[GTAIV|REL|BETA] ENBSeries graphic modification

[DKT70]

 

thx boris and dkt70 for youre work. nice settings! looks great!

 

Nice shots, did you just run using my settings ? or did you tweak anything ? Just worth mentioning, as most people would also probably want to know.

 

I don't recognise those cars, are they new ? I'm not really upto date on the car mods, so just wondering.

 

 

this is mine, and I can't put my finger on it. it just doesn't look realistic.

 

The shaders gets you that look, if you didn't delete your shaders folder and replace the whole folder with the one in my archive, then chances are it won't work right. Obviously backup the whole folder, first.

 

 

Well I'll test it and compare it withthe 1 I already have and if it's the same I'll send it back and get the GT240 the only thing i don't like about it is that it only has 512 mb memory and I want something with 1Gb.

 

Don't worry about the 512Mb, you have plenty of memory bandwidth with the PC of yours, so you could make use of the "-availablevidmem". But don't go mad with the value, just work out exactly what memory you need and put the figure in there. I have 896Mb, and need around 945Mb to get the look and detail I want, so I just use "-availablevidmem 1.1" giving me around 980Mb total.

Edited March 14, 2010 by DKT70

[Owenwilson1]

okay a little update. a few pics below. I got night time evening and daytime sorted out on v2 heres some shots. i found if you blend sharpness filter with contrast and exposure and also gamma, those all combined give you a very nice look.

and as always feedback is greatly apppreciated.

 

Edited March 14, 2010 by Owenwilson1

[Lil'Q]

@ Owenwilson1

That looks fantastic. Can you tell yor PC specs ?

 

PS. Please, if you're planing to post such big pics use tinypic or any other site except imageshack...

[-Bone-]

 

If you want more or less light from building windows, try this line in the enb ini

 

[bUILDING]

WindowLightIntensity=1.7

Ok, I modified some values such as windowlight, chrome, metallic amount... no AA this time, and as always, it's brighter and more vivid in-game than on these pictures. Thx for the help!

 

[Owenwilson1]

 

@ Owenwilson1

That looks fantastic.    Can you tell yor PC specs ?

 

PS. Please, if you're planing to post such big pics make them a little bit smaller and use tinypic or any other site except imageshack...

oh sorry i will use tinypic nexttime.

 

my specs

Intel® Core™ i7 960 (3.2GHz, 8MB Cache)

Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 CrossfireX™

6GB DDR3 1600MHz (3x 2GB)

1.2TB RAID 0 (2x 640GB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM)

24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW)

 

Edited March 14, 2010 by Owenwilson1

[DKT70]

>nb

Edited March 15, 2010 by DKT70

[aub84]

For me the best setting for GTA IV is effect.txt of "Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines v0.076a"

http://enbdev.com/download_en.htm

 

The result is very good and reduces aliasing!

[wonderblunt]

okay a little update. a few pics below. I got night time evening and daytime sorted out on v2 heres some shots. i found if you blend sharpness filter with contrast and exposure and also gamma, those all combined give you a very nice look.

and as always feedback is greatly apppreciated.

 

Looking good my friend looking good!!

[jkmit]

 

The shaders gets you that look, if you didn't delete your shaders folder and replace the whole folder with the one in my archive, then chances are it won't work right. Obviously backup the whole folder, first.

 

Sorry if I seem like a pest, but I tried what you suggested, and it doesn't really look different. it still looks... bleh.

 

 

also, if u look at it from a distance, it looks a bit like vice city

[wonderblunt]

i found if you blend sharpness filter with contrast and exposure and also gamma, those all combined give you a very nice look.

 

Yep, they're also looking good. The trick with the sharpen filter is to balance the offset with the strength and your resolution. If you game under 1440 res, then I wouldn't personally use it because the filter has less info to work with.

Owen, You might want to try different palettes for different light and ambience. I use a website called http://www.colorhunter.com/ and from there I generate palettes from various screenshots taken from Flickr or Google.

 

 

They're jpeg only for upload, I use png for the actual images. The trick is to get many palettes from many photos, and see what you can achieve from using them in EditIV. Picking a color for Direct Light, one or two for Amibient Light, and one for distant fog. I use a combination of many, to achieve my look. Sometimes it doesn't work, and I get a bizarre combination.

The values in the boxes at the bottom are the values you enter into EditIV.

Wow, are those real or snaps taken from the game??

 

If it's from the game it looks very realistic.

That's how I want my game to look after I get the new vid card... I can't wait!!

[Owenwilson1]

i found if you blend sharpness filter with contrast and exposure and also gamma, those all combined give you a very nice look.

 

Yep, they're also looking good. The trick with the sharpen filter is to balance the offset with the strength and your resolution. If you game under 1440 res, then I wouldn't personally use it because the filter has less info to work with.

Owen, You might want to try different palettes for different light and ambience. I use a website called http://www.colorhunter.com/ and from there I generate palettes from various screenshots taken from Flickr or Google.

 

They're jpeg only for upload, I use png for the actual images. The trick is to get many palettes from many photos, and see what you can achieve from using them in EditIV. Picking a color for Direct Light, one or two for Amibient Light, and one for distant fog. I use a combination of many, to achieve my look. Sometimes it doesn't work, and I get a bizarre combination.

The values in the boxes at the bottom are the values you enter into EditIV.

Wow, are those real or snaps taken from the game??

 

If it's from the game it looks very realistic.

That's how I want my game to look after I get the new vid card... I can't wait!!

 

 

come on man anyone can see thats real pictures lol

[isoku]

Does anyone know why I only get an FPS increase from lowering the resolution? Lowering other options doesn't really do much.

[DKT70]

 

Wow, are those real or snaps taken from the game??

 

I wish. You won't see anything like that until the PC rendering architecture has a complete change from 32-bit to 64-bit.

They're just palette guides.

[Owenwilson1]

okay another update. working on dawn fog trees sky clouds sun. and also to give the city more of a real look and feel to it.

feedback is always a great way to get this perfect and iron out bugs or things that other users dont like. or want to see.

 

 

[haints]

Ok, I modified some values such as windowlight, chrome, metallic amount... no AA this time, and as always, it's brighter and more vivid in-game than on these pictures. Thx for the help!

 

 

Bone--have you posted your .ini, mods, etc?

[wonderblunt]

okay another update. working on dawn fog trees sky clouds sun. and also to give the city more of a real look and feel to it.

feedback is always a great way to get this perfect and iron out bugs or things that other users dont like. or want to see.

 

I love the realism of the last 2 pictures.

Great work!!!

 

How did you achive this..

[Owenwilson1]

okay another update. working on dawn fog trees sky clouds sun. and also to give the city more of a real look and feel to it.

feedback is always a great way to get this perfect and iron out bugs or things that other users dont like. or want to see.

 

 

I love the realism of the last 2 pictures.

Great work!!!

 

How did you achive this..

Hey thanks just playing about tweaking, reflections etc. editiv helped.

and there was not enough red or haze effect in the sunrise or sunset.

[-Bone-]

Bone--have you posted your .ini, mods, etc?

Yes I have, but I slightly modified so here it is again.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmglnwcqz2t

[Owenwilson1]

Oh and i forgot to say i found a way of making pedestrians look more like call of duty skin shader i'll post some pics up. it makes there skin look life like.

heres a shot.

Edited March 14, 2010 by Owenwilson1

[P1ch3]

 

 

Download   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=59FARTYL   Don't Forget That I use Better City Textures

 

 

[Symbiote]

Nice work on the skin, Owen.

 

As for feedback on the timecyc, personally I'd make the night sky less blue and more black. Like in this photo:

 

http://thegboyds.com/New_York/New_York_night2.jpg

[Owenwilson1]

Nice work on the skin, Owen.

 

As for feedback on the timecyc, personally I'd make the night sky less blue and more black. Like in this photo:

 

http://thegboyds.com/New_York/New_York_night2.jpg

ahh yeh im trying to get that look. i got a few pics from time square when i went there. so hopefuly it will look like that.

and the peds yeh i figured well if we are gonna make the city look real why not the peds ya know

[wonderblunt]

Nice work on the skin, Owen.

 

As for feedback on the timecyc, personally I'd make the night sky less blue and more black. Like in this photo:

 

http://thegboyds.com/New_York/New_York_night2.jpg

ahh yeh im trying to get that look. i got a few pics from time square when i went there. so hopefuly it will look like that.

and the peds yeh i figured well if we are gonna make the city look real why not the peds ya know

And how is it done..?

[Owenwilson1]

 

Nice work on the skin, Owen.

 

As for feedback on the timecyc, personally I'd make the night sky less blue and more black. Like in this photo:

 

http://thegboyds.com/New_York/New_York_night2.jpg

ahh yeh im trying to get that look. i got a few pics from time square when i went there. so hopefuly it will look like that.

and the peds yeh i figured well if we are gonna make the city look real why not the peds ya know

And how is it done..?

im working on a new code and implimented it into effect.txt.

as you can see below the quality of peds and other characters has changed alot.

 

Now you can go right close to the texture of the face and it aint distorted.

pic below

Edited March 14, 2010 by Owenwilson1

[YoungGun]

Newest ENB and Environment mod 5

 

 

 

[Visca]

@ Owenwilson1

I think it's really interesting what you're doing with peds' textures and stuff. I also like these pictures you posted.

Keep the good work !

 

And I must agree with the fellow AngryAmoeba about the sky at night.

[Owenwilson1]

 

@ Owenwilson1

I think it's really interesting what you're doing with peds' textures and stuff. I also like these pictures you posted.

Keep the good work !

 

And I must agree with the fellow AngryAmoeba about the sky at night.

hey thanks im glad you do and the night lighting in time square yeh im on that.

pic below

and some other pics mainly ambience i think im getting there now to a more realistic view.

 

this is another ped pic, to show the detail on the pedestrians.

[pcnuttienoob]

There is a new ENB? let me know when it's released, i wanna try download this for the game.

[Owenwilson1]

 

There is a new ENB? let me know when it's released, i wanna try download this for the game.

ive already released my v1 its a few pages back

Edited March 15, 2010 by Owenwilson1

[pcnuttienoob]

I can't even find it, i am so behind on this crap, i didn't have time to mod and i just got a new hard drive. This sucks, i'm so behind and i seen great graphic improvements, i wanna reinstall my stupid GTA IV but i don't know where to begin which config you guys use. I'm running a Quad Core overclocked 3ghz 4gbs of ram and 2 sli GTS 250 and a 500gb hard drive so give me some tips what i should do and even with the commandline txt tip. My video cards are 512mb both of them.