[GTAIV|REL|BETA] ENBSeries graphic modification

[n1k]

 

n1k  please upload your config

 

 

DOWNLOAD

 

 

All going well and I'll release everything at the weekend, saturday most likely.

 

Great! I cant wait, looks really good.

 

 

[DKT70]

 

I Will Never Say it Enough... Thanks You Very Much DKT70 For your Awesome Work

 

I'll PM you the latest settings, if you get time could you just do a quick run through the weather patterns and times. Check out the night time Sunny, Extra Sunny, and especially the Rain at 12am driving with the in-car view or bonnet view, I swear it's just unreal. I've got a new Starfield, a toned-down version that works well with the brighter settings.

I'll try and get the Stipple effect working better, so the shadows don't flicker so much. The weird thing is, the stipple png doesn't use alpha, so it must simply take the white value and subtract

 

BTW, did you notice that the sharp effect is now almost transparent, and doesn't feel in-your-face, it now almost blends in with the HDR lighting. I think the last pic you posted proves this.

 

n1k, your shots have a very European look to them, IMO, nice.

[P1ch3]

WHoooooaaa Pitch you have that setup for DL???

 

That vid is poppin!!

Work in Progress cause i'm still trying to Fix the Sky Color at Night (Too Much Brown in the Sky) for Extra Sunny and Sunny Weather and Fix the Sky for Raining Weather around 12h00Pm (Too much Light in the Sky and not enought Clouds).

 

And Maybe I will not release It cause Everyone just moaning about the release that I've done since the Begining

 

Sorry For My Bad English, I'm a French Canadian From Montreal .

 

[wonderblunt]

WHoooooaaa Pitch you have that setup for DL???

 

That vid is poppin!!

Work in Progress cause i'm still trying to Fix the Sky Color at Night (Too Much Brown in the Sky) for Extra Sunny and Sunny Weather and Fix the Sky for Raining Weather around 12h00Pm (Too much Light in the Sky and not enought Clouds).

 

And Maybe I will not release It cause Everyone just moaning about the release that I've done since the Begining

 

Sorry For My Bad English, I'm a French Canadian From Montreal .

Hey you aint to far from me, I'm in Saint-Constant, and work in TMR (Mont-Royal)..

[DKT70]

P1ch3, sent you the latest test. See what you think, when you get some time.

 

I have to do some work now and go and fix someone's laptop, so no tweaking for me for the next couple of hours.

[wonderblunt]

P1ch3, sent you the latest test. See what you think, when you get some time.

 

I have to do some work now and go and fix someone's laptop, so no tweaking for me for the next couple of hours.

Hi DKT70

No hard feelings and I know how it feels to go have to fix other people's computers... Thats what I do also...

 

Anyways good luck with the laptop!!

[P1ch3]

I Will Never Say it Enough... Thanks You Very Much DKT70 For your Awesome Work

 

I'll PM you the latest settings, if you get time could you just do a quick run through the weather patterns and times. Check out the night time Sunny, Extra Sunny, and especially the Rain at 12am driving with the in-car view or bonnet view, I swear it's just unreal. I've got a new Starfield, a toned-down version that works well with the brighter settings.

I'll try and get the Stipple effect working better, so the shadows don't flicker so much. The weird thing is, the stipple png doesn't use alpha, so it must simply take the white value and subtract

 

BTW, did you notice that the sharp effect is now almost transparent, and doesn't feel in-your-face, it now almost blends in with the HDR lighting. I think the last pic you posted proves this.

 

n1k, your shots have a very European look to them, IMO, nice.

I'm gonna Have some time Tonight to test your Settings cause I'm at the Office at the Moment.

 

I'm gonna Try Every Hours and Weathers of your Modified TimeCyc and Gave You FeedBack after and Some ScreenShots

 

Your Sharpen Settings in your Last release that you've PM was not even noticiable.(Good Work)

 

Can you Make the HDR effect Lighter by 10% in your Effect Files Cause at 12h00PM I've notice that the Sun Was EveryWhere even in Shadow Places.

 

I'm gonna Send you my Stipple files by PM tonight cause I never encounter any Issue with Shadows since I use this One.

[4utr0n!c]

My sky is too dark. When my weather is set to extra sunny it looks like it is raining. Any idea?

EDIT: And yeah, where do i need to put timecyc?

Edited March 19, 2010 by 4utr0n!c

[DKT70]

P1ch3, sent you the latest test. See what you think, when you get some time.

 

I have to do some work now and go and fix someone's laptop, so no tweaking for me for the next couple of hours.

Hi DKT70

No hard feelings and I know how it feels to go have to fix other people's computers... Thats what I do also...

 

Anyways good luck with the laptop!!

Yeah, no worries. Turns out it's her harddisk playing up, just popped back for a spare I keep for testing, so no panics of viruses and malware that made her panic-phone me. Oh well, at least I get to have a Latte in Maccy D's, as it's just round the corner from her.

 

 

Can you Make the HDR effect Lighter by 10% in your Effect Files Cause at 12h00PM I've notice that the Sun Was EveryWhere even in Shadow Places.

 

If it's for your own settings your working on, then I'll PM you a modified version which should be brighter. But just remember that it will be a GLOBAL Brighter, not a per-weather brighter. Oh, and thanks for testing, if you spot anything mental, like mad lighting let me know and I'll add it to the list.

[P1ch3]

 

If it's for your own settings your working on, then I'll PM you a modified version which should be brighter. But just remember that it will be a GLOBAL Brighter, not a per-weather brighter.  Oh, and thanks for testing, if you spot anything mental, like mad lighting let me know and I'll add it to the list. 

No it's for Yours Settings cause this is the Only thing that was annoying in your Effect Files.

 

Too much Light Everywhere even where there was Shadow.

 

Or Maybe it's the Timecyc that was too Much Bright for my 42 Inch LCD Screen

 

I'm Gonna Test It Tonight and PM you everylightning Issue with an Screenshots if I found some.

[Revent]

DKT70 upload your config please ...sory for my bad english..i am Russian

[memfis]

my setting+ effect DKT70

 

[DKT70]

 

my setting+ effect DKT70

 

Looks good. Would be nice to see some bigger shots from you, 1024 res, or something ?

 

Right, been struggling with fog weather for a while now, and this is proving the most difficult weather pattern to date, for me.

 

What I would ideally love to emulate, or get close to getting that feel and look, is something like the following

 

 

I really think that picture is awesome.

The best I can come up with so far, is this

 

 

Any thoughts ?

Mine has a slight blue tint to it, but I'm not sure whether to leave that in or not.

[memfis]

preview + fullscreen

 

 

radikal deforms sñreens

Edited March 19, 2010 by memfis

[koboltzz]

 

DKT70, your goal is a black and white setting?? Please dont do this. Especially fog looks always different on black and white pictures than in reality.

[wonderblunt]

my setting+ effect DKT70

 

Looks good. Would be nice to see some bigger shots from you, 1024 res, or something ?

 

Right, been struggling with fog weather for a while now, and this is proving the most difficult weather pattern to date, for me.

 

What I would ideally love to emulate, or get close to getting that feel and look, is something like the following

 

 

I really think that picture is awesome.

The best I can come up with so far, is this

 

 

Any thoughts ?

Mine has a slight blue tint to it, but I'm not sure whether to leave that in or not.

The blue looks good!!

 

HAve you tried gray??

[4utr0n!c]

This is how looks my apartment

 

 

And this is outside in the Noon.

 

 

Im using Memfis's config and it does not look like his. In my opinion its not really good.

Edited March 19, 2010 by 4utr0n!c

[hollowed_joker]

 

 

Im using Memfis's config and it does not look like his. In my opinion its not really good.

Huh..weird,i'm using memphis's timecyc as well and my game looks darker than yours and i don't have those overbright skies and rims at noon..

 

 

 

 

 

DKT70, your goal is a black and white setting?? Please dont do this. Especially fog looks always different on black and white pictures than in reality.

 

I think he's only trying to emulate the fog in that picture,not a black and white effect.

Edited March 19, 2010 by hollowed_joker

[4utr0n!c]

 

Im using Memfis's config and it does not look like his. In my opinion its not really good.

Huh..weird,i'm using memphis's timecyc as well and my game looks darker than yours and i don't have those overbright skies and rims at noon..

Yes. But my game looks prettier without enb. Do i need to replace shader folder with one in the download section of memfis's config?

[hollowed_joker]

 

Huh..weird,i'm using memphis's timecyc as well and my game looks darker than yours  and i don't have those overbright skies and rims at noon..

 

Yes. But my game looks prettier without enb. Do i need to replace shader folder with one in the download section of memfis's config?

 

I don't know what shaders memphis is using;i use dkt70's shader files to get motion blur along with enb.

These are my current settings with memphis timecyc, dkt70 effect.txt and shader files,and my own enbseries.ini and visualsettings.dat.You can use them if u want.

http://www.mediafire.com/?hmnndyd22dz

Edited March 19, 2010 by hollowed_joker

[4utr0n!c]

 

 

Huh..weird,i'm using memphis's timecyc as well and my game looks darker than yours and i don't have those overbright skies and rims at noon..

Yes. But my game looks prettier without enb. Do i need to replace shader folder with one in the download section of memfis's config?

I don't know what shaders memphis is using;i use dkt70's shader files to get motion blur along with enb.

These are my current settings with memphis timecyc, dkt70 effect.txt and shader files,and my own enbseries.ini and visualsettings.dat.You can use them if u want.

http://www.mediafire.com/?hmnndyd22dz

Hey, thanks! I'll try that!

 

Edited March 19, 2010 by 4utr0n!c

[DKT70]

 

I think he's only trying to emulate the fog in that picture,not a black and white effect.

 

Exactly. Black and white would be trivial to emulate, but that nice fog in that picture is quite difficult. The reason for black and white is that you get those nice shades of grey, not the picture itself, but the distant fogging.

 

 

HAve you tried gray??

 

The colour grey is quite easy, it's normally always the same value for RGB, and the higher the values the whiter the grey, so R=50, G=50, B=50 would result in a dark grey. Unfortunately, this isn't as trivial as it looks when it comes to editing the timecyc - because it seems to also get some color calculations from another source value somewhere, perhaps the sky as well, not sure.

Because this timecyc file isn't properly documented it makes editing it a bit of both trial and error, and hit and miss, although most of it is fairly obvious by their descriptions.

[haints]

 

 

Any thoughts ?

Mine has a slight blue tint to it, but I'm not sure whether to leave that in or not.

Looks good! I'd keep it just the way it is.

 

Do any of you know exactly what ForceMinMax values actually do? I usually play with it set to false so I can use the Universal Graphics Shader, but I've been playing around with it and I think ForceMinMax is enb's version of HDR, meaning you lose some light values if you set it to off--everything comes out a little too dark and evenly lit ... What I want to do is reduce the overbright quality I get with almost all .enbs, so that the sidewalks and sky don't look bleached out ...

 

Any advice greatly appreciated ...

Edited March 19, 2010 by haints

[4utr0n!c]

 

I don't know what shaders memphis is using;i use dkt70's shader files to get motion blur along with enb.

These are my current settings with memphis timecyc, dkt70 effect.txt and shader files,and my own enbseries.ini and visualsettings.dat.You can use them if u want.

http://www.mediafire.com/?hmnndyd22dz

 

Ok. Now it is a lot better. But.. Again but. I can see alot little pinky dots on my monitor. They look like pixels. Don't know what is this. But colors and everything is now better.

 

They can be seen on the left green tree.

[pcnuttienoob]

n1k  please upload your config

 

 

DOWNLOAD

 

 

All going well and I'll release everything at the weekend, saturday most likely.

 

Great! I cant wait, looks really good.

I downloaded your config dude and it seem to work better for me but i still do get some shadow flickering in small places. I like it so far. I will try new nvidia drivers later and see what happens

since i heard it boosts your fps more now and gta has SLi support in that one. I may have to do an experiment after my errands. I'll get back to ya and post pics. I still hate the night thing, it's just tooooo dark lol. How come i can't adjust my contrast and brightness or saturation ingame settings? Do i have to do that in the ENB ini files?

[4utr0n!c]

Ok, here is another example of little pinky dots. They can be easily seen on taxis.

[hollowed_joker]

 

Ok. Now it is a lot better. But.. Again but. I can see alot little pinky dots on my monitor. They look like pixels. Don't know what is this. But colors and everything is now better.

 

 

Huh..haven't seen that before.By process of elimination, find out whether the problem is caused by timecyc.dat,effect.txt or enbseries.ini.Also,are u using modified textures such as stipple.wtd,gtxd.img etc?Try reinstalling gta4 to patch 1.0.4.0.(backup save games).It could also be caused by an incompatible mod.

 

 

Trivia:-

In enbseries.ini,these settings control effect on trees

 

[TREE]

LeavesReflectionAmount=0.3

LeavesSpecularPower=0.4 <--amount of "shine" coming off trees

LeavesAmbientAmount=0.3 <--amount of darkness in lower half of tree

LeavesColorMultiplier=1.3 <--leaf brightness(higher values increase brightness)

LeavesColorPow=1.3 <--color saturation(higher values are darker)

Edited March 19, 2010 by hollowed_joker

[4utr0n!c]

Ok. Now it is a lot better. But.. Again but. I can see alot little pinky dots on my monitor. They look like pixels. Don't know what is this. But colors and everything is now better.

 

 

Huh..haven't seen that before.By process of elimination, find out whether the problem is caused by timecyc.dat,effect.txt or enbseries.ini.Also,are u using modified textures such as stipple.wtd,gtxd.img etc?Try reinstalling gta4 to patch 1.0.4.0.(backup save games)

 

In enbseries.ini,these settings control effect on trees

 

[TREE]

LeavesReflectionAmount=0.3

LeavesSpecularPower=0.4 <--amount of "shine" coming off trees

LeavesAmbientAmount=0.3 <--amount of darkness in lower half of tree

LeavesColorMultiplier=1.3 <--leaf brightness(higher values increase brightness)

LeavesColorPow=1.3 <--color saturation(higher values are darker)

No im not using modified textures.

[hollowed_joker]

Ok. Now it is a lot better. But.. Again but. I can see alot little pinky dots on my monitor. They look like pixels. Don't know what is this. But colors and everything is now better.

 

 

Huh..haven't seen that before.By process of elimination, find out whether the problem is caused by timecyc.dat,effect.txt or enbseries.ini.Also,are u using modified textures such as stipple.wtd,gtxd.img etc?Try reinstalling gta4 to patch 1.0.4.0.(backup save games)

 

No im not using modified textures.

What version of gta4 are u using?Perhaps Dkt70's shaders don't work with your version.I'm using gta4 1.0.4.0.

 

'common\data\shaders'

[hollowed_joker]

My settings