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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Silent Warrior on June 07, 2005, 01:55:49 am

Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Silent Warrior on June 07, 2005, 01:55:49 am: :jaw:

Um... Did anyone ever try that overexposure/HDR/bloom-shader with Neverwinter Nights? Particularly in the winter-tileset? The map is pretty much impossible to use, but otherwise, aside from a slight drop in FPS when the fighting starts, it's... well...

:jaw:
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Col. Fishguts on June 07, 2005, 02:02:27 am: Errm...shouldn't there be some pics ?
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: redsniper on June 07, 2005, 09:36:39 am: Smartshader of Glowing +5

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Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: SuperCoolAl on June 07, 2005, 02:11:36 pm: why is this in SCP?
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: karajorma on June 07, 2005, 02:49:08 pm: I assume it has some links with the FS2 overexposure. If not it's getting locked or moved pretty soon.
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Taristin on June 07, 2005, 05:11:31 pm: We did try it. There's a thread about it if you search for HDR
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Taristin on June 07, 2005, 05:17:46 pm: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,29291.0.html

specifically.
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: DaBrain on June 07, 2005, 05:43:00 pm: Well, it an easy job to optimize the shader for FS2, but only if you got an ATI card.
I've no chance to do it without an ATI card. I can't test what I did.

Well, the DX Tweaker allows post filters for ALL cards, but there isn't a single custom shader to edit... :(

I can't write it completely from the scratch. I don't get the structure and there is no documentation. :(
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Unknown Target on June 07, 2005, 05:54:50 pm: Unless it actually includes a suggestion, off topic posts belong in the Hard Light forum, not the SCP forum.
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Silent Warrior on June 08, 2005, 01:01:25 pm: Col Fishguts: True, true, but I don't have a place to store images online at the moment, and I'm too lazy/busy to change that situation. :) Still, you'd really have to see it for yourself to believe it. GORGEOUS! Even the main menu is an awesome sight!

UT: Well, alrighty then, I suppose Hard Light is better than SCP. But it does sort of spin off that shader-testing topic Raa dredged up.
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Post by: Tolwyn on June 10, 2005, 08:45:46 am: send those images to me, I will put them on the ftp server
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Post by: DrunkenPirate on June 17, 2005, 04:25:02 am: http://www.imageshack.us/

^ They aren't exactly new on the hosting scene ;)

On topic, yes I tried this when I had an ATI card, the effect was a bit overdone but looked amazing overall in black space battles (nebuas were impossible)
Title: OT - That HDRish smartshader...
Post by: Silent Warrior on June 20, 2005, 11:39:35 pm: Oh, this kept going? Sorry about the delay, I left the country for a little while. I'll try Imageshack when opportunity presents itself, then pop right back in with some glory-shots.

[Edit] Buggrit! The screenshots didn't catch the shader! Oh well. You'll just have to have a look on your own ATI-equipped machine. :)