HDR and bloom effect for IL2 in DirectX

[Huxley_S]

Can the developers please include this effect in the core dlls that are being developed. The difference it makes to lighting is amazing, but Perfect mode is not supported using DirectX in IL2 so what you gain in lighting you lose in other areas. For players using Excellent settings you should try this plug-in. It looks fantastic.

Please, please, please IL2 developers... let's have this in the next dlls!

[proton45]

How many people here have actually tried this?


Is it stable?


Is it real?

[Feathered_IV]

I have tried it. It works and it is real. It is good. Not a hack either.

The creator of it developed it for lock on (which is why the download says, 'Lock On HDR'), but it does indeed work with no discernble performance hit in Il-2. It really needs converting to OpenGL though so we can use it with shaders=1 and Perfect settings. Hauntingly beautiful. The look of it gets imprinted on your retina.

The fellow who made it has not worked in GL for years. He says a conversion would be possible, but he is not an Il-2 player and will not be taking the job on.

Someone who has FSX should give it a go too!

[proton45]

Thanks, I might have to give it a try.

[jermin]

It was not developed for lockon. It was actually developed for DX8 game GTA Vice City and can be used for many other DX8 games like Lockon and IL2 in DX8 mode. About the best config settings you can refer to this post: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=29752.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by jermin

It was not developed for lockon. It was actually developed for DX8 game GTA Vice City and can be used for many other DX8 games like Lockon and IL2 in DX8 mode. About the best config settings you can refer to this post: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=29752.

It looks pretty nice for IL2 and there are a lot of options to test and set them to your own preference. I slightly reduced the effect from the standard-bloom and it really looks quite nice and works very stable.

[Avala]

It is not AAA B24, it looks like that with this plug-in. It is stable, unfortunately only excellent mode, because of DirectX, this actually works only on sky and as I can see a shadows a little, but in cooperation with perfect terrain in OpenGL it could be like wonder.

Here is my settings if someone wants to try, I have also toned down bloom a little and increase contrast. I have also tried to make reflections works (it is said in the readme that it works for GTA) but no use of that in IL2.

http://files.filefront.com/enbseries.../fileinfo.html

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Avala

It is not AAA B24, it looks like that with this plug-in. It is stable, unfortunately only excellent mode, because of DirectX, this actually works only on sky and as I can see a shadows a little, but in cooperation with perfect terrain in OpenGL it could be like wonder.

Here is my settings if someone wants to try, I have also toned down bloom a little and increase contrast. I have also tried to make reflections works (it is said in the readme that it works for GTA) but no use of that in IL2.

http://files.filefront.com/enbseries.../fileinfo.html

According to the readme the brightness-setting is very important for the glow. I also switched on the motion-blur and other settings and it really looks quite nice. The textures also look even nicer(smoother, more balanced) than they already do with DirectX.

[WeedEater]

wow that looks amazing, but the link isn't working for me.
I'm ok with DirectX though, 'cause Perfect settings cause my water to turn white in the distance

[zaelu]

Avala found this site: http://prideout.net/bloom/index.php

Maybe it could help one of the programmers from Maddox Games (maybe the guy working from time to time on the new core.dlls files) to experiment with the idea. We offer to beta test .