A way to change some of the colours in Cliffs Of Dover.

[SQB]

Ho.ly.crap. Your set up is brilliant Les, this is fantastic! I just hopped in after not seeing too much difference from your screenshots and.. the colour is just perfect! The blue bloom reminds me of DCS HDR (on the cold setting) which I've always hated, but with this it goes perfectly with the ground colour. Sunset and sunrise are also much less pink.

Thanks so much for this, I'll do some more tweaking too as I have some rather controversial opinions on what makes a game look good.

[SQB]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

Cheers, its working, I notice a big difference in colours and such but very little in AA. I'm happy with that as i hated the colours in CloD and have a calibrated monitor for print work, so changing monitor setting just for the game would give me issues for my work. So being able to tweak the colours it excellent. I've had a play about with different AA setting and none seem to make much difference. Maybe there is a very subtle effect, but not enough to be noticed by me. Maybe the effect is different for different graphic cards. I'm on a Nvidia GTX 480..

Look at trees against the horizon, you can check that it's working by looking at menu text, the text becomes aliased and so becomes thinner and slightly blurred.

[skouras]

Originally Posted by Les

Sorry Skouras, I thought you were just joking before about how bad the AA is in the game.

The pictures I've posted here have been reduced in resolution by 50%, which makes the game look smoother than it does when actually playing it. So even with the FXAA applied it won't look as good as these pictures.

If you still want to try it, the first folder I've attached to this post - FXAA PPI Rev 37. contains the main files you need. The second folder contains some settings that switch off all the injectFxx effects except the FX anti-aliasing.

Open up the first 'FXAA PPI Rev 37' folder, copy the contents from the folder of whatever version of DirectX you're using, and paste them into the folder where you have your Cliiffs Of Dover exe. installed (eg. Local Disk C:/Steam/steamapps/common/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover).

Then copy the contents of the second folder I've attached here and put that settings file in the same place (eg. Local Disk C:/Steam/steamapps/common/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover), overwriting and replacing the default injectFxaa settings.

To see what effect the FXAA has in-game, press the Pause/Break/ScrLk button on your keyboard on and off when looking at something like the edge of a cockpit window (if your keyboard has one, you may have to press the 'F Lock' button first or your Pause/Break/ScrLk button won't be switching the effect on and off).

i just try your colour settings and i was amazed
please make this as a mod

[MadTommy]

Here are some of my comparison shots...

1st image is default, 2nd my version.








I think it looks a lot better, obviously it is subjective and the look will depend on your monitor and its settings.

There are my injFX_Settings.h tonemap settings.

/*---------------------------------------------------
						TONEMAP
--------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Gamma 1.20
#define Exposure 0.00
#define Saturation -0.40 // use negative values for less saturation. 
#define BlueShift 0.05 // Higher = more blue in image.
#define Bleach 0.10 // Bleach bypass, higher = stronger effect
#define Defog 0.055 // Strength of Lens Colors.
#define FogColor float4(0.00, 0.90, 0.00, 0.90) //Lens-style color filters for Blue, Red, Yellow, White.

I like the darker, less saturated look.

[skouras]

hey TOMMY the default is from original COD or from LES original zip

[MadTommy]

1st image is with the mod turned off, i.e original CLOD, 2nd my version. Using the setting shown.

[skouras]

thanks buddy
it has not much difference from the original zip that post LES
At least on my screen

[furbs]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

Here are some of my comparison shots...

1st image is default, 2nd my version.








I think it looks a lot better, obviously it is subjective and the look will depend on your monitor and its settings.

There are my injFX_Settings.h tonemap settings.

/*---------------------------------------------------
						TONEMAP
--------------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Gamma 1.20
#define Exposure 0.00
#define Saturation -0.40 // use negative values for less saturation. 
#define BlueShift 0.05 // Higher = more blue in image.
#define Bleach 0.10 // Bleach bypass, higher = stronger effect
#define Defog 0.055 // Strength of Lens Colors.
#define FogColor float4(0.00, 0.90, 0.00, 0.90) //Lens-style color filters for Blue, Red, Yellow, White.

I like the darker, less saturated look.

What do i turn off to just have the colours Tommy and not the FXAA?

[Les]

Nice variation Tommy, quite a bit more red than mine.

Furbs, here's what you should see in the 'FILTER SELECTION' part of your 'injFX_Settings' file in order to have only the colour changes (the TONEMAP effect) activated -

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FILTER SELECTION
------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
// Comment to deactivate an effect.
// Example: To disable the tonemap effect, use // in front of #define USE_TONEMAP
//#define USE_ANTI_ALIASING
//#define USE_PRE_SHARPEN
//#define USE_BLOOM *NOT WORKING
//#define USE_TECHNICOLOR
#define USE_TONEMAP
//#define USE_SEPIA
//#define USE_VIGNETTE
//#define USE_POST_SHARPEN
//#define USE_FINAL_LIMITER

The things on that list are turned on and off by putting the // in front of them or taking them away.

Assuming all Tommy did was change the TONEMAP settings, all you have to do is leave only the USE_TONEMAP activated as above and then overwrite the TONEMAP settings with the adjustments in the text Tommy provided in his last post.

[SQB]

Hmmm, I've got a question, how can I add some contrast? It seems like that is one setting this has either a different name or just isn't there.

I would also love to add bloom but... that section doesn't work

Does ENB work with this game?