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[clever badger]

so i met few psy dogs and chimeras with poltergeist in x19

imagine invinctus run without knowing about this ambush

[bright peak]

You hit the nest, grats

Real nightmare material

[clever badger]

6 psy dogs 5 chimeras 4 ghouls 3 fractures and more than few poltergeist still wandering around

[bright peak]

And you survived, first try?

[quasi orchid]

that barrel must've been burning

[clever badger]

nope died at least 5 times

[bright peak]

[clever badger]

4 times got rushed by all psy dogs with chimeras so even if they did almost no dmg at start they quickly tore my armor apart and killed me

and once i killed myself with poltergeist throwing nade back at me

also i went further in and found a crap ton of mutants that killed each other give me a minute to count xD

[bright peak]

[clever badger]

nvm too many different to count

so about 5 flesh and dogs 2-3 more psy dogs 4 blood suckers 1 psy sucker 2 controlers about 5 burrers 6 poltergeist about 10 snorks some more zeds

pretty much each room with a bunch of mutant corpses

then i came in lab i thought why its so laggy

[runic crow]

Snorks

[clever badger]

now i see why

this reminded me of then i played op 2.1 and with its crazy mutant packed labs

[quasi orchid]

butcher is gonna be broke once you bring that shit back

[clever badger]

laughs after seeing nothing useful pop up on half or more of mutants

[quasi orchid]

what else

[agile narwhal]

Jesus, thanks for the heads up xd

[sudden kraken]

I haven't I'm relatively new

[jovial cedar]

Also work well with vanilla

[jovial cedar]

@runic stag What do you use between Volumetric, Screen Space & Both ?

[runic stag]

you can use both?

oh yeah

you can

[jovial cedar]

Always has been xD

[runic stag]

no I just use screenspace

[jovial cedar]

I do use both

And made my reshade tweaks around it

[runic stag]

I'll probably turn that on if it doesn't affect performance much

also gotta change my lumscale settings to yours still

[jovial cedar]

Well, your screens were great already xD

[runic stag]

ty 😻

but I wanna give them a shot anyways

I'm never content with anything

also idk if its your graphics setup or recent updates made by grok but this shit be runnin buttery smooth @ decently high FPS

even with pretty high grass settings + shadows

[jovial cedar]

I think the new exes have brought perfomances indeed

[jovial cedar]

Works with Autumn settings as well

[quasi orchid]

seeing these makes me rly miss the leaves/foliage

[runic stag]

join ussssssss....

your eyes will thank you.....

[quasi orchid]

I will complete my current run as intended, it's gonna be slow due to work and me streaming that shit but oh well. after that, i'll surely swap back to foliage and I will pester you all for good shader settings as I am inept to get them right myself

[runic stag]

@jovial cedar do you have an issue where everything that can be shiny is shiny?

I think my SSS might be bugged or something

[jovial cedar]

Do you have a screen ?

[runic stag]

cause all roads, cars, tanks, etc. are super shiny

one sec I have a vid

[jovial cedar]

Give me the location as well from your vid

[quasi orchid]

had that too a while back, ugly af

[jovial cedar]

Foliage is life

[runic stag]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/920013807479296042/999486894792523786/Anomaly_2022.07.20_-_21.23.32.03.mp4

[jovial cedar]

Tired of dead zone, dead ground, dead mood ?

Welcome to the new seasons xD

[runic stag]

look at the road and the truck

this is just down the road from freedom base in army warehouses

[jovial cedar]

I'm going to check it out

[runic stag]

but its not just there

every road and car, helicopter, tank, etc. is super shiny

[jovial cedar]

So, checking truck cemetary as well ?

[runic stag]

I haven't been there personally

[jovial cedar]

Can you ?

I'm curious to see

[runic stag]

I'm at work

[jovial cedar]

Oof

Good luck x)

I'll check and report

[runic stag]

🤝

[quasi orchid]

shiney metal

[jovial cedar]

Yeah

I was highlighting the issue here

That Apollo brought

[runic crow]

Nice skin bro

Silver T72

[runic stag]

okay so it isn't just me

wonder if it has something to do with golden autumn

but tbh I don't mind it, the shiny roads and cars look good imo

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, that's the current issue with GAMMA's actual update

xD

At least, we can say it's... polished

[runic stag]

yeah the rubber tank treads were shined up real nice

[quasi orchid]

does it get worse on f.i. low angle light in the evening/morning? so it reflects super strongly?

[runic stag]

no it's about the same afaik

[quasi orchid]

then its not that bad i guess. I just remember way back when I tried shaders i also had this shiney shit happening and in some weathers and those times EVERYTHING reflected - it was bad. as i said, I'm inept when it comes to shader

[runic stag]

Well the shaders that we use in our setups come pre-installed with gamma

[quasi orchid]

Oh I'm aware, iirc i used reshade back then but only achieved 1 good setting for one maybe 2 weathers and the rest was bad. the balance is so important

I'll come back once i've done this playthrough

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

It's noticeable on the ground as well

[jovial cedar]

• Majestic x)

[runic stag]

well I wouldn't consider those shaders persay

[quasi orchid]

Majestic is weather, right?

[runic stag]

well yes but no, we just use the reshade files/effects from it

[jovial cedar]

Currently using them xD

On top of GAMMA's

[runic stag]

using what

[jovial cedar]

"Those shaders"

[runic stag]

no like

y'know what nevermind

[jovial cedar]

But, but... no

[runic stag]

'Shaders' as in ES or SSS, I wouldn't consider majestic's reshade files as 'shaders'

[jovial cedar]

Oh

Effects would be more appropriate

I suppose

[runic stag]

[quasi orchid]

that makes sense

[clever badger]

everyone got scared of emission or did they?

[lost moon]

He says as he's robbing Barman, an honest worker of Rostok.

[runic crow]

Quick, grab the bartender vodka bottle

[clever badger]

already did!

and i may have miss click and press g

[clever badger]

so i dropped some camelbacks and some plate

[clever badger]

finally made myself a base

just few hours of sorting stuff to sell dump or drag here

[runic stag]

if you turn collision off you can fit gun cases in those openable shelves pretty nicely

[west palm]

is flying boars a new type of mutant in GAMMA? lmao

[jovial cedar]

@runic stag A present for you

Try it and tell me what you think ^^

(PS: That's your reshade, the version you gave me, slightly edited)

[runic stag]

ooh I'll have to try it

I've made some of my own change as well, I disabled DPX and changed the LUT to Cinematic 02

Looks a lot like yours but a little more cinematic and orangey

[jovial cedar]

Well, I kept all your effects in fact x)

I'm currently working on updating the reshade. Well, was, it's depressing, no matter what you try, one thing will look good, the other will look like shit

[fair perch]

Omg I can't believe it a Empty

[lost moon]

Gonna be yours pretty soon

This gun is a monstrosity, but it has everything I wanted on one. ❤️

[jovial cedar]

For some reason, even with G.A.M.M.A. Weathers, the game sometimes (more often than fucking not) start oversaturated, it's like a gamble everytime I start a game. Also have since two days that stupid discord error when loading the game in full screen because why not all of the sudden, forced back to desktop to then click the game again, every damn time I want to play. I'm so done at this point, even ditched the weathers and all, just tired of playing right now, fuck reshade, fuck weathers & fuck this damn engine

[runic stag]

[hybrid summit]

Never heard my man Eden so done with life

Coming from him it means shit's serious

[runic stag]

yeah, poor dude 😔

[torpid mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/espartaco-jefedequipo-hit-smash-goomba-gif-17791461

[nocturne geode]

Hey Apollo, is this still GAR?

looking good

[runic stag]

yes indeed

[torpid mauve]

I thought It was DEE

[waxen harbor]

lol

[desert sphinx]

A new anomaly discovered while tractor riding

[waxen harbor]

xD

[quasi oak]

I feel you, I understand the tiredness. You've done great work so far. Just come back when the time is right. 💚

[jovial cedar]

Thank you, had a bit of a burnout yesterday, like an ever increasing frustration, as well as lacking sleep lately, I'll probably take a day or two then resume work squarely on the LTTZ addon

[finite spear]

Collected all the cloth because crafting symbols, now getting rid of the ones I can't sell after upgrading my backpack. I like big piles and I cannot lie

[full skiff]

[quasi oak]

That must be one heavy sausage if his fellow stalker is holding onto him for balance

'Comfort food'

[random flame]

Spooky Red Forest

[languid sedge]

him

[waxen harbor]

I bugged the game again and fell off the map

xD

[civic comet]

friendship

[stoic sable]

IEDs are lifesavers when im standing at my workshop for a while

[jovial cedar]

@runic stag did it work ? The one file I gave you ?

[bright peak]

You aren't saving lives, you are taking them

[jovial cedar]

At this point, their lives have been taken away from them already

[runic stag]

if you're talking about the reshade then yeah it works, looks good 👍

[jovial cedar]

I mean, yours x)

The one I edited for your orange not to be on the menu x)

[runic stag]

yes

that's what im talking about

🙂

[hybrid summit]

And @runic stag just to be sure

I just need to use this, right? No need to disable stuff or anything

[jovial cedar]

@hybrid summit Not yet

It's still being investigated and polished

Because it has a saturation issue that is not part of reshade for some reason

[hybrid summit]

So don't use it

Rip

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

I'm currently reinstalling GAMMA to make sure I can do a proper one

I mean, you are free to use it, but be prepared for any eventual issue

[jovial cedar]

Actually, do you know how to effectively use Dynamic Tonemap in MCM ?

[hybrid summit]

Nope, I always believed that stuff doesn't work

Because no matter what I click, I don't see any difference

[jovial cedar]

I want to make the rainy weather less dark, but this addon blocks my edits

[runic stag]

turn it off

[jovial cedar]

Because right now, the default with my reshade is that thing shitting on my rainy weathers

[runic stag]

it makes everything too blue anyways

personally i dont like it so i dont use it

[jovial cedar]

And your weather still feels dynamic ?

Like you disabled it and you don't see much issues ?

[runic stag]

yeah i enjoy it quite a bit

everything looks nice

except maybe the nights but not much you can do about that

[jovial cedar]

@runic stag With my reshade ? Or the one edited I gave of yours ?

[jovial cedar]

Maybe I should report this potential issue to Grok ?

I mean, if it doesn't work, no need to keep it

[hybrid summit]

Maybe it's me being me like my eyes doesn't work, I don't know exactly what changes what, so it could be that as well + I use extra stuff that doesn't even touch graphics

[jovial cedar]

To be honest I tried as well, and it changed nothing

And I need something to actually work for some too dark weathers

If I manage to, the reshade will work everywhere and beautifully

I kinda have gotten more experienced with this now x)

[hybrid summit]

I'll check if I find any differences

[jovial cedar]

Thank you, that will help a lot

Done, I reported that scam

[lost moon]

don't your weather edits stem from michiko's weather revamp?

[jovial cedar]

Nope, I actually don't use these

[lost moon]

ok nvm

[jovial cedar]

Mine comes from Autumn Season Redux

[lost moon]

ah ok nvm

[jovial cedar]

Now that I reinstalled GAMMA, back to work I guess x)

[lost moon]

cause i know michiko and majestic hate the dynamic tonemap mod

i keep that shit off cause it fucks with the hemi on my end

makes things blue during clear dusk and too dark during rain

[jovial cedar]

Well, I'm actually starting to hate it too x)

It destroys any edit I do to rains

But that an absolute crucial thing you just said

So thank you very much

I wasn't aware of that fact

💙

[lost moon]

i know you can change it's min/max variation, but i find it easier if the values are static

[jovial cedar]

Do you turn it off in MCM or disable it in MO2 ?

[lost moon]

oh i do it through the mcm

[jovial cedar]

Alright, I'm going to check this but that may be the very thing I needed to know to upgrade my reshade

[jovial cedar]

I did it guys

I created an even better reshade that's basically putting my old one to shame

[jovial cedar]

You, please marry me for that fantastic idea

[jovial cedar]

Same for you, please marry me

[lost moon]

haha no problem

[jovial cedar]

I just need to compile it into a package now

@runic stag You are also part of the team, so many thanks to you man

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

I needed to reach my limit yesterday, I bleeded, suffered, and I came back stronger than ever, and I am here today, to present you the new package

The requirements have changed a bit

First of all, disabling that damn dynamic tonemap

Secondly, use volumetric instead of screen space

Thirdly, I ditched Autumn Weathers, you can erase this thing or keep it somewhere I guess it's nice at best

You can even take the luxury to leave GAMMA Weather activated

Since it will be overwritten by Golden Autumn Redux Weathers

@hybrid summit Here is a surprise for you, can you spot the difference with the original ?

[cunning bison]

backpack?

i cant see amything different

anything*

[jovial cedar]

Oh, it's base GAMMA now xD

The backpack

To be fair, there is a slight difference of tone with the original, barely noticeable

[hybrid summit]

An italian and a french, a marriage made in Hell since Italy despise France for I don't know what reason (bidet it's one good reason )

[lost moon]

I can think of a couple

[jovial cedar]

Well, I'm going to do far more than that anyway, but no bidet is a crime indeed

[hybrid summit]

My man troubleshooting spoiled the answer but it's clearly the backpack

[hybrid summit]

Waiting for the MEGA download

[jovial cedar]

I'm just preparing a couple screenshots before doing so

But so far I've tested almost every weather

@hybrid summit Do I need to put my game shader cache in it ?

[runic stag]

no

[jovial cedar]

Here is rain1, the darkest of rainy weathers, at 6AM, luminosity will always be at the worse here

[hybrid summit]

Why you're asking me, you're the modder

[jovial cedar]

You're a moderator, you're suppose to know everything

[hybrid summit]

#╭📖faq is basically my home but when it comes to graphics I don't know anything

[hybrid summit]

• my man Apollo answered

[jovial cedar]

So yeah, disabling Dynamic Tonemap actually helped as you can see

Otherwise you would all see a black screen above

[runic stag]

yeah i turned off dynamic tonemapping like day 1 and never looked back

[jovial cedar]

Here is the same weather but with Dynamic Tonemap, a shot I took a few days ago

All I see is black & white

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

Taken at 1am, Clear 1 & Clear 3

[gritty crest]

damn thats gorgeous.

[jovial cedar]

Thank you ^^

[gritty crest]

I swear this engine can bring out the most amazing vistas one second and then the ugliest damn images 5 minutes later

[jovial cedar]

Here, I have checked everywhere

Day, Night, Sun, Rain, Fog, Storm, it's all good

A thing my previous reshade attempt failed at

And it doesn't even change much the main menu

[hybrid summit]

Finally a night that isn't pitch black

[gritty crest]

oooh do you mind sharing

[jovial cedar]

I'm preparing a package right now

Just taking some screens

Just so you know, I'm using the full Golden Autumn Redux (except animated menu of course)

And the package is even lighter than the previous one

No need for majestic no more

[runic stag]

you changed from both screenspace and volumetric to just volumetric?

[jovial cedar]

Yup

If you change to both, you get blinded

Allow me to demonstrate

[gritty crest]

I especially like the fogs you and Apollo get, perfect stalker atmosphere

[jovial cedar]

So stick to damn volumetric ^^

Apollo is a master of work to be fair x)

[hybrid summit]

@jovial cedar please be sure to write down what I need to download and what I need to disable

[runic stag]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blinded-flash-screaming-gif-21505041

[jovial cedar]

Basically, you only need Golden Autumn Redux (well you can try actual GAMMA setting, I have not tested yet, should be good too)

And disable Simple Autumn, Gardener & Grulag Dead Bushes

That's it

Actually, I haven't tried

But you may not need to disable anything

Just load Golden Autumn last and it should be just fine

I put my user ltx in it, but renamed the appdata so it doesn't overwrite anything

I don't even need MEGA

#╟📸screenshots message Putting this as well, for further instructions

Please keep in mind that the gamma of the screen will temporary go up when a pda message shows up, to reduce that effect, I suggest putting in your settings the duration of the messages to 5 seconds instead of 10

[runic stag]

is that because of lumafade

[jovial cedar]

It's ready for you to see

You know a fix Apollo ?

[runic stag]

nah

[jovial cedar]

xD

Well, it's a necessary pain

[runic stag]

but when i tried your reshade I noticed you had lumafade for the UI

[jovial cedar]

I cannot change any setting much

[runic stag]

i can see how lumafade is beneficial but during certain weather and lighting conditions it'll outright disable all reshade effects

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, that's the entire point this time

It's using effects for bright weathers

And exclude them for others

This way I achieved balancing all without compromising one weather

[runic stag]

smort

[jovial cedar]

@hybrid summit Ready & delivered to you just above ^^

[jovial cedar]

That's also how I fixed you DPX effect on the main menu

And why my menu looks so close to the original menu

If I change something to Luma Fade, the menu will be a mess of contrast & brightness

[runic stag]

dpx wasnt the issue, well not the biggest issue

it was the LUT

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, but to be fair, my edit of your reshade wasn't good either

Because rainy weathers were still too dark

Here is the difference when a message pop up

[runic stag]

oof

that'll be annoying

[jovial cedar]

That's why 5 seconds is the best I can do

I know how to fix that, but the bloom effect would become inexistent

And it's needed to wrap all the things together

[runic stag]

turn off pda notifcations all together

[jovial cedar]

Some people like the news feed xD

To be fair I'm not bothered much, but I would have loved a custom time like 2-3 secondes

I may have a solution

[hybrid summit]

Literally unplayable

[hybrid summit]

[jovial cedar]

Well, more like, reducing the thing more

Changing this value to 2-3 should be better

So it will be less bothering

I put 2.5, time to test it

[runic stag]

lol

[quasi oak]

you guys grinding out here! real stalkers

[runic stag]

turn on storm2, wait about a minute, does this happen to you? @jovial cedar

[jovial cedar]

You can't use debug to put storm

Otherwise you get blinded

[runic stag]

ah ok

why is that?

[jovial cedar]

It has been a mystery since the birth of Anomaly

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

A theory says that it basically register a lightning over and over

So they just keep stacking

Hence that flash effect that will stay

[runic stag]

❤️‍🔥

[gritty crest]

hot damn

[jovial cedar]

Foggy ?

[runic stag]

that's partly1

[jovial cedar]

Yup, even without reshades, this weather is quite orange

[runic stag]

clear2

oh yeah this is with the LUT on btw

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, I was about to stay you scared the hell out of me x)

[hybrid summit]

@jovial cedar do I have the green light? Can I grab it?

[jovial cedar]

I mean, here is mine

[jovial cedar]

Well, if you don't mind the pda messages, sure thing

I don't think I can fix it

But if it annoys you, just go in reshade

And disable magic bloom

Done

[hybrid summit]

Ah so we have a fix

What a Chad

[jovial cedar]

Well, more like a sacrifice

[lost moon]

pretty much

[jovial cedar]

But I'll put in just in case x)

[runic stag]

[jovial cedar]

It does not make an extreme difference

To have it enabled

I'm going to show you

With & Without

[hybrid summit]

Without is literally unplayable

I can't recover from this

[jovial cedar]

[hybrid summit]

[cunning bison]

@jovial cedar can i have that apollo preset too?

[jovial cedar]

But yeah, you can grab it

[hybrid summit]

I'm looking at them on my phone and they are literally the same

[jovial cedar]

Well, you best bet is to ask the man himself @runic stag

[jovial cedar]

You'd have to look in game to spot it

It a tiny bit darker

[lost moon]

bottom is a little darker cause of the lack of soft lighting on the trees, road, etc.

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, he said it better x)

[runic stag]

with filmicpass enabled kind of a vibe

[hybrid summit]

Ah I (still can't) see it now, literally unplayable 0/10 you opened my eyes

[jovial cedar]

Apollo be adapting it to his taste

[lost moon]

tbh you can substitute it by increasing the sun_shafts_value slightly

it adds more soft lighting/bloom effect during the daytime just the same really

[jovial cedar]

Well, any "fix" is welcome x)

I'm gonna try that

Well, I don't know how to do that right x)

[runic stag]

filmic pass ruins it while looking at the sun

one timer for a screenshot

[jovial cedar]

Try the other one

[runic stag]

probably gonna keep the Cinematic 02 LUT on tho

[lost moon]

open console, r2_sunshafts_value

[runic stag]

just deepens the colours a little

[jovial cedar]

You can use your old cinematic 16

[runic stag]

nah

too much

too orange

[jovial cedar]

Just put it between Luma fades

[runic stag]

i did

[jovial cedar]

Ah xD

DPX maybe ?

[runic stag]

using cinematic 02 now

dpx is poop

[jovial cedar]

Gonna try

Didn't change much for me

I can't see the difference

[lost moon]

it's gotta be sunny lol

[jovial cedar]

It was x)

I'm gonna take three screens

One with bloom, one without, and one with sun shafts value upped

[lost moon]

hmm... do you have sunshafts_min at 0? try actually turning it up

it increases light rays, or 'god rays', intensity though so you gotta do it slightly

[jovial cedar]

The issue with doing that is the moon afterward

So yeah, if I turn it up, it will definitely shows something, but the moon suffers from it even at 0.05

[lost moon]

ah

see the main intensity wont work if the min is @ 0

[jovial cedar]

I'll try using some values to show

[lost moon]

keep in mind you can make it smaller than 0.05

like you can make more fine tuning adjustments for that specifically via console

[jovial cedar]

Actually that did work, but didn't

@hybrid summit bad news, magic bloom responsible, any "fix" would just destroy a major effect called Shadow Midtones

The only fix possible would be to disable that effect when a news pop up, and I don't know how to do so

[jovial cedar]

When I did that, it didn't change the issue, just a different culprit in the end

[lost moon]

well damn nvm then

[hybrid summit]

[jovial cedar]

Maybe Grok would know

It is perfectly playable, but I can understand the annoyance

[hybrid summit]

You basically have news every two seconds, having the screen go on and off isn't really great to see

[jovial cedar]

Well, I'm looking for a fix really

But I don't know why the game puts some kind of overlay when a news arrive

[runic stag]

using my reshade btw

[lost moon]

oh cloudy looks nice

[jovial cedar]

Good news is, I know the culprit

[jovial cedar]

What did you add Apollo ?

[jovial cedar]

Bad news is, the damage is big

If I remove it

@hybrid summit

[hybrid summit]

50 fps in fucking Dark Valley

Can someone go there and let me know if you have this kind of FPS as well?

I'm seriously considering of deleting everything

[jovial cedar]

Tell me you didn't copy my user ltx ? I have a beefy computer so...

[jovial cedar]

What's your average ?

[runic stag]

i think i've perfected my vision with my reshade (until tomorrow probably)

[jovial cedar]

And without reshade ?

[hybrid summit]

No I'm not using your stuff, yet

I'm just playing the game

[jovial cedar]

Oof

[hybrid summit]

I used that stuff in #╭📖faq

[jovial cedar]

#old-framerate-optimisation

[hybrid summit]

Yeah with a fucking 3070

[jovial cedar]

I have a 3060ti

I'll go check dark valley

Depends but at worse I'm at 53fps

Which is not big deal for me

[runic stag]

love when my mouse stops working in the reshade overlay

[jovial cedar]

It does that to me as well

I just shake it a bit

[jovial cedar]

Currently working on a fix

For the reshade

[hybrid summit]

Speaking of that, you two should move the discussion to #╟🎑reshades

[jovial cedar]

Without PDA message

With PDA message

[red spoke]

i have no idea to have those clean tree and grass

i tried to turn on max smaa but it's not working

[jovial cedar]

I'll release the fixed reshade soon

Basically available for anyone afterward

But the grass is because I'm using grass shadows

[red spoke]

invisible fps killer

[red spoke]

nc

[jovial cedar]

I have steady fps right now

What truly kills grass is grass density

[red spoke]

ik

but i thought grass kill fps too

[hybrid summit]

Yes

It does

The distance visual kills fps

[jovial cedar]

Nice shot 💙

[brave sedge]

Hey thanks! Took it while I was recording today.

[jovial cedar]

Has a nice autumn grass feel ^^

[brave sedge]

Yeah I like it, pretty much default settings. Had to run from an army of zombies tho lol.

[jovial cedar]

Well, some repack can be nice to give another feel x)

Totally not promoting my autumn repack or Golden Autumn here

[brave sedge]

Haha, i`ll look into it once I get use to the game, I could show it off in my videos if you want.

[jovial cedar]

Haha no need really, I'm working on a reshade for the moment

[brave sedge]

I`m sure it would look amazing. I am new to gamma so im not touching much lol. I wouldn't mind looking into Autumn or winter set up

[jovial cedar]

Well, if you want, I'm currently packaging it so I can ping you when it's ready

[brave sedge]

Sure!

[smoky trellis]

Cursed

[civic comet]

This proves Sid is an anomaly

[desert sphinx]

"You know Stalker, we traders can see eeeveryyythiiiiiiing..."

[gleaming siren]

Golden Autumns kinda nice

[jovial cedar]

You're using Apollo's reshade ?

[gleaming siren]

no

my own

[jovial cedar]

Well, looks great

[gleaming siren]

thanks

[jovial cedar]

Definitely

I'm almost done updating mine

[jovial cedar]

Looks like you find a great balance

[heady perch]

IMO the game looks better with classic textures, trees and foliage

[brave sedge]

Very nice, fellow stalker!

[mystic stag]

''Yes, i raided the military outpost''

[brave sedge]

I know a friend who could use some uhhh...umm...extra fire power, hehe.

@mystic stag I'm new to Gamma so all my loot is unlucky stalkers on the road lol. Playing as bandit and I guess there is no gun dealer in dark valley.

[mystic stag]

You might want to read the FAQ, there is no gun trade in G.A.M.M.A mod because reasons, you have to loot guns and dismantle em for parts or buying parts from mechanics

[brave sedge]

Oh now I remember something like that said in one of the videos I watched. Thanks, lol. Wait till you see my playthrough X'D

[brave sedge]

@mystic stag I found a VSS Vintorez on a guy and I like how it is already a silenced gun. Think i`ll just keep it and repair it up. You can add attachments and stuff pretty easy can't you? Or or do I need a work bench to add stuff?

[jovial cedar]

Really the FAQ will be your best friend, and if you have any question, use the channel #🔨base-gamma-support

That should be enough 👌

[mystic stag]

What that guy said

[clever badger]

first fight against 5 bandits on UNSIG invictus run 1 medkit used

im scared that this run will end in dark valley or aw on my way to dead city

god dammit 1 sneaky shiter was alive glad he cant even hit from 10m away

[clever badger]

and i love UNSIG voice over for kills

[tropic willow]

That's a rich bandit, damn

[quasi orchid]

a relaxing evening in the GS - man i can't express how much i want to see this with the Reshades coming soon @jovial cedar

[jovial cedar]

This is actually very beautiful already xD

[full skiff]

Absolutely stunning

[quasi orchid]

thats vanilla Gamma

[jovial cedar]

Do you happen to have the time & weather ?

[jovial cedar]

True, but the shots are well taken nonetheless x)

[quasi orchid]

it was 5-6 pm, no idea about waether i have yet to put in debug

Stalker and E:D are pure wallpaper machines

[jovial cedar]

Well, to be fair I've done the Dead Zone test already x)

[quasi orchid]

you take your time

what was the key for weather info? just booted back up with debug

[jovial cedar]

F7 then 3

Not the numpad one

To be fair it's not that impressive so don't get your expectations too high x)

This one was taken with the vanilla green

[quasi orchid]

it was clear 1 at 19:00

[jovial cedar]

Same angle, another weather

18:30

[quasi orchid]

looks great

[jovial cedar]

SWTC Tuman weather

And the one above is Partlymisery3

Clear1 19:00 on my side

[quasi orchid]

i just love GS aesthetic

[jovial cedar]

Best map imo for sure

To be fair, my reshade isn't made to be over the top impressive, pretty sure you can achieve better that this, Apollo did. My key here is balance between beauty and clarity, every weather has to be consistent and clear enough for the player

Cloudy2 there, and Rain3

14:30 & 17:30 respectively

[quasi orchid]

yeah the balance is what I'm personally failing at - and yours looks rly great

not that vanilla gamma looks bad

[clever badger]

well rip my run... one sneaked up tried to hide from him got naded instead...

[jovial cedar]

Rain3 at 05:00

[clever badger]

aw it was as i thought it will end my run

[jovial cedar]

Well, you will see plenty, the key is not to give up really

[clever badger]

i give up

[jovial cedar]

[clever badger]

takes too long to progress and not enough time to play

[quasi orchid]

[jovial cedar]

I think we will be complimenting each other perfectly in terms of reshades x)

[fair perch]

Got a setup on Agroprom, in serious need of a placeable bed

[harsh coral]

How do you do these shots? I use gamma default

[hybrid summit]

You mean how he can take pics?

!screen

[humble pasture]

We can't really see the problem if you take a picture with your cellphone. If you have a problem you want to share with us, you can do the following, since we don't care about your second monitor or your desktop image:

1. Press F12 in-game, look in Anomaly\appdata\screenshots. If it's not there, look in your GAMMA RC3 folder, inside a folder called overwrite
2. Press PRTSC (Print Screen on your keyboard) open Paint, CTLR + V to paste the pic, save it, send it
3. Windows key + Shift + S, which let you choose what part of the screen you want to copy, it will directly copy the pic for you (Snipping Tool™️ is subject to Windows own settings, not game settings, meaning gamma, brightness, and colour balance will be different.)

[hybrid summit]

If you're asking about the Reshade he's using different stuff

[runic stag]

Disable BHS with H, hit numpad enter to hide the rest of the hud, free zoom or change my FoV to around 25/30, take screenshot with ShareX. As for the graphics setup, I posted it in #╟🎑reshades with a complete tutorial #╟🎑reshades message

[harsh coral]

You're trolling cmon now

Yikes

I meant like what are your settings lol

For the graphics

[runic stag]

you're the one who worded the question weirdly

[hybrid summit]

I can't read minds, yet

I have to sift through all the possibilities

[hybrid summit]

👀

[harsh coral]

You trying to fight?

[runic stag]

[torpid mauve]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/961738167537512527/1000840020153864253/stopit.gif

[quasi orchid]

😉

[jovial cedar]

I still don't get how you get your weapon to be this shiny sometimes

[jovial cedar]

It looks amazing, what's you setup ?

[torpid mauve]

which one

[jovial cedar]

All your sunny shots have a great shiny reflection on weapons

[torpid mauve]

gloss values maybe

[jovial cedar]

You're not using the vanilla one ?

[torpid mauve]

i use around gloss_min 0.66

or higher like 0.7 around that

sometimes i lower it

to 0.4 or 0.5

also depends on the weapon

[jovial cedar]

Should be in your user ltx, but maybe I'll use 0.55 to test

It's the only value ?

[torpid mauve]

first is 0.66
second is 0.3
last is 0.9

you can also notice the gloss on the gloves of the outfit

[jovial cedar]

I like that effect

But what happens if it rains ?

I'm scared of shiny stalkers

[torpid mauve]

gloss 0.6

on storm2

well, i guess it also depends on the weather cfg

[jovial cedar]

Oh, nothing wrong 😮

Weather cfg ?

I see you're using Golden Autumn ? Or is it Summer to Autumn ?

[torpid mauve]

disabled gamma weathers and skies redux

[jovial cedar]

Oh, interesting

I'll run a few tests

[torpid mauve]

yea, i didn't try it long, i just installed and went with debug spawn messing around

so no idea how it rotates/changes in a normal gameplay

some hours in weathers are kinda broken in the transition

[jovial cedar]

I noticed that specifically for Misery weathers

[jovial cedar]

I guess variety comes with a price

[jovial cedar]

Have you tried Cinetools LUT btw ?

[runic stag]

[coral sable]

Home sweet home

[runic stag]

DAMN that snow looks photorealistic wtf

[clever badger]

It looks much better with original resolution. I scaled textures down due to shit PC

[runic stag]

what mod is it?

[torpid mauve]

grapel

[runic stag]

oh i found it in efp's discord it's graupel

[clever badger]

graUpel*

[sacred gale]

Looks like metro exodus swamp level

[lost moon]

Better angle

[tame cave]

what shotgun is that

?

[torpid mauve]

a new mp133, not released yet

[tame cave]

i see, the wood looks smooth

[toxic plaza]

Thx. 16go DDR4 / Ryzen 5 2600 / RX 6600 XT / 1080p / SSD and Gamma reshade.

[clever badger]

@torpid mauve how do ur get ur ssdo to look like that, mine is just non existant at times kinda

[jovial cedar]

By SSDO to look like that you mean the glossiness ?

[clever badger]

nah the ambient occlusion

[jovial cedar]

Oh, yeah, I don't know what his reshade is made of

[torpid cobalt]

what texture mod iss that

[jovial cedar]

Graupel

From texture mod channel on EFP discord

[lost moon]

Definitely gonna play with it on my next playthrough, looks sick

[dark brook]

where does it come from ? Testudo ?

[torpid mauve]

Yea

[torpid mauve]

remember that there is a file in SSS which lets you modify some values

Open the folder and search for settings sss

[clever badger]

[quasi orchid]

I can't wait to have a seasonal changing Gamma depending on irl times and seasons

[runic stag]

maybe in stalker 3

[jovial cedar]

I think that won't happen to GAMMA, closest thing we have in the #custom-textures channel

[exotic orbit]

Or in game time?

[jovial cedar]

So far, we have Vanilla (summer like), Summer to Autumn, Golden Autumn, pure Autumn brown, dead Zone (current GAMMA settings), and Winter is multiple shape or forms

[runic stag]

just make 4 load orders with different seasons and play a different one every week

[jovial cedar]

If it wasn't for the regular updates Gamma does, I can see myself pulling some shit like that Or 4 different freaking installations of GAMMA xD

Maybe some recolor of Gardener of the Zone would bring a spring feel to the Zone when used with vanilla green Zone ? How far of a stretch would that be for an amateur to do that ? @coral sable

[quasi orchid]

I'd def see it as a quarterly update to the loader, changin out the weathers & foliage mods. Would be great for long-plays like I do

[finite spear]

Assuming the Reshades stay the same, having a set of different season textures/weather would be neat, so you'd pick which style you want and just disable the others

[desert sphinx]

the winter setting is very comfy

[stoic sable]

i just wanted to talk to forester 😭

[runic crow]

Yaranian

[jovial cedar]

I'm actually working on this, but even for winter, I had a variation with a colder temperature look

[finite spear]

If there's just a folder you can drop into Anomaly and replace the files, that'd work too

For Reshades and the likes

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, I have a bin folder

That is simply drag & drop

Other than this temperature, I'd say it's working great already

Currently refining my repack

[finite spear]

I enjoy the lush Zone, but I wouldn't mind trying new seasons every now and then

[jovial cedar]

I basically made a repack which is a melting pot of Project Inverno, Yet Another Winter Mod & Graupel

I called it Melting Winters

And it's pictured above x)

[finite spear]

Slight suggestion, would it be possible to choose between trees with snow and dead trees?

[jovial cedar]

Ah, about that, it's in Graupel, I can provide the folders that were inside touching the trees yes

It gives you the option of leaves or not on trees

As long as you copy the content inside and overwrite the main folder

[finite spear]

That would be excellent. I want to try dead trees, but I dislike the super brown aesthetic that vanilla GAMMA has

[jovial cedar]

You mean with Simple Autumn Retexture & Gardener of the Zone ?

[finite spear]

Yep

[jovial cedar]

It's very specific yes, not to everyone's taste but easily disabled fortunately

[finite spear]

Reminds me too much of Misery, so a winter wonderland with dead trees would be ace

[jovial cedar]

Well, I can provide screenshots of what it does look like, I'm just working on merging this pack to GAMMA right now

Shouldn't be that long

Looks like it's done already

[jovial cedar]

For some reason, no winter mod truly get's rid of all the leaves trees

[finite spear]

That's more than good enough, just less foliage than normal

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, there is less for sure

[finite spear]

So you can have some nice shootouts in otherwise forested areas

[jovial cedar]

I still needs to see what I can do about that, bothers me still xD

[finite spear]

That's looking NICE

[runic stag]

could also say it's looking ICE

I'll be here all night folks

[jovial cedar]

I left the ones in red forest for flavor still

[finite spear]

Anomalous trees, for surprise Monolithing

[jovial cedar]

To be fair, the red forest is a special location

Wouldn't be fair to make it look like anywhere else x)

But it's soft

Same shot with different weathers

[finite spear]

That also looks very nice.

[jovial cedar]

It's actually ready to go I guess

But for me to post it here, I would need more time though

Once I'm done working on LTTZ, I'll be trying to get some loading screens with it

But that's a far stretch into the future

[coral sable]

Hello there CS Eden, well, i mainly use Photoshop to do the textures, i believe that using it you wuld be able to change the main color of the file, the difficult part of it would be balance the color (so not all grasses have the same tone), if you want to learn how to make/change grasses or know more feel free to pm me

[fluid token]

my humble hideout

[jovial cedar]

Hello, thanks for the reply, honestly I don't intend to as I have work to finish on other stuff, but that's appreciated, I usually don't mess much with the colors outside of a tint recolor, but that does change the whole picture unfortunately, I use paint.net otherwise

[coral sable]

No prob, in future i pretend to make more versions of Gardener of Zone, one for later winter (would be used with GTR later winter version) and a another spring (like in the picture) so

[jovial cedar]

That would truly means we would be having all four seasons, and I can't thank you enough for that

I don't use GTR for my Winter settings as you can see on the pictures above

To be fair, some of your work in this Gardener of the Zone would already fit in Spring settings, namely yantar

I could see Cordon working as well in some areas

[coral sable]

I see, but i believe it will be compatible with it too, you use the YAWM or Project Inverno? I use the Anomaly vanilla Build of details, YAWM tend to be more compatible

[jovial cedar]

I mixed all three works, Project Inverno, YAWM & Graupel

YAWM as a first layer, then other textures from Project Inverno as well as the weathers, and the rest is overwritten by Graupel

Oh, I think it was Project Inverno as a first layer and Yawm as a second

[coral sable]

Hmmm, so it would be a "schrodinger grass" lol, we would have to test first, i think Project Inverno uses different build of details

[jovial cedar]

This way, it fixed all the flaws I could see with each one x)

What I could do is give you a mega link for what I did, quite the heavy one though, so you can see by yourself how it is

I just need to fix that grainy effects on trees when moving

But the treeless version is working great

Leaveless trees, my bad

[coral sable]

I apreciate it, tks, after ending the dead (not so dead) version of gardener of the zone, the next one will be the winter version

[jovial cedar]

Honestly, I don't think it a pressing matter at all, you can take holidays from modding if you wish to rest

I will be doing that for all August basically x)

I can see myself doing loading screens with my Winter repack and your work on top, like I did for Autumn

I'll prepare the link, will take a while though

[tropic willow]

This is the first time I see a pseudogiant and I managed to kill it with a knife and a few m1911 bullets in the first day of a new run

[harsh ferry]

Badass

[jovial cedar]

I see companions though x)

And they were probably shooting

[runic stag]

used his companions as cannon fodder and backstabbed the giant

smh

[jovial cedar]

[harsh ferry]

Thats just good tactics

If you have to kill a giant with a knife, make sure you’re not doing it from the side with the giant mouth

[tropic willow]

To be fair, one of my companions was getting battered by the giant, the other 2 shot at it a couple of times, still hyped about it nonetheless

[jovial cedar]

You have done well, but we do not grant you the rank of Master

[clever badger]

how can you do this? thid is outragous and unfair

[jovial cedar]

Take a seat, young ToXic

[clever badger]

[jovial cedar]

[smoky trellis]

Just watched an epic showdown

The anomaly won

[coral sable]

At home after guide scientists throught the swamps

[dull ocean]

I was looking at screenshots of several of you using Graupel
and all I can say is thank you

[lost moon]

@dull ocean Nah bro, thank you for making a beautiful mod

[torpid mauve]

[dull ocean]

I have shared Graupel here too and I recommend downloading that version which is the one I updated a couple of hours ago
since I corrected a compatibility problem and some textures without mipmaps (leafy trees)

[stark glade]

Share the link?

[runic stag]

#🖇old-mods-posting

[clever cove]

maybe install "gardener of the zone"?

[sacred gale]

new hideout

[bright peak]

Please activate windows

[sacred gale]

its 40 dollars here

[clever badger]

just finished the miracle Machine, was a nice view coming out.

[jovial cedar]

Thank you very much for your awesome work 💙

The updates fixed my leaves with grainy look issue

[random flame]

Graupel! ❤️

[random flame]

Unfortunately too much impact on the performance for my trusty 1080gtx.

[clever cove]

it's free 😳 if you KMSAuto

[dark brook]

@dull ocean thanks for the amazing mod. I still have to test it but it looks awesome ! Added your Alpha Modder role ❤️

[jovial cedar]

@dull ocean May I ask if it's possible for me to get an all dead trees setting (as there are still some remaining) ? I tried copying the dead trees for Pine & Spruce over the others and rename but I don't think it worked that well

Is there a right method to do it ?

[dull ocean]

if you add the textures and rename correctly it should work fine, you can check with the Anomaly base files and compare

Now if you are having problems even renaming, it could be several reasons. send me a dm with what you want to change (a screenshot) and I'll check it when I get off work

[jovial cedar]

Thank you for taking the time to answer, I'll try to show you what I mean specifically

Here it is

On the left

From afar is looks like floating, and you have to be really close to see the branches as they are frozen

It's happening because I did copy "trees_atp_spruce_dead.dds" and it's file "trees_atp_spruce_dead.thm" multiple times and renamed them accordingly to replace the others

[dull ocean]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it

[jovial cedar]

So in a way, it works as intended

[dull ocean]

[jovial cedar]

Fixed my sentence xD

My repack is a mix of yours, Project Inverno & YAWM, but your trees are the ones being used as they are the best imo

And since the update, the leafy trees are working flawlessly, I was just curious about why some trees remained "leafy" (kind of) with the dead option as well as in all winter mods, so I tried to do something about it

[dull ocean]

in my case I kept a couple of leafy models, since they are evergreen trees. but the game uses some textures in common for several models, for example it uses the same textures for bushes and two types of trees, so that could be causing what you mention

[jovial cedar]

Ah, I didn't know anything about evergreen trees, that makes sense now Honestly the very fact you mentioned this is kind of an great explanation, I'll let them be then xD I love your leafy option anyway ^^ Your mod was really the addition I was missing for truly having winter, I was not satisfied with my results with Project Inverno & Yawm, but now, coupled with yours, it's perfect 💙

[dull ocean]

I'm very happy about that, I didn't want to add much with Graupel just to give everyone the option to use it in conjunction with what they prefer. although I plan to continue adding some things in the future

[jovial cedar]

Yeah, it has become very well loved here lately ^^

What kind of things though ?

If it's not too indiscreet ?

Also, the simple fact you gave options in BAIN installer is great on its own, for everyone's taste

[dull ocean]

For now I'm trying to modify the emissions a bit, but I'm still in the process, the work doesn't leave me much free time

[dull ocean]

you can use it together if you want, in fact it combines well with the partially snowy version and the leafy trees

[dark brook]

This pushes me to make a winter optional expansion pack with your textures + adapted freezing Mechanic addon

With a new UI matching the current gamma UI Style

[dull ocean]

[quasi orchid]

[dull ocean]

you must take into account the impact on performance since with the shader and the enhanced particles it has an moderate impact

[jovial cedar]

Approved, double times

[jovial cedar]

@torpid mauve I see you're a man of winter as well

[torpid mauve]

i really like how graupel looks

[quasi orchid]

guys, dont make me do it

it looks rly amazing

[jovial cedar]

There is one thing that bothers me with it, you can't see anything in rain2 or storms xD Too much particles

Right now I have this issue

[jovial cedar]

I said come in, don't stand there

[quasi orchid]

I'll help with the loose loot the next 2 days and make a list for it; then maybe.. its time for winter

[runic stag]

proper snow storms? fuck yeah can't wait

[jovial cedar]

Way too stormy in my opinion x)

[runic stag]

just another day in Canada

[quasi orchid]

do the storms also degrade weapons faster?

like rain does?

[clever badger]

what did you mix this with?

[jovial cedar]

It's treated like rain replacement so I guess it does

You know what ? Actually it's fine x)

As it is

No one should be out during a snow storm I guess x)

[torpid mauve]

keep the grass from golden autumn redux

[tropic willow]

What is the UNISG doing in the swamps? I've never seen them before

[jovial cedar]

ZCP Random Squads spawn, can be any faction

[clever badger]

are you using any other Texture Overhauls, for your character/gun or is that actually gamma?

[torpid mauve]

its a gun not yet released

[dark brook]

It will replace the k98 in starting loadouts

I will reduce the price of the k98 upgrade kit

[clever badger]

me and the bois enjoying some fruit punch

[civic comet]

Those ISG guys really like fruit punch for some reason

[clever badger]

1 second after emission ends psy storm starts...

[ancient silo]

Wild Territory Sunset

[exotic garden]

big mony

[loud viper]

spend it on crack

[white karma]

@warm kraken yep im definitely keeping this

[exotic garden]

how do i get this stash, tried jumping over and crouching

[finite spear]

Get as close to the fence as you can and you should be able to interact with it.
Note that if you have the “NPCs cant see through foliage” addon enabled, it turns bushes into actual objects, which wont allow you to interact with the stash

[exotic garden]

yea guess i need to disable that

thank you sir

[hearty charm]

me and the bois enjoying the fruit punch as well

[bright peak]

smh just because it's fruit

[tame hound]

wait what

[dark brook]

[balmy egret]

[desert sphinx]

Oh no it's pyramid head

[tardy river]

Putin prism?

[jovial cedar]

Strelok's head texture file I think ? x)

[lost moon]

yup

[ancient silo]

new anomoly detected

[gritty crest]

gun reflection looks amazing

how u do dis

[jovial cedar]

Easy to do, modify the value of r2_gloss_min

You can type r2_gloss_min in game or use the user ltx and tweak it to your linking

0.5-0.7 should give you this kind of result

[gritty crest]

r2_gloss_min modifies the ltx anyways right?

[jovial cedar]

Yup

[gritty crest]

I'm guessing 0.5 comes with some tradeoffs?

[jovial cedar]

Not really

[gritty crest]

maybe very shiny stalkers?

[jovial cedar]

I asked the same

But no

[gritty crest]

Very nice 😄

[jovial cedar]

You can try by yourself x)

To get this result, it should be 0.7 I'd say

Depending on the gun

[gritty crest]

I know LVultner is cooking up something amazing for GI for gun reflections

[jovial cedar]

0.7

0.9

Looks like oil

Like you really cleaned it xD

And this is the stalkers at 0.9

[dark brook]

It affects wet surfaces iirc

[jovial cedar]

To some extent yes, I would say 0.5-0.7 is good enough, above would be more noticeable than necessary

[dark brook]

I need to test Graupel

But I need to finish 1.0 features first

[jovial cedar]

Priorities, priorities

To be fair, I'm happy with Graupel, it really is the missing piece I needed

I'm using my own reshade but had to add the color temperature for a more cold feeling

[dark brook]

I need to add new light sources as my top priority

So that bases ain't that fucking dark anymore

I can't stand how dark some key areas are

[jovial cedar]

Do you have an exemple ?

[dark brook]

Merc base

[jovial cedar]

The sport building ?

[dark brook]

Man gun shack

[jovial cedar]

I can try checking there

[dark brook]

Stuff like that

It's fast anyways

Just gonna find the time to mod it

[finite spear]

Oh yeah, Merc base in Dead City is pretty dark

[jovial cedar]

I'm curious to see how my tonemap adapts to it

[dark brook]

Then I need to add chairs and tables and bed to the base building system

[jovial cedar]

Probably won't replace a good light source though

[finite spear]

No more carrying around a bedspread with bed mat in your own base?

[dark brook]

Then I'll work on finishing 1.0 client features

[dark brook]

No you'll still need that

[jovial cedar]

Oh btw Grok, do you know a guy that is good at translating Eng to Russian ?

Better than Deepl ?

[dark brook]

But you can actually make a bed and add the bed mat on it and let it there

[dark brook]

We have some around here yes

Check the #old-additional-storylines-rewrite

[jovial cedar]

I'm still working on the other project but I will need to translate everything after I made sure everything works flawlessly

[quasi oak]

maybe slightly less reflection imo but still it makes sense if stalkers walk over it constantly and compact the snow, giving it that glossy look

[ancient silo]

Settings > Advanced > Specular (gloss factor), mine is at 0.5