Lighting nitpick (fixed)

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Not sure what to call it but can the directional lighting be toned down? In one angle everything is lit properly, but then rotated around the opposite way everything is quite dark. I get that the sun is shining from a certain direction, but the shaded side tends to be a bit overshadowed leaving things with less detail and harder to make out. Kind of hurts the graphics and the OCD in me makes me keep rotating the camera to get the "sunny" side.

Light side: http://imgur.com/mZi8R

Dark side: http://imgur.com/FlFZh

Bumping the brightness or lowering contrast in the options just makes everything washed out or too dim.

Suggestion, implement global illumination techniques ^_^

 

Edit: Added a fix below! https://forums.elementalgame.com/435630/get;3266428

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Agreed, pretty sure it have been said before ^_^

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Ok, glad I'm not the only one who notices :thumbsup:

Also, while I'm on my soapbox, not a fan of the full screen bloom/vaseline effect. It even covers town names on the map screen.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I agree. Why have a 3d map when only one view of it is useable?

 

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I agree. When I was doing my walkthroughs, I always had to take the screenshots from one particular angle.  You have a 45 degree arc from which things look good, and that's it.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Alright so this was bothering me enough to go do something about it. Got rid of the intense shadowed side on characters and buildings and toned down the massive blur/haze effect.

Mod fix here

Just unzip it all into the Gfx/fx/fxo folder replacing the files. Backup the originals if you like.

If you like the super blur/haze look of the original, just don't use the post_hdr.fxo file in my zip.

After installing I recommend using Brightness 58, Contrast 50 in the options. Or tweak til desired.

Screens

Before: http://i.imgur.com/SPvl3.jpg

After: http://i.imgur.com/5sTEc.jpg

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Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

The point that you made a mod to fix it Elephantal made me laugh ^_^.

Sincerely
~ Kogndej

 

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

Haha |-)

I didn't think anyone was going to get around to it anytime soon and I think I would've stopped playing the game if it didn't get fixed, which would be a waste of my $$$...

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top


Nice you should start a new thread in the modding section and put it there so people can find it under mods...