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Ultimate Graphics Tweak


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Ohhhhhhhhhhhh ya famous bartekxyz :-

 

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,676343/...etter-graphics/

 

I want a share of all the wine and women wink.gif

Hey me too, but only the women ok, you can keep all the wine for CC and bartekxyz. biggrin.gif

Seriously, i knew there was a huge space for non-performance tweaks, till now this one plus the Farclip 3500 are essential in my GTA 4 gaming.

Congratulations bartekxyz !

 

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An I congratulate you...

So ... can you send me at least one of the chicks ? confused.gif

Yeah, I have plenty of women now smile.gif BTW look at my shiny medal ;p

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AWESUM

 

'Grats bartekxyz! PLUS I got to make it work on both my rigs f*ck yea.

 

Solution is very simple. In the 7300GT/C2D rig, I didn't change the rage_postfx.fxc in the win32_30 or something folder. In the GTX280/C2Q rig, I didn't change fxc file in the nv6 and nv7 folder.

 

FUUUUCK YEAAAAH

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In the 7300GT/C2D rig, I didn't change the rage_postfx.fxc in the win32_30 or something folder. In the GTX280/C2Q rig, I didn't change fxc file in the nv6 and nv7 folder.

 

 

Thats great, but why the hell do you have GTA 4 installed in a 7300 / c2d if you also have a GTX 280 / c2q rig ? confused.gif

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In the 7300GT/C2D rig, I didn't change the rage_postfx.fxc in the win32_30 or something folder. In the GTX280/C2Q rig, I didn't change fxc file in the nv6 and nv7 folder.

 

 

Thats great, but why the hell do you have GTA 4 installed in a 7300 / c2d if you also have a GTX 280 / c2q rig ? confused.gif

Because the GTX280 PC is mostly for work. I'm a graphics designer and photographer, so I work at Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks for hours on end. The 7300GT wasn't much of a card to play around with high resolution images and designs.

 

Plus the GTX280 has amazing draw times in Photoshop, CorelDraw and 3DSMax.

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I got to make it work on both my rigs f*ck yea. Solution is very simple. In the 7300GT/C2D rig, I didn't change the rage_postfx.fxc in the win32_30 or something folder. In the GTX280/C2Q rig, I didn't change fxc file in the nv6 and nv7 folder.

 

 

But isn't your image overblurred then? There is static blur without new shader applied

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I got to make it work on both my rigs f*ck yea. Solution is very simple. In the 7300GT/C2D rig, I didn't change the rage_postfx.fxc in the win32_30 or something folder. In the GTX280/C2Q rig, I didn't change fxc file in the nv6 and nv7 folder.

 

 

But isn't your image overblurred then? There is static blur without new shader applied

Nope. Just like the screenshots. I think what's happening is the effects 'piling up' onto each other so the output is so blurred and had too much motion blur.

 

I tried reverting stuff back and trying it then I got the right mix.

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Thales have the same gpu and no problem with tweak...GTA is really fastidious

Yeah... GTAIV is the worst ported sh*t of all time. But I f*cking love it.

 

How's the wine and women going? happy.gif

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How's the wine and women going? happy.gif

I don't want to go off topic...ya know, now as a medallist I must be correct tounge.gif But...yeah...women are hot and young and wine is old and cool

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So...

Are you telling that with this tweak you have the illusion of a fluid game? mercie_blink.gif

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So...

Are you telling that with this tweak you have the illusion of a fluid game? mercie_blink.gif

Exactly, just try it by yourself

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I have tweaked this game 9 ways to Sunday, and have found Low Textures aren't Low Textures, that a Draw Distance of 1 gives a long view, that with 292mb/224mb I can get the city landscape not popping in, and that having less pop-in generally is what makes this game immersive and brilliant, not the fact you are not running everything at High or Highest!

 

Each to their own, but I would suggest that if you have great graphics and smooth gameplay, but the bridges, cranes and cityscape are popping in dramatically, there seems little point!

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I have tweaked this game 9 ways to Sunday, and have found Low Textures aren't Low Textures, that a Draw Distance of 1 if a long view, that with 292mb/224mb I can get the city landscape not popping in, and that having less pop-in generally is what makes this game immersive and brilliant, not the fact you are not running every at High or Highest!

 

Each to their own, but I would suggest that if you have great graphics and smooth gameplay, but the bridges, cranes and cityscape are popping in dramatically, there seems little point!

I've tried the complete tweak (Depth, Blur and snooth shadows) but i haven't noticed any difference in the shadows....they're still orrible. XS

 

P.S. Is it true that higher the resolution is, better the shadows are?

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I have tweaked this game 9 ways to Sunday, and have found Low Textures aren't Low Textures, that a Draw Distance of 1 if a long view, that with 292mb/224mb I can get the city landscape not popping in, and that having less pop-in generally is what makes this game immersive and brilliant, not the fact you are not running every at High or Highest!

 

Each to their own, but I would suggest that if you have great graphics and smooth gameplay, but the bridges, cranes and cityscape are popping in dramatically, there seems little point!

I've tried the complete tweak (Depth, Blur and snooth shadows) but i haven't noticed any difference in the shadows....they're still orrible. XS

 

P.S. Is it true that higher the resolution is, better the shadows are?

yup. the bigger the resolution, the bigger the resolution used for all the shadows, which means less pixelated (i think this is the term used for describing stretched images)

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Well, I use Tweak 7, as all I want is the smooth shadows, the blur and DOF just means more strain for very little gain. As I say,my priority is little or nor pop-in/fade-in, which I think totally breaks the immersion. After creating such a believable world it seems silly to me to want nicer graphics and pop-in! We all have our own level of graphics we accept, I suppose. As a retro gamer as well (currently playing Morrowind as well as GTA IV, for example) graphics don't mean as much to me, and I see the GTA IV graphics as exceptional, even if I am looking at low textures (which I am not sure I am!) All I know is that a draw of 1 and detail of 100 is better for me than the other way around! That 1024x768 is plenty good enough on my 22" LCD Wide-Screen, and that because of this set up I have smooth framerates of around 30 and no or little pop-in.

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verry nice i have the latest patch can i then also try that ? and does the game become heavyer of it or does it run better?tounge.gif

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verry nice i have the latest patch can i then also try that ? and does the game become heavyer of it or does it run better?tounge.gif

Yes, you can try this tweak smile.gif It don't increase or decrease framerate but smoothen the gameplay

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I like this tweak soo much but i want to know if there is blur on low speed or not coz i like it on high speed only..thanks bartekxyz and thank you thales100 for the great screen shots which are the most colorful on this website.. colgate.gif

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I like this tweak soo much but i want to know if there is blur on low speed or not coz i like it on high speed only..thanks bartekxyz and thank you thales100 for the great screen shots which are the most colorful on this website.. colgate.gif

There is a blur all the time, it's a main feature of this tweak

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I like this tweak soo much but i want to know if there is blur on low speed or not coz i like it on high speed only..thanks bartekxyz and thank you thales100 for the great screen shots which are the most colorful on this website.. colgate.gif

There is a blur all the time, it's a main feature of this tweak

yeah i know but i mean the motion blur not the overall blur.. sarcasm.gif

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yeah i know but i mean the motion blur not the overall blur.. sarcasm.gif

And I also mean motion blur

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yeah i know but i mean the motion blur not the overall blur.. sarcasm.gif

And I also mean motion blur

ohh thanks alot i will try no.1 now and give u a feedback.. icon14.gif

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mmm..i think it didn't work for me..at first i was having very small missing textuers now its increased and then i wanted to exit the game, when i pressed the Esc key the game freezed on a black screen..i don't know what i have done wrong:

 

1-i made a copy of the files that i will rename and i put them in a temp file.

2-i renamed them and copyed the files from the tweak.

 

so now all i have to do is to rename the .OLD. files again and remove the files of the tweak or what.. dozingoff.gif

 

BTW: i only use the -novblank command.

 

i really liked this tweak but i think thats my bad luck since i bought this game..thanks again bartekxyz for your effort wink.gif

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mmm..i think it didn't work for me..at first i was having very small missing textuers now its increased and then i wanted to exit the game, when i pressed the Esc key the game freezed on a black screen..i don't know what i have done wrong:

 

1-i made a copy of the files that i will rename and i put them in a temp file.

2-i renamed them and copyed the files from the tweak.

 

so now all i have to do is to rename the .OLD. files again and remove the files of the tweak or what.. dozingoff.gif

 

BTW: i only use the -novblank command.

 

i really liked this tweak but i think thats my bad luck since i bought this game..thanks again bartekxyz for your effort wink.gif

Damn, I don't know other game being so choosy as GTA IV.

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