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[scitek]

I want to replay the first game, but there are so many mods, I have no clue which are the best. Many texture mods are obviously the original files just run through a sharpening filter, and shader mods blow out the lighting. I'm looking for examples of both that improve the quality while staying true to the original look of the game.

 

[GinoFelino]

Ha, I was wondering the same thing after yesterday's jungle screenshots

 

[Dictator93]

The AF / ambient illumination mod is a necessity so you can get full anisotropic filtering when Parallax Occlusion Mapping is enabled. It also increases the plasticity of shadowed regions.

If you have trouble finding it, I can totally send you it. Also, I think the High Resolution Foliage mod is rather well made.

The Xzero shaders are great in general, but the are unfortunately broken in a few instances (all volumetric light spot light casters are completely broken).

edit: Also there are some great config edits which increase the graphics beyond the in game very high setting chief of which would be:

i_lighteffectsShadows = 3

That makes it so that almost all momentary muzzle flashes from player and AI also cast shadows, kinda like Metro 2033 or Killzone 2.

 

[scitek]

The AF / ambient illumination mod is a necessity so you can get full anisotropic filtering when Parallax Occlusion Mapping is enabled. It also increases the plasticity of shadowed regions.

If you have trouble finding it, I can totally send you it. Also, I think the High Resolution Foliage mod is rather well made.

The Xzero shaders are great in general, but the are unfortunately broken in a few instances (all volumetric light spot light casters are completely broken).

edit: Also there are some great config edits which increase the graphics beyond the in game very high setting chief of which would be:





That makes it so that almost all momentary muzzle flashes from player and AI also cast shadows, kinda like Metro 2033 or Killzone 2.

Thanks for the help! I couldn't remember Xzero's name for some reason. I managed to find the POM mod, too. I'm wondering how the game plays with the Steam controller, and anxious to try it out.