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GTA4 + iCEnhancer mod. Holy mother of god.
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Gram Negative Cocci
Member
Enco said:
:O
Second mod after S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s one that does NIGHT time right.
I just turned it on in the config and removed the FXAA file.BatmanBatmanBatman said:
For reference, this is what the first mission looks like with supersampling -
Not flawless as far as aliasing is concerned, but is a significant step-up from FXAA, let alone the unmodded game.
Sethos said:Here's a quick guide, quote it for people, now the questions are getting out of hand
Get the retail version.
Install patch 1.0.4.0:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/13914788/Grand-Theft-Auto-IV-PC-Patch-v.-1.0.4.0/
Download Xliveless:
http://public.sannybuilder.com/GTA4/xliveless-0.999b7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/392993489/xliveless-0.999b7.rar
Place only the "Xlive.dll" in your root GTA IV folder, where the .exe is placed.
Download iCEhanced 1.2:
http://www.gta4-mods.com/misc/icenhancer-12---enb-graphic-mod-f9236
Keep the folder structure and copy them into your root folder and just replace any files when it asks. ( Remember to back up if you want to restore )
Open the newly copied "iceconfig" and find the [TREE] section. Replace the numbers below with the following;
[TREE]
LeavesReflectionAmount=0.0
LeavesSpecularPower=0.0
LeavesAmbientAmount=0.95
LeavesColorMultiplier=1.0
LeavesColorPow=1.8
LeavesColorFilterR=1.0
LeavesColorFilterG=1.0
LeavesColorFilterB=1.2
It gives you some better looking trees, the default are overly green and very ugly.
Now you can, alternatively, download a texture mod of your desire. I suggest "Better City Textures" that clock in at over 7GB unpacked.
http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5906
Another Copy & Paste job, copy over to the root folder, keep the structure and replace when it asks ( Remember to back up ).
Start the game, enjoy. That's the basics. Plenty of more modding to do, cars, in-game trainers, skins etc. but you can toy around with that yourself.
Thank you, this thread needed this so so bad.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Can't help myself from spamming some more, I can't believe anyone actually made this good looking.
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-46-26kz6.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-46-5ekb1.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-43-0ijfj.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-42-4rmwz.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-44-2v737.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-48-2mm0k.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-33-2a8vt.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-41-0gmqk.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-42-2fmab.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-41-1x8il.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-29-097mb.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-35-5k77h.jpg
and at last the world famous screamer in funland.
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-45-3q7yd.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-46-26kz6.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-46-5ekb1.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-43-0ijfj.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-42-4rmwz.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-44-2v737.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-48-2mm0k.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-33-2a8vt.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-41-0gmqk.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-42-2fmab.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-41-1x8il.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-29-097mb.jpg
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-35-5k77h.jpg
and at last the world famous screamer in funland.
http://www.abload.de/img/gtaiv2011-07-0521-45-3q7yd.jpg
Gram Negative Cocci
Member
BatmanBatmanBatman said:
Can't believe all it takes is terrific lighting that elevates a game from "gamey" look to "real-life photo" look.
I wish there was some magical way to incorporate this lighting into old games like Morrowind, Quake 2, GTA: San Andreas etc. or just all games out there akin to forcing AA in the drivers control panel. Just leave the textures, polys the same but have this unbelievably real looking lighting there.
Can you imagine Fallout 3 with this?
Zombie James
Banned
Some of these screenshots look really over-sharpened. Does the game look like that or is there some post-processing going on with the screenshots?
I'm sorry, but the graphics whore in me has to say this...
If GTA4 on consoles looked like that, I'd play it more. Bought it launch day in 2008 (LE too), played it for a week, and haven't touched it since. Literally.
Really need to go back to it. Especially since I picked up Lost and the Damned for like 400 points.
If GTA4 on consoles looked like that, I'd play it more. Bought it launch day in 2008 (LE too), played it for a week, and haven't touched it since. Literally.
Really need to go back to it. Especially since I picked up Lost and the Damned for like 400 points.
Betta Lines
Member
Makes all the 'diminishing returns' threads look rather silly eh. Diminishing returns my arse.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Lighting and color composition. Yeah, it is kind of amazing to see how much of a difference it makes when they get those things right.Gram Negative Cocci said:
Betta Lines
Member
No it wasn't. Just because you might have had a smooth experience doesn't mean everyone with perfectly capable machines did too.
Van Buren - what is with all your screenshots looking like photographs taken on really cheap film roll? Everything has a blue/pink haze about it like the old disposable cameras performed in bright light. It doesn't reflect how eyes perceive light and seems very different from the earlier shots in the thread.
edit - BatmanBatmanBatman's shots as well. Hrm. Are these customisations of the iCE mod or does it just not do bright and sunny well yet?
edit - BatmanBatmanBatman's shots as well. Hrm. Are these customisations of the iCE mod or does it just not do bright and sunny well yet?
jim-jam bongs
Member
Glad that this thread has recovered from the butthurt explosion a few pages back. Some amazing screens in here, I reckon I'll grab GTAIV and the mod the shit out of it when I get my 570GTX in the next month or two.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Zombie James said:
In options.txt you edit "float SharpeningAmount=20;"
jim-jam bongs
Member
Eiji said:
I no rite, spraying poo on ppl ftw
Betta Lines
Member
I think it's a testament to Rockstar's creation more than anything else. If you applied this lighting to other games it would not have the same impact. Liberty City was under appreciated I think. It's been more than 3 years and it's still by far the best representation of a living city. This mod is just highlighting what an amazing technical and artistic achievement GTAIV was.Gram Negative Cocci said:
AwesomeSauce
MagsMoonshine
I guess optimizing is something they never heard about right?BlackDove said:
nemss said:
Here are the last few shots I snapped for now -
The links for the other two - Link 1, Link 2.
My relevant specs are i7 920 @ 4.5 and 580 SLIs @ 932/1864/2100. Unfortunately, the game does not benefit much from SLI, which is my biggest issue when it comes to the PC port.
I believe the intent of the mod is to mimic a "dirty lens"; there are other mods which favor a more realistic, if bland, approach.Suairyu said:
BlackDove said:
Oh get over yourself.
Just Cause 2, that is an example of a fantastic PC port. The GTAIV PC port was what I would qualify as "good enough" for what it needed to be. The optimization was lazy (the game's ability - or lack thereof - to successfully auto-calculate the best settings for your system is laughable), and for a game that was released back in 2008, it had ridiculous system requirements to run at steady framerate.
How you managed to interpret my statement that the PC version simply "wasn't great" into "Fuck Rockstar why can't my Macintosh from 1995 run GTAIV at max settings!?" is beyond me. The only thing I blamed Rockstar for was their complete disinterest in acknowledging the mod community.
Juniors, ugh...
jim-jam bongs
Member
It's pretty hard to argue against GTAIV being a lazy port when it ran substantially worse than the 360 version on systems which were considerably more powerful.
So I got this working on steam, but have a problem with my menus. Non of the text is showing. Is this a problem with the resolution?
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594690325625194382/C78E4B7CBD6BCE8B1B2A03D9B60D64B11B4173A3/
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594690325625194382/C78E4B7CBD6BCE8B1B2A03D9B60D64B11B4173A3/
Ether_Snake
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Anyone has a video of those really realistic looking pictures?
teacupcopter
Banned
Eiji said:
Is there any chance this stuff + the stuff in the OP works with the steam version?
Does it also work with episodes from Liberty City?
-viper- said:
You change the tone of the game then. It works in something like RDR because it was a western so having music playing every now and then, usually during a high action scene works in that context when i get out of the car i like to hear the bustle of the city the splashing of the waves near the river. The roar of the planes above me.
I would implore anyone who has a surround system to play GTA:IV like that it's an amazing experience
EDIT: In an earlier version of GTA:IV Niko was given a MP3 player that he could use while walking about or getting into battles. But R* took it out.
