^^

I'm sure ReShade could help punch up the visuals a bit, but I'm not sure I'd like to jump into that game again knowing I'd actually have to play it in order to explore the world. Sometimes that's all I want to do in MMOs since the gameplay is never really that addicting (Tera being the only exception to that, which didn't list very long).


I like the look of this place. Nice and foggy.
 
I don't hate CA like most people. I think it has it's place but I'm not sure why you'd add it to those Skyrim pics up above. Ruins the usual crisp, clear image quality.
 
im sorry ^^

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Really like this one..kinda watercolor painterly.

Nick I'm loving these shots. I could never really get Arkham City to look the way I wanted it. Care to share your preset?

Of course mate. The only setting in Mastereffect you wanna turn on is Filmic Pass. I didn't like anything else.

These are my settings for it:

//FILMICPASS
#define Strenght 0.60
#define BaseGamma 1.7
#define Fade 0.4
#define Contrast 1.0
#define FSaturation -0.15
#define FBleach 0.005
#define FRedCurve 6.0
#define FGreenCurve 6.0
#define FBlueCurve 6.0
#define BaseCurve 1.5
#define EffectGammaR 1.0
#define EffectGammaG 1.0
#define EffectGammaB 1.0
#define EffectGamma 0.75
#define Linearization 1.3 //[0.5 to 2.0] Linearizes the color curve
 
Some more ESO:

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I need to figure out how to get the game looking like some of your guys' shots. I'm running SLI 980s but this game doesn't seem to scale too well.
 
Had to dig up an old shot for this question. But yeah, when does Far Cry 4 look like this? The area I'm at is all green and yellow and.... I need some new colors in my life.

Those kinda areas come available when you get to go to the other, upper right side of the map.

I need to figure out how to get the game looking like some of your guys' shots. I'm running SLI 980s but this game doesn't seem to scale too well.

Try using and getting familiar with ReShade + MasterEffect or SweetFX. I use ReShade + MasterEffect.
 
I get that.

What I'm really saying is that a lot of people who use it have very poor taste in respect of what looks good.

Crushed blacks and blown out whites don't look good.

Over sharpened images don't look good.

Consistently forced DoF doesn't look good.

If you think those sorts of things look good then perhaps don't publish the fact.

The fun police will be over shortly.

I agree. At best they can make for nice screenshots but playing the game is awful. Not a fan of the crushed blacks in any situation though. I find that ReShade is best for subtle improvements and adding SMAA support to games that dont have it as it always looks better than FXAA and has none of the alpha aliasing issues of MSAA.
 
It's probably obvious but I think the easiest thing to do would be to re-install Reshade or the file.

No , that does not solve it .

I discovered that if i edit anything in the FX file ,reshade does not work for me .

When i use the original preset without edit , it works fine .

as if the save proccess , breaks the file or something
 
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The Mother Land Calls and the HL2 Citadel were impressive structures in my city until i decided to build a dam and completely flood my city lol


I love this game :)
 
Okay thanks.
I thought I saw some nice screens posted here a while ago without Arno in them, but couldn't find anything.
Guess these were made via wall-hugging then...

Yep, although a lot of us ended up just including Arno in our shots because wall-hugging until you find the exact right spot is a very tedious process.
 
I have a question:
Is there a free cam CT or some other sort of tool for AC: Unity?

Sadly there's no way. Ubisoft put in very, very aggressive code integrity scans in order to prevent you from bypassing their microtransactions for in-game currency and TEMPORARY cheats. That's right. They want you to buy temporary cheats.

Hopefully that doesn't become a trend.
 
Thanks.

Elite is a multiplayer or solo online, timestop may be considered a exploit.

There's no single player offline mode?

Ideally the timestop would freeze you and everything else, so there'd be no way to actually cheat with it. But if it's online-only, there's little chance I could get it to work. I've tried hacking the camera in MMOs before (that I didn't care if I got banned from) and had no luck.
 
There's no single player offline mode?

Ideally the timestop would freeze you and everything else, so there'd be no way to actually cheat with it. But if it's online-only, there's little chance I could get it to work. I've tried hacking the camera in MMOs before (that I didn't care if I got banned from) and had no luck.

Nope, only online.
 
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