HDR/Bloom lighting mod

[graywo1fg]

heres some more :) love it!

 

I just flew a mission in our server with mustang and i didnt have any problems seeing targets and planes are only a little harder to see look at the before and after. thats mustang in his a10 in my hud

 

 

 

 

Before

 

 

After

 

[specpl]

Can You minimalize games after install this mod? I cant.

[Boberro]

Don't use fullscreen game mode...

[Yeniceri]

nobody can..

 

Guys..

if you set this (red highlighted)

BloomPowerDay=10

to 7 the bloom is much more acceptable levels without losing the effect

 

And i noticed that if you use "nv4_disp.dll" as renderer instead of lockon's default, effects are much more "sharp?" dont know the word in english exactly.. but better...

 

Edit: I use LCD monitor. Dont know the effect on CRT

[RedTiger]

nobody can..

 

Guys..

if you set this (red highlighted)

BloomPowerDay=10

to 7 the bloom is much more acceptable levels without losing the effect

 

And i noticed that if you use "nv4_disp.dll" as renderer insted of lockon's default, effects are much more "sharp?" dont know the word in english exactly.. but better...

 

Edit: I use LCD monitor. Dont know the effect on CRT

 

"Sharp" is exactly the correct word to use. :)

 

I've been holding off on this until people tweaked it a bit more. I'll try it out when I get home.

[littlejohn1959]

nobody can..

 

Guys..

if you set this (red highlighted)

BloomPowerDay=10

to 7 the bloom is much more acceptable levels without losing the effect

 

And i noticed that if you use "nv4_disp.dll" as renderer instead of lockon's default, effects are much more "sharp?" dont know the word in english exactly.. but better...

 

Edit: I use LCD monitor. Dont know the effect on CRT

 

greetings . i am kind of new to editing any graphics files , etc .

still learning ,so to speak .

can you explian the nv4-disp.dll thing you mentioned ?

marked in red . is that the default?

do i , TYPE in '' nv4-disp.dll?

do i still keep the default ?

any help , would be great .

cheers .

[Mnemonic]

wow.... this is really amazing stuff... I want it so much such a long time, but I thought it's impossible. Glad to know it's not. :)

 

Very nice find!

[Grimes]

Defiantly tone it down from the default levels, its pretty excessive at the settings it comes with. I plan to tweak it to more acceptable levels.

[rockwelder]

Jeez, some of those cockpit shots look photo real....

[Mizzy]

Jeez, some of those cockpit shots look photo real....

 

That's the first thing I noticed using it, amazing when trweaked this little app.

 

Btw TONE IT DOWN is my advice but once you get a level you like it is stunning.

 

Mizzy

[Mizzy]

Now we don't need DX10:)

 

We certainly don't need Vista, what a load of crap, had to go back to Windows XP.

 

Mizzy

[graywo1fg]

LOL @ Mizzy! i just had to reininstall XP on one of my friends computer because he couldnt stand it at all! he gave it a few weeks and called me and said "get this S__ off my PC" LMAO!!! silly vista

 

yes tweaking is the key. the way its defaulty set is quite high... i actualy have mine down to like 5 on the power setting yeniceri suggested... might do some other tweaks here and there.

[Yeniceri]

greetings . i am kind of new to editing any graphics files , etc .

still learning ,so to speak .

can you explian the nv4-disp.dll thing you mentioned ?

marked in red . is that the default?

do i , TYPE in '' nv4-disp.dll?

do i still keep the default ?

any help , would be great .

cheers .

 

make a search at c: drive for nv4-disp.dll ..

COPY that file to lockon main folder.. (dont move it)

open graphic.ini file..

find line Renderer = "DXRenderer.dll";

change it to Renderer = "nv4-disp.dll";

[Mustang]

make a search at c: drive for nv4-disp.dll ..

COPY that file to lockon main folder.. (dont move it)

open graphic.ini file..

find line Renderer = "DXRenderer.dll";

change it to Renderer = "nv4-disp.dll";

 

 

Sorry to break this to you, but this is a placebo, its been tried and tried many times over the years, even ED stepped forward at one point and said so.

I wished it did work and benefitted us though, but it doesn't, all it does is bypass whatever you tell it to use and revert back to dxrenderer.dll.

[Highwayman-Ed]

I love this, it's superb with the bloom set to 7...

 

However, I can't get the resolution to change from 1024x768 in game...?

[littlejohn1959]

make a search at c: drive for nv4-disp.dll ..

COPY that file to lockon main folder.. (dont move it)

open graphic.ini file..

find line Renderer = "DXRenderer.dll";

change it to Renderer = "nv4-disp.dll";

 

thanks much for the reply .

you the man .

now i can tweak some on my own here .

you learns something new every day , if you got a good teacher .

cheers yeniceri.

p.s , the a-10 looks awesome .

nice runway also.

its gonna be wicked .

cheers again .

[RvEYoda]

I messed around a bit with it, I like these settings :

 

BloomPowerDay=1.1

BloomFadeTime=700

BloomConstantDay=1

BloomQuality=0

BloomScreenLevelDay=30

BloomCurveDay=1.8

BloomPowerNight=25

BloomConstantNight=5

BloomCurveNight=0

BloomScreenLevelNight=20

BloomAdaptationScreenLevel=80

BloomAdaptationMultiplier=10

BloomAllowOversaturation=1

 

 

i tested fps also with and without this mod. It does cut fps with 10-20%, but I

find it to be worth this cost. The GROUND looks awesome with this mod teaked :)

(no more plastic fantastic!)

 

WARNING FPS COUNTER SHOWING WRONG ;)

 

 

vs

 

 

[Highwayman-Ed]

I love this, it's superb with the bloom set to 7...

 

However, I can't get the resolution to change from 1024x768 in game...?

 

 

OK, I found that changing the resolution in game does change the resolution, but unfortunately, it screws up the menu screen, so if I set the resolution to 1920x1200, I can't see any of the fly buttons :(

 

I did manage to set it at 1280x800, but it didn't preserve the 1:6 aspect ratio... looks like it needs tweaking a little more, but it's really got some potential.

[graywo1fg]

? hmmm when i installed this i did not have my rez go off 1280x1024 it stayed there......? how did yours all change to 1024x768?

[Highwayman-Ed]

well, that's the odd thing... none of my settings changed. The graphics.cfg was still set to 1920x1200...

 

aha... maybe it was that my interface is set to a different resolution (1024x768) that caused the resolution to stay at that size...

 

let me test :D

[Highwayman-Ed]

Found it!

 

This mod takes the first resolution it encounters and won't let that resolution change.

 

I used to have my interface set at 1024x768 as any other resolution distorts it, and then the simulation was set to 1920x1200... by making the interface the same resolution as the simultation setting, it works a treat :D

 

Better still, but I'm hardly noticing any drop in fps on my Nvidia 7950GX2...!

[Bobby47]

I like this mod, it easy to use and if you don't like it you can easily remove it, what I would like to see is other peoples settings becuase i believe that there is alot of room to experiment with. :book:

[Highwayman-Ed]

PigPen, you need to make sure you enable it in-game (Shift+Backspace)

[A.S]

yodaaaaaaaaa.. :smartass:

 

i donwloaded the dx9 version ..guess why..

 

 

falcon :music_whistling:

 

but dont work :cry:

 

any idea :helpsmilie:

[Highwayman-Ed]

Isn't falcon DX7?