Graphical Enhancement 2.5, version 3 is in Pioneer's Guild.

[Cloud Breaker]

I'm sure that's what Heaven looks like.

 

[Mkilbride]

You are a God sir. I always hated the Grass, and you seem to have everything just right. It'll impact my FPS surely, but I guess I'll get a GFX card update soon ~ so yeh. Good job.

 

[italiano]

yes it does have a decent affect on fps, but then a lot of the improvements do. It's actually the shadows on the grass that are the real cause of the drop. I seem to drop about 10%, maybe more when it is heavily packed. It's hard to say how much anything affects fps when it's packed, but even then it's just an occasional stutter rather than unplayable framerates (generally 15-20). As for the grass, it's too bad that native doesn't generate it on all grass textures. It seems to do it on most though (more obvious now the 3d grass blankets the ground whenever it is generated).

 

[argh]

I take back what I said about the non-harsh version being too fantasy like. Those new screenshots look awesome as they have a more natural feel to them. I do still prefer the harsh version though Awesome work there, now if only there could be 3D grass everywhere.

 

[atolest]

hey Zaro,can you post me your enbseries code plz

 

[italiano]

I take back what I said about the non-harsh version being too fantasy like

Good, since I'm definitely going for a realistic look for them now. The grass just needs to be slightly lighter, and less bloom (I remember the settings now, very little bloom).

hey Zaro,can you post me your enbseries code plz

Won't work well with the current release. Try Ursca's settings.

 

[atolest]

hey Zaro,can you post me your enbseries code plz

Won't work well with the current release. Try Ursca's settings.

where can i find this Uscara's settings??

 

[Cloud Breaker]

hey Zaro,can you post me your enbseries code plz

Won't work well with the current release. Try Ursca's settings.

where can i find this Uscara's settings??

In the main HDR thread.

 

[Zilberfrid]

I want a new video card...

 

[Cloud Breaker]

Well, don't complain here.

 

[Alixyang]

Hey Zaro,  there is a way to add more skyboxes in the M&B, also adjust the enviroment light strenth, color,  and shadow direction.

Here is the detail steppes to get unlimited colorful sky :  (the post below is half in English and half in Chinese, but i think you can understand it)
http://bbs.mountblade.com.cn/viewthread.php?tid=36944

you need to modify the Texture\skybox.brf
but the limit of skybox is in the DATA\skyboxes.txt
the old original tech post is here by Yoshiboy：http://mbx.streetofeyes.com/index.php?topic=143.msg17596

the means of those data:

skybox mesh                                材质名
skybox flags                                  标志位(整数)
sun_bearing (1 float)                    日光朝向(1个浮点数)
sun_elevation (1 float)                  日光高度(1个浮点数)
sun flare strength (1 float)            日光耀眼程度(1个浮点数)
sun_color (3 floats)                      日光颜色(3个浮点数)
sky_color, (3 floats) (not used)      天空颜色...(无用)(3个浮点数)
ambient_color,(3 floats)                空气颜色(3个浮点数)
fog distance, (1 float)                    视距(1个浮点数)
fog color, (1 integer)                    视距边缘颜色(整数)

Skybox flags are as follows:
  sf_day          = 0x00000000,      白天
  sf_dawn        = 0x00000001,    黄昏
  sf_night        = 0x00000002,      晚上
  sf_time_mask    = 0x00000003,  时间遮罩

  sf_cloud_mask  = 0x000000f0,  云遮罩
  sf_cloud_bits  = 4,                    云

but the flags looked not finished......  we asked Amargan and waiting for the replies......

here are some examples:
the cloudy moon night in snowland
skybox_night_1 18 152.000000 38.000000 0.000000 
0.060000 0.074118 0.095294  0.000000 0.000000 0.000000  0.015686 0.015686 0.047059  500.000000 4279574581
but it looks a little too bright.

the dusk in snowland
skybox_sunset_3 17 170.000000 18.000000 0.700000 
0.922000 0.428500 0.158000  0.000000 0.000000 0.000000  0.050196 0.073725 0.139608  300.000000 4287406765
the color is too red  ---- you can see the strenth and color is very important

and you may erase the origenal sun,  left the place to the new one by system
skybox_clear 64 95.000000 78.000000 0.900000 
1.122000 1.028500 0.918000  0.000000 0.000000 0.000000  0.050196 0.073725 0.039608  500.000000 4287406765

 

[Kaikallon]

But I'v got an other problem. My comp i brand new and everything works fine. No lag at all. But after some gameplay the fps drops down to 1- 4 a few seconds and then it goes on like nothing heapend

It's because your system is struggling. The game is more demanding on performance when you're in the thick of it.

Struggling my as! Have you seen the vids iv made? Thats not struggling! If you can record in 30fps constantly when meeting an army like that, your system may be  struggling. But imagine if i wasn't recording, then my comp would not be struggling, but there would still be that big lag. You see? It didn't lag once until those big lags!

But just to be clear, I havent said that its GE2 that makes the lag. Even without GE2 it would lag like in the vid.

EDIT: This should be in Technical Support, I know I know....

 

[Cloud Breaker]

Indeed. Don't complain here anymore.

 

[italiano]

It's struggling at the time it pauses. Happens intense combat.

Alixyang, are those skyboxes are in addition to the native ones (so we can have more than 4 skyboxes)?

 

[Alixyang]

YES,  I had finished a test of 10 skyboxes together.  In fact the pics above was from the test.

all things look ok, but need to adjust the detail parameters of every one.

later I'll put on the package for test.

HERE is the package:  http://pickup.mofile.com/1141023443157353

  Here is how to download....

OK, here is a new place to download the skyboxes pack: http://code.google.com/p/ashes-of-times/downloads/list

By the way, it's possible to refuse the night in the big map mode ?
my mod is set to cross 2000 years like the SID's Civilization, so the night means Dark age to me.....

 

[italiano]

Excellent. Always wanted to be able to use more variety. Thanks for the tip .

 

[dablade]

Alixyang, I'd like to check that out but I'm having trouble downloading the package (can't read anything on that page ).

 

[MasacruTheArcher]

Ouch  , heaven pictures The 3d grass looks amazing + Hddr.....I have a question , i know it sounds dumb and i can search but i didn't find.Hddr is a mod ? Where can i get it ???Will Graphical Enhancement contain the hddr thing  ?So i'll wait until then ?

 

[Kaikallon]

Ouch  , heaven pictures The 3d grass looks amazing + Hddr.....I have a question , i know it sounds dumb and i can search but i didn't find.Hddr is a mod ? Where can i get it ???Will Graphical Enhancement contain the hddr thing  ?So i'll wait until then ?

the HDR "mod" can ´be downloaded at the HDR thread located here: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,39892.75.html

Take a look at Xlaiciers post

 

[Marelt]

Is there anyway that you could implement HDR into the next version of the Graphics Enhancement so that people with little to no technical ability like me can have HDR as well?