Normandy Colour Palette Oversaturated

[twistking]

Hello,

now with the work on Normandy continuing, i am planning to buy the map at some point.

 

However from the videos i saw, i got the impression that the colours are a bit too bright and oversaturated compared to other maps.

 

Maybe this is something that could be looked into when reworking the textures?

I don't even dislike the "look" per se, but it does not match well with the art style of the modules/assets and the only professional way to archieve a certain "look" - if so desired - would be to have a color correction applied to the whole scene in post processing instead of having the "look" baked into the textures.

 

I'm really looking forward to the update!

[rrohde]

Agreed. Funnily enough, with the DCS Fw-190 A announcement trailer, they managed somehow to make the Normandy map look far better (desaturated during post processing, I know), and when I first saw the video I thought that's exactly how the Normandy map should look like...

[Magic Zach]

I find it odd that it was pointed out the update will be free. It's not adding new area, it's a whole lot of much much needed optimizing, of course it should be free!

[rogonaut]

I dont have anything to complain, there updating the map.

[REDEYE_CVW-66]

Here is a good vid showing what Normandy looks like. Yeah, it is a bit high contrast, but it gives good reference for fields, patterns of vegetation, and the colours. I big thing that needs sorting for Normandy is the trees, that are now as bright or brighter than the surrounding grass fields. I wish UM the best of luck with their work. I wish it had come a long time ago, but that they turned around is still a hell of a lot better than nothing.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_3ObdP0IfY

[Madfish]

Here is a good vid showing what Normandy looks like. Yeah, it is a bit high contrast, but it gives good reference for fields, patterns of vegetation, and the colours. I big thing that needs sorting for Normandy is the trees, that are now as bright or brighter than the surrounding grass fields. I wish UM the best of luck with their work. I wish it had come a long time ago, but that they turned around is still a hell of a lot better than nothing.

 

The video is with a cloud layer.

 

This one has a bit more variety

[Bogey Jammer]

The video is with a cloud layer.

 

This one has a bit more variety

 

 

The first video is way more realistic. The second one looks like a hollywood movie.

[Madfish]

The first video is way more realistic. The second one looks like a hollywood movie.

 

And setting the weather to cloudy doesn't fix that?

 

Apparently it's not just videos - even just searching for "Normandy Sunny Day" brings up the same material. When I step out during summer the same happens before my eyes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=normandy+sunny+day&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4zOiam6zjAhUS-6QKHSTFAfwQ_AUIECgB&biw=2519&bih=1289&dpr=1.5

 

Could it be relevant to a mild color blindness for some and resulting in a color palette shift that appears different and very unnatural? I once saw a video simulating it and it was an eye opener to me as about every 12th male (8%) suffers from it. https://nei.nih.gov/health/color_blindness/facts_about

[Mars Exulte]

I have some variation of color blindness, can confirm how things look to one person can be different from another :p Apparently there were numbers and stuff in amongst all those dots, everybody but me could see them :p

 

Also, DON'T FORGET YOUR GAMMA. I play with about 1.4 gamma. My dad plays with 2.5 or so and it looks like crap.

[twistking]

that's all fine and dandy, but the colors are still objectively off for the normandy map.

 

that has nothing to do with color blindness or subjective feeling.

[frumpy]

+1 for less saturation

[amazingme]

We very welcome the SpeedTrees but... it still needs a lot of work.. to be on the same level as the other maps in terms of performance/looks. But I don't know if UM will ever update it in the future..