Preview looks dramatically better than in-game | Source Engine | Page 1

pale birch Dec 11, 2024, 9:52 PM

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you could try reducing the number of bounces in VRAD

fresh rune Dec 11, 2024, 10:54 PM

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thst would just make it look worse

pale birch Dec 11, 2024, 10:55 PM

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maybe
but it might get OP closer to what they want

fresh rune Dec 11, 2024, 10:57 PM

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i dont think you can get it looking exactly like that mainly because hammer plus pluses preview is slightly inaccurate to how the actual engine renders things

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like how cubemaps work and stuff

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if the map has hdr you could change the bloom settings in the tonemapper to get a similar result

pale birch Dec 11, 2024, 11:03 PM

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probably
though less bounces is the primary reason for why the preview looks like that

grave laurel Dec 12, 2024, 12:15 AM

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Sludge is because the cubemap is different.

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