[REL] Capthelms Lighting Effects mod for sh5 [Archive]

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capthelm

03-08-10, 06:30 AM

ok improved sunlight rays, fog light rays. night and moon ambient rays.
improved uboat interior lighting =little brighter , default imo was to dark.

screens here ,..not photoshopped ingame mod.:yeah:
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/436/50148253.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/50148253.jpg/)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8153/16711289.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/16711289.jpg/)
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/7365/49274004.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/i/49274004.jpg/)
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3507/64732865.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/64732865.jpg/)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7695/21721359.jpg (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/21721359.jpg/)
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2807/37929205.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/37929205.jpg/)
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4913/60843342.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/60843342.jpg/)
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3351/63299061.jpg (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/63299061.jpg/)
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5329/32756931.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/32756931.jpg/)

DOWNLOAD LINK HERE :rock:
http://www.mediafire.com/?u0eyy2hy5oq

video demo here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S3cYeJ7kOQ

enjoy all.

McHibbins

03-08-10, 06:35 AM

Wow, looks good !
I will give it a try. Thank you Sir ! :salute:

Michal788

03-08-10, 06:47 AM

I think only the red is too bright.
In real the red lights are very low and dark this is for nightseeing.
But the rest is great.

Tomi_099

03-08-10, 07:36 AM

It looks very nice, you can show us how you do that?
I think that interest us all! :yeah:

capthelm

03-08-10, 07:45 AM

I think only the red is too bright.
In real the red lights are very low and dark this is for nightseeing.
But the rest is great.

if you dont like it dont use it. maybe your monitor is to bright ? my eyes it looks good.
red lighting was only really used in conning tower in real life.

capthelm

03-08-10, 07:59 AM

It looks very nice, you can show us how you do that?
I think that interest us all! :yeah:

adjusting the [HDR Exterior] file Code effects night/ dawn / day/ dusk all at once. =Lights.Cfg file within SH5

no seperate editing on this.

took me a while to blend it all to the right amount that i liked.

this code below controls the outside lighting rays and bloom.

..................................
[HDR Exterior]
SunMultiplier=1.0 ; multiplier for the sun color
EyeAdaptationTime=0.5 ; the time it takes for the eye to adapt to the new exposure
GaussBloomDeviation=9.4; ; Deviation factor for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
GaussBloomMultiplier=2.10; ; Multiplier for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
StarEffectMultiplier=0.20; ; Scale for the stars effect
LightShaftsStrength=0.04
LightShaftsDensity=0.7
LightShaftsDecay=0.90
LightShaftsWeight=2.20;1.00
LensFlareBlur=1.7
EnableColorCorrection=1
ColorCorrectionFilter=data/filters/ColorCorrection/hdr_exterior.cfg
.................................................. .....................

inside the uboat light effects bloom
.................................................. ..............
[HDR Interior Submarine]
SunMultiplier=1.0 ; multiplier for the sun color
MiddleGray=1.0 ; regulates the scene exposure
MaxLuminanceScale=1.80 ; controls how much the eye adapts
LightOffset=0.103 ; a larger amount means less glow from the bright pass
EyeAdaptationTime=10.0 ; the time it takes for the eye to adapt to the new exposure
GaussBloomDeviation=1.0 ; Deviation factor for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
GaussBloomMultiplier=0.70 ; Multiplier for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
StarEffectMultiplier=0 ; Scale for the stars effect
BloomEffectMultiplier=2.15 ; Scale for the bloom effect
LightShaftsStrength=0.08
LightShaftsDensity=0.8
LightShaftsDecay=0.98
LightShaftsWeight=1.60
LensFlareOffset=2.5 ; amount of light that goes into lensflare (relative to LightOffset)
LensFlareMultiplier=0.05
LensFlareBlur=0.7
EnableColorCorrection=1
ColorCorrectionFilter=data/filters/ColorCorrection/hdr_interior_submarine.cfg
.................................................. ......

uboat bunker pen
.................................................. .....................
[HDR Interior Bunker]
SunMultiplier=1 ; multiplier for the sun color
MiddleGray=0.1 ; regulates the scene exposure
MaxLuminanceScale=10.00 ; controls how much the eye adapts
LightOffset=0.2 ; a larger amount means less glow from the bright pass
EyeAdaptationTime=2.0 ; the time it takes for the eye to adapt to the new exposure
GaussBloomDeviation=4.15 ; Deviation factor for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
GaussBloomMultiplier=1.5 ; Multiplier for the Gauss Blur & Bloom
StarEffectMultiplier=0 ; Scale for the stars effect
BloomEffectMultiplier=0.183 ; Scale for the bloom effect
LightShaftsStrength=0.022
LightShaftsDensity=0.6
LightShaftsDecay=0.97
LightShaftsWeight=1.0
LensFlareOffset=2 ; amount of light that goes into lensflare (relative to LightOffset)
LensFlareMultiplier=0.3
LensFlareBlur=3.0
EnableColorCorrection=1
ColorCorrectionFilter=data/filters/ColorCorrection/hdr_interior_bunker.cfg
......................

i did tweak also the bloom , but not added to much. many people dont like it when its increased to much. also brightend the uboat bunker.

...................... have fun tweaking, ...

i like mine

enjoy all.

McHibbins

03-08-10, 09:26 AM

Fine mod sir. I tweaked your files a little bit for myself. Your mod counters the nvidia problems with sun glares a little bit which is fine.:up:

capthelm

03-08-10, 10:00 AM

nice lighting effects at last ..:yeah:

capthelm

03-08-10, 01:27 PM

made another small video clip to show case the mod and screen below simply breathtaking now.

video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkM5k8SXpWo :o

screen ...dawn, breaking through clouds. :o

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/434/sh52j.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/sh52j.jpg/)

Maltro

03-08-10, 02:10 PM

Very nice work! Shame that the sun always looks like a ball but it is really better than stock!
Thank you! We are waiting for next version!... :)

capthelm

03-08-10, 02:19 PM

wont be any next version sorry, am happy on screen what i see.
last time i looked, planets and the sun where ball round.

looking at my screen above you can see the burning halo as well around the sun.

Maltro

03-08-10, 02:25 PM

Yes I haven't seen it. I am impatient to test it. Is ti jsgme ready?

Baleur

03-08-10, 03:57 PM

I just tried this mod....
OH MY GOD....... So beautiful.. Sunsets are amazing behind the clouds, and the moon too.. Now the clouds actually appear darker when the sun / moon is behind it, rather than being as white as other clouds that recieve sunlight from an angle.

Amazing job. Maby the godrays are a BIT too long, they kinda flicker off when you pan your camera away from the sun, maby have them end at the exact distance where the camera "turns them off"?

Will-Rommel

03-08-10, 05:31 PM

That looks really pretty. Can you resize your picture so it better fit as wallpaper? :yeah:

piri_reis

03-08-10, 05:38 PM

screen ...dawn, breaking through clouds. :o

That's beautiful, downloading pronto!

Great work Capthelm :salute:

Maltro

03-08-10, 05:39 PM

I confirm... :o Really better than before...

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u204/maltro/SH5/SH52010-03-0822-32-54-10.jpg

another evidence:

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u204/maltro/SH5/SH52010-03-0822-31-36-34.jpg

Thank you Capthelm !

Tomi_099

03-08-10, 05:54 PM

capthelm

03-08-10, 06:28 PM

mind thank the dev team guys, i just tweaked the file ...

:yeah: , sh5 has the potential to be a masterpiece for years to come.

..i almost cried when i seen what was on my screen.= visuals , after tweaking this one tiny file.

Baleur

03-08-10, 07:23 PM

capthelm, can i make a mod request? :P
U see, i've got all the settings at max, but in the sub interiors it is laggy like hell due to the dynamic shadows (which doesnt add that much inside anyway).

However outside, the dynamic shadows are absolutely beautiful (especially combined with these light rays), without too much fps hit.
Watching the ship shadows roll across the sea, with the light rays pretty much "defining" the shadows in mid-air, is really really pretty.

Now, i tried tweaking the shadows.cfg file in the interior values, but even if i turned the far clip to 0.0 and such, the framerate drop was still there.
Is there a chance someone could make a mod which completely disables the dynamic shadows inside the sub, with the same framerates as if it was turned off in the options, but leaves them on for the exterior / conning tower?

Thanks :salute:

edit: almost forgot, which of the settings in this mod changes the length of the light rays? I'd like to make them like 5% shorter :)
Also, that value, Sun Multiplier, couldnt that further fix the white-golfball syndrome? Unless it multiplies the actual sunlight on the objects :/

rsvette12

03-08-10, 07:35 PM

Wow incredible piece of work, amazing shots Maltro, I'm in heaven, thank you. :)

Rich

keminsky

03-08-10, 09:24 PM

etheberge

03-08-10, 11:34 PM

Wow truly great work :rock:

Sailing through the canal watching the sunset, I swear I could almost feel the sunlight on my skin.

I posted more screenshots in the thread here : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1303466&postcount=556

Thank you!

Baleur

03-09-10, 12:02 AM

hello!

does all this tweaks in lights.cfg file make a huge impact in terms of stutter in sh5? cos everyone is complaining about the laggyness in sub interior ,etc

alright i have an asus g1s and the only tweak i applied was the pre-rendered frames to 1 in nvidia panel and forcing triple buffer+ vsinc (it worked in BAD COMPANY 2 at least)

i WILL test ur mod now, but can u do something about the bloom, grainy effect and hdr to BOOST the game?

thank u

Hey m8, turn off dynamic shadows (thats all the shadow setting does).
I know they look nice but, as you said in the interiors they SUCK up framerate like nuts, i think its because they draw at a way too far distance (in rooms you cant even see yet), thats why the framerate goes up when closing a door (preventing those shadows from drawing).

This mod doesnt change the framerate at all, it just changes how the game renders these effects, they are always on without the mod anyway, just less pronounced :)

ncorpuz34

03-09-10, 03:35 AM

Ablemaster

03-09-10, 04:26 AM

Looks excellent, just downloaded, will check it out later, hear lot of people have had frame hits in interior, so eager to see how it is. Thanks

java`s revenge

03-09-10, 05:43 AM

I`ll give it a try, thanks :yeah:

capthelm

03-09-10, 06:05 AM

this file controls mainly lighting and bloom outside and inside the uboat

never messed with shadows.

nvidia users are suffering frame rates with shadows, its a hard code issue inside the uboat in terms of frame rates, this is somthing that the dev team need to address guys.
only temp fix for now is disable dynamic shadowing.

for those who where positive about my mods ,.. thx.

enjoy them.

DasBoot73

03-09-10, 06:11 AM

Is this JSGME ready? Does it work with No Damn Bubbles, No Damn Halo Mod?

urfisch

03-09-10, 06:16 AM

great stuff!

capthelm

03-09-10, 06:16 AM

McHibbins

03-09-10, 06:29 AM

But I installed it via JSGME and it works :hmmm:

Edit : Or, it´s easy to make it JSGME ready

capthelm

03-09-10, 06:40 AM

well thats a good thing right?

:yeah: =enjoy

Gusteno8

03-09-10, 06:41 AM

My god! Looks awesome!
Thanks you!:D:salute:

McHibbins

03-09-10, 06:48 AM

well thats a good thing right?

:yeah: =enjoy

Jup :D

DragonRR1

03-09-10, 07:14 AM

Great work on the mod. The ray density is a little too much for my liking so I'm going to tweak that setting a little.

It is very, very easy to make this JGSME ready. Just make your own folder in the JGSME "mods" folder called something like "Capthelms_Lighting_Mod" or similar and copy the "data" folder from Cap's mod into it. Run JGSME and install. Please note that I'm at work so I can't check that my instructions are 100%! Use with caution!

Ali Fish

03-09-10, 08:20 AM

instructions are good to go. i know the OP'er from another forum and have explained JSGME usage.

capthelm

03-09-10, 09:07 AM

instructions are good to go. i know the OP'er from another forum and have explained JSGME usage.

feel free to make a JSGME version Ali. :yeah:

Baleur

03-09-10, 04:15 PM

So what setting controls the ray length? Please? :salute:

Highbury

03-09-10, 05:08 PM

Is this JSGME ready? Does it work with No Damn Bubbles, No Damn Halo Mod?

should not effect any other mods nope.

its not JSGME ready, its a easy install anyway its a tiny Cfg file.

follow readme.:up:

This is incorrect, both mods change Lights.cfg and conflict.

I have not tested in game to see how this affects the No Damn Bubbles, No Damn Halo Mod.

McHibbins

03-09-10, 05:21 PM

Both mods disable the halo effects on crewmembers or installations. They tweaked the same file in the same way. JSGME tell u that there´s a conflict because of the same file but these conflict will not affect your gameplay.

Edit:

Original :

[InteractiveObjectsHighlight]
Spread=2
Blend=0.5
ColorR=0.58
ColorG=0.47
ColorB=0.23
.
.
.
.
.

Both mods :

[InteractiveObjectsHighlight]
Spread=0
Blend=0
ColorR=0.58
ColorG=0.47
ColorB=0.23

File : data/cfg/Lights

As u see, in both mods the only tweak is Spread+Blend was set to 0

So, a conflict but no problem

Noren

03-09-10, 05:25 PM

Looks breathtaking!

Mark75

03-10-10, 03:44 AM

Sweet eye candy :rock:
Thanks very much for this, superb awesome.

capthelm

03-10-10, 05:36 AM

This is incorrect, both mods change Lights.cfg and conflict.

I have not tested in game to see how this affects the No Damn Bubbles, No Damn Halo Mod.

no problems for me i think this mod theres a texture removal thats all.
dont see the point of the lights cfg editing though? never spotted crew glow on this?

its the texture i think thats been dimmed down to transparent ,renamed or removed.

no crew glow on my screen? check my screens start of thread.

EgoApocalypse

03-10-10, 08:53 AM

Sweet.:yeah:

Sunbeamer

03-10-10, 01:55 PM

really nice effekts in the daylight, but if you've got full moon, this effekt is to bright for my liking, never saw such a moonlight reallife, anyone agrees?

Baleur

03-10-10, 03:45 PM

really nice effekts in the daylight, but if you've got full moon, this effekt is to bright for my liking, never saw such a moonlight reallife, anyone agrees?
Real-life has more polygons and color hues, at least we can have more lighting XD

MattDizzle

03-10-10, 04:37 PM

Like many people with ****ty computers, i have "Shadows" disabled to improve FPS, if this is the case does it make this mod pointless? Or does it still improve the lighting even so

edit: nevermind, answer is no it still works fine, post left up incase someone else has the same question

Akula

03-11-10, 09:25 AM

Hmm I installed it as per instructions but see no god-rays at all....

Is it a feature for used with DX10 and DX11 only?

Otherwise, as I have all options on full, but shadows disabled will that effect the mod?

Any ideas why it is not working?

I have a 8800 Ultra.

Sunbeamer

03-11-10, 09:47 AM

i have gf 8800gts 512 and can see them ... with aa

sweln

03-11-10, 11:18 AM

In this gallery I made from PC game Bird of Prey you can see how nice is the Volumetric Light Scattering shader they use.

Maybe some tweaks can make the effect as smooooooth as in BoP.

All here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46251923@N07/sets/72157623021332077/

preview :

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4248626922_713eaae6f5_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4247854599_75a0eb0ee9_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4248624750_2ef13ce4bf_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4248624296_0f8066b300_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4248624168_5e3431b309_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4247851905_e2be66731b_b.jpg

Akula

03-12-10, 04:31 AM

Ok so I got it to work... seems to clash for some existing mod... not sure which one yet. I need to selectively test them.

molotof

03-12-10, 06:03 AM

Just tested yesterdays, great job capthelm. :up:
Really beautifull, i've start with a little sunrise, makes me wonder what we done without MODS ... :rotfl2:
Thanks a lot and Sail Safe :salute::salute:

capthelm

03-12-10, 07:40 PM

really nice effekts in the daylight, but if you've got full moon, this effekt is to bright for my liking, never saw such a moonlight reallife, anyone agrees?

Light.Cfg file does not control day morning noon or night.

no individual control over time of day how much lighting you want.

make do with what it is. or simply go back to bland stock sh5 no lighting.

nighttime moon looks good to me. on my screen.

capthelm

03-12-10, 07:45 PM

ReallyDedPoet

03-12-10, 09:23 PM

Nice :yep::up:

mobucks

03-12-10, 09:56 PM

this mod blew my mind i really wish i had taken a shot of the first time i left port it was sunset with some clouds just godrays everywhere

capthelm

03-13-10, 07:36 AM

this mod blew my mind i really wish i had taken a shot of the first time i left port it was sunset with some clouds just godrays everywhere

:yeah:

fufubar

03-16-10, 09:07 AM

Looks awesome! thx very much :up:

Baleur

03-16-10, 09:19 AM

Im still waiting for an answer on what setting controls the ray length, asked 3 times now :(

Coldcall

03-16-10, 09:22 AM

Pintea

03-16-10, 10:32 AM

Im still waiting for an answer on what setting controls the ray length, asked 3 times now :(

LightShaftsDensity, in data/cfg/lights.cfg

McHibbins

03-16-10, 11:18 AM

Capthelm,

Your mods look really nice but i wish you'd jgme-enable them because individual hand-tweaks to config files is going to become problematic with so many mods coming out at once.

Just a suggestion :-)

There´s really no problem to make it compatible.
Just create a Folder and name it what you want, for example "Lighting mod",
put the data file in it and all together in the Mod-file....that´s it

Coldcall

03-16-10, 11:41 AM

There´s really no problem to make it compatible.
Just create a Folder and name it what you want, for example "Lighting mod",
put the data file in it and all together in the Mod-file....that´s it

So then i just enable that folder in the mod enabler? Great will do. thanks!

McHibbins

03-16-10, 11:43 AM

Yes Sir. Immer gerne :)

Baleur

03-16-10, 04:50 PM

I just saw some insanely soft beautiful godrays in FFXIII, must..attempt...recreation!
Argh! Ubisoft....denies.. :har:

edit: it works! ubisoft works!

Will-Rommel

03-16-10, 04:56 PM

:06:

SabreHawk

03-18-10, 09:23 AM

Looks lovely Cap, and yes on the red lights. In actual use they were only switched to red a few min. before sufacing at night to return bridge crew's nightsight after being in the well lit interior for some time and their pupils adjusted to that.
Other wise you still need white lights in order to see properly inside. What I wish is that one could manually switch between red and white to what ever the situation was instead of them being red full time at night.

Baleur

03-19-10, 08:40 AM

Travel to northern norway, speed up til its in the middle of the day on calm blue seas. Be amazed.

The sun looks so incredibly bright and soft so far north, its beautiful =)
It almost makes me think that the "golf-ball" syndrome isnt really a driver issue, but rather something coded on purpose in the atlantic / mediterranean environments.

Furia

03-26-10, 05:18 AM

I love this MOD! :up:

Thanks!!!!!!

I have a request however, I would like to ask to have the option to have the external lighting effects without the submarine internal lighting effects.

I like to use AliWhithe interiors MOD with the accurate interior colours but with MOD enhanced interior lighting , it is way too much light inside.

Having the posibiulity of having just the External light effects would be just wonderful.

Thanks!!

Ablemaster

03-26-10, 05:45 AM

Same as Furia here, i mentioned earlier about this, like this mod but with the white interior its a bit overpowering. Would be a nice compromise to remove effects from interior for those of us that use Ailwhite interior mod.

Sgtmonkeynads

03-26-10, 06:02 AM

Hey guys, to just get the external lighting....I did this and it works great.

Just open up the mod. Inside you will find the files, just delete the ones under internal lighting or what ever it is named. Once you see what is in there it is kind of obvious to which ones you erase. Their cfg files I think, just use your notepad to open them.

Once again, I did it and worked just fine. Looks realy good while climbing the ladder out of the conning tower, realy makes you feel that your outside.

Ablemaster

03-26-10, 06:09 AM

Thanks will give it go, :up:

Sgtmonkeynads

03-26-10, 06:10 AM

Get a pillow ready to catch your jaw. :yep:

I spent an hour just leaving harbor cause everything looked so much BETTER.
Bump it up a little more and use the Ail clouds. Not to step on any toes.

Ablemaster

03-26-10, 06:32 AM

@Sgtmonkeynads
Yeh worked, just deleted internal part of cfg then copied and paste original internal cfg to the new cfg, thanks. Am using Ailclouds aswell, really nice effects and no problems internally now, nice. :yeah:

25 Mods now added Lets Patch it soon UBI as my JSGME is getting full up with mods!!

keith_uk

04-03-10, 07:29 PM

Is there any way to stop these light effects coming from fire?
The look really bad and get in the way....
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj259/Keith_UK/fire2.jpg

Keith.

Abd_von_Mumit

08-28-10, 01:44 PM

Is this mod 1.2 patch ready?

Could you please post .cfg file for using this mod without internal changes (only external)? - I know some of you made such changes, it was discussed above.