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[KojiKnight]

Is it possible to see some screen shots without DOF on?

DoF on

DoF off (started to rain when I took this, but wasn't going long enough to effect the road textures or anything)

 

[scitek]

That's because they are cubemap reflections. Deferred engines aren't so great handling reflections or alpha/transparency. You'd have to have Screen Space Reflections (SSR) everywhere, which would be incredibly resource intensive.

Yeah just look at the performance hit they have in Wolfenstein ffs. No way not having them should be held against Ubi, especially if infamous gets away with it.

 

[Betta Lines]

With the muted colours, excessive DOF and glitchy headlights, all this has done is make the game look worse. If the guy can sort that out and enable POM, I might be interested. But for now, it's awful.

 

[Netherscourge]

While I like the Bokeh effect in this picture, it kind of gives the impression that the hero is super short sighted - which would make sense since he looks at his smartphone like 90% of the time

What's really weird is that the "blur" effect starts immediately - you can see the line where it begins.

I could almost live with it if it was more gradual.

But the blur turns on like 15 feet in front of him at full effect and doesn't stop.

 

[Faith]

Is it possible to see some screen shots without DOF on?

DoF on

DoF off

 

[Intheflorsh]

The game really looks spectacular now.

 

[GrizzNKev]

The game really looks spectacular now.

The DoF really helps with the sense of scale here.

 

[Dreadnought]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURGH2385co
Video on the mod in action. It looks so much better

 

[maneil99]

Wonder what the performance impact is, maybe they took it out because it was too buggy and there was no point implementing a different system of DoF / Lighting for one platform. It will likely run alot worse if the modder is able to get everything running. Also watch out, Uplay might ban you, my friend got banned for using SweetFX in Far Cry 3.

 

[Purkake4]

Oh Ubisoft, SMH.

 

[Faith]

I'm so sorry guys, there was a blackout in my city block arround 5 hours a go and I wasn't able to release the 0.7 release, I'm working right now really fast to deliver it, so expect the download in an hour, I'll answer the comments after I'm done with this, and no, I'm not kidding about the blackout.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=4843105#post4843105

1 hour guys

 

[Confidence Man]

Did some comparisons and colors have definitely been modified. Wish he left that alone.

 

[rashbeep]

In that screenshot the DoF is too much, absolutely. But on the darker screenshot I posted on the last page, we are getting close to a level of DoF that makes the game more real/cinematic.

If the effect can be toned down and not shift so awkwardly - it will be a good addition to the graphics.

These two look pretty good to me:

I would hope that the effect can be very minor in gameplay and become more pronounced in focus mode.

 

[Jibbed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURGH2385co
Video on the mod in action. It looks so much better

THAT'S NOT THE MOD. Jesus.

So sick of seeing Kadzait's shit up in this thread.

The game really looks spectacular now.

Now THAT'S gorgeous! Going in the OP.

 

[The Cowboy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURGH2385co
Video on the mod in action. It looks so much better

i think you posted the wrong one, this isn't the TheWorse mod - it has no headlight shadows etc.

 

[Drkirby]

Well, I guess Ubisoft will likely push these out in a few months as an official update to save face.

 

[Jexx21]

Why do the colors look all washed out? I mean, the game in general looks better, but for some reason the colors look washed out with less saturation than the base game.

Hopefully Ubi will add a properly tested patch soon.

Great job to the modder who re-implemented them and great job to Ubi who coded them in the first place.

I love this game.

 

[GavinUK86]

Flash forward to November...

*installs Far Cry 4*

*finds .ini and changes E3_rideableelephant=0 to 1*

 

[KojiKnight]

Wonder what the performance impact is, maybe they took it out because it was too buggy and there was no point implementing a different system of DoF / Lighting for one platform. It will likely run alot worse if the modder is able to get everything running. Also watch out, Uplay might ban you, my friend got banned for using SweetFX in Far Cry 3.

From my very modest system, there has been zero or very little difference. I'm still running 30-35fps in most areas with everything on max except motion blur (gives me motion sickness), shadows (on medium) and textures (high instead of ultra).

 

[Dreadnought]

THAT'S NOT THE MOD. Jesus.

So sick of seeing Kadzait's shit up in this thread.

Sorry, thought it was. My mistake.

 

[Netherscourge]

Sweet Jesus... This mod might have just make me a customer.

But I need to see an example of how it would run on a GTX 770 4GB Windforce Ed.

I don't feel like buying a Titan Black just for one game.

 

[Cuban Legend]

Just logged into my old account over on Guru3D, cant wait to try this version 0.7!

 

[manual4]

cant wait

 

[rashbeep]

Why do the colors look all washed out? I mean, the game in general looks better, but for some reason the colors look washed out with less saturation than the base game.

Hopefully Ubi will add a properly tested patch soon.

Great job to the modder who re-implemented them and great job to Ubi who coded them in the first place.

I love this game.

I think it's from the ToD change that was made to make it look more like the older builds.

 

[TheHollowNight]

GTAV did it. On last-gen hardware. smh.

I don't think you understand how some video game engines work.

 

[Orthogonal]

Sweet Jesus... This mod might have just make me a customer.

But I need to see an example of how it would run on a GTX 770 4GB Windforce Ed.

I don't feel like buying a Titan Black just for one game.

Everyone using said there is minimal performance impact, you should be fine.

 

[Pyronite]

Honestly I don't think there any conspiracy here.

If you look at games like Assassin's Creed 3 and Splinter Cell: Blacklist, they scale vastly above the console versions on PC.

What I feel is more likely here is they abandoned these features long ago and then just assumed they either wouldn't work well and/or look good with the current version without actually testing it out, since they were presumably death marching to get the game out by the end.

People have no clue. This will be the more common reaction:

Ubisoft are such pieces of shit.

And it makes me feel sad.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Just played it for about 30 minutes with the mod and I can't wait for the DOF to be a little less pronounced in a future version. It feels like Aiden forget his glasses at the ctOS station...

 

[Jexx21]

People have no clue. This will be the more common reaction:



And it makes me feel sad.

I agree, I actually really like Ubisoft and I think that they're one of the better publishers out there.

Although I do think that they could let their devs breath a little more, give them some more development time.

 

[Qassim]

Without the mod, I get relatively minor stuttering (this is mine, the stutter occurs at 06 seconds: http://a.pomf.se/nhzlba.webm) - it's definitely lessened with the mod, but I'm getting a lot lower average framerates (averaging about 40fps).

I did have a look at the water in the rain though, and it's stunning.

 

[WickedLaharl]

With the muted colours, excessive DOF and glitchy headlights, all this has done is make the game look worse. If the guy can sort that out and enable POM, I might be interested. But for now, it's awful.

Weren't you the user in previous threads constantly posting that the graphics hadn't been downgraded?

 

[MaLDo]

Why do the colors look all washed out? I mean, the game in general looks better, but for some reason the colors look washed out with less saturation than the base game.

TheWorse is turning ON effects for testing purposes. That's why he enbled full bokeh DOF in normal walking camera but effect will be customized in next mod versions. Color differences exist because he changed colorgrading values too. User feedback is important here so he can tune up best values for every effect/modification.

Maybe a future config tool could do the best for every user opinion :rolleyessh

 

[scitek]

I think my favorite part of all this was seeing TheWorse geek out yesterday when he realized ICEnhancer and Maldo had taken notice of his work.

 

[Turin Turambar]

What i want to know is

Is this the GAF thread with highest ratio between views and number of posts?

 

[Krusenstern]

Well, I guess Ubisoft will likely push these out in a few months as an official update to save face.

That's too much to ask of Ubi. I don't think they even care about this.
But this whole situation makes me just dumbfounded. Why in all hell do they lock out graphical features like these?

The game really looks spectacular now.

Can you make another shot in the same place with the same daytime and weather conditions without the mod? For comparisons sake.

 

[RedAssedApe]

someone needs to do comparison shots of PC, PS4, and PC-mod. that or i need to search better lol

 

[Nibel]

In that screenshot the DoF is too much, absolutely. But on the darker screenshot I posted on the last page, we are getting close to a level of DoF that makes the game more real/cinematic.

If the effect can be toned down and not shift so awkwardly - it will be a good addition to the graphics.

These two look pretty good to me:

Okay, these two look pretty good; nothing to complain here, hehe. The DoF fits with the rain I feel

Or crossing a busy road in the rain like Mr fucking Magoo.

I blame Dennis and his ruthless screenshot-taking-instinct

What's really weird is that the "blur" effect starts immediately - you can see the line where it begins.

I could almost live with it if it was more gradual.

But the blur turns on like 15 feet in front of him at full effect and doesn't stop.

That is what I don't like about the implementation as well, and I agree that it should be more gradual. But I think they didn't bother working on it?

All I know is that I liked GTAIV's DoF implementation and can't wait to see how GTAV PC shapes up in comparison to Watch_Dogs. I love when DoF is more subtle

 

[Jibbed]

What i want to know is

Is this the GAF thread with highest ratio between views and number of posts?

Probably. We've got people linking in from all kinds of media sites and forums, Reddit being the big one.

 

[riflen]

Yeah just look at the performance hit they have in Wolfenstein ffs. No way not having them should be held against Ubi, especially if infamous gets away with it.

I'm quite certain that Wolfenstein uses a forward renderer BTW. That's been the case for all idtech 5 game so far.

 

[-SD-]

Is it possible to see some screen shots without DOF on?

Yeah, the screens here and the comparison on YouTube look hilariously and embarrassingly bad with all that DoF.

 

[jim2point0]

THAT'S NOT THE MOD. Jesus.

So sick of seeing Kadzait's shit up in this thread.

Look at the description of the video....

the E3 Bloom effect is from
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114

Which is the thread for TheWorse's mod.

 

[scitek]

I'm quite certain that Wolfenstein uses a forward renderer BTW. That's been the case for all idtech 5 game so far.

Ah, well what about Shadow Warrior? i remember them having that kind of performance hit in that game, too. Crysis 2 didn't seem to have a problem, though.

 

[Krusenstern]

Looks like gaming journalists are downplaing this as a mod like Skyrim instead of actually bringing the original files.

And the spinning begins.

 

[scitek]

Yeah, the screens here and the comparison on YouTube look hilariously and embarrassingly bad with all that DoF.

I like the DOF

 

[MaLDo]

I think my favorite part of all this was seeing TheWorse geek out yesterday when he realized ICEnhancer and Maldo had taken notice of his work.

I'm talking via pm with TheWorse since day 0. He's a very good guy.

 

[Jibbed]

Look at the description of the video....



Which is the thread for TheWorse's mod.

Oh, so it's just named wrong?

My bad.

 

[Faith]

Changes 0.7:

Depth of field now has been changing to be playable for gameplay
Bloom has been changed so its not ovewhelming (still you need to tell me if this version is better)
Slighly changes to the lighting system including several settings from e3 2012 and e3 2013
Changes made to the rain system so now it should rain more between days, not all the time obviously.
Now the day will not be always clear
The tod system now is fully dynamic meaning there is no more delay on the shadow updates etc
Headlight shadows has been fixed
There will be 3 presets inside the rar to choose a closer, a normal or a further camera

And many more things inside including different settings for the civilian pedestrian density.

Sounds awesome guys. In less than 60 minutes we will get this

 

[arcoN]

Ive Made some compairison webms. (with v.6)

ive tried to sync it as good as possible

http://a.pomf.se/tiqhcn.webm

http://a.pomf.se/jugnms.webm

http://a.pomf.se/djnpsb.webm

http://a.pomf.se/qbuebx.webm

 

[Joe Molotov]

1 hour guys

omg, ctOS Blackout. All your hacks are disabled, Ubisoft Security Forces are closing in on your location get out!

 

[Intheflorsh]

That's too much to ask of Ubi. I don't think they even care about this.
But this whole situation makes me just dumbfounded. Why in all hell do they lock out graphical features like these?



Can you make another shot in the same place with the same daytime and weather conditions without the mod? For comparisons sake.

Sure-