Oh no evil AI.. Good lord. F.. off.. Go back to the middle ages..

[sly citrus]

btw are you still running cupscale

dont know how to get python to work with it
it keeps saying it can’t detect python and isn’t able to run the embedded python runtime

[snow zinc]

The new cupscale versions you cant even uninstall python anymore. Its easier. Try them,
https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

[sly citrus]

word

preciate

is AA available in the new cupscale version, or do you use a separate program for that?

[snow zinc]

I use a model for that.

GainRes model

[sly citrus]

[warm mesa]

I am going to lay out a couple of challenging screenshots for the master @snow zinc for consideration. I drew them from my Screenshots folder because they were the smallest filesize screencaps and the most dirty JPGs I have. I am curious what magic can be done.

This first one is of an Arrow in Quantum Travel with a Talon not too far ahead of it. Close enough that you can see the Talon's alien drive quantum effect. 1919x1169.

This second one is of an MSR at Daymar. Thought the mountains were particularly interesting. 2127x1299.

This third one was from the first day Mack Junior and I were crewing a Hurricane. 1790x996.

[prime wyvern]

This is awesome man thank you 🔥🔥

[snow zinc]

I tried. 🙂

[warm mesa]

Thanks! Those look really good. Over the years I have collected screenshots like Leon from Blade Runner. "My precious photos." Not all of them have been captured with the best method. I saw the file sizes on these and was like "Ohhh. 85K? 100K? That's not a lot of data! Wonder what 1ch0 can do with these."

As it turns out, quite a lot. : )

[snow zinc]

😄

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond

[worthy pond]

that looks amazing

[snow zinc]

@magic cypress 4K and tweaked. Antialiasing Awesome picture!

[magic cypress]

thanks and thanks for the upscale!

[snow zinc]

Still my favorite Ship. Bought it at release.

Cant wait when they finally give the weapons their unique characteristics and the shields their abilities back.

[magic cypress]

its definitely my favorite of the alien ships, flies amazingly too

[snow zinc]

You can do everythign with it. Later you will be able to repair components from inside. It will hopefully its special shields back. Also a huge quantumtank.

[fierce light]

1cho what do you use for tweaking?

[snow zinc]

Adobe Lightroom

[fierce light]

thx

[snow zinc]

@white marten 4K antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@floral silo Antialiasing added.

[floral silo]

@snow zinc thx❤️

[warm mesa]

I see men of culture are still taking Corsair screencaps. : )

[quaint fable]

Just wait till the C8R comes in

[dim spire]

...🥹... Could I get a touch up?
👉 👈

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit4K and antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@cunning briar4K and antialiasing

[cunning briar]

oh nice that's neat

[dim spire]

https://tenor.com/view/bruce-lee-bow-master-smile-gif-12365468

[snow zinc]

@prime wyvern 4K and antialiasing and some tweaking

[prime wyvern]

damn thank you man fr looks amazing

not sure how u do it but never fails to impress me

[warm mesa]

1ch0 is the pixel whisperer.

[cunning briar]

Gigapixel 4x downsampled to 2x for antialiasing? or some other upscaler?

[snow zinc]

Cupscale

AI model specifically for Antialiasing

[uncut zealot]

Not knowing fully how to use the software I just created the ultimate screenshot of a Freelancer MAX 😂 far too large to upload lol

[snow zinc]

@tall bronze 4K and tweaked

[tall bronze]

The flakes on the metal are not helping with this

I really like this but I think it'd be better with smooth metal

still tho, nice job @snow zinc

[snow zinc]

yeah

I removed the fog as good as I could ^^

[tall bronze]

nice

[snow zinc]

@empty bluff 4K

[empty bluff]

Wooa I love the upscale results :D thank you.

[snow zinc]

🙂

[snow zinc]

@lost patio 4K and antialiasing.

@slim relic antialiasing, some tweaking and 32% more resolution.

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K and antialiasing.

@hallow parcel
tweaked, 4K and removed JPEG artefacts.

@tall mountain 4K

[tall mountain]

thanks!

[snow zinc]

@lost patio
Antialiasing and 4K

@cold ravine
removed compression artefacts and upscaled to 4k.

[lost patio]

I’m curious how you do your image editing. The upscaling… etc.

[snow zinc]

I use a free Ai Software, check, the pinned messages in the thread. 🙂 And then a procedure if different AI Models and Adobe Lightroom.

[snow zinc]

@gleaming walrus
32% more resolution and antialiasing added.

Ordered today a new PSU and a 6900 XT.

[gleaming walrus]

Ooo this is nice!

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond

[worthy pond]

Amazing

[snow zinc]

@lone cobalt antialiasing and 4K

@shell viper 4K and antialiasing

[shell viper]

thank you so much ❤️

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit Antialiasing, removed compression artifacts and 32% more resolution.

[radiant garnet]

Dayum

The second one is just, dayum

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote 4K

[honest coyote]

4k deez nuts

[snow zinc]

Thats from Alien covenant, from the guy that worked on that movie in parts.

[quaint fable]

@tall bronze Gave it a go myself, also upscaled and removed some noise

[tall bronze]

"BigFishLittleFish" the file name is killing me

11/10 would rate again

What program did you use for this?

I lost my old program when I had to reset and can't remember its name

[quaint fable]

Used Lightroom to do the colour correction and other edits, then Cupscale to upscale and remove the noise, etc

The link to Cupscale should be pinned

[uncut trench]

@snow zinc

[snow zinc]

4K, antialiasing and some tweaking. 🙂

[uncut trench]

thanks 1cho

[snow zinc]

@tall bronze 4K

[tall bronze]

Thank you 1ch0 very cool

Another great upscale as always

Carrying the channel as per usual

[snow zinc]

@fair yoke
4K and antialiasing.

[hardy igloo]

@tall bronze upload ur screenies in png to retain quality

discord hates jpg lol

[snow zinc]

@uncut trench 4K

[tall bronze]

Ah, that's why

The screenshots are PNGs

But the exports post-edit are JPG

Now it makes sense

[quaint fable]

@foggy orbit Nice shot, did a little colour editing and some upscaling

[tall bronze]

@quaint fable This image has sexyness levels off the fucking charts

[quaint fable]

Thanks lol

It's probably not the best, but i'm getting there with photo edits

1ch0 is, and probably always will be, the master though

[tall bronze]

Boss Fight, @snow zinc - Master of Upscaling, Everlasting Lord of Pixels

Special Ability - Recreation; can recreate any image with 2x the power of the original

LV 255 World Boss

• 1,000,000 HP
• 250,000 ATK
• 125,000 DEF

Resistances:

• Flat 25% reduction to all damage types
  • Additional 25% reduction to light-type attacks
  • Immune to low-tier attacks

[tall bronze]

• Can summon recreations at any time, maximum of three summons
  • Can summon any past creation regardless of time from original creation

There XD

@snow zinc Can we get a quote to add to the boss description XD

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit 32% more resolution and antialiasing.

[foggy orbit]

Awesome work @quaint fable and @snow zinc i appreciate! Thanks

[snow zinc]

@chilly dome
32% more resolution and Antialiasing.

[chilly dome]

oh thank god ur back

thanks a lot

[void wagon]

crisp af

[snow zinc]

@worldly basalt Added some Antialiasing to make it extra smooth. And 32% more resolution.

@stoic sphinx Antialiasing, some tweaking and 32% more resolution. 🙂

@ember hinge Upscaled to 4K

@dapper fjord 4K, antialiasing and some tweaking.

[fair yoke]

thats a pretty game - is that monster hunter?

[snow zinc]

Thats horizon zero dawn. 🙂

[fair yoke]

Oh nice

ill have a look at that

[snow zinc]

It really a nice game. 🙂 Enjoyed it. 🙂

[fair yoke]

Thanks mate.

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K antialiasing

@errant smelt 4K

[errant smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-heavy-pootis-perfect-enjoy-gif-24940564

[blissful phoenix]

Can the upscale gods do their thing

[snow zinc]

@velvet dock
4K

[velvet dock]

thats sick

[snow zinc]

It was a JPEG with artefacts so I tried my best. 🙂

[blissful phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/shia-lebouf-clap-clapping-impressed-amazed-gif-17355401

[fair yoke]

lol

[teal hare]

I really do need to have a look at this upscaling stuff ....

[snow zinc]

Just wanted to upscale your idris. ^^ Such a good picture ^^

@teal hare 4K

[dapper fjord]

That looks sick. Good work👍

[snow zinc]

🍻

[snow zinc]

@loud cloak 4K and antialiasing. 🙂

[loud cloak]

damn thats amazing

is there a way to save it as png?

[snow zinc]

Yeah you can open it with Paint in windows. And then save as PNG. 🙂

I just use webP as it has the best compression without loss.

[snow zinc]

@chilly dome
32% more resolution and antialiasing. tweaked a bit.

[chilly dome]

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain Antialiasing experiment which was successful. Removed all the edges on the wings. Compare original vs. upscaled.

[tall mountain]

Looks great!

[snow zinc]

@maiden shell 4K 🙂

[snow zinc]

@warped girder 4K

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K

[tall mountain]

Ty lol

[warped girder]

ty it's great!!!

[snow zinc]

@trail pelican
4K

[warm mesa]

What a cool shot.

[trail pelican]

can you upscale this ? @snow zinc

[trail pelican]

thanks mate

[snow zinc]

@errant smelt 4K

[errant smelt]

Ouuu

[snow zinc]

@opaque pine 4K

[snow zinc]

@opaque pine 4K

[snow zinc]

@crimson steppe
4K

@opaque pine 4K

[opaque pine]

Amazing 🤩

[plucky junco]

3k

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond Antialiasing

[worthy pond]

looks amazing@snow zinc

[snow zinc]

@plucky junco 4K

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit 32% more resolution and antialiasing

@zealous tinsel
4K

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit reduced resolution and upscaled then to remove the aliasing with force ^^ The other one has all the aliasing but more sharpness..

@worthy pond antialiasing and tweaking.

[snow zinc]

@unkempt ruin 4K and antialiasing. The film grain though is preventing better results.

[snow zinc]

@fast estuary 4K

[copper zealot]

If only we could actually land on asteroids like this...

[snow zinc]

yeah!

[unkempt ruin]

Oh cool!

[uncut sky]

ran my screenshot through that chinese ai

interesting results

[snow zinc]

@robust path antialiasing added.

@thorn charm antialiasing and 4K.

[snow zinc]

@sterile wing 4K

[snow zinc]

@robust path antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit 32% more resolution, antialiasing, removed compression artefacts, tweaked.

@queen hemlock added antialiasing

[queen creek]

Oh hey

1cho is back

Yay

[snow zinc]

🍻

@crisp lintel Antialiasing added. 🙂

[native lotus]

@snow zinc do you mind doing up this screenshot into 4k? thank you if you can!

[velvet dock]

whats a good tool for upscaling cos the one linked here doesnt seem to work properly, i wait for it to install python then it still thinks theres no python

[snow zinc]

Use the newer version.
https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

[snow zinc]

I would also advise to just use CPU only. You dont need to install anything like python and you can use Vulkan anyway.

[snow zinc]

@tender onyx Maybe you wanna pin that link instead. Its easier to handle. No need for installing python where most users seem to fail anyway.

@sterile wing 4K

[native lotus]

I love it, thank you

[native lotus]

^

[sterile wing]

Amazing.... thanks!

[snow zinc]

Made this now my desktop background, too ^^

@worthy pond 32% more res

[worthy pond]

Nice must be like 6k?

I need a 4090 and 8k screen 😆

[snow zinc]

haha.. I am happy already I can now play comfortable SC in 4K.

Got myself a 6900XT and that thing is a beast. Makes also the upscaling super fast

[worthy pond]

Yeah I'm 60 mostly in 4k (ryzen 9 5900x/RTX3080TI) some drops to 40s/50s but hardly notice with gsync

[snow zinc]

Yeah I cant wait. I have not installed SC at the moment. Since month's. Waiting for updates to make it worth it.

[worthy pond]

3.18 should be worth a look

[snow zinc]

Thats what I hope

[worthy pond]

I'm desperately waiting for Pyro, those planet look amazing!

Me and my Carrack be living the dream

[snow zinc]

Same. 😄

[snow zinc]

@woeful forge 4K

[snow zinc]

@lost mural antialiasing and 5K

[lost mural]

Ty <3

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit antialiasing and 32% more res

[foggy orbit]

Instant upgrades by @snow zinc

👏

[snow zinc]

🍻

[lost patio]

fantastic

[snow zinc]

@wooden wedge 4K

[wooden wedge]

back at it again arent u

love it man🤍

[snow zinc]

@valid canyon
4K

[valid canyon]

Ayoo daddy??

[snow zinc]

@wooden wedge 4K antialiasing 🙂

@dire vale 32% more resolution, antialiasing and tweaked.

[snow zinc]

@brazen forge 4K

[chilly dome]

Callisto?

[snow zinc]

yep

[chilly dome]

Nice

[snow zinc]

looks fantastic

[chilly dome]

I’m on the fence about grabbing it, not really my kind of game, but it looks cool

[snow zinc]

Did you play dead space?

[chilly dome]

Not yet, been meaning to

[snow zinc]

This game is totally like dead space

[snow zinc]

@rough grail 4K

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote 4K

[honest coyote]

you rascal

[snow zinc]

@pure pike 4K

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit antialiasing and 32% more resolution

[sly umbra]

Im back with more non sc related pics 💀

[wooden wedge]

forza? @sly umbra

na

ac?

[sly umbra]

Forza

[snow zinc]

@tired idol 4K

[tired idol]

thanks!

[tired idol]

how do you do this all the time its impressive! and so quickly aswell

which software?

its crazy

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

[valid canyon]

I only got 2080 no ampere for me

[snow zinc]

You dont need.

Use cpu only. Ignore teh name.

you can then use NCNN. Thats vulkan. I do the same withj my AMD

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond 4K

@lapis cosmos Antialiasing and noisereduction

[worthy pond]

Nice thanks! I took that on my laptop so was 1080p 👍

[snow zinc]

It was JPEG. Shame on you. 😄

[worthy pond]

Lol sorry I don't think it pasted in like usual 🤣

[snow zinc]

😄

[snow zinc]

@burnt widget 4K

[burnt widget]

beautiful thx a lot

[snow zinc]

@odd steppe
antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@hearty mountain 4K and antialiasing

[hearty mountain]

Ah thanks!

[snow zinc]

@shrewd sphinx 4K antialiasing and noise removal

[snow zinc]

@brave void 4K

[brave void]

oh nice!

[azure mulch]

@snow zinc 4k?

[snow zinc]

@narrow coyote Antialiasing and 32% more Resolution

[snow zinc]

@restive onyx 4K

[narrow coyote]

I have the 8K version if you want that one? This one was downsampled. Edit: sorry do not have that one anymore.

[snow zinc]

yeah cool. Edit: no problem ^^

[snow zinc]

@worldly basalt
tweaked and 32% more resolution

[worldly basalt]

what do you use to do this?

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

[snow zinc]

@latent kite 4K

@tall mountain 32% more resolution and tweaked.

removed noise

[restive onyx]

Omg. This is awesome!! ✌🏿

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit removed noise and added antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@zinc tide 4K and antialiasing

[wooden wedge]

those clouds holy shitttt

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote 4K

[zinc tide]

Wow! Thanks!

[snow zinc]

@tall bronze 4K and antialiasing and some tweaking.

[tall bronze]

@snow zinc How did you make then even better than they already were

[snow zinc]

Magic

Antialiasing, upscaling and some hue tuning and contrast in Adobe lightroom ^^

[snow zinc]

@icy coral 4K

[snow zinc]

@lilac plume 4K and antialiasing

[icy coral]

thank you :)

[lilac plume]

@snow zinc thanks

[snow zinc]

great pictures

[icy coral]

cupscale still seems to be the king when it comes to upscaling, tried the stable diffusion implementation with the same model but got a worse image while needing more storage

[snow zinc]

I havent tried stable diffusion yet as it still does not work on AMD cards

You need to know what models to use with cupscale.

[icy coral]

try this one, it should work with a radeon card https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui

[snow zinc]

Oh, but thats not compiled right?

[icy coral]

it is

copy the repository, run the auto install script and load a model, its that easy :)

[snow zinc]

oh. I have to try

I need to have all that stuff installed like python..

[icy coral]

yep

[snow zinc]

@quiet tusk 32% more resolution, antialiasing and denoised.

[quiet tusk]

I'm lost? 😂 Sorry. Image was shot at 3840x1600 with 16x AA.

[snow zinc]

I mean I added Antialiasing to the picture and upscaled it a bit. ^^

@dire vale 32% more resolution and added antialiasing. 🙂

[quiet tusk]

ah!

I've turned DSR on, on my NVidia settings, but I regularly forget to change the settings before doing the screenshots and my editor (Photoshop Express) is limited to .jpg output. I've bought a Lightroom subscription, but it's playing up atm. When that's available, I'll save as .png and down-rest to 3840x1600 for extra AA

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote
Maybe you wanna disable the filmgrain.

[honest coyote]

i dont think i have it on xd

[snow zinc]

I think yes ^^ I see it.

[honest coyote]

nvm i do

i knew that

[wooden wedge]

he knew that

[valid canyon]

@snow zinc can you upscale pleassse :)

[chilly dome]

Anything yall can do to make these prettier?

[snow zinc]

@charred locust Antialiasing, denoised and upscaled 32%

[hard wadi]

Icarus is fun

[restive onyx]

Speechless about this one

[snow zinc]

Yeah looks good. 🙂

[worldly basalt]

Am I doing this cupscale thing wrong? Yours seems much cleaner

[chilly dome]

I got it recently, very fun game

[hard wadi]

You got it at a good time. Open world is a blast

Weekly updates are nice also

[chilly dome]

Yea I bought a dedicated server

pretty fun

I enjoy how tame it is compared to rust

[hard wadi]

I still prefer rust but it's definitely a great game

[chilly dome]

I'll play anything as long as it ain't Ark

[snow zinc]

I first use the antialiasing model and then upscale. Your settings are so far not wrong. At "Resize After upscaling" you set the size you want. 100% as it is, would mean 4x the resolution, because the model is a 4x model as you see by the name.

[worldly basalt]

which AI network do I use with these? can't seem to get them working

[snow zinc]

1x models ESRGAN NCNN (Vulkan)
4x Models RealESRGAN NCNN (Vulkan)

[snow zinc]

@fossil swift
Upscaled and cleaned up.

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond antialiasing and tweaked.

[worthy pond]

@snow zinc awesome thanks!

[snow zinc]

@stuck kettle
tried to remove the edges

[stuck kettle]

yoooo

looks better, nice one

[fossil swift]

nice, thanks 🙂

[snow zinc]

@magic cypress
picture needed badly antialiasing. 🙂 Also upscaled to 4K

[snow zinc]

@uneven grail
upscaled to 4K

@dire vale
Antialiasing added. 👌

[uneven grail]

thanks

[snow zinc]

@brave void 4K

[brave void]

nice!

[snow zinc]

@fierce light
4K

[fierce light]

thx

gotta learn how to make my upscales this good sometime lol

[snow zinc]

😄

@worthy pond 4K antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K

[snow zinc]

@brave void antialiasing added and 4K upscaled.

[snow zinc]

@storm shell Antialiasing added

[snow zinc]

@restive onyx 4K

[restive onyx]

You're fast! Ty again

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit 32% more res and antialiasing.

@crisp crow 4K antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit Antialiasing, removed JPEG artefacts and 32% more resolution

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K and antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@lone trench
Antialiasing and upscaled to 4K

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit 32% more resolution and Antialiasing. Removed all the compression artefacts.

[worthy pond]

Oh the carrack looked different, the turrets are manned! I thought everyone flew their Carrack solo 😄

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond antialiasing and some tweaking. Also 32% more Resolution

[snow zinc]

@woven matrix 4K antialiasing.

[snow zinc]

@restive onyx cool idea and cute photo. 🙂

Doubled resolution

[restive onyx]

Yaw! Ty!!🚀

[forest rampart]

Will you be able to drive multiple ground vehicles in the bunkers?

[restive onyx]

You just increased my anxiety for that again

[fast fox]

imagine you're just doing a bunker mission and suddenly you get run over by a pvt that was hiding in the shadows

[forest rampart]

screenshot idea have a person in the dark in a bunker and a nova tank right behind

[snow zinc]

@ionic nimbus
4K and tweaked. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@terse drift 4K and antialiasing. And some tweaking. 🙂

@rough jasper antialiasing added for the reentry effects which are unfortunately in SC very low resolution. Also upscaled to 4K.

[snow zinc]

@restive onyx 4K and tweaked

[restive onyx]

Always rocking it! Ty!

[hallow rain]

this section is amazing. great work @snow zinc

[snow zinc]

@kindred swift Antialiasing and 32% more resolution

@river orbit doubled resolution and added antialiasing. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@arctic mason
Antialiasing and 4K Upscale

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K and antialiasing and some tweaks.

@hallow rain
4K

[hallow rain]

Thanks @snow zinc

[ruby fulcrum]

anything that can be done to this photo?

[snow zinc]

Of course. ^^

[fast estuary]

4k upscaled my own photo

[snow zinc]

Thats more than 4K. ^^ 🙂

[pastel mason]

Can someone please upscale this epic screenshot!

[snow zinc]

@foggy hinge
antialiasing

[foggy hinge]

Dude! You're back! Awesome 🥂

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain
4K and denoised.

[tall mountain]

phenomenal as always ❤️‍🔥

[fast fox]

eh, upscaling does not work well with blurred scenes

this is already better

thanks for the gif compression discord 👍

8K

focal point looks extra nice and crispy, though some of the blurred backround has been sharpened

[quaint fable]

Oh that is cwispy

The Mantis is such an underrated ship

Shooting on a 1080p monitor hurts when I keep seeing so many crisp shots shot in 4k+

Especially when they're native

[fast fox]

i play is 1080p 🥲

[quaint fable]

Oh damn, you just upscale straight to 8k?

[snow zinc]

It depends on the model you use. realesrgan and bsrgan remove blur, bsrgan more than realesrgan, yeah

Thats why I try not to use them

[fast fox]

for me only one model works bc of my specs remember?

i tried to use others but only 4xrealesgran worked

[snow zinc]

Thats weird

[fast fox]

i did buy a newer cpu but im not sure anything changed since its still from amd

[snow zinc]

I have all AMD

Its not AMD

I have AMD GPU and CPU

[fast fox]

didn't you have an nvidia gpu?

oh

[snow zinc]

I use those models.

[fast fox]

ok so im doing something wrong

[snow zinc]

Had a 6600XT and now a 6900XT

[fast fox]

phhh wait

i never download anything

damn

hold on can you dm me these? im in school rn, will be home in 8-9 hours

[snow zinc]

@plain delta 4K

@fringe delta Antialiasing added.

[restive onyx]

Ooouch 🔥🔥🤯

[plain delta]

Very cool thx 👍

[snow zinc]

@orchid plaza
4K and tweaked

[snow zinc]

@uncut zealot Antialiasing added and denoised

[snow zinc]

@hasty snow Tried some stable diffusion on it. ^^ 😄

ESRGAN AI-Upscales, Stable Diffusion and Postprocessing

[tiny lion]

Omg 1cho has returned

[trail pelican]

The one and only

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain Thats a nice pictuure. Antialiasing added and upscaled.

[snow zinc]

@foggy hinge Stable Diffusion Try ^^

First one is somehow cool

[fast fox]

wait, whats stable diffusion?

[foggy hinge]

Lol, that looks really cool

[snow zinc]

AI. 🙂 https://stablediffusionweb.com/

https://nmkd.itch.io/t2i-gui

You can load in the app a picture and then say what you wanna see the AI do. So it starts with your picture and works on that. ^^

And I finally can use it on my AMD GPU as well

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain
Stable Diffusion attempt.

[tall mountain]

Nice work and thank you !

[snow zinc]

@dim spire
Stable Diffusion playing around. 😄 Your picture as base.

[fast fox]

ohh so its an AI image generator

idk from the name it sounded like some AI after effects thingy

[dim spire]

That actually looks hella cool 🤌
AI Piece: "Spacmenm"

[snow zinc]

OMG, there is a Star Citizen Model.

😮

[fast fox]

4k upscaled

god these new models are such a nice thing

backround remained untouched while only the table and book got upscaled

[snow zinc]

What model you mean? 🙂

Ahh. Uniscale. Yeah its a good allrounder

It doesnt remove blur. 🙂

[robust path]

Catzzen

Starr cizzrl

[fast fox]

huh??

i get an error every time i try to generate something

gonna try to fix it when u get home

[snow zinc]

@peak cove 4K

[peak cove]

Excellent work as always. Thanks!

[snow zinc]

@woeful forge 4K and antialiasing and some tweaks.

[snow zinc]

@arctic mason
Antialiasing added and 4K upscale.

[snow zinc]

@lusty heath 4K and tweaked.

[snow zinc]

@uneven grail
4K and tweaked

[snow zinc]

AI-Upscales & Postprocessing

[fast fox]

the god given hud removal tool

[snow zinc]

@restive onyxAntialiasing added and 4K upscaled and a tiny bit tweaked.

[restive onyx]

Yaaaaw 🙌🏿

[snow zinc]

@charred locust antialiasing and 4K

[snow zinc]

@worldly basalt
4K and denoised.

And without denoising.

[worldly basalt]

Thanks

[warm mesa]

I am guessing someone can remove the text at the bottom of the screen please?

Should have taken that one at 8K.

[foggy hinge]

16K

and a minor colour balance buff

if it doesn't display correctly just open in the browser.

8K @warm mesa

with edit

[foggy hinge]

@uncut zealot I don't want to clutter the main channel. This is after applying Gain Res, what it basically does it injects a really fine AA to the image.

put it in the Models folder and reload the app

[snow zinc]

@foggy hinge

[uncut zealot]

@foggy hinge a little higher than 4K lol...but yeah I like this Model

Ok that is technically 5K

[snow zinc]

@ruby jasper 4K

[foggy hinge]

That Calipso?

[snow zinc]

yup

[grave nest]

hey mon could I get an upscale? 🙂

[foggy hinge]

Image is really low res so don't expect miracles. First one is 4.5K, 2 models, second is 9K, with 4 different models used.

[lusty heath]

https://starcitizen.tools/images/a/af/400i_-_Night_Sky.jpg

it is in high resolution

[dim spire]

That is the most beautiful SC picture I have ever seen

[dire vale]

It's promo material for the 400i

[foggy hinge]

What he posted for upscale wasn't, that's what I meant. 1000px is nowhere near high resolution.

[tiny lion]

Can someone upscale and touch this one up please?

[void wagon]

Which ship is that?

[magic cypress]

carrack

I'm about 85% sure

[tender onyx]

No it isn't

It's the Anvil Carrack

[magic cypress]

oh

hilarious

[tiny lion]

No it isn't, it's the Anvil Carrack Expedition

[void wagon]

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote 4K

[snow zinc]

@honest coyote 4K and antialiasing added.

[honest coyote]

Rip it has no more alias

[snow zinc]

@dire vale antialiasing added.

[snow zinc]

@magic cypressAnti-aliasing and 4K

@tall mountain 4K and antialiasing.

[snow zinc]

@orchid plover 4K and antialiasing

[snow zinc]

@quaint fable Antialiasing and edited. 🙂

[quaint fable]

Thanks 1ch0, master of the edit as always

[terse drift]

if someone would be so kind as to make my new scorpius look beautiful...^_^

[terse drift]

thank you!!!

[snow zinc]

@restive onyx 4K

[snow zinc]

@void wagon Antialiasing and 4K

[void wagon]

OHH nice thanks!

[tribal swan]

@snow zinc yo ! I will need help to put this screen in 4K
I would also like to know what are the parameters to do if I want to enter screen in 4k ^^

[foggy hinge]

Hey, magician @snow zinc. Can you try to clear this one up? Thanks

#sc-screenshots message

[foggy hinge]

Thanks, Mastah.

@void wagon

[void wagon]

thx!

[snow zinc]

What you mean? Did you download cupscale?

[wet yew]

Anyone know what the best ai network is that’s included with cupscale? I haven’t used it in a while and I don’t feel like downloading and importing models

Right now I’m using Realesrgan with 4x_bsrgan

Also is it better to do 50% resize after upscaling with a 1920 x 1080 image?

[wet yew]

4k

[fierce light]

up-scaled some old ones

[snow zinc]

yes, if you want 4K as final resolution.

[wet yew]

Thanks

[wet yew]

Any chance you can explain what the differences are between each of the models that you sent? I’m clueless

[snow zinc]

You should most here:
https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

[crisp crow]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/248637571284992000/1080670764996505652/image.png?width=1210&height=681

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248637571284992000/1058488975125393488/image.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248637571284992000/1058501835616432158/image.png

[snow zinc]

4K 🙂

[snow zinc]

@worldly basalt 32% more resolution, Antialiasing and Noise reduction via AI.

@worldly basalt 1x denoised and 1x not

@void wagon
4K

@pearl karma 4K 1x denoised and 1x not

[snow zinc]

@dire vale antialiasing and denoised.

[snow zinc]

@worldly basalt denoised

[foggy hinge]

Hey, boss. Could you do your magic on this one? Cheers. @restive onyx

[warm mesa]

Pulled this from elsewhere. Can anyone do the magic?

[foggy hinge]

boss is not around so I'll have a go. Upscaled 4x.

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit tweaked

[snow zinc]

Added Antialiasing to maxpers picture

[wet yew]

All 4k

[snow zinc]

@void wagon
4K

[snow zinc]

@clever junco
upscaled and tweaked.

[snow zinc]

@empty silo 4K

[empty silo]

Yoooooooo this is so cool ty

[snow zinc]

☺️

[clever junco]

Thanks

[snow zinc]

@hearty mountain 4K

@tall bronze 4K

[tall bronze]

1ch0 strikes again lol

[snow zinc]

@woven musk 4K

[woven musk]

ohhhh why thank u

[snow zinc]

@cloud vortex Antialiasing and more resolution

[snow zinc]

@plain osprey
4K

[snow zinc]

@charred locust 4K

@alpine isle 4K

[empty silo]

THE DETAIL

[charred locust]

what processes did you run it through to pull the detail out?

[snow zinc]

I first use the GainRes model and then upscale it in size to higher resolution.
https://github.com/DrPleaseRespect/cupscale/releases

[charred locust]

the source image is captured in 4K (discord just drops the res when uploaded) so looking into the GainRes stuff

[warm mesa]

Matt I didn't reply to this one because I was overcome by events--thank you for the big upscale!

[foggy hinge]

I will never ever, ever, ever forgive you.

[warm mesa]

Never ever, ever, ever forgive the Dev who landed that bitch on Pad 00!

[snow zinc]

@dim spire Antialiasing and 32% more resolution.

[dim spire]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-stoner-guy-opening-door-wtf-gif-9762138

Thank you

[snow zinc]

@dim spire removed the info ^^

[dim spire]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-stop-it-you-gif-5966953

Any time I see a red 1 in "AI-Upscales..." I fangirl

[snow zinc]

@hybrid basin 4K

@woeful forge 4K

@noble juniper 4K

[noble juniper]

ooh thanks

[snow zinc]

@gritty grove antialiasing and tweaked.

[gritty grove]

You legend.

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K

[gritty grove]

Oh shoot. This is a thread I didn't even realize!!

[snow zinc]

I created this thread I think at least 1.5 years ago when I discovered AI Upscaling. 😄

[gritty grove]

You've been busy it seems 😜

[snow zinc]

I upscaled easily over 1000+ pictures. 😄

easily ^^

[gritty grove]

That's wild. I've got an Instagram account that I post screenshots to. And that helps a ton

[snow zinc]

@unkempt ruin 4K

[unkempt ruin]

Oh wow! Thats so cool!

[quaint fable]

And you've been the master of it ever since - should get a special role for it I think

[warm mesa]

PixelMagician

[snow zinc]

@cloud vortex 30% more resolution and Antialiasing.

[snow zinc]

@junior niche higher res

@foggy orbit Antialiasing added

[fathom slate]

hm, I don't understand why images exported from Lightroom look so shit

[quaint fable]

Because Lightroom doesn't export in png :/

[snow zinc]

you have to check what color range you export. Export sRGB. and use tiff 16 bit.

I then convert to PNG or WEbP with Snagit.

[snow zinc]

@quick axle 4K and tweaked a little.

[quick axle]

Beautiful...

[empty silo]

Menacing indeed....

[snow zinc]

@quartz saffron Antialiasing and 32% more resolution.

[snow zinc]

@noble hawk 4K 🙂

@unique root
Antialiasing and 4K

[unique root]

ty

[noble hawk]

woah thanks

[snow zinc]

@quaint fable Antialiasing and 32% more resolution. .. Oh, I see the last picture is now 9K. 😄 Didnt notice it has already such a high resolution. 😄

@arctic swift 4K

@foggy hinge Antialiasing

@safe prairie Antialiasing

[foggy hinge]

Grazie, amigo 😗

[quaint fable]

Yeah I did some experimenting with the resolution lol, couldn't get Cupscale to downscale them so I just left as is. Turns out Lightroom and Photoshop can do something about it so I used those but they still needed some AA,

Thanks 1ch0

[snow zinc]

🍻

[snow zinc]

@proud fulcrum 4K

[snow zinc]

@sweet imp 4K

[snow zinc]

@molten basalt
4K

[molten basalt]

👌

[snow zinc]

@fluid roost 4K and antialiasing.

[snow zinc]

@full pewter Great picture and I love the car. ^^ AMG GT. I love V8s ^^ Denoised it.

[snow zinc]

@olive mauve
4K and removed jpeg artefacts.

[snow zinc]

@foggy hinge denoised version. ^^

[foggy hinge]

Thanks, dude 🙂

[empty silo]

this is a SICK shot @foggy hinge

[foggy hinge]

omnomnom

[snow zinc]

@tender onyx Antialiasing and 4K. Tried some different constellations and AI models.

[tender onyx]

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit wow! Antialiasing added. 🙂

[foggy hinge]

This is crazy good. The colours

[ionic robin]

can you try to fix this one 🙂

[gritty grove]

How'd you get that colour 😍😍

[warm mesa]

I’m looking at images and knowing that there’s some manipulation going on. SC does not have this vibrancy. Not terrible but not representative of “in-engine” visuals.

[woven musk]

Looks cool tho

[quaint fable]

Looks like a completely different thing

Didn't even realise it was sc till Mack pointed it out lol

Super saturated and vibrant

[ionic robin]

@gritty grove used a photo editor to get more colour into the picture

took me some hours to get it into this state with some fail and erros till this came out

i know that its not like what you can see ingame its one of the extremer more colorful picture i have edited

[snow zinc]

@foggy orbit Antialiasing.

[foggy orbit]

Thanks @snow zinc !

[warm mesa]

No big worries or huge objections, it's just that if I were to allow my true feelings to run unreigned I would hard bias against ever entering an edited image into #📷┃screenshots-hof because where do you draw the line? Gamma/Brightness/Contrast manipulation in settings? Injectors? Post processing?

But I try to be chill and not stupid.

Also I am not in any position to decide, I'm just an appreciator.

[foggy hinge]

Challenge accepted.

Beginning with tomorrow I will only post unedited snaps, for the whole week. Reason for that is I might be in the agreement with your implication though I know I am one of the main beneficiaries of the current rules. Having HOF completely vanilla? Sounds too good to be true. Unfortunately, I am no one to have anything to say in this matter.

[warm mesa]

You are a true gentlebeing. I have no doubt that your images will still be at the top of the heap as your composition instincts are super on point.

[foggy hinge]

Thanks, man. I mean, ok...uh, true gentlebeing...that hits the buttons, dude. And thanks for saying that.

[snow zinc]

@tall egret
4K

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond 32% more resolution

[snow zinc]

@foggy hinge Antialiasing

[foggy hinge]

Thanks 🐿️

[uncut zealot]

anyone have a cupscale model that only increases the resolution, I seem to have forgot to save it when I reinstalled windows?

I believe its called 1x or something

[snow zinc]

Its for Antialiasing.

[snow zinc]

I am atm experimenting with Reshade Raytracing.

Its fucking amazing

[uncut zealot]

nice

[snow zinc]

Wanna try it in SC

https://reshade.me/forum/shader-discussion/5450-guide-to-ray-tracing-with-reshade

[uncut zealot]

I need to reinstall ReShade

[quaint fable]

If I'm remembering correctly, the depth buffer for ReShade is disabled for sc because it was used for some cheating/ exploiting

So the rtx wouldn't work with ReShade in sc

But if it does work then I'm going all in lol

[snow zinc]

Well that would suck. Would love to use the RTGI in SC ^^

[snow zinc]

Atomic Heart with Raytraced Global Illumination looks so insane!! 😮 Left Off vs On on the right.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, raytracing completely changes a game

It works wonders with really atmospheric and immersive games like Metro Exodus, the dark sections with just the torch/ lighter are so much more moody and dark

[snow zinc]

I am testing at the moment older games as well like bioshock and dishonored and it changes those games so extremly. 🤯

[quaint fable]

Oh Dishonoured would looks amazing

[snow zinc]

https://youtu.be/vSTB9ZfsJT8

And it does

I just tested it. Its crazy.

[quaint fable]

Ooo

That's hot

I'm so glad it removed that yellow tone and bought some warmer lighting in

Looks amazing

I know baked reflections are probably staying mainstream but raytraced lighting just does wonders to a game

[foggy hinge]

1

[quaint fable]

Can change the look completely

[foggy hinge]

Fuck my keyboard, I was just cleaning it.

anyway, I need to try this raytrace thingy

[quaint fable]

It's here ^

[foggy hinge]

Thanks, Tobias 🙂

[quaint fable]

I wonder if vr titles support ReShade

[foggy hinge]

I'm pretty sure it should work with VR, unless there is an extra step in the rendering that Reshade can't get access to.

[quaint fable]

Be interesting to try out if I get the chance

There are some global illumination shaders for sc but they can be a bit iffy in some cases

[foggy hinge]

global illumination is truly horrible at times

[quaint fable]

Yeah i've had some really bad flickering sometimes, or weird contrast/ brightness random dimming/ brightening if I change the camera angle slightly

[snow zinc]

I honestly cant play anymore without RTGI. ^^ 😅

[warm mesa]

You get it working in SC?

I assume not because there would be a disturbance in the force.

[snow zinc]

I didnt try. SC is not installed.

[foggy hinge]

I will give it a go, have 3 separate installations so if anything goes wrong... leftovers of PTU and EPTU

it would be great if it was compatible with SC.

[snow zinc]

It would be fantastic. 😮

[quaint fable]

I think anything using RT for ReShade needs access to the Depth Buffer, which is fine for sp games but it's usually disabled for mp games because it can be used for cheating/ exploits

Used to be available for sc but has since been disabled

If you can find one that does work then god please gimme lol

[snow zinc]

Stupid cheaters.

Gotta ruin everything.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, it's a pain

There would be so much more we could do with reshade but eh

Stuck with what we have

But it's better than just the base game, I forget how washed out some of the colours are when I turn my shaders off

[snow zinc]

Yeah, I will use reshade, too, when I some day install the game again.

Seen the video?
https://youtu.be/ywdml1ReWR8 Star Citizen is already outdated, if it ever comes out. 😄

[quaint fable]

Oh yeah, i've seen the video

UE5 raising the bar like no other

The Lumen engine for lighting is ridiculous

It's also considerably more optimised than UE4, can't wait to see more indie studios really shine once they get used to it

[snow zinc]

I want better lighting in games. I cant play anymore without. ^^

Best example is still Metro Exodus.

[quaint fable]

Exodus is gorgeous

I've been playing through it slowly

[snow zinc]

And the enhanced edition is completely raytraced. You cant start the game without a RT capable card.

[foggy hinge]

Same with Portal RTX. You couldn't start it without a card from the series.

it's, reportedly, a full-on RT benchmark, with all of the options switched on and visually implemented.

[quaint fable]

I've played both and they are something else

The pure visual fidelity is absurd

Goes to show how important lighting is

Well, the improved textures don't hurt either lol

[foggy hinge]

I was quite surprised with the poor performance. I mean, I wasn't disappointed, just didn't expect RT technology to be that resource-consuming.

[quaint fable]

Done some experimenting with the pathtracing options in CP for the photomode, suffice to say - me likey

[quaint fable]

I don't think I had many issues with either, played PortalRTX pre pc upgrade with a 2070 and everything ramped to max and I think I was okay

Playing Exodus now and i've only had a rare one or two instances of the textures disappearing and only showing as black

[foggy hinge]

okay, so I can only blame my aging CPU cause otherwise I have no clue if the resolution impact is so great.

[quaint fable]

I can test it again on my new setup, see if i'm remembering correctly

But i'm pretty sure Portal was fine

[foggy hinge]

I mean, it was 30-45 fps fine 😄

[quaint fable]

Yeah, that's perfectly playable lol

[foggy hinge]

I was just selfishly like meeh gimme more framez

[quaint fable]

All for the sake of pretty graphics go brrr

[foggy hinge]

moooreee

yes

same reason why I try to play SC in 7K

[quaint fable]

Oh god

[foggy hinge]

rest assured, am just messing with it

but the potential... oof

[quaint fable]

It's better than me trying - trying - to play in something absurd like 12k+

I can't even remember what res I forced my poor pc to go up to

[foggy hinge]

What monitor do you have?

[quaint fable]

3440x1440

[foggy hinge]

then how come you can set the resolution to 12k?

[quaint fable]

Wasn't native support lol

Brute forced it

Didn't like that at all

[foggy hinge]

okay. Tell me your secrets cause hell I want to know how to bypass DP/HDMI limitas

pwease

what brand is your monitor?

was it Dell?

[quaint fable]

It was the same process as adding custom DSR resolutions

I just did bigger numbers till it seemed ambitious enough

[foggy hinge]

oh, so we're talking DSR setting in nvidia panel, not the physical outputted resolution on display?

[quaint fable]

I'm not sure about the physical output, probably maxed it in the process anyway

[foggy hinge]

I mean, I am really egoistically asking cause if there is a way to tune up signal over DP or HDMI to the point where you can put 12k in at least 60hz on a display like yours or mine - I want to know it

gholum

[quaint fable]

I think I tried something absolutely absurd like 20640x8640

[foggy hinge]

I mean, the specification of the port and the cable says otherwise

okay

so it was DSR

AI upscale

and then downscale back to the native

[quaint fable]

Yeah, it either maxed the display or something because I was getting 5fps in the menu lol

No, the native display was also increased but I can't tell by how much

[foggy hinge]

okay, I will try that one

[quaint fable]

Definitely wasn't 1440

[foggy hinge]

well, your native resolution doesn't change.

[quaint fable]

I decided against trying to play because the main menu was struggling lol

[foggy hinge]

lol

it looked crisp

like ice flakes

or snow flakes?

[quaint fable]

True, but felt larger than 1440 at least

[foggy hinge]

yeah, the second one

SC looks even better in ultra resolution

you agree?

[quaint fable]

SC can only look better as you increase the res

[foggy hinge]

it's fucking mind-boggling, Tobias. You see the sharpness of the image and you imagine it runs 60 fps and it fucks you up 😄

[quaint fable]

The finer details in the armour, ship mechanics, intricacies of the gun design all shine

[foggy hinge]

yup, only then you begin to see the masterpiece the visuals in SC are.

[quaint fable]

It's glorious

[foggy hinge]

😄

[quaint fable]

I wish the camera had some more fine controls so we have more options for things like micro photography

[foggy hinge]

the textures, even where you wouldn't expect them to are just trololol

did I tell you about the trick with Tobii?

I just want to make sure.

cause this shit is a game changer when it comes to the camera, man.

[quaint fable]

You told me you used it for the vertical shots but that's about it I think

[foggy hinge]

you can even clip through the surfaces normally completely off limits to the eye of the camera.

all with the head movement

[quaint fable]

I can see it being done

Just not sure how I would apply it

[foggy hinge]

all I am doubting is whether to get hotas or not? When I played ED for years I was this close to buy Logitech x52? I'm not sure I could move away from the KB and a mouse.

[quaint fable]

Dew it

If you like immersion/ being cool, definitely worth grabbing one

[foggy hinge]

wait, we need to separate two things first.

[quaint fable]

Also you can get real smooth with the ship for some nice landings

[foggy hinge]

I like immersion but I can't be cool.

I'm too much of a drama queen 😄

man, gen12 performance?

[quaint fable]

Immersion trumps cool anyway

[foggy hinge]

it's crazy

[quaint fable]

And it'll only get better

[foggy hinge]

omfg

[quaint fable]

To the point where we'll have vr integration

[foggy hinge]

I noe I noe you VR junkie

how is it?

What about the quality of the image in VR?

[quaint fable]

Well, that's the hope anyway lol, Vulkan and VR in another 10 years

Not necessarily quality of image but quality of gameplay and immersion

[foggy hinge]

I'm scared I would kill myself hitting something

I can be quite immersible

if that's a word

[quaint fable]

What you see will be limited by the HMD but the actual res could potentially be up to 4k, possibly more

[quaint fable]

Vr tends to be pretty robust for that exact reason

[foggy hinge]

it's pweety expenshivv

[quaint fable]

The Quest 2 is a good entry level one

[foggy hinge]

it's shtil expenshivv

[quaint fable]

I've heard the Pico one is also around the same pricetag

It's so fucking cool though

[foggy hinge]

it's expensive when you have so many different things to spend your money on 😄

[quaint fable]

Is it expensive in comparison to your fleet lol?

[foggy hinge]

my fleet?

Man, I spent not 500 quid yet. Planning to spend more as the performance gets better.

I also buy trains and it's fucking expenshivv, too.

[quaint fable]

Fair enough, I respect that you don't impulsively buy ships lol

[foggy hinge]

I don't

I could

[snow zinc]

Yeah runnign the game at 4K was a gamechanger.

[foggy hinge]

but never have

[snow zinc]

All teh Huds and stuff gets sharper.

[foggy hinge]

I'm scared buying too many ships would make the game sort of pointless

[quaint fable]

Yeah the hud gets real nice

[foggy hinge]

in a very important way

[quaint fable]

For me the game kinda is, at the moment anyway

[foggy hinge]

I just appreciate the grind.

[warm mesa]

SC at 4K is very nice.

[foggy hinge]

I'm used to grind, from ED 😄

[quaint fable]

We have different gameloops, sure, but at the end of the day we're testing a game in alpha and nothing is permanent

[foggy hinge]

there was no bloody option to bypass that shit, unless someone was throwing void opals at you

[quaint fable]

That's the exact reason I stopped playing ED lol, that and it was getting samey and the Odyssey expansion was lacklustre

[foggy hinge]

that's another reason I didn't spend too much money on my fleet

as much as I love the contributors I just don't see myself playing for a ship that's years into the future

or got... hmm, "shelved"

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I play other games. Last Of Us, Atomic Heart and in a few days Jedi Survivor and then redfall.. Sooo many good games ^^

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paying*

Agree, 1ch0

my drive is exploding with freaking games xD

I still play RDR2

and JustCause4

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I've got Survivor preloaded, but I have to go home the day before it releases because I have to house and dogsit 😭

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love it.

dogsitting

I'm jelly of that.

I miss my dog.

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Rare to find someone who enjoys the recent JC games

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I fell in love playing 2nd one

3rd was a dream.

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They'll always be with us, can't ever forget them

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4th is... a good end series.

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A good way to put it

The gear challenges in 3 were a bit shitty though

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I literally finished playing that now.

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Wish there was a better progression

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well

it was always more of an action game

plot shallow enough to keep you motivated

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Yeah

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but the visuals...

zomg

the explosions

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The water in 3... 👌

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how you can chain stuff with your grappling hook

yes!

the water

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4 one upped it with the weather though

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I bought all the shit to 4

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Even if the water lacked a bit

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Firstly I got that battle mech

I just had to have it

then I got something else... last time I just got it all thinking I want to have the whole list of deliverables

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I played through it back on the ps4, same with 3 and played 2 on a shitty laptop. Bought both 3 and 4 again for pc when they went on sale for like 3 quid each

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Great games, great times, Tobias.

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JC2MP was the shit though

I don't care how good JC3 was

I would be on there for hours

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I luckily never tried it.

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No, it's the shit in the best way

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I would be on for weeks

I play way too much 😄

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So many core memories were created with the factions

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yes

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Always competing for the best bases lol

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omg, I remember how emotional I was about the plot in 2

when you first get to ride a tank

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MY NAME IS BOLO SANTOSI

Oh god the memories

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I admit one thing is better in 3 than it is in 4 and it's the overall epicness of the... action?

how the vehicles explode when you blow them up

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Yeah 3 was really well scaled

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the grappling hook is not that smooth and fast

you have to think ahead

parachute in 4 is just a joke of physics

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4 was kinda underscaled because the weather weapons outdid everything else in scale

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xD

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The parachutes always were a mockery of physics

The rocket parachute remains supreme

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yeah, but you can mount a big ass cannon situated on a train

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True

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and blow the tracks behind it 😄

since they respawn every minute or so

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Rebels work hard to clean up after Rico's endless destruction

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red dead redemption 2?

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Naturally

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oof

I bought meself IXION few weeks ago

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I've debated it for a while

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I always wanted classic Anno in space

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City builders I find hard to enjoy

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it's brilliant

it's super fucking annoying

one false move and you're done

but if you find that sweet spot

man

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Yeah, I find some city builders can be broken with the correct buildings/ perks/ unlocks and then you're set

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I'm eagerly waiting for Cities Skylines 2

man, I've been waiting 8 years

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Skylines I found to be alright

I've actually been playing Pocket City 2 on my phone

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me too 😄

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It's like Skylines lite

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hahah

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Lol