╟📸screenshots

[fleet furnace]

You want to set my pc on fire?

[verbal sundial]

Then again, I'm currently playing with a 40FPS lock in Rivatuner

I turned on motion blur and it feels smooth as butter

[white orchid]

does anyone else get a 20 fps drop when looking at the ground directly?

[verbal sundial]

I don't think so..

[fleet furnace]

No I get an increase

[white orchid]

thats how it is for me no matter the grass settings

[eternal iris]

Look up and you will get a small boost

[vernal shuttle]

Might have something to do with the tesselation setting

[verbal sundial]

Tesselation is off for a reason, yeah

[harsh iris]

beef nvg is master piece for sure

but this is also some thing

[fleet furnace]

What shaders are you using?

[vernal gale]

#1160671282799595611 message

[fleet furnace]

Ty, that looks amazing

[vernal gale]

[crimson cradle]

Termall?

[harsh iris]

yeap

[nocturne horizon]

Little bit of marksman action and aftermath

[vernal shuttle]

what might he be doing

[vernal gale]

He knows

[vernal shuttle]

i love the og aesthetic so much

[vernal gale]

This is amazing How this game give better vibe than some new games

[vernal shuttle]

It is a vibe

I always thought SoC had a very colorful if slightly desaturated look to it

Unlike default Anomaly where it feels like every texture is tinted after grey or a dark green

[warm sierra]

anomaly is ugly

idk why they chose that "lighter misery" theme

[vernal shuttle]

Yeah it's why I main Golden Autumn Redux with yellow grass and trees

Breathes so much life into the Zone

[warm sierra]

seems that people forget that stalker isnt post apocalyptic

[vernal shuttle]

But muh grittiness

Anomaly looks fine for like a day and then everything starts looking repetitive

[warm sierra]

true

i played anomaly for max 6h and just went with gamma

[vernal shuttle]

Thank god it doesn't look like Misery

I would've bleached my eyes

[harsh iris]

step bro

[acoustic raptor]

each to their own, but i like the misery aesthetic too

also won't mind a lush zone either

[vernal shuttle]

imo theres so much more you can do to make a game look grim that isnt just tinting all textures brown

but to each their own

[warm sierra]

same

[drifting pulsar]

Agree. I was shocked when I saw @peak tide playing it. Both the aesthetics and vibe too. It must have been an enormous job making it. (Idk if it is allowed to talk about these things here, or just plain uncommented screenshots can be here... I don't want to get into trouble...)

[dire wharf]

ʸᵒᵘ ⁿᵉᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʷʰᶦˢᵖᵉʳ ᵗᵒ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃʷᵃᵏᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒᵈˢ

[vernal shuttle]

Don't talk at all and the mods will never warn you

[nocturne horizon]

[desert yew]

[dire wharf]

[vernal shuttle]

[hardy salmon]

Acid preset.

[drifting pulsar]

Yeah, that's the best... I have learned it as a child already long ago...

[vernal shuttle]

Actually ingenious

[carmine scaffold]

You got any screenshots that showcase that?

[vernal shuttle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/920013807479296042/1155840426536861777/image.png?ex=65366448&is=6523ef48&hm=fe75245b5b92cf3dc7431804f020c37675f0077a9f45c0ff372119877b0bec13&

Don't have my Anomaly install right now

Broke it somehow

[carmine scaffold]

Hmm I get what you mean though

I love the look. Like delight said, it isn't a post apocalyptic world

[drifting pulsar]

Idk I'd argue with that. Just recently I made a vanilla Anomaly instance, for nostalgy. I love it's mood. Just 100% pure Anomaly.
But I love Golden Autumn too. And Late fall. And Gardener of Zone 3. They are all beautiful in their own ways.

[warm sierra]

yeah, it has its own aesthetic, which is a good thing

anyway, no more chatting here, only #╟📸screenshots

[drifting pulsar]

Yeah I agree tho, I need it for a day, then have to change to sg else. But I come back to it occasionally

[vernal shuttle]

I'll get my Anomaly install fixed and then it's back to more pretty shots

[drifting pulsar]

Sorry... let me fix that

[nocturne geode]

I love the soc textures. Such good colors. By the way which version of golden autumn retux you mean? Fabios on his gdrive?

[vernal shuttle]

Redux on moddb

[candid shore]

test map i made

using the sdk.

still in wip of course

[vernal gale]

Oof damn good shot

[clever badger]

Day 1: I've woken up from my slumber, I kit my self out as i get ready to explore "The Zone" as the locals call it here. I equip my Trusty M1A1 then gather my bearings before heading to the Scrapyard...,Ill keep you updated on anything I find, Currently nothing yet.
Joel Miller out.

[vernal shuttle]

that is one clean fucking thompson

[clever badger]

Day 1: I've Stumbled upon a beast. Looks like its a boar. Im gonna be eating good tonight. It attacked me first, there was no way to sneak past it or subdue it somehow, I took 10 shots of my SMG laying an end to its life.
Once again Joel Miller Out.

[fleet furnace]

Looks amazing even on toned down settings, I tried to max everything but it ran at 10 fps lol

[vernal gale]

Don't need to max everything grass shadows and density is optional if you only want take shots

[fleet furnace]

gass shadows did nothing to my fps so i left it on

the density killed my pc i think

[vernal gale]

Grass size and density they are heavy with shadow

[clever badger]

I've been attacked by "Military" forces as they call them. I silently took both of them out as they shot at me first without warning I'm a bit fucked up but ill heal up before another encounter. I've also received stash coordinates. Ill check it out soon.
They had an AK47 and a PPbizon to which ill modify later.

[fleet furnace]

well density at max was 10 fps but density at 70% (currently using) is 60 - 70

grass shadow quality is at medium

[vernal gale]

So you fixed FPS problem now?

[fleet furnace]

ya, the only issue i have is the colours with pda

maybe i did something wrong?

it completely destroyed the colours on my pda

Example

[vernal gale]

What preset do you use ?

[fleet furnace]

Summer

non redux

[vernal gale]

Let me check

Idk what can i do about this one

Sorry

[fleet furnace]

nah its fine, just making sure it wasn't a design fault

[vernal gale]

Cause if I change the colour of pda whole map gonna change at same way

[nocturne horizon]

[dull raptor]

!0days

[humble pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958342885005221898/1143473091431903354/znocj6Y.png

[undone knoll]

?

[plush oasis]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/541005029059067904/1160093252653944863/image.png?ex=65336808&is=6520f308&hm=1327e6bbc44573726a71d9706ac2e9e19663d1863612bf78b4668ac7a88c3fb1&

[harsh iris]

Ah come onnnnnnnnnnnnn

[novel crypt]

Anton Milkman you can't milk here

[slow urchin]

something happened to nimble

[scenic shell]

isometric exercise

[coral basalt]

Did you edit or update the PDA textures at all? I know depending on the application the final export method can really jank up textures or looks. If you did not then one solution that I have used is to brightening up the textures or at least touching them up like this. the exception being when I pull it out in dark area's. I didn't follow your conversation so if what I am saying does not apply to you then ignore me.

[low mulch]

Do you get good fps with those graphic settings?

[fleet furnace]

No, it’s to do with the shader so it isn’t fixable. Thanks anyway

[crude pier]

Yeah, very doable with a few tweaks. Biggest eing, do borderless window mode and also change your shadow bug map to a lower rate if neccesary.

[hoary valley]

blud thinks he finna live

[pine pewter]

Which one is better in a way of realism
1 row or 2 row

[vernal gale]

Blue more Filmic and kinda beautiful

Also with a little bloom at cloudy 3 it's gonna be nice

Let me check one of my shots for a second

Fk I deleted that shot

But here for example

You can fell Filmic blue

Also I forced blue Filmic to bloom only

[vernal gale]

But if you don't want bloom
It's still looks pretty cool and clean

I'm not an expert of this things but this is all my knowledge. So may not true

[nocturne horizon]

Man this is what night shift does to mf

[calm trail]

Here is your generic Sunset screenshot

[jovial cedar]

Is this the original pda ? Looks great honestly

[hasty steeple]

Do you have your visual settings at max? That looks so much better then my game lmao

[vernal gale]

Yes and I also have 20 FPS

[hasty steeple]

Knowing my pc I’d be at 5

[eternal iris]

I love the swamps

[pine pewter]

I have this crazy effect turn on - BloomingHDR, its really cool

[lethal meadow]

My first game of Gamma

[pine pewter]

but... nothing perfect and I have problems with this Blooming HDR at night as it has its own automatic tonemap
When I turn on flashlight everything goes normal

I think tonemap is the main pain in the ass in this game

[pine pewter]

Very similar to i860_BADLAND_RTGI_v01.ini preset I am usin right now (from your presets folder)

[clever badger]

!0days

[humble pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958342885005221898/1143473091431903354/znocj6Y.png

[carmine scaffold]

Bonus:

[vernal gale]

Use normal HDR adaptive tonemap and another bloom
I tested this before but idk it's not perfect cause at night or dark area

[hasty steeple]

finally got my favorite gun hopefully I can get it fixed up and use it soon!

[vernal gale]

But I can recommend use qUINT_ReGrade for best colour

Prod80_02_Bloom for best light and realistic

AdaptiveTonemapper very good also

HDR for complete adaptive tonemapper

[pine pewter]

Prod80_02_Bloom
I'll try this one
Yes, I am useing Adaptive tonemapper all the time on LateFall

[cloud mesa]

Nerd my beloved

[gentle tartan]

grass mods?

[plush oasis]

love <3

and a post psy-storm screenshot because the skybox in the direction of the CNPP is pretty as hell

[clever badger]

what shiny pokemon of a mutant have I just found

its not a pseudogiant

and the pda didn't go off when I chopped the body

[plush oasis]

albino fren :)

[foggy holly]

!0days

[humble pasture]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/958342885005221898/1143473091431903354/znocj6Y.png

[foggy holly]

Cuz yes

[dire wharf]

Chilling before a long mission

Also thumb broken

[plush oasis]

"You see Ivan, if thumb is broken, I am numb to pain of bullet!"

[carmine scaffold]

Reinstall grass tweaks and choose spring

[uncut atlas]

Gamma with an open world co-op multiplayer would be nice

you can chill with your buddies around a campfire and stuff

[dull raptor]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1818450/STALCRAFT/ closest u can play atm, not my cup of tea personally

[dire wharf]

Best we have rn in anomaly is HG companions, which as you see lets you tell your companions to chill at campfires and walk in different formations, but yeah it would be really cool! Even just hosting a server with 4 friends coop would be

[dire wharf]

Agree, sounded cool until I saw it's like a roblox thing

[vernal shuttle]

They post the names of cheaters that were banned every month

Complete chads

[fair void]

Odd to call the Brain scorcher by it's effect when turning if off

[clever badger]

Can't find this stash help?

[sour knot]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1150444482609819678

[clever badger]

Yikes lmao ty

Thanks obama thanks ogamma

[sour knot]

ask in there. that seems to be the place where ppl ask about stashed they cant find etv

[dreamy flicker]

Peaceful evening in the zone

[acoustic raptor]

ooo

nice

perhaps gamma branding would fit better

since well, gamma is more gamma than anomaly

[hoary valley]

i found it a long long time ago

[edgy swallow]

Thought I'd share my new mid-game home in AW. Big fan of the weapon racks.

Can't decide what to do with the window and bookcase. Any thoughts?

[wary palm]

😕

[candid shore]

i suppose you have a fucked reshade

[wary palm]

defoult

delete shader cash?

[candid shore]

try that

reshades are known for causing shitty problems like these

[wary palm]

[vernal shuttle]

how the hell did reshade create an entire transparent area in the screenshot

[candid shore]

(if you were wondering yes i made the map)

[upbeat fulcrum]

@wary palm in reshade settings change from .png to .jpg that helped me

[candid shore]

.jpg has a shitty quality tho

[wary palm]

thx

[normal field]

what is that gun?

[dire wharf]

n-th ar15 based tacticool gun, they are like instagram bimbos, you have 50 of them in a modpack but they are all the same darn gun
I miss the times when the M110 sniper rifle was unique and cool

[dawn pulsar]

i have the same fkin problem please share your solition when find it

[dawn pulsar]

is there a vid that shows how the maps are made like is it just numbers and letters hardcore coding or like drag and drop assets onto a mesh or something like blender?

[vernal shuttle]

must've messed up my luts somehow i dont remember autumn being this brown

[nocturne geode]

How does it look without a lut? I had the same issue with autumn

I'm creating my own version of autumn to be light golden, too dark otherwise

[ancient juniper]

• @wary palm it has to do with your reshade order, disable one by one and take screens and see if it fixes, once you find the effect that is causing the problem try moving it around in the order and take screens until you find which effect it is conflicting with then decide if it's visually fine to alter their order to be able to take screens or disable on of them

[vernal shuttle]

this is on w_clear2

weather's probably the culprit

[wary palm]

[dawn pulsar]

you can change the order!?

[ancient juniper]

Yeah hold left click on an effect and drag it either up or down

[warm sierra]

#│🔧troubleshooting

[warm sierra]

@dawn pulsar

[hasty steeple]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels bc these screenshots are amazing

[supple oar]

truely inspirational

[drifting pulsar]

Yeez, You are awesome! I'm interested in designing levels for stalker, can we discuss it in PM?
(I don't want to spam this channel, mods don't like it...)

[nocturne geode]

Would be cool a new side questline, it's a photographer tourist who got into the zone. He asks you to take snapshots of different mutants and maybe even some monoliths or anomalies, turning it into an exciting zone safari. He gives you a camera device, your mission is straightforward - just aim and click

"Take a picture of two chimeras, I'll pay you well stalker!" 😂

[vernal shuttle]

I love missions like that

Get to finally flex my photographer muscles

[nocturne geode]

It would be a cool way to get some money early, and without having to go kill bandits, just photographing and getting in dangerous situations

[vernal shuttle]

Just buy a drone and take pictures using it

The meta way

I love the idea of your stalker just one day raiding a base and then after doing some photography of mutants as a side hustle

[nocturne geode]

Would be great

Maybe some hard ones to get like "A group of Snorks who met their fate at a gravitational anomaly"

The fun of finding them and then luring into the grav anomaly

[warm sierra]

theres text in my swamps #╟📸screenshots channel again?

[nocturne geode]

swamps channel got me

[vernal shuttle]

Just rename this to #screenshots-and-talks and we'll never have this conversation

Gotta dip

[nocturne geode]

hey how about a Swamps + Post-Emission screenshot to get back in mood with the channel!? /s

[warm sierra]

i agree with Norfair

[warm sierra]

have u lost any fps with this autumn mod?

looks very pretty

[vernal shuttle]

None at all

[nocturne geode]

shader scopes is just right..

[vernal shuttle]

I don't think texture mods can really do anything to performance

Though I haven't checked

Or even experimented

[nocturne geode]

That one is still Autumn Redux? Yeah, the colors are great

I'll have to try it out again, last time I tried it the ground and grass were super dark

[vernal shuttle]

Yeah how much it pops depends on the weather preset

Some make it look more brown while others look more natural

After that it's just a matter of messing with colour grading

I should really start actually playing the damn game and instead of taking screenshots all the time

[nocturne geode]

Yeah same here

2hs just taking screens

[leaden bolt]

Ruger SR-556

[fleet furnace]

This is on by default right?

Or do you have another addon

looks different to mine

[nocturne geode]

The picture-in-picture effect is part of the shader scopes (already in default gamma), but you need to tune the scope_factor. Closer to zero = the scope zoom effect is bigger. Closer to 1 = closer to default stalker.
I use scope_factor 0.5 . That mod has an incredibly good pip effect.

Now, for the scope texture itself, which is crucial for the look, I run 2D Scope overhaul by MrDemonized and below it, Meowie's PEW 2D Scopes (for better textures, as default gamma has the full screen scopes.).

[fleet furnace]

Thanks

[nocturne geode]

beautiful shot! I love it

[eternal iris]

Thanks kinda scary to take pictures at night, everything so calm and weird noises from surrounding

[clever badger]

You have any clue what it is?

[nocturne horizon]

Only if there was a rain puddle

[clever badger]

can we get a tutorial on pip scopes?

[nocturne geode]

update ~ The mod description says it's not entirely compatible with Gamma. I haven't had any issues yet, but you might want to skip it for now. Or, look into the thread from this server, for the gamma compatible version.

This is the mod i use: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/alpha-v0-2d-scope-overhaul
put it last at the bottom of your MO2 Gamma modlist.

You don't need that mod, to take advantage of the pip feature in gamma.
As for the pip settings, I use these. Apply them one by one, using the in-game console.

scope_brightness 1.0
scope_ca 0.005
scope_factor 0.66
scope_fog_interp 0.06
scope_fog_radius 1.0
scope_fog_sharp 4.0
scope_fog_swayAim 0.66
scope_fog_swayMove 0.4
scope_fog_travel 0.8

That's pretty much the essentials!

Keep in mind these are not full 3D pip-scopes. The 2d shader-based scopes (already pre-installed on gamma) use a shader to zoom-in your viewport, it doesn't render a second one. Obviously this is amazing in terms of performance.

[clever badger]

thank you brother

One sad thing tho

[nocturne geode]

no worries. Hopefuilly it works ! With those console settings you will have the pip effect

[clever badger]

Im a dx8 person

i dont think it will work..

[nocturne geode]

Ohhhh

Yeah you might be right

[clever badger]

more motivation to save up my money tho eh?

[nocturne geode]

Absolutely!!

[clever badger]

ty brotherin

[wary basin]

nice and clean woods 🙂

[tight rune]

how to fix scope no point up?

[coral basalt]

No I made the textures, I kept the original button icons. I did this one for the tier2 pda and I have another for the teir1. I made these along with all my inventory ui to go with my winter run.

[clever badger]

Just gonna.. Post me after brutally murdering Hip and the Rookie Village on an ISG Save here....

[frank niche]

Why doesn't Reshade save any screenshots I take. It notifies me that it is saved but I can't find it.

[faint umbra]

hey, sorry to ask but how can this PIP effect achieved on GAMMA?

[nocturne geode]

By default, gamma comes with 2D Shader scopes, so you can open the console and try the scope_factor command. ~ The closer to zero, the more pronunciated the Pip effect, the closer to 1, the more "default" effect you'll get

Try scope_factor 0.5

[faint umbra]

no need for a debug mode? just enter this command on console?

also will the modified value be persistent or need to be changed each game session?

[nocturne geode]

The scope shader values are stored in your user.ltx. Yes, you can use the console

edited ~ For anyone asking about the pip effect + these smaller scopes, here's what I learned so far, some instructions

1.Follow the steps 1 and 2 of this guide (deactivate a few mods).
#1110050486465351700 message

2. Install the latest Gamma version of 2DSO at the bottom of your load order. (has some optional patches inside the zip)
   It's the second file from this comment: #1118909693813862492 message

3.Delete your shader cache.

4. In the game console enter scope_factor 0.5
   Done

[acoustic raptor]

you have to choose the folder path

in reshade settings

[nocturne geode]

@clever badger hey man, I was searching and it seems like they made the pip-like scopes work in DX8/DX9!! Check my comment above. The file from the step 2 has an optional "DX8 Support" folder!

[jovial cedar]

Oh yeah you're the winter UI modder, I didn't recognize you while writting that question, makes a lot of sense x)

[faint umbra]

alright gonna try when i get home, thanks for the guide good sir

[hoary valley]

albino phudogiant ?

[warm sierra]

its called a jumping giant

[crimson cradle]

Why does he look like the scientist from rust

[warm sierra]

possibly stolen skin from that game

[drifting pulsar]

It's a very good picture, I love the colour palette: a little blue-ish, a little yellow-ish... this combination is timeless

[clever badger]

ty man!!

[drifting pulsar]

Yeez, now this is Gamma, if I'd dream about it, it would appear like this!
With other words: Gamma looks like this in my mind's eye!

[nocturne geode]

Omg I love it. You shared your preset in this server right??

I'll look for it

[white orchid]

ive made a spring and a late fall one but now im making a dead winter preset to get the season trifecta

[clever badger]

also how can i remove these scopes

theres an error that comes up when i relaunch my game

[nocturne geode]

the video looks like when I put scope_factor too close to zero, it does the same thing.
maybe try a higher scope_factor like 0.9 , and if it doesn't work, welp.. you can go back to the modlist setup you had before installing this one., and for the error , delete the shader_cache folder inside anomaly/appdata

in any case, 2DSO should work. I tried it on a dx8 preset i made yesterday to test it out, so it is compatible with dx8. What didn't really work for me was the pip effects from SBS, in dx8

[clever badger]

ty brother

[clever badger]

Expression : <no expression>
Function : CInifile::r_section
File : Xr_ini.cpp
Line : 1101
Description : fatal error
Arguments : Can't open section 'wpn_mosin_pu'. Please attach [*.ini_log] file to your bug report

stack trace:

[nocturne geode]

this is how DX8 + 2DSO looks on my game.. Of course, the pip effect doesn't work (it's from SBS and the page says DX10 only) but 2DSO works perfect, no weird zoom

[nocturne geode]

did you save after installing the mod, and are you trying to load that save with the mod uninstalled?

[clever badger]

load the save

[nocturne geode]

Did you save when you were testing the scopes?

[clever badger]

i belive so

i think

i think i fucked up

[nocturne geode]

Because as the 2DSO page says

In any case, 2DSO Should work in dx8, i think you installed something wrong. check my video

or just load an older save

[clever badger]

may i please have a link?

[nocturne geode]

Here's the video showing it works

as for how i set it up, i just grabbed the default gamma, toggled off all the mods that the guide said
Installed 2DSO and applied its dx8 patch on top

[clever badger]

kk

[nocturne geode]

I just saved a game with a mosin+PU scope with 2DSO enabled, then quit the game, disabled it, loaded the save and it worked fine... The mosin was gone, though.

I think your zoom problem was just a settings issue, i really dont know 😕

[clever badger]

yeah

i just started a new sav

[nocturne geode]

Oh okay!! remember to enable any mods you disabled

The ones that you know work well for your install

Sorry that you couldn't install it man

[lost shadow]

how do I make the game this realistic?

[strange finch]

For those that want to compare to current atmos on SSS 17.2. The pictures below will be the upcoming update + SSS 18

All weather types showcased will be at 9 am

Clear 2

Clear 1

Cloudy1

Cloudy2

Cloudy3

[golden magnet]

My screen wallpaper is perfect

[strange finch]

Foggy1 & Foggy2 (thick version)

partly1

partly2

rain1

rain2

rain3

storm1

storm2

All screenshots are at cordon right outside rookie village with an updated adega as well that utilizes more of gtr textures

[nocturne geode]

Hippo this is no reshade??!

[strange finch]

None Sorry it does have reshade but only TFAA

[nocturne geode]

Damn Can't wait. Looks perfect

Yeah I meant as in color work,.. just so clean man. Congrats

[vernal gale]

When bro ?

[strange finch]

RC2 for SSS released yesterday (release candidate #2)

Meaning release is just around the corner. Just be patient

[vernal gale]

Nice

[strange finch]

#1036172060969410590 message Patch notes for those interested

[plucky orchid]

Quick comparision of openxray to stalker 2

[strange finch]

I think other weather mods that use custom cubemaps will have a hard time adjusting to SSS 18. For instance the cubemaps from majestic don't look great in SSS18 or the accurate cubemaps that are on moddb

[jovial cedar]

Just a message to tell that I'll be updating (more like restarting from scratch my preset with the newest Atmospherics) as I will also redo the whole batch of loading screens for GAMMA anyway

[strange finch]

That looks good but thats a dev build I know they said that they are working on getting the visuals similair to the e3 trailer

[nocturne geode]

I love light dirt textures

[strange finch]

Sounds good

[nocturne geode]

this combination of colors here

[strange finch]

Yeah what a modern engine can do

imagine the capabilities I would have to make a weather mod for stalker 2 (not sure if its needed anyway)

[nocturne geode]

Full of possibilities

[jovial cedar]

Needed maybe not but there's infinite room for either tweaking or giving a whole new set of weathers/moods

[strange finch]

True true

can't wait

[jovial cedar]

I've been meaning to ask btw, how possible is it to create a black and white version of Atmospherics' weathers ?

[strange finch]

Cant you just set saturation to 0 and it becomes black and white?

[jovial cedar]

Can I MP ?

[strange finch]

MP?

sorry im dumb

[jovial cedar]

Message you directly to explain more on details

[strange finch]

oh okay

go ahead

[frank niche]

I did that and still don't have any screenshots in selected folder.

Also

[vernal gale]

Check c/gamma/overwrite/bin

[frank niche]

There they are

Thank you very much!

What's the deal with designating a folder when it doesn't save them there.

[wise edge]

So good ol' Sid got a daughter and sent her to Dooty?

[open finch]

I literally thought it's a fucking ghost.

[open finch]

Typical neighbourhood in post-USSR.

[vernal gale]

I

Working on new preset with better colour, shadows and lights

[vernal gale]

If I wanna explain better look at the gun

[clever badger]

WHAT IS THAT

[mild lintel]

Sk2 dev build

[clever badger]

how do i play this

[inner narwhal]

U don't

[sour knot]

It's leaks. We shouldn't really be seeing these...I think

[clever badger]

ohhh

[mild lintel]

This is a leak, but theres really nothing to do there

[vernal gale]

There's some links to download but not worth to download cause lag and bug asf

[scenic shell]

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[mint spoke]

Guess I won't post my totally non-generic emission screens

[late mirage]

How are yall getting access to stalker 2

[barren temple]

man, AW can be so peaceful

[late mirage]

Dang emission you bootiful https://i.imgur.com/7mxc4K6.jpeg

[vernal shuttle]

!0days

[humble pasture]

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[late mirage]

They really are beautiful tho suck my nads

[vernal shuttle]

They might be beautiful

But I'll still fuckin do it

[uncut atlas]

Bruh, why does open X-RAY look better than S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, wtf

[vernal shuttle]

Comparing a fully finished piece of software to one still in development?

[uncut atlas]

Well, yeah, but X-RAY is also like 20 years old

UE5 is new and shiny and should look way better by deafult

[vernal shuttle]

There is a reason they said "Graphical quality is not representative of the final product"

Graphically speaking this is leaps and bounds better than anything on X-Ray

[uncut atlas]

My eyeballs are telling me X-RAY looks better

tech might be inferior, but it looks better

[vernal shuttle]

Only because of a good aesthetic

[uncut atlas]

Also, I'm curious, why has nobody tried to to make photorealisting, super high poly character models?

[vernal shuttle]

I'm only excited for S2 so I can steal it's flashlight texture and throw it into my add-on

[uncut atlas]

Also, vehicles

Like, helicopters and stuff look flat and horrible while buildings have a ton of geometry

and high res textures

[vernal shuttle]

Maybe because helicopters are only meant to be seen on the air and not on the ground?

[uncut atlas]

we do have ones on the ground though

[vernal shuttle]

Yeah, broken ones

[uncut atlas]

like broken ones that are just there

when you get close to them, you see it's just a flat texture on a basic model

same goes for trucks, buses and stuff

It's really weird since we have super high res texture packs and what not, but these textures and models are the same as the ones from SoC

[nocturne geode]

these vehicle meshes are part of the world meshes, you have to modify and export the entire map to modify the vehicle meshes. Reworking the maps is hell because there's a ton of information generated on files that are linked to map data or sections, iirc
As for modifying their textures ~ they use atlassing, so multiple parts share the same texture. Shading , texture and seam work become a mess. It can be done, texture wise, but you're fighting against some of the atlas mapping

imo, modern ai upscaling and denoising is probably the better way to get some life into those vehicle textures, without having to deal with the mapping

[vernal gale]

Okay it's finally down

Old preset

New preset

Old preset

New preset

Old preset

New preset

Better AO
Better bloom
Better light
Better colour
Better sharp

Old

New

Old

New

Also

Old

New

Better night and dark area

What you guys think?

[nocturne geode]

Very clean colors, Nice.

[vernal gale]

Thanks

[ashen cypress]

Send it

[vernal gale]

Sure I just need a little more time for check some more areas

[strange finch]

Yeah thats the first preset youve posted that I would personally try

the rest have been too dark for my taste

[vernal gale]

My pleasure

[coral basalt]

I didn't realize people are now recognizing me for the ui work.

[ashen cypress]

See how it looks with sun ray intensity to 1 and base to 0.2

[vernal gale]

Idk what this things mean

You mean some console things I think right?
Can you type full code please?

[clever badger]

hey man how do you get the as val to not look so big with the reanimation

[strange finch]

This isn't reannimation

[clever badger]

oh

[strange finch]

Yeah reanimation texture wise isn't as good with SSS 18

which is why I use this

[clever badger]

use what

man i need a as val reanimation

[strange finch]

use the one in bas its decent enough animation wise

[clever badger]

kk ty

[vernal gale]

I just tested with spring

[vernal gale]

It's not finished yet so not really perfect

[magic remnant]

looks great. curious to see it with autumn zone

[vernal gale]

Dark one old preset
Bright one new preset for winter
Best part is bright one same as base game with a little more dark just for show a apocalypse winter

[nocturne geode]

Your presets are looking better and better.

[vernal gale]

[nocturne geode]

You should definetely make a dedicated thread for your presets. For easier access/maangement

I don't want these beauties being lost in the channel chat😂

[vernal gale]

There's 2 presets for each season
One light version for vanilla game lover
And one for filmic

And after some clean shots I will send all to mods posting channel

[devout fjord]

ooh very nice!!

[vernal gale]

Thanks

[devout fjord]

I love that dark theme

the one on the right

[nocturne geode]

Thanks, yeah, looking forward for it, let us know when you create your thread

[devout fjord]

@vernal gale how long have you been working with reshade presets?

[vernal gale]

Like a year ago when I started GTA and fallout

[devout fjord]

niiice. I just started ealier this year tinkering around. still learning heh

[vernal gale]

But reshade was way easier on GTA or fallout
Cause they have enb

[nocturne geode]

Wow

[devout fjord]

teasing us again lol

can't wait hip!

[nocturne geode]

Hey man cmon now, dropping bangers like that!

[strange finch]

I cant wait for you guys to try this all out

[devout fjord]

these SS look so natural. very clean!

[vernal gale]

Bro making best thing ever

True chad

[strange finch]

Is there any particular place you want to see?

[devout fjord]

I play more this mod then I do Starfield 😄

the swamps! hehe

[nocturne geode]

New Atmos and SSS update will make custom reshades SO much better. Because it looks like the perfect base, perfect colors for trying any kind of weird Regrades and stuff. Im probably gonna run it just like that clean with only-TFAA for a long whiiiile... Can't wait Hippo.

[strange finch]

yup Im also emulating capas reshades in cfg files so that way you can get the color grading without reshade

so far ive only done his spring version

"cfg_load atmos_spring1"

will get you capas color grading without any other reshade effects

[devout fjord]

very nice!

[nocturne geode]

Awesome.

[clever badger]

Relatable

[vernal gale]

Can you show Carousel on pripyat please ?

[devout fjord]

someone is having a bad day 😄

[strange finch]

cloud1

[devout fjord]

seriously, these look amazing. Thanks for sharing hip!

[nocturne geode]

the black and white levels seem on point

no crushing

[devout fjord]

omfg, that last one!

[strange finch]

Yeah lots of hemi work but also no one should have issues with black crush anymore

atmos should look good no matter what as you can customize its hemi and amb settings to your liking

[nocturne geode]

like this right here, before, there could have been some crushing easily. But not anymore!

[strange finch]

through console commands

[vernal gale]

Bro decided to bring stalker 2

[devout fjord]

will there be a bit of a tutorial to do that? for us noobs lol

[strange finch]

cloud3

[strange finch]

sure

[devout fjord]

I'm looking at my preset like... 😄

Outstanding job, these look amazing!

[strange finch]

for example this is with hemi at 1.35

[vernal gale]

Better than new games really

[strange finch]

r2_sun_lumscale_hemi 1.35

at 2.0

increase and decrease the value to your liking

[devout fjord]

oooh yeah, I can see the difference.

[strange finch]

same for lumscale_amb

[devout fjord]

very cool!

[strange finch]

at a value fo 2.0

value of 1.35

1.35 looks better just look at the gun but you can play around with the value if that makes sense

[devout fjord]

you can totally tell on the gun, the contracst of colors.

[strange finch]

r2_sun_lumscale_amb 1.2

at a value of 2.0

you can again play around with this value

but amb is tricky as it also controls like tunnels of dead city and so on

there are postives and negatives to having a low and high value

[nocturne geode]

you dropped dynamic tonemapper right?

[strange finch]

I tried to strike a compromise but you can ofcourse change this to your liking

Yeah got rid of that shit

held me back

[nocturne geode]

Because if so, we can use Dynavision to adjust hemi / amb with the sliders, and it saves it alongside all of atmoshperic settings

[devout fjord]

are we possibly looking at a bit of increased FPS for lack of tonemapping?

[strange finch]

I looked at dynavision briefly

how is it any different than tonemapper aside from the fact that you can change it ingame so you can see the difference

and the gloss

[nocturne geode]

you can change it ingame so you can see the difference
For this😂 lazy-mode ON

[strange finch]

oh lol the console commands do the same thing

but I suppose it is easier

[nocturne geode]

Yeah ofc

[strange finch]

just be careful as I havent tested it with dynavision

[nocturne geode]

No problem

If anything, I know that I broke it with dynavision and its just a matter of reinstalling

and then just using console

[vernal gale]

[vernal gale]

I just disappointed in my reshade

[strange finch]

well as you guys all know you can take any of my work and repurpose it for your own needs

idc just give me credit when you do or post something

from the atmos title post

so you can use any of my reshade presets as a base and add on to it

[nocturne geode]

I'm making a series of presets specifically made for using with Atmos, 5 or 6 presets based on some ideas I had and then a preset for each faction. I'll wait until the new hot SSS + Atmos update drops to keep working on them. TYSM!

[strange finch]

Any other places you want to see before I sign off?

[nocturne geode]

Army warehouses near the bloodsucker village?

Maybe during midday + cloudy or clear2

That's it for me, not gonna annoy more

[strange finch]

just spawned

heading there now

[nocturne geode]

one snap from 8PM, wanna see it at dark 👀

[nocturne geode]

Oh yesss

Thanks

[nocturne geode]

Beautiful sky and lighting

[strange finch]

cloudy 1 at night

rain2 at night mega spooky

bring a flashlight (no moon in the sky)

[nocturne geode]

Oh God lol

Absolutely

Flashlight full immersion, dark room, scared out of my mind

[nocturne geode]

That one with some spooky reshade preset like phrozac zone79 would be insanely cinematic

[strange finch]

For sure

I'll leave the reshade shenanigans to you guys

I'll keep atmos presets clean for you guys to apply funky stuff too

[nocturne geode]

Love it

[strange finch]

alright goodnight guys

[nocturne geode]

Goodnight Hippo thanks for your work!

[strange finch]

Yes also possible on the cpu side since you have one less mod that changes settings on the fly

[ashen cypress]

Advanced visuals settings bro no code

[ancient juniper]

night artifact hunting in garbage

[slow urchin]

his name 💀

[crimson cradle]

LOL

[late mirage]

Someone tell me how yall got yalls games looking so nice

Im on a 3080ti, and an i9-9900k

[crimson cradle]

Reshades

[harsh iris]

arrival

[late mirage]

I know this, but even yalls textures n shit look better and reshade doesn't do that

[late mirage]

???

[harsh iris]

its the addon

[late mirage]

Is it already downloaded and i need to enable it or do i need to download it

[harsh iris]

you need to download it

there is also related post in this chann

https://youtu.be/QWY6KWIkP0U

[late mirage]

This is just an addon for better anomalies, before i start downloading stuff i want to get my in-game graphics settings setup right

[harsh iris]

Ah ha

[slow urchin]

i even reduced my textures for better fps

[harsh iris]

yeah my pc have similar option and i was raise the whole shit to max and just regret right after lol

[crimson cradle]

Fiddle with the video settings

[late mirage]

I want to do this but if i nuke my game so hard i cant fix it and have to reset the user.ltx again ima be sad, what settings nuke FPS the most? i want anti aliasing but someone told me not to touch it

[crimson cradle]

Make a copy

Best i can say

[verbal sundial]

AA will murder the framerate.

Just 2x will reduce fps by like 20fps on average.

When playing at like, 40 fps like me that's a lot xd

[mild lintel]

because my PC will fucking burn if I put the graphics preset higher lol and this just dev build for testing mechanics not the final product
in fact, the game has great potential, the person who completed the quests/read the plot (Im not a spoiler myself) said that this is the best plot of the entire stalker and he liked it more than the plot of the Metro series
but there is still a lot of work, both optimization and polishing

and you made an incorrect comparison, you compared the engine with the game, but what if you compare both engines? in terms of graphics capabilities without any "engine crutches"

[inner narwhal]

!0days

[humble pasture]

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[vernal gale]

Winter light-bloom
Dead colour

3 more version of this
Winter light-lessbloom
Winter dark-bloom
Winter dark-lessbloom

[nocturne geode]

Install these texture packs (A.d.e.g.a or Zone Reality), use a phrozac reshade with tfaa + motionvectors shaders enabled. And if pushing to the max, play with DLDSR at 5k resolution

In any case you can get default gamma to a pretty high quality by just using a high resolution and a good user.ltx and reshade preset

[late mirage]

Im on 4x AA and getting 100 FPS

[nocturne geode]

Dont use aa

Use TFAA

+motionvectors

Waaay better

[late mirage]

Wheres that setting?

Oh

I see

[nocturne geode]

If you cant see it in the reshade menu, you have to follow a small guide hold on let me look it up

But you must use tfaa with quint_MotionVectors on top of it

[verbal sundial]

BRUH

[nocturne geode]

Here you go man #╟🎑reshades message

Just do that, get good grass settings like high density, high radius and height, and thats already a good improvement. Also play around with r2_gloss_factor from 0.2 to 1

[late mirage]

Tbh, i dont like a lot of grass, 1 i cant see dogs and other small mutants well, 2 its not worth the frames for extra grass in a post apocalyptic world

[nocturne geode]

No problem

Then skip that part

[late mirage]

I am looking for texture mods tho, wish i had a 2k or 4k monitor tho 😦

[nocturne geode]

Its really worth it

2k already is a huge difference. At least to me.

[late mirage]

Yeah, but im probably about to get out of gaming for a bit, life n shit happening gotta save money and the whole shebang

[nocturne geode]

If you get one look for an ultrawide 34 or 35 inch, its so immersive. Imo

[potent venture]

Which one would you advise me? A.d.e.g.a or Zone Reality?

[nocturne geode]

Adega is autumn, zone reality is summer or spring very lush

[late mirage]

I have a MSI Optix G27C4 Curved monitor atm, i love it 165hz 1ms response with freesync

[nocturne geode]

But make sure to follow the steps correctly!! and delete your shader cache folder. The guides are very well done!

[potent venture]

(Finally i can write here cause i totally forgot to remove the newcomer role 🤣 )

I'll check that when i can

Guides are includes with the mod? Or can i find one on youtube?

[nocturne geode]

I had a odysey g7 1440p 240hz but traded it for an 34inch 1440p 100hz samsung

Looking for an oled in the future. Probably the new alienware or the new g8 oled

[nocturne geode]

Zone reality has a youtube guide in the first message of it's thread

[potent venture]

Great

[nocturne geode]

Here man #1153770802819383346 message

Someone said he didnt have a mod "289" on his install but maybe the guide meant 289 (priority number)

[sour knot]

or you can just install my texture pack. its one file and one mod install through mo2. ez and only textures.

shameless plug

[nocturne geode]

Oh yeah, tireds texture pack too

There you go!

Thanks for the rocks btw

[sour knot]

wish we could thank Dobrov

[nocturne geode]

Ugly ass original rocks with the black stuff all over it had me avoiding looking at them

[sour knot]

bt youre welcome

[potent venture]

Many thanks mate 😄

[nocturne geode]

You should probably go for tireds texture pack first. Its simpler in installation

[sour knot]

its not finished tho. only thing. other two are

[nocturne geode]

He has a dedicated thread on it

[late mirage]

Norfair, i was looking at https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1037753021322506240 why or why not?

[potent venture]

I'll check on this ;D

[sour knot]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1161241741786087486 if ya wanna try it. im not done with it tho

[nocturne geode]

That one is good yeah. The ext stuff caan be kinda tricky though

[potent venture]

I'll definitely check on this one too @sour knot As i said ii'm looking for a way to have my GAMMA looking the most stunning possible so i'll check everything to achieve it 😄

[nocturne geode]

Be prepared because its an amazingly fun and sometimes frustrating journey!

[potent venture]

I just wanna immerse myself in the zone while waitin for S2 🙄

[nocturne geode]

But yeah once you get a really good quality its totally worth the time

[sour knot]

dont use all our packs at once tho.

[potent venture]

I know

[strange finch]

Is this out yet?

[nocturne geode]

I personally use late fall btw. Just tossing another option for you man!

I love Metro's snow river level so it was a no brainer

[potent venture]

Gimme all your most realistic packs and i'll go through my long journey of finding my beloved one 🤣

[sour knot]

man i was trying to figure out how to get textures from that mod. that one seems the trickiest

[strange finch]

Use db unpacker

[potent venture]

What is it?

[strange finch]

Unpacks db0 files

[potent venture]

Legit

[sour knot]

oh ok thanks Hippo i got no idea about modding just mashing shit together like a caveman with clubs

[strange finch]

We all start somewhere

[nocturne geode]

That and graupel have those excellent bump maps that make the ground really different in height. I'm learning how to do the same for an autumn texture mod with green grass and dirt, leaves, everything in that kind of height depth.

[potent venture]

I don't know at all how to make my game look realistic don't worry 🤣

[sour knot]

is it ok if i dm you randomly from time to time if im stuck on something ?

[potent venture]

I'm a total trash in stalker modding xD

[strange finch]

Sure

[sour knot]

dude i seen Kass post these and thought i had to put this ground in a pack

well now i know how to get it

wait Hippo i just noticed ur in the author list..

do you have them already at hand ?

actually no no. i wanna learn how to do myself. dont worry

[nocturne geode]

Oooolder pic but Hunter 1.0 is great

default gamma everything(maybe adega... i dont remember..it was sometime ago), just hunter plopped on top

[jolly flicker]

to be honest i do the same shit

just trying to make stalker lookng as best as possible

[potent venture]

Yup, an i'll try until i die doing it

[jolly flicker]

still thinking about giving another go EXT GAMMA

[potent venture]

EXT?

[late mirage]

Yeah im not gonna touch EXT till i beat the game im currently in so which of the 3 do you think i should try first?

[late mirage]

Gamma EXTended

[potent venture]

Ah...

How dumb i am

[late mirage]

A.d.e.g.a or zone?

No offence to the other guy, i just want a finished texture pack

[jolly flicker]

but the thing is

i wanna also change the seasons of the game

but i dont think u can with them

[potent venture]

Norfair said ADEGA is autmn like, and zone is summer like

To your taste

[late mirage]

Im using i think spring reshade rn

yeah

[nocturne geode]

It depends on what you like yea. Spring is very green and autumn is yellowihs orange

Adega has a simpler install

And if you dont like just switch it off

[late mirage]

I was thinking about changing seasons as well, since i've been on spring for about a week now

[jolly flicker]

yea but the EXT edition doesnt allow that

[late mirage]

Im not gonna use EXT yet

Im gonna beat the game first

[jolly flicker]

im still thinking what pack should i use

or mods

[potent venture]

Think i'll try adega ou RZ to start

[nocturne geode]

for example this is just aydin+golden autumn retextured desaturated (on ModDB)

depends on your tastes. thats no reshade

and this is one of my simple presets

[potent venture]

Beautiful...

[nocturne geode]

Eden's reshade

[potent venture]

Love this weapon also

[nocturne geode]

Yeah that one is a beauty. its my own hand repositions just in case

[potent venture]

I actually got a Mauser 98k, i love this baby

[nocturne geode]

like this is my alt aim lol

[slow urchin]

just another night with da bois

[potent venture]

And you can see how my game looks also actually

[nocturne geode]

it looks good, clean

[potent venture]

Yeah but it misses something for sure

Or maybe i'm not in the right zone to appreciate it

[nocturne geode]

I think with selecting a texture pack of your liking and customizing a reshade preset to your liking too, you are set

that would be an excellent starting point

[potent venture]

Pretty sure i'm not far from what i want, just need to try i find which one i like

[nocturne geode]

I had to try them all myself to see, like, in game

And I chose Late Fall as my "go to" pack

you just need to disable a few mods that the post tells you and donezo

[potent venture]

I'll try some, and most of all i'll try not to break my game 🤣

[nocturne geode]

You know whats the best you can do? Dont modify your default modlist

[potent venture]

Creating a new one?

[nocturne geode]

Yes, here

hold on

[potent venture]

Norfair-san is beyond us guys 😄

[nocturne geode]

Here

so if somerhing is messed up, you just hit the panic button (Clear shader_cache folder, and go back to GAMMA Default preset)

[potent venture]

Best GIF ever i swear 🤣

[nocturne geode]

i had to resort to this like 5 times😂

and also keep a backup of your user.ltx just in case. thats all!

[potent venture]

Yep, many thanks for the advices

[nocturne geode]

No worries enjoy the journey

[fringe pine]

first gun

[dire wharf]

has anyone tried using dynavision in place of reshade for some cool color correction and lighting effects?

[nocturne geode]

It helps with lighting and white black balance

[strange finch]

Yeah no color grading yet

[vernal gale]

Winter light-bloom
Spring dark-bloom

Working on autumn

[timber kraken]

where are screenshots saved

[vernal gale]

C/gamma/overwrite/bin

[timber kraken]

thanks

[vernal gale]

Your welcome

[timber kraken]

wait

is it in the gamma folder where i installed gamma itslelf or the anomaly folder i used for gamma

[vernal gale]

Gamma folder

[timber kraken]

got it

found it

[vernal gale]

Spring-lightbloom

[magic remnant]

Wheeeeere is this HK from?

[nocturne geode]

Im using ugp 1.6.5 so maybe from there

[magic remnant]

Your reshades look gooood too

[nocturne geode]

The position of the weapon i made it myself just in case. From ugp the stalker holds it differently

[nocturne geode]

Thanks! im making a reshade preset pack, with like 3 clean presets and a bunch of cinematic ones. Slowly but surely

Its a m4 btw. Vltor receiver

[white orchid]

up the contrast a bit more and it will look deep fried

[vernal gale]

You mean a bit more darker?

[sour knot]

looks nice dude

[ancient juniper]

holing up under jupiter factory from an emission with the squad

[potent venture]

@strange finch Sorry i'm posting in here => For the ADEGA modpack, the reshade preset you use with it is already in the presets included in GAMMA or do i have to download it?

[strange finch]

Its already in there

[pine pewter]

Is it even possible to find perfect spot with shaders, lumascale, and reshade to look this game perferct with all weather conditions, because I am tired to tweak it:))

[strange finch]

Yes and no. Outdoors yes it is possible. Indoors specifically areas controlled by lumscale amb it’s hard because in order to make indoors darker you’d have to change the amb values which also change the values for outdoor areas

So with the current system in anomaly 1.5.2 it isn’t 100% possible

[vernal gale]

I have a question do you tested enb ?

[strange finch]

No such thing as enb for stalker

[vernal gale]

I know

I mean is it possible to have enb for stalker ?

Or mod

[strange finch]

Technically yes but boris dropped support for it a very very long time ago

[vernal gale]

I see
Thanks

But if some one drop a mod like enb stalker going next level with your mod

But this is amazing how stalker looks even without enb

[vernal gale]

Better than fallout 4 with all of different mods I tried make fallout looks better for 2 years but I just realized fallout not even close to stalker

[vernal gale]

For example this shot

[vernal gale]

Better than most new games

[white orchid]

the only things that suck are textures and models

[vernal gale]

Yea fallout better at this one

[white orchid]

foliage is good but the trees look like shit

[vernal gale]

So clean and apocalypse
How do you get this good balance between white and black?

[vernal gale]

Also you said I need up contrast
You mean darker?

[inner narwhal]

AA sucks in this game sadly

[dire wharf]

The problem with vegetation is that they are texture with alpha mask, but the engine approximates the color bits to black or white (there's a threshold you can set, bu it just means the engine sees more or less grey area as black or white)
So the grass and foliage is ALWAYS hard cut without alpha blending

Back in the day I experimented with it but to no avail, talked with LVutner but they had no idea how to change that behavior of the engine

Add to this that the AA is nonexistent and either you play in 8K downsampled or it looks jaggy

[past hare]

The character models that come with GAMMA aren't great. I guess they're meant to be close to vanilla. The HD models from the KVMAS/Axetrix merge are much better, I think

[white orchid]

yeah character models are be good i was more talking about stuff that you see on the map like houses trees cars etc

[past hare]

Ah, yeah. I like them though. Compared to FO4, they just look cooler. Not a fan of Fallout's building/vehicle design language.

[white orchid]

the environments and structures in gamma are good but they are missing details

[past hare]

For sure. They're missing clutter. Clutter is something FO and Starfield do really well.

[white orchid]

yeah clutter

[past hare]

I wonder if a clutter mod is possible in the Stalker engine? Like how there's all those overgrowth mods for FO4, Stalker could use a clutter mod. Just junk everywhere. So that it looks like a lived in but adandoned place.

[white orchid]

yeah like this

[white orchid]

this is from another stalker mod so i assume its possible

[vernal gale]

Also fallout use a very old engine too

[vernal gale]

Wow

[white orchid]

would make it more immersive

[inner narwhal]

That means nothing literally

Engines are reworked and updated

Even if they old

Plus bethesdas creation engine is very versatile for modding compared to unreal etc

[vernal gale]

What about this engine no update yet?

Idk I think it's all about engine limit

[white orchid]

creation engine vs xray engine

[inner narwhal]

It's funny how people who know nothing about gamedev keep saying that game engines are old and bad

[vernal gale]

Who the fuck say engine bad ?

[inner narwhal]

A lot of people do

[vernal gale]

I just Sayed it's old but still good

Also this engine doing great job

Creation engine got many updates also they have much money for make that engine better

[inner narwhal]

People nowadays only want everything on unreal but that will just eventually lead to games looking the same and the uniqueness of different dev teams is kinda lost

[inner narwhal]

It did with starfield, textures work differently, so do meshes and animations

[vernal gale]

Unreal games = go buy rtx 4090

[inner narwhal]

Idk but I'm not really with that hype train for everything on unreal tbh

[delicate venture]

creation engine is old and bad though. Starfield looks and runs like absolute ass

[white orchid]

yep

[vernal gale]

But idk about making better models on stalker
Let's see what what modding community can do

[inner narwhal]

Yeah cause Bethesda is stupid and didn't optimise shit properly and they sided with amd this time

[delicate venture]

Or maybe their anciennt engine is at its limit

[white orchid]

it took them a month to add an fov slider

[delicate venture]

I feel like Im one of the few people that actually liked starfield, but man is it ugly and runs like complete garbage

[white orchid]

the ship building itself is better than the game

[delicate venture]

^

[vernal gale]

Wait what?
No fov setting at first?

[delicate venture]

facts

[white orchid]

just make the ship building to a standalone game

[delicate venture]

10 years from now when modders make every planet in starfield into its own little world its gonna be the best game ever made