╟🎑reshades

[lyric loom]

"O'@mint owl, O'CS Eden. Your services are required. O'CS Eden, the mighty reshade Lord. O'CS Eden."

[sharp wagon]

lmao

[atomic hollow]

One thing ive noticed about GAMMA is some weathers and scenes are nice and nuetral, others are WAY blown out, and then theres the very dark ones that have bright skies, like morning in the darkscape. Certain reshade settings can help aleviate the extremes of dark and overexposed bright, but i cant help but wonder if theres a better solution

is that pretty much what youre working on @manic sage ? havnt been following chat much cus im at work

[lyric loom]

What light settings are you using? I found with volumetric it tends to auto-expose in different scenes/lighting environments, use screen space to fix

[atomic hollow]

oh that may be it, actually

does combined do that as well?

[lyric loom]

As far as I'm aware yeah because its also using volumetric too

Trust, took me hours to figure it out until someone said "you're using volumetric" lmao

[atomic hollow]

that nice screenshot i posted has volumetric on, and it looks nice, but once i got to Garbage in the day my eyes bled from how bright it was lol

ill have a try at it once im home, and ill retweak the reshade

[glacial spear]

testing combo abnormal (old version) and expedition lighting. I love the lighting in the interior and probably most of the shaders effects. This is a clear type abnormal weather.

[atomic hollow]

it looks nice

id probably tone down the bloom/ambient light if i were to use it myself

just a liiiitle too much

mostly when looking through doors and windows- the light bleed effect

[glacial spear]

it's a matter of preferences, I don't delve much in tuning the look of it because it's too time consuming for me. But yes you can tune down the bloom, it's done by the reshade. The red jjabram flare no, you need to change the texture

then you can change the lumescale as well but I find those settings quite subjective at the end

What matters to me is the contrast between darker areas and light ones and Exp shaders does it quite perfect ihmo

[lyric loom]

check out my reshade posted above, makes darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter, good for clarity purposes with increased sharpness to make textures pop some more

[glacial spear]

any link?

[lyric loom]

Yeah one sec i'll post it again

Thought I suggest it as you want the contrast between light and dark

Visual settings should be on 0.8, 0.8, 1

[glacial spear]

although I don't have time to play the game so I would not even enjoy. At the moment I am just testing mods to build custom profiles that can be shared and installed with a tool I made. I have plans to also install reshade with this tool and there is already a feature for swapping reshades (no more manually deleting/copying folder madness) if you interested

I will probably add a collection of reshade to download from mod-posting and install them

[lyric loom]

This is what MO2 can do tho? O.o

Either way, I'm down for more Reshade presets ^_^

[glacial spear]

you have to install mods manually and also know what to install (i.e. fomod) and then know the load order where to put them, especially if are many mods. A lot of stuff to write and document and maintain if you want somebody else to install your custom modlist the way you play it and then you don't know if he is going to make it through or mess somewhere, you are going to tell him how to fix it. On the other end you can make it all automatic with software and only you have to share is few files that tells the tool how to put it all together

[lyric loom]

Oh thats effort, just gib reshade presets instead :3

[glacial spear]

I was talking about a custom MO profile with mods not reshade presets

also how do you normally swap reshades in ANomaly if you want to try a different one?

what do you do?

[lyric loom]

I read this and presumed you had a bunch to share

[lyric loom]

I make sure any preset is in my anomaly/bin folder and then in game just switch between them to check them out

cuz for some reason if I make a custom one and save it, it'll go to a different folder

[glacial spear]

yes that is the way when presets are of the same reshade build. Some reshades, though, (that you can download in many places) comes with their reshade binaries and sharers-folders, that requires more effort like replacing files in bin and appdata and you can only do it with the game closed. notwithstanding the fact that wwhen start using many reshades overtime this becames quite a chore.

[lyric loom]

True that, Idk but is the Reshade that comes packed with Gamma the latest version? O.o

[glacial spear]

it was updated a month ago so I thing is the latest

[lyric loom]

Ahh wicked sauce

I like taking presets made for other games and adapting for different games, it's fun

That's how I made my preset, took one made for CP2077 and adapted it for stalker

[glacial spear]

this is what I mean switching reshades automatically in anomaly

[lyric loom]

Oooo thats kinda cool actually

[glacial spear]

you can store as many reshade as you want as settings and even roll back to gamma default if you need. all changes you do in game can be saved and stored for when you switch to something different reshade.

[lyric loom]

are you the Ext author then?

[glacial spear]

yes

[lyric loom]

damn nice

[glacial spear]

I made this simple script a while ago because I was feed up with all these reshades shenaningas I was trying different ones at the time. There is a link in old-mod-posting, I think is called profile manager

Now I just incorporated it in the new toolset

[lyric loom]

I'd probably have to spend an hour or two tryna figure it out lol

[stuck grotto]

best reshade for this game?

[lyric loom]

Depends on what texture/weather mods you're using

[zealous fable]

Looking for a reshade recommendation for usage with Graupel.

Gamma's Reshade doesn't look that off, however i'm interested in reshades specifically made for winter retextures.

[rich sentinel]

@mint owl Got a preset for his winter textures, could be a try

[zealous fable]

I'll have a look into that. The only thing that bothers me is the allowed transfer size for mega files (Free trial one). Still, thanks.

[rich sentinel]

Yup, I can't download from Mega either, but the reshade files should be okay

[zealous fable]

Alright, I'm grateful.

Mega is so annoying.

Fucked up

sorry for the notification

[rich sentinel]

#🖇old-mods-posting message

This one

[sour oar]

Not for long

https://tenor.com/view/one-less-loose-end-mw2-gif-24942919

[zealous fable]

Much appreciated.

[zealous fable]

Downloading via my phone to bypass the transfer limit.

[vital orchid]

Are there some rtgi reshade presets i can use? I tried to combine edens preset + rtgi. It looks great and works good but i am curious if somebody with more experience made a preset with rtgi👀

[mint owl]

I don't use RTGI because my preset is already performance hungry, and adding it on top consumes even more, so somebody with experience wouldn't use it unless they create an unplayable reshade preset then add RTGI on top for fanciness

[mint owl]

Yeah, whenever I'll get back I'll probably switch to google drive

[full crown]

I realized that quickly when I tried yours and Hippos presets. None of the available ambient occlusion shaders are viable. Do you know which one is the least performance hungry?

[mint owl]

We're not using these for a reason, not because of performances, nor because they're ugly (they're actually quite good) but they have the tendency to break the UI, notably the main menu

[full crown]

True, I played Expedition and noticed the UI but I didn't really mind. But I understand why that is a dealbreaker.

[mint owl]

You can definitely try adding some yourself, that was just my experience with it, I can't publish a preset with an altered UI readability, that's not really professionnal

I've already made a mistake by not taking people's monitor into account

[full crown]

Don't beat yourself up. It's not really up to you which monitors people are using. How would you adapt to the differences by yourself?

[mint owl]

According to another good modder, you need to reduce levels.fx black level to 4-5 for IPS panel monitor to get the same intended look, I use a VA panel so it's at 10 on my side

But since the creation of the new mod channel I can't seem to edit my post anymore

[full crown]

Interesting. Although after my first few tries were I only had 16 shaders activated, your reshade looked great and I have an IPS panel. But I guess I'm also not comparing stuff picture by picture.

[vital orchid]

hm ok sry i didnt want to offend you or something, i really love your reshade preset. I tried a few and it looks the best to me. I got a 4090 now and my rig can handle it pretty easy so i thought i can spice it up a little more with rtgi like i do in other games. I know that i takes a lot of performance power. I just wanted to ask if somebody made a rtgi preset already? that´s all💁‍♂️

[mint owl]

Oh I wasn't offended no worries x) It's just that RTGI isn't really that functional with Stalker in general due to the one core limitation on the series

[mint owl]

#╟📸screenshots message

See this post if it can help

From someone who used it in a more in depth way

[vital orchid]

Thx yes i never used nvidia freestyle. I will give it a shot. 👍

[mint owl]

No problem ^^ I'm just a bit against it because fps are a precious ressource in this game due to it's old engine, that's all

[ruby slate]

anybody know a good setting for the gamma to get some truly dark nights while keeping the way it looks in the day?

or just all 3 of the basic light settings in general?

[manic sage]

down from 14 effects

[lyric loom]

This will give you darker nights while keeping day time basically the same (a little brighter but it helps details pop)

[ruby slate]

thanks so i just put this in my reshade ini's?

[lyric loom]

Download it and put it in Drive:/Anomaly/bin

[ancient sorrel]

"just made some weathers, patches, shaders"

[manic sage]

Can't stand people like that

[mint owl]

If only you knew

How much worse it actually is

[manic sage]

oh TomyGD?

I am a part of the GTR discord and i see his clown ass all the time

I just lurk on there

[mint owl]

There's a reason this guy is banned from all main 3 Anomaly servers x)

[manic sage]

Yeah I joined his discord once, he had a section that calls out the people that leave the server

I quickly left lmao

something like

[mint owl]

Yeah, I joined a long time ago

[manic sage]

"LEAVE DOG PEOPLE"

or something like that

[mint owl]

Imagine this level of entitlement

How dare you not stay on my half dead server while I'm glorifying my own "work"

[manic sage]

Yeah I dont't know how people like that go through life

pretty much

honestly its mental illness

I feel bad

no other way around it

[mint owl]

They do, but each step they take put people off

Mental illness or not, it's also part of education

[manic sage]

True

[mint owl]

No mental illness gives you God complex isn't it ?

[manic sage]

narcissism

narcissism personality disorder

if diagnosed essentially means that the person diagnosed has an inflated sense of self importance.

Constant need for attention

To be admired

Usually leads to troubled relationships and a lack of empathy

[mint owl]

So this is the case here ?

[maiden void]

Potato Reshade that actually is not taxing and sorta helps with running the game better

[manic sage]

Probably but I'm not a doctor

[manic sage]

how many effects?

[maiden void]

About 6 or 7? Not sure, they are the base Gamma reshade effects on Performance mode, tomorrow ill say with I used and an accurate number

[manic sage]

Very nice

I was able to get my reshade down from 14 to 5-6

Should be able to release later tonight if everything keeps checking out

[maiden void]

Nice

[manic sage]

What textures are you running?

your indoor shots are nice

[atomic hollow]

hippo if you release tonight ill be around for feedback

been curious to try but ive been waiting for you to put out this new shiny one

[maiden void]

Golden Autumn Redux

Although I wanna check my performance with 1K anomaly textures and this reshade to see

Maybe an animation finally plays out from start to end

[mint owl]

Way past my bedtime

[lyric loom]

That was like...7 hours ago tho

[mint owl]

It was past 1AM on my side

[lyric loom]

Damn, you on the moon or something?

[mint owl]

Philippines xD

In normal time, it would have been about 6-7PM for me

[lyric loom]

Oooooh I remember you saying yeah how it hot asf basically all the time lol

[mint owl]

Yeah, way more than in my country xD

[lyric loom]

Scroll up and test my reshade :'3

[mint owl]

Sure, can you send my beefy computer over here ?

[lyric loom]

It's not performance heavy :3

Oh wait I misread

[mint owl]

I don't even have a computer xD

[lyric loom]

i thought it said "send a beefy" lmao

[mint owl]

Nope x)

The only pc here is a slow 32 bits windows XP

[twilit sparrow]

perfect for running shadow of chernobyl

[lyric loom]

Nostalgic

[lyric loom]

yeah exactly xD

[mint owl]

I would if it was mine x)

Basically the family computer here, what a call back to 10 years ago when I'd play the full crashing xray engine Clear Sky package

On my mother's computer x)

[brazen meteor]

My visual is too dark for my liking. What should I adjust to brighten my display a little bit? Seems like adjusting the brightness do only a little of changes.

[mint owl]

Gamma level setting

[twilit tangle]

any good reshades that you guys can point me 2 im looking for something realistic

[manic sage]

Up to 18 fps gained coming for the new release

[mint owl]

Hmm, it can vary depending the location actually

[silent cairn]

Also did you test with performance option on or off

[manic sage]

Havent yet this is just old release vs new release

new effects list

[silent cairn]

I think you can load into the test map by pressing f2 in the main menu

[manic sage]

Old

[silent cairn]

that place shouldn't use cpu at all

[manic sage]

Will give it a shot

[silent cairn]

[manic sage]

New release

Old

[silent cairn]

[manic sage]

Still a gain of 10 fps

[silent cairn]

Very sizeable chunk of frames

I noticed with your previous iteration of color grading the game became quite magenta-colored (with the ltx file, not reshade), have you changed the colors since that?

[manic sage]

Color grading preset?

not the hippo grading preset?

[manic sage]

Yeah, the colors are more neutral right now

God rays arent as strong and pronounced,

God rays dont have fringes of blue around them anymore

image is generally brighter during the day and just as dark during the night

I'm still using your tweaks btw, have you changed anything since then?

[manic sage]

Also the sun luminance is stronger,

This has made it so I'm not as reliant on bloom anymore

Yet still nothing too drastic

How it looks during clear weather when staring directly at the sun

[atomic hollow]

awesome.

[loud geode]

Wich reshade is this?

[manic sage]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

This one, I havent updated yet

[sharp wagon]

Do you have a screenshot of which options to enable, it loads with everything disabled

[mint owl]

Congrats on the progress you made Hippo

[manic sage]

Thank you Eden

[manic sage]

Its finished

ironed out all the bugs

Clear 1

Clear 2

Cloudy

cloudy 2

foggy

another foggy

partly

night time partly

night time cloudy dark

[silent cairn]

Don't worry I'll find the bugs

[manic sage]

Please do

Indoors

Subtle and less pronounced god rays

The god rays actually blend well now

[silent cairn]

Wait is this gamma weathers

[manic sage]

Yes

[silent cairn]

Isn't it supposed to be used with screen space

[manic sage]

WELL I MADE VOLUMETRIC WORK

how about that 🙂

jk but really I didn't know that

[silent cairn]

It's the default setting

I like volumetric more anyway

[manic sage]

Quick question why don't people use the both setting

is it broken? or?

[silent cairn]

No, I use it always

[manic sage]

What does screen space provide?

[silent cairn]

It just might be too bright for some when looking towards the sun

[manic sage]

Ahh

Fire Anomaly

[loud path]

anyone know how to stop my shadows looking like this?

got some weird blue tint to the sun rays and shadows

[mild dome]

Screen space is just rays when the sun is in view, feels more like a lens flare

[unborn bloom]

hi, i tryed to put new reshades and this is happens

any idea how to fix?

[cosmic geyser]

delete shader cache in anomaly bin

otherwise u might have messed up settings? i assume when u toggle reshade on off with the shortcut its still black either way right?

[unborn bloom]

i delete now are like this

and settings are messed up lol wtf

[glossy pond]

Try typing cfg_load user.ltx

In console

[unborn bloom]

i can delete reshade-shaders paste too ? will put original ones ? or i need to get default ones

[sand rock]

Guys, i've always done default modlist install, always had the proper amount of mods, but now that i downloaded the shaders pack that moderator here shared, i suspect that my game never got around to downloading shaders, how come?

or does the game only come with a few and the rest u gotta get urself?

[mint owl]

Where's the link of what you downloaded ?

[sand rock]

@mint owl #🔨base-gamma-support first pinned message(latest)

I mean the amount of shaders in the zip he shared is awesome, i even got smaa and fxaa now, the original amount that came with installing game didn't include these options

[mint owl]

Where did you put said shaders precisely ?

[sand rock]

What's wrong? Everything is working on my end

[mint owl]

Then what was your issue ?

[sand rock]

Sorry for causing confusion

[mint owl]

Let me get this straight, you have downloaded shaders but some are not appearing ?

[sand rock]

No, everything is fine, i wanted to know why the ones i downloaded didn't come with Gamma installer, sorry :X

I mean SMAA and FXAA ones are great at no performance hit?

[mint owl]

Oh, I suppose Grok didn't want to add too much into the folder

[sand rock]

Hmm, makes sense, and the game does look blurrier right now, so maybe it's not a end-all-be-all solution

[shell stag]

Hello all, any recommendations on reshapes that would help with the washed out black levels in gamma at night especially on really dark nights.

[mint owl]

It needs some balancing, I use Adaptive Sharpen for my Reshade to complement SMAA

[mint owl]

Try opening the console (button under escape) and type : cfg_load grading_vanilla

While in game

[shell stag]

I have actually. I loaded that one and it's worse than the default grading thay comes with enhanced shaders. In terms of black levels anyway.

[mint owl]

Hmm, just a moment

[mint owl]

#1036172060969410590 message

[shell stag]

I googled and searched reddit and discord and seems nobody complains about elevated blacks or washed out blacks (non 0 level black on rgn scale). So starting to go crazy thinking it's just me.

[mint owl]

Try this Reshade preset

[shell stag]

I'll try that one. It actually looks pretty good.

[sand rock]

@mint owl Thanks, i'm gonna find the optimal solution eventually

[shell stag]

Any conflicts with the grading that's in gamma or dynamic tone mapping mod that's on by default

[silent cairn]

It's designed for vanilla gamma + volumetric sunrays and uses its own grading (hippo.ltx, which you have to load)

The Hippo Grading reshade, that is

[mint owl]

If somehow some effects were to not appear, it will have to do with the paths you put it Reshade settings

@sand rock

[sand rock]

I just dropped all of them in the shaders folder in bin in anomaly

[mint owl]

[sand rock]

But yea, new ones work and the SMAA and sharpen are the only ones i enabled

no amount of shaders will help if you're blind

I mean me, and my eyesight 8)

[shell stag]

vanilla gamma is basically just gamma in the video settings set to 1 or 1.2? sorry just wanted to clarify. Also should i turn of dynamic tone mapping mod that comes with gamma if i use that reshade? thanks.

[silent cairn]

Sorry, I meant the vanilla G.A.M.M.A. modpack, with all the default mods enabled that could affect how the game looks (Enhanced Shaders, Dynamic Tonemap, GAMMA weathers etc.)

Not that it wouldn't look amazing with different setups

[shell stag]

gotcha

ya im hoping that reshade helps the black level raise im getting at night and in dark indoors at nights

having an oled is a crux as now you see anything other than pure black as nasty elevated greys lol

tried playing with reshade settings myself but it crushed too many areas of the game sadly.

[silver sleet]

Is there a link to get more texture options for stalker on reshade or does the normal reshade website work fine?

[silent cairn]

By "texture options" do you mean shader effects? For actual textures check #custom-textures

[silver sleet]

Yes sorry

https://youtu.be/Vz_6VZlsB7c?t=539

It should play the time where it shows his reshade but he has WAY more options

yet never mentions additional downloads for anomaly

[silent cairn]

GAMMA comes with a handful amount of effects, you can reinstall reshade and during installation select more options for download. Or follow this #🔨base-gamma-support message

[shell stag]

im also wondering if anyone in here plays with auto HDR in windows on and if there are any reshades made specifically to compliment that. Auto HDR makes this game look amazing btw. especially at night with the campires being bright in the sea of darkness.

[silver sleet]

ty, i just dropped the new shaders in the folder

[silent cairn]

If you don't see all the new effects make sure the path for shader effects is set up correctly in the reshade's settings tab

(doing it like I did will most likely make you have double effects, which can cause problems)

[silver sleet]

It is. appreciate it

[drifting swift]

Is there a really good winter reshade that exists?

[woeful veldt]

has anyone else encountered this shadow issue? look close and in the distance, you can notice the striped shadows

it's hard to see because of discord's compression but I see rows of striped shadows in game

[lyric loom]

It shouldn't do that but yeah, lemme load in to the game and I'll take an SS

[sharp wagon]

Thanks, bewn trying to figure out why but I am a brainlet so no idea

[lyric loom]

Do you also have the files needed to use the Reshades? Like the textures and shader fx? If not, I'll provide them too

[sharp wagon]

I think so, I had some trouble yesterday so I basically reverted to vanilla grok /bin folder

Unless vanilla folder doesn't have them in which case that might explain why the presets are disabled

[lyric loom]

That could be the case

[sharp wagon]

but ReShade tells me it's already installed when I select the app so IDK

eh, I'll deal with that when I get time off work

[lyric loom]

I've uploaded a zip containing my current reshade fx and of course the preset itself, give that a try when you get time, if that doesn't work try the summoning chant for CS Eden :P

[sharp wagon]

thanks

[lyric loom]

No worries, hope it gets sorted :D

[sharp wagon]

the worst part is, I wanted to fix an issue that wasn't even related to shaders and now I'm knee deep in shader problems that don't actually effect me but my OCD isn't letting me enjoy the game till I fix it

[silent cairn]

Increase the shadow map size from the Anomaly Launcher you can launch from MO2

[woeful veldt]

lmao it was that easy, thanks!

[silver sleet]

Getting a weird shadow effect on scopes when using this. Do i need to disable AO in my settings or is it a common issue with it?

[silent cairn]

Is your depth buffer set up correctly? I'm not sure if that could be the issue

[silver sleet]

could be. Ill have to mess with it later

[sonic saddle]

the graupel winter mod has a really weird effect like the ground is warping near me? Anyone else have that?

[silent cairn]

Yep

Gives me motion sickness

[rain trout]

how do I do this

[manic sage]

One sec a quick update is coming to tweak the contrast ratio

[rain trout]

It looks so good lol

[rich sentinel]

It fixed for me disabling the 2D effects on the SSS MCM

[manic sage]

Update is out

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

[lyric loom]

gib preset pl0x

[manic sage]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

[lyric loom]

ah yes, maybe I should have tried this link before asking huh xD

[manic sage]

lol you're good

[rain trout]

THIS is AMAZING! Thank you so much! The PPFX SSDO does unfortunately cause a weird shadow glitch when aiming down a scope unfortunately but fortunately it is optional and still looks amazing without it! Again thanks so much!

how does this game looks so good lol its insane what a simple reshade can do and like no fps drop what so ever for me

it actually feels like it runs better lol

[manic sage]

Just uploaded a new version to fix the last remaining magenta issues thanks to @silent cairn for pointing it out and helping me with the new values. Yeah it is optional and shouldn't be much of a difference with or without it. I can look at it later to tweak it at some point. I'm just tired now. Glad you like it!

[rich sentinel]

Tweaked some of the reshade to look better with hippo new cfg, looking good

[manic sage]

That looks sick

[rich sentinel]

I've made a new preset only for gamma weathers

[rain trout]

I just dont understand how this works lol like its insane how much better something can look thats this old...

[manic sage]

Love me some consistent gamma weathers, atleast consistent compared to most of whats out there

[rich sentinel]

After switching between all weathers multiple times, yes gamma got consistent work

I do like majestic, but sometimes is overkill

Hippo.ltx

Hippo3.ltx

Hippo3 got less greens, more natural

[sacred cove]

my reshade is just... gone? Didnt install at all with the modpack

[silent cairn]

Gamma is installed on a clean Anomaly installation, you shouldn't have a reshade in the first place

[manic sage]

Very nice

[manic sage]

When you tried those new values did you do cfg_save hippo3.ltx?

Or I guess you dont have to since you download the new one I uploaded with the saved values, actually you dont have to unless you keep changing between the two

But if you are you should save it

[rich sentinel]

I didn't, good to know, saved right now

[manic sage]

Yeah make sure you set the values again

then save

Or just use this

this is a cleaned ltx only containing the relevant shader_param , saturation, color grading

The new release is called hippo.ltx but if you dont want to overwrite the old then here you go

[rich sentinel]

How does this look?

Testing some Blooming_HDR

[manic sage]

Looks good to me, be careful blooming hdr can look good in one weather then fuck it up in another

[rich sentinel]

This is the gamma tweak reshade I was using

[manic sage]

its very picky

[rich sentinel]

Yes, it looks super nice underground

[ocean shore]

damn it looks amazing

[rich sentinel]

Blooming enjoyer

[glossy pond]

How does this work bc I switch between ltxs mid game sometimes

[manic sage]

You dont have to do anything you can just download the newest release

Both dyn and jaku were just helping me test stuff

[maiden void]

Weird that mine actually came with a Reshade

[silent cairn]

Gamma modpack comes with a reshade, yes

But I understood that this person already had reshade prior to installing gamma

[maiden void]

Aah, got it

[frail kraken]

Guys i Need help. I dont know if you can See it But everytime i move my mouse the picture does this. How can i fix this?

[silent cairn]

[glossy pond]

ok cool so no issues arise if i load a cfg multiple times

like say load hippo then another one to see the difference

[manic sage]

Nope

I was only saying that because both Dyn and Jaku were testing out color grading tweaks on the fly by telling them to input specific values

you're not doing that so you're good

[glossy pond]

ah i see

[tardy olive]

So it drifts?

[frail kraken]

yes kinda

[tardy olive]

AIght, u might wanna mess with the mouse itself. Like clean it, and if that doesn't work, get a new one, or try unloading any new mods, if there are any.

[frail kraken]

Okay im gonna do that thank you

[subtle wraith]

is there a tutorial or anyting like that around to make it look as good as some of the screenshots that are on chat?

[silver sleet]

Where is that located?

[rich sentinel]

Mod menu, look for SSS

Suppose you updated the shaders

[silver sleet]

Dont have it there. strange

assuming it alphabetical

[rich sentinel]

Should be this

Disabling it fixed for me

You need to update the shaders for it to show

[silver sleet]

oh snap. how do I do that

[rich sentinel]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/screen-space-shaders

[silver sleet]

Worked. Ty ty

[silver sleet]

ever have this problem?

Shadows are super dark on weapon

happened after the update

[rich sentinel]

Did you delete the Shader_cache folder?

[silver sleet]

yea

[rich sentinel]

The order should be like this

And I disabled the Shader cumulative patch

[silver sleet]

alrighty gunna give it another go

[rich sentinel]

And no, didn't happen here

[silver sleet]

hmmmm

[rich sentinel]

Did you do this?

[silver sleet]

Disabled it and it loads.

[silver sleet]

Also, is line 190 for SSS supposed to be disabled? Do those conflict?

[rich sentinel]

Yes SSS and Screen space shaders are the same

[silver sleet]

we are back in business

thanks so much for the help man

[rich sentinel]

Glad to help

[tawdry coral]

where do i install this to? just in mod organizer?

[silver sleet]

yea

[tawdry coral]

all of it?

[silver sleet]

I just used mod organizer to do it and it popped up with a menu to select them

[tawdry coral]

oh ok

[tawdry coral]

oh found it lol thanks hardly ever use MO so i forgot how to use it

[tawny depot]

is there a reshade setting/config, or settings in gamma, to make interiors less dull ? with more lighting/shadows in corners and such ?
thanks 🙂

maybe this one shows it better, absolutely the same lighting everywhere

[outer bolt]

@tawny depot Reshade that adds AO, try @manic sage under #1035807043933720576

[tawny depot]

thanks man it looks good indeed, gonna give it a try

[outer bolt]

Here's the link #╟📸screenshots message

[glossy pond]

it burns

my eyes

[tawny depot]

thanks ❤️ it's 100x times better !
Tho, it feels just a tad to "sharp" to my eyes, do you know which settings does that ?

[outer bolt]

try turning off or lowering CAS

topmost i think

[tawny depot]

yup indeed found it, gonna fiddle with this guy.
THanks again : )

[outer bolt]

No probs, if you have any questions try to chat in hippo's mod page

[swift robin]

Hi guys wich is the best HD texture mod whu i can get ???

for buildings-objectives-terain

[lean kraken]

guys is there any tutorial on how to install shaders cuz i really have no clue

im searching the discord for any tips but cant find any

[manic sage]

Thats bright af

Just tried the story teller reshade, Idk even with rtgi enabled there were a bunch of bugs? and the image was washed out. The mood was great though, that part was nailed down.

[glossy pond]

yeah was fucking around with random effects i believe it was adaptive tonemapper on top of 3 blooms

[manic sage]

Yeah that will do it

[twilit sparrow]

I like the mood that story teller gives but it's a pretty heavy haha

[manic sage]

Its not even the fact that it's heavy

The dithering issues are easy to fix but I think it was adaptive fog or something

makes a weird silhouette on your hand while holding a gun. That can also be disabled

In general I expect a lot for rtgi presets since they are so performance heavy, they better have the visuals to match the fps cost

[twilit tangle]

can anyone explain me how to install a reshade ?

[silent cairn]

#╟🎑reshades message

[twilit tangle]

tkx

[twilit tangle]

can you tell me a good reshade i want a realistic look to the game darker shadows and nights brighter days

[silent cairn]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

[twilit tangle]

well txs again bro

[eager glen]

Does anyone know if I can use this reshade alongside the autumn harmony reshade? https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/cinematic-g-a-m-m-a-reshade-v1-2

[silent cairn]

You can only have one reshade preset active at a time. Autumn harmony is not a reshade: it's a repack of textures and other stuff Eden has put together. Eden's reshade is then applied on top of all that.

[eager glen]

gotcha man, thanks

[eager glen]

so pretty much i gotta disable the reshade preset, then activate this new one?

[silent cairn]

You don't really need to "disable" it, just switch to the cinematic reshade preset in the reshade menu

[eager glen]

This cinematic reshade asks me just to replace some bin files, that won;t cause any problems right? I remember also replacing some bin stuff with Eden's pack

[silent cairn]

Yeah it probably comes with some of the same shader effects, you can replace them

[eager glen]

Awesome, thanks for your help! 🫡

[vague island]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KttqsmtzX8 guys how does this guy make his game look so good

colors and trees are realistic

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/enhanced-shaders-and-color-grading-for-151 any of you guys use this? I saw it in his modlist

[dapper rivet]

does anyone actually check what mods gamma is made up of?

enhanced shaders is already there

[vague island]

hmmm I thought gamma used SSS

[dapper rivet]

It does

[vague island]

and its just his game looks so different

[dapper rivet]

Thats just cause hes using vanilla textures

[vague island]

aight

[glossy pond]

Oops

[vague island]

Do you know what mods I should disable for me to use vanilla textures? I wanna try it out

[subtle wraith]

Any tips to make game look a bit better... I got black sort of bushes and the fog looks horrible

[austere saddle]

Get a texture pack and a reshade from moddb/here

[dapper rivet]

#custom-textures

[silent cairn]

!deadzone

[void depot]

How to bring back the default look for the Zone: #╭📖faq message

[sick surge]

wtf?

[astral halo]

Hows my game looking? Using Golden Autumn Redux textures, messing with my own shader settings. Trying to go for a soft/less sharp, vibrant look with good visibility. Any tips?

Turned game off and back on, why does it look so different? Is that just the weather? I didnt make any changes

[manic sage]

did you save your shader settings?

[astral halo]

I don't think so. It seems to be loading up the same every time with the second picture though, which honestly I think I like better. It's saved now though.

[manic sage]

Make sure to test for different weathers and times

a setting that looks good in one, will look bad in another if not careful

[astral halo]

Alright thanks for the tip Ill test some things out.

Is changing the weather on command in debug?

[manic sage]

f7 then press 3 to get into the weather editor

I usually just scroll through time

there is a button at the top that lets you scroll through

A timeline

[vague island]

Guys anyone know how to fix depth buffer?

dont really understand the marty mcfly guide

ive been changing values in the global processor

nothing changes

my depth buffer is black

depth buffer was perfect before

idk what changed

nvm as I was about to give up

something worked xD

[vague island]

also which is better ssdo or hbao

other games I played before hbao seemed better

[grim oriole]

reshade from some guy's modpack (i forgot his name)

[manic sage]

Mmmm looks like the whites and highlights might get overexposed in clear weathers

Otherwise looks great

[glossy pond]

anyone kno why this happen

the usual tunnel simulation of the scope is gone

[woeful veldt]

ok, weird bug just happened: a circle of light is following me underneath my character:

I don't know if it's a shader or anything or what, does anyone know how to get rid of it?

[grim oriole]

oh shit

i have both of these issues

[glossy pond]

i believe this is just an issue with sss

mine might also be tbh

[woeful veldt]

sss?

[rich sentinel]

I was answered for this, is the way the Shader behave, as far as I know you can't remove it, unless you don't use shaders mod

[glossy pond]

Screen space shaders

Graphics mod included in gamma

[rich sentinel]

Did you try to activate or deactivate the 2D option on MCM of SSS?

[glossy pond]

no ill try rn

[rich sentinel]

I fixed a black shadow on the scope by messing with it

[glossy pond]

worked thx

[woeful veldt]

huh, so I should either cope with it and hope it disappears or remove the SSS

[rich sentinel]

Yes

[glossy pond]

just cope, sss is very nice

[woeful veldt]

yeah I agree

too bad it shows in NV

[rich sentinel]

@woeful veldt #╟📸screenshots message

[woeful veldt]

huh so it's only during rain

I never noticed because I never look down on the ground

[rich sentinel]

Been messing around with filmic pass

Just didn't find a way to remove the white fog on glamarye, happen to you too? @manic sage

[woeful veldt]

man that fog is pretty

[rich sentinel]

After some colour tweaking it looks good, ye

[manic sage]

What white fog?

[rich sentinel]

There's some white fog/blob around the weapon if AO is on

[manic sage]

Ohhhh yeah

Show me the glamaraye reshade menu

I’m not home but i can tell you

[manic sage]

Fake gi big

That one

Tone it down heavily or put it at 0

At least for me

[rich sentinel]

Thought it would disable the AO if put to 0

[manic sage]

Nope

All good

[rich sentinel]

@manic sage What do you think?

Gamma fog looking good btw

[manic sage]

How much fps does it cost?

And show me with it off and on

[rich sentinel]

Fog is gonne now, but raining

Off

On

5 to 6 fps loss

[manic sage]

I like it you should set it an optional effect so people that have the fps headroom can try it

But its not forced on others

I’ve been experimenting with optional effects now since I’ve finalized everything

[rich sentinel]

I do like Filmic pass, but didn't tried it in Gamma yet

[manic sage]

Tried rtgi but honestly it’s very hit or miss with a 15 fps cost

[rich sentinel]

RTGI is like 20-25 FPS loss here

This is without glamarye

FPS loss is 3

Can't really complain of heavy reshade

[manic sage]

Looks good with or without for me glamaraye replaced ambient light effects

And is nice and subtle

[rich sentinel]

Here with glamarye

[manic sage]

I like that

[rich sentinel]

Could send you the preset to test it out, wanna see how it goes on your game

Only 4 effects on the preset

3 without Glamarye

[manic sage]

Yeah dm me and I’ll mess with it when i get home

What effects are you using in total

[manic sage]

Ahh very nice

You don’t like lightroom?

[rich sentinel]

It looks nice, but complicated

[manic sage]

It is but has so much built into it

[rich sentinel]

There's what, 40 buttons there?

[manic sage]

lol yeah but it reloaded contrastbright for me

[rich sentinel]

Would you use lightroom instead of?

[manic sage]

Since Lightroom is basically photoshop built into the reshade

Instead of your last effect

[rich sentinel]

I could try messing with it instead of CBS

[manic sage]

Give it a shot

[rich sentinel]

Another hour of contrast tweaking

[manic sage]

lol

[rich sentinel]

Contrast is hard, I tweak for my eyes

Then one guy says is too dark

Another that is too bright

[manic sage]

Yeah just ask @silent cairn

he is the magenta police after all

[rich sentinel]

So you are the blue/cyan police?

I like the blue colors btw

[manic sage]

no im the highlights and overexposed whites police

[rich sentinel]

Can make a whole squad of police here

[manic sage]

lol

[rich sentinel]

Summoning @silent cairn for the contrast avaliation

[woeful veldt]

seems to be fine now; I don't think it happens only during rain, it's raining rn and no spotlight bellow me

[outer bolt]

Anyone know how to fix this? It moves when i move my view. Happens in select ceilings

[woeful veldt]

#╟🎑reshades message

I have the same issue under certain conditions, but on the ground, instead of the ceiling

[rich sentinel]

TAA on Reshade actually fixes the trees/bushes graining for me

Actually cant use it, TAA gives a huge motion sickness

[manic sage]

Apparently you have to set it up right according to @frigid spade

[lavish relic]

I'd love to know how to set it up right, i could never figure it out

[mint owl]

Try combining in game medium SMAA with Reshade's SMAA first followed by Adaptative Sharpen, helped on my side

[sweet anchor]

What reshade should i Get to make my game look better, dont know alot about reshades

[mint owl]

#1036172060969410590 message

Look no further

Constantly updated, actively supported, versatile, feedback acceptance, and looking great on top of it

[lavish relic]

I hope you're going to have a play around with shaders + your reshade when you get back Eden

[sweet anchor]

I thank thee kind one

[mint owl]

Well, I don't think I'll be the right guy anymore, the very fact I have a VA panel while most people have an IPS panel, makes it hard to get a proper Reshade, Hippobot actually has one

[lavish relic]

Well i am grateful for what you both have done. Amazing work all round.

I hope you do... something when you get back to your computer. Even if its a nice new texture compilation.

[mint owl]

Thank you ^^

Well, about that, I do have a plan for a texture compilation

[lavish relic]

ooo what do you have in mind?

[mint owl]

A texture pack with death and moodiness in mind

There would be barely any sun shine

[lavish relic]

sounds cheerful 😄

[manic sage]

https://github.com/lordbean-git/HQAA can anyone try this out? I’m not home but i plan on messing with this and TAA for proper anti aliasing in the game.

[lavish relic]

Yeah i'll check it out

[lavish relic]

I'll like the sound of that to be honest. The only issue i suppose is if the game will have a lot of darkness, night sky etc, the night skies generally look awful...

[manic sage]

I think for my next reshade update I’ll look into anti aliasing, sharpening alternatives

Also filmic pass as an optional disabled by default effect

[mint owl]

Well naturally I'll create a preset to go along with it

[lavish relic]

Anti aliasing options are good. At the moment i just force 2x through nvidia control panel and that helps. Running the game at 4k i need every little bit of FPS just to keep the game stable enough to play.

Your Reshade + shader params really have helped there. The only thing i change on yours is just removing the sharpening as my game is already pretty sharp.

The Merged SMAA + FXAA shaders are... eh. The "lite" option tanks my FPS whilst giving a slightly clearly picture then the normal Option. The normal option just blurs everything in the distance... but thats FXAA for you.

[manic sage]

Interesting

Thank you

[lavish relic]

In fact, both options are taking a huge bite out of my FPS. Lite is loosing around 5-8fps

Normal depending on preset, even with "conservative" application i am looking 8+ fps loss

This is just testing in Bar too

[mint owl]

@manic sage You've tried this ? #╟🎑reshades message

That what worked for me

[lavish relic]

I am playing around with TAA shader but i really have no idea what i am doing 😄

[mint owl]

Guess Hippo has to create the Ultimate reshade with only 1 effect

[manic sage]

I think i have good AA already as i just force it through the control panel with some in game buttt my interest was peaked because of this

#╟📸screenshots message

[mint owl]

I already use some settings in NVIDIA myself

DLSS or DLDS or something

[manic sage]

I tried that but made my UI unusable

Unless i did something wrong

All the words were super small and such

[lavish relic]

Yeah the upscaling through control panel can have that affect on UI's... unless you can scale that in games, its a pain. I am running on a 42" screen at 4k so a small UI is not that much of an issue 😄

[manic sage]

Yeah so I just force the control panel to 4x and to enhance the existing ingame AA

[mint owl]

#📢announcements message

It was this link

[manic sage]

Yeah i did that

Did you ever get small UI or UI issues with that?

[mint owl]

Well I play in 1080p but I've never noticed any issue

[rich sentinel]

After following the advice from the chads @manic sage for lightroom and @mint owl for SMAA + adaptative sharp game looks really nice

[mint owl]

Looks nicer than ever, congrats

[heady pebble]

You need to install a 4K font. Can be found on ModDB: https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/anomaly-4k-fonts

I don't know if it works with Gamma though.

[lavish relic]

It does

[heady pebble]

If you use DLDSR, I would also change the scaling settings of your monitor: no scaling & scaling with screen rather than GPU. This prevents any issues with your mouse and it behaves the same way as if you use your screens native resolution.

It's under size & position.

[restive quest]

I'm curious what y'all use for settings and stuff to get the best performance with reshade, specifically on AMD based systems?

Is it best to turn the engine-based SDAO/SSAO off and just use reshade's ambient occlusion?

I just upgraded to a 3440x1440 screen from 1920x1080, so I took a performance hit, but I still want the game to look the best it can.

[manic sage]

Two more effects have been chopped off from the reshade in turn they are replaced with DELC-SHARPEN

This doubles as both with the added benefit of not oversharpening distant objects such as adaptive sharpen as well as cas sharpen.

SMAA did incur a heavy performance cost depending on the scene, anywhere between 3-9 fps so this is gonna be more performance gains for free while fixing the sharpening issues

With CASV

With DELC

No more fried branches

[rich sentinel]

Btw, this DELC effect comes with the new update?

[hollow scarab]

Is anyone available to help me with my issues? I've recently got double shadows when using scopes and especially using NVG

[silent cairn]

Disable ppfx ssdo or gloomAo in reshade

[hollow scarab]

I disabled all those awhile ago and I think doing that may have caused it but Im unsure

[mint owl]

https://tenor.com/view/my-man-my-man-hd-my-man4k-gif-23532578

[silent cairn]

Backup your reshade preset and put the active effects on top and send a screenshot of those in here

[manic sage]

Yes, but it should already be on the current preset just not activated if you want to mess with it

[rich sentinel]

Talks about more FPS

[manic sage]

I just lost all my reshade settings.....

Randomly switching between presets and all the settings on all the presets are now at the default settings

[hollow scarab]

I jumped the gun a little and am just doing a full game reinstal, but how would u backup your reshade preset?

[manic sage]

I guess I'll redo all the changes again from the last release.

Even Eden's preset is now at default again

[mint owl]

[manic sage]

Wait its back

wtf

lmao

[rich sentinel]

Guess not baiting sadness

[mint owl]

https://tenor.com/view/swag-nope-doubt-it-doubtful-gif-11156291

[manic sage]

nope nvm

its all gone

RIP

[silent cairn]

[silent cairn]

Copy the preset file that you were using (e.g. the gamma_reshade.ini in anomaly\bin)

[manic sage]

Yup have to set the depth buffer again

reshade hardcore shit itself

[mint owl]

Backup is my new religion, always has been even for the lost recent stuff

[manic sage]

Good thing it was mainly sharpening changes

thats about it

[silent cairn]

I need to backup my stuff

[manic sage]

Yeah probably a good idea after what happened to me

[hollow scarab]

Is there a way to reset the shaders option to the default of like your first install?

[manic sage]

What do you mean?

[exotic moon]

what mods you guys recommend for higher fidelity, higher res textures
i have a beast pc, i just want maximum

[hollow scarab]

Like after you disable them or tweak them, can u hit a button to go back to the beginning?

Cause Ig I'd like to go back and try again tweaking since the double shadow issue Im havings is still persisting

[mint owl]

Well, Hippobot is making progress on a newly updated reshade preset, I'll suggest you try this one when it's ready either today or tomorrow, worth the wait for sure

[manic sage]

Performance friendly reshade + heavy texture packs is what you'd like

So that way your performance isn't only gimped from the reshade but also from the texture packs its a nice balance

[silent cairn]

#╟🎑reshades message

[manic sage]

Reshade at the end of the day will still cost you fps

[exotic moon]

True, well what're some heavy texture packs you'd recommend

[exotic moon]

I like you

[hollow scarab]

@silent cairn ah sick ok, yeah Im still waitin for the reinstall on everything but will def try that

[manic sage]

I've managed to make reshade only cost 10 fps in total compared to all the effects off rn

A demo

[hollow scarab]

pog

[exotic moon]

what's your spec?

[manic sage]

RTX 3080 Watercooled

5900X watercooled and curve optimizer

3800mhz 32GB DDR4 tightened mem timings

12 fans in the system with a custum fan curve

700 dollar keyboard

keyboard doesn't matter ofc lmao

[exotic moon]

1440p i assume then

[manic sage]

Yes

[exotic moon]

I get quite a bit more with reshade and RTX 3060

it's heavy overclock and 5.4ghz i9 10900k tho

4400mhz cl 16 😬

[manic sage]

My setup more or less

[exotic moon]

My 1440p IPS 165hz died 😦

so i'm back on the 23.5 inch BenQ 144hz... I have for 10 years already

this fucking thing does not wanna fucking die

[manic sage]

As long as its color accurate and high refresh rate then its fine

[rich sentinel]

Cowboy Bebop fan

[manic sage]

you know it

[hollow scarab]

Dumb question: What does any of the '2D Scopes resolution patches' do? Do I just choose some of them?

[twilit sparrow]

you pick the one for your aspect ration, other wise it would look weird/buggy

[hollow scarab]

But other then that I don't need to pick one tho if it's not my aspect ration right?

[twilit sparrow]

yeah you should be good

[exotic moon]

Old TN panel :/

[hollow scarab]

@twilit sparrow Coocoo. Aside from just seeing them unchecked, I was mainly concerned with there relation to a setting in 'Beef's NVG' mod. It says if you have a shader based 2d scope then check it but I don't think I do

[mint owl]

Looks like you brought the full potential of Autumn Harmony

[manic sage]

Some of the ground textures, and the trees, I run it with grulag dead bushes and some other things

[mint owl]

Well, now I know for sure I won't have to do another global Reshade preset, I'll focus on one theme the next time

[manic sage]

That would be sick

I vote you do a dreary preset

after seeing the story teller reshade, there is so much to be desired

you could do it

[mint owl]

Story teller reshade ?

[manic sage]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/storyteller-reshade-1-0-anomaly-151

This

Many many bugs

but the mood was nailed down

[mint owl]

Ah, I have a bit more experience

[manic sage]

and uses RTGI which is a 20 fps cost for not much gain

[mint owl]

But mine will be very much different

[rich sentinel]

[manic sage]

What do you plan on doing?

[mint owl]

A mix of Autumn Season Redux, Dead Zone, and Dead Air would be my first base

[manic sage]

Thats close to what I run just add EFP on there

[mint owl]

Then not getting any Clear weather, sun would only be noticeable during partly weathers

I want to focus on a grim dark sky, rain and storms

[manic sage]

That sounds amazing

[mint owl]

As well as an oppressive foggy one

[manic sage]

How many effects would you plan to have for a reshade?

Under 10 I'm guessing

[silent cairn]

The fog weathers in cgim are amazing

[mint owl]

Yeah, less than 10 would be ideal, I've learned a few things thanks to you Hippo x)

[manic sage]

Gonna test it out after I'm done tweaking currently

[manic sage]

Use those all in ones

[mint owl]

I want also one weather that's kinda looking radioactive/poisonous

[mint owl]

My preset will be only made of all in ones

[manic sage]

You could use the blowout weather for that

[mint owl]

Probably yes, but I want something less spectacular, I still want the blowouts to be unique

[manic sage]

The only reason I use aggresor texture is because of this ground texture right here

I've deleted everything else from it

[mint owl]

I'll definitely need your help though to perfect it

[manic sage]

Collab time

[mint owl]

Due to my VA panel

I want to make two, so each one would use it according to their monitor

[mint owl]

That's already the case kinda xD

[manic sage]

The only thing you'd tweak between the two is the black level

[mint owl]

Yeah, would be cool if it could adapt to the monitor

[manic sage]

So I lied

DELTC sharpen actually causes artifacts in the sky

no way around it

but I found an alternative

also doubles as SMAA

Actually terrible example

but it works

[silent cairn]

how does it look with tf_mipbias -0.5

[manic sage]

let me give it a shot

[silent cairn]

Thanks

Appreciate it

[manic sage]

This correct?

[silent cairn]

ye

[manic sage]

without

[steady tinsel]

sorry to bump this old message but how should i install it ? I tried installing YAWM and it told me that no gameinfo was found (in MO2)

So like yeah i'm kinda lost on the install process

[manic sage]

With

[steady tinsel]

Despite looking at the guide in #custom-textures

[manic sage]

Its hard to see but in game it is subtle

But I can see it

makes the branches slightly thicker

very slightly but I've only noticed it on very thin objects which is a good thing

without

With

This is the best example I have

[silent cairn]

mipbias -0.5 just makes the grass look better imo so good to know thanks

[manic sage]

You can try it in game yourself

its already a part of the reshade

[silent cairn]

o

imma grab it then

[manic sage]

The settings

I havent messed with the preprocessor definitions yet

[hollow scarab]

I suddenly have massive film grain? or like crazy particles. I adjusted the soft water or soft particles to see if it would make water not so flashy and now i got this.

I just set my advance settings to potato and this is it aswell

[silent cairn]

(you are standing in radiation)

[hollow scarab]

But i am not. This has been around for a hot second

I have that effect off too

[silent cairn]

Just walk away from the area and it will go away

[hollow scarab]

I cannot stress this enough but I am not. I think I took radiation damage or something at some point and its just stuck

[silent cairn]

This will not show if you are irradiated, this is an effect that indicates you are in radiation anomaly

[hollow scarab]

The entire Great Swamp is a radiation anomaly lol

but yeye i walked somewhere and it did go away. Just very jarring

[silent cairn]

It mimics the effect that happens to irradiated film negatives

[manic sage]

@silent cairn Can I get your sun for cgim

the one included is terrible

a tiny dot

[silent cairn]

Well I use expedition sun so you probably don't want that either but here is a patch for roadside's lens flares

[manic sage]

Thanks

[silent cairn]

Just don't let cgim to override this file

[manic sage]

Cant I just overwrite the sun.ltx with the file you gave me?

[silent cairn]

You can, as long as that file is loaded instead of the original one

[manic sage]

Cool

[silent cairn]

Hopefully you won't get the weird squares, I haven't tested roadside lens

[manic sage]

It looks good

the lighting is pretty nice so far

[clever meteor]

Hello guys. This question must have been already asked a thoushand times but... Where can I find CS Eden reshade mod?

[versed night]

What's happening here?

I want more lightning

[manic sage]

lol my bad i meant to say lighting

[silent cairn]

#🖇old-mods-posting message

[clever meteor]

Many thanks!

[versed night]

LMAO i meant lighting too, idk how to type

but i also want more lightning too

Edens #🖇old-mods-posting message

Hippo's https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

Hippo's color corrected https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

Nightcat's https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036360481100795924

[heady pebble]

I wouldn't worry too much about AA. MSAA and your Nvidia settings have an impact, but for me the performance cost is too much and the improvement you get too little. I personally just use Reshade's SMAA with this settings and call it a day:

CornerRounding=10

MaxSearchSteps=42

MaxSearchStepsDiagonal=12

All of Gamma's leafless foliage textures have really bad alpha channels:

Due to being only black & white they are really edgy, but nearly all of them are buggy and have visible holes.

[granite prism]

Guys what is some good reshades and how do i even add them?

[mint owl]

YAWM is kinda outdated so it may not work properly anymore

[mint owl]

Hippobot version is going to be the superior version without any contest very soon though

[mint owl]

These stats are actually not so accurate x)

[silent cairn]

[mint owl]

You should either raise gamma level or search in the reshade presets an effect with exposure so you could add more light on ground level

[frigid spade]

the most important setting in reshade imo is levelsplus, to fix splotchy black spots on textures, it forces you in to a darker nights scenario, but you can maintain playability. i personally prefer dark nights so my custom reshade works for me :]

1440p is a must to avoid needing sharpening and anti aliasing

[unborn dagger]

Hippo Reshade

[turbid wave]

Where can I get Hippo reshade?

[glacial spear]

and here are the expedition shaders for comparison, same time and place all weather's types

I didn't mean to ping - apoligies

[lavish relic]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1036172060969410590

[turbid wave]

Thank you

[novel ridge]

is this available yet or coming next update?

[vague island]

guys what grass/vegetation textures would you suggest

I want a nice light green look

[manic sage]

It is available

[vague island]

like this from HBOs Chernobyl mini series

Hippo Reshade but Grading Vanilla

Using the Hippo_Grading preset

this is with hippo ini

its kind of too bright and too pink for me in some weathers

[silent cairn]

is your gamma set to 1.0

[vague island]

yeah

should it be lower? didn't see instructions for it

[silent cairn]

No, it should be 1.0

[vague island]

i lowered it to 0.9 it seems better

do screenshots change with gamma or is just mine?

[silent cairn]

Is this the newest hippo_grading?

[vague island]

i think so I just downloaded it from mods posting

[silent cairn]

#custom-textures has summer textures from FabioConte

[sick wigeon]

Did you end up not using DELC-Sharpen? It's not enabled for me with the new update.

[manic sage]

No it had some issues

sharp contrast replaced it

[sick wigeon]

Ahhh I see, just making sure. Excellent work btw, love the reshade

[manic sage]

Mainly making the sky grainy

but this way you still get the same effect without that downside

[vague island]

thanks

how about aggressor grass anyone know where I can download that and what are your thoughts about it

kinda want a realistic look

photo realistic or something

[silent cairn]

I mean you get them from the agressor mod in moddb

[vague island]

i found it

thought it was just reshade xD

i thought there was a separate thing

[unborn dagger]

Hello guys SSAO use? SSDO or HBAO

[silent cairn]

SSDO

It's used by screen space shaders mod

[unborn dagger]

Thank you

[manic sage]

@silent cairn Can I use eyes one more time

[silent cairn]

Sure

[manic sage]

Try this

its a very slight tint change, upped the contrast very slight and so on

Make sure its not tinted something awful or w.e lol

[silent cairn]

Okay

[turbid wave]

Hey Hippo, thanks so much for the reshade. It totally solved my darkness/black crush issues and I can finally play the damn game

[vague island]

Hippo Grading

looks pretty nice I lowered gamma to 0.9

also lowered sharpening

to .250

[manic sage]

Looks good now download all the bonus texture packs and download the github executables

It will look like this after

[vague island]

there's more?

where can I get this

[manic sage]

You'll just have to scrounge around

[vague island]

what's it called

[manic sage]

but download the latest screen space shaders update, and then download the githubexecutables

thats where you should start

[vague island]

is there a guide on how to install those? do I just install the SSS update at the bottom of my load order?

[manic sage]

no under the shader cumalative pack

https://github.com/themrdemonized/STALKER-Anomaly-modded-exes then this

[vague island]

thanks mate

do I install everything

[manic sage]

What you have is good

[vague island]

its only those right?

then do I replace the modded.exes with the modded exe that comes with SSS?

[manic sage]

Yeah just make sure you replace everything, but back up your bin,db,gamedata folder

incase you wanna go back

[vague island]

I should install this one then install SSS modded exe over it right?

just making sure

I dont wanna make mistakes xD

[manic sage]

no dont manually install anything from the SSS

[manic sage]

Don't install the manual installation-modded exe

only do it from the github

[vague island]

ah aight so I ignore those

aight

[manic sage]

Yeah

[vague island]

then thats it right?

or do I need to do something more]

[manic sage]

Pretty much

Thats it

[vague island]

what textures do you use btw

looks like you have autumn stuff

[manic sage]

It would be way too confusing

I'd have to make a whole guide I use 5-7 texture packs but cut up and spliced up

[vague island]

aight

[manic sage]

with some parts of them removed

[vague island]

no problem

I dont wanna mess with that rn xD

this game I actually like playing it

[manic sage]

yeah just do those two

[vague island]

I heavily modded skyrim and w3 but spent most of the time modding instead of playing

[manic sage]

same my modded skyrim has 1800 mods on it rn

elysium remastered

[vague island]

sheesh

I had like 303 mods on w3 thats my max

[vague island]

i'd do this once I get a better pc

only have a gtx 970 rn

[manic sage]

Did it turn out alright

[vague island]

did the installs and backed up my whole anomaly folder

wish me luck that I didnt fuck up anything xD

[glossy pond]

i had a gtx 745 for the longest time 💀

[vague island]

Respect

we upgrade soon comrade

[silent cairn]

I'm testing it now, I had to get something fixed with my shaders first

[glossy pond]

i believe

W upgrade

[vague island]

the text on the bottom indicates ive successfully installed everything right?