SweetFX

[ninjafada]

i like the gritter one but with a little change:
#define RGB_Lift float3(0.950, 1.000, 1.000) > #define RGB_Lift float3(1.000 1.025, 1.025)
less darker shadow and still less warm
or #define RGB_Lift float3(0.970 1.010, 1.010)
idk i don't have the same monitor as you so not same contrast and brightness

i'm tweaking mine to reduce the lights perhaps with #define RGB_Gain float3(1.000, 1.000, 1.000)
but i fear it will fell greyish
but working at the same time so taking long

[Myrken]

I didn't want it too gritty there's gritty and realistically gritty with some colors remove too much color there's no point in running sweetfx just run it with all the gray scaling. I tried to get a nice rough real look but maintain abit of the color and not remove the life from the world I feel I found a nice realistic balance with my gritty setting. I found if i went any less on my colors in my gritty setting the game stopped feeling alive, and that ruins it for me it should look real gritty but not bland defeats the purpose. if everything looks sun bleached you've defeated yourself the alien plants are supposed to be vibrant they even have glow effects to add to that reduce it too much and the world would become a lifeless blob. lulz i could do you a black and white preset if you want.. XD

[Myrken]

ALL my 4 presets are all up now with screen shots

Defiance HD

http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/285/

Defiance HD Boosted

http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/303/

Defiance HD Boosted Lightened

http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/309/

Defiance HD Grittier

http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/307/



For different tastes. My two favorites and its a toss up are between Defiance HD Boosted Lightened because the world is super vibrant and feels so alive, and Defiance HD grittier because i like the roughness and realism.

[ninjafada]

made a new one http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/310/
gonna test it now if i can find an event

[Myrken]

Ninja bit of advice test it extensively before dropping it on the DB. i run mine for about an hour before i drop em on the data base and that's after all my tweaks. If its not up to par in any way with my standards it doesn't go up on the DB. That way people aren't downloading presets still undergoing modification and wondering whats going on. Also its best to not make presets that are so close they start to skew together on the database so people can easily choose what fits them best.

[ninjafada]

i know what i'm doing man, i'm admin-moderator on the database
i have a lot of people asking me less dark preset, less colors etc so i make a lot of them
my last one only the night was darker , now gonna make a v2 for people who want it darker the day too , but not a blue/grey sky
http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/311/

[Myrken]

My point was ninja not everyone who plays a mmo knows how this stuff works make 100 presets and your going to start confusing a lot of the people who are new to it. I'm not making anymore those 4 are it because a lot of people from here going to the DB are totally new to this stuff and too may options serves to confuse, that's all.

Yes you knowing what your doing wasn't my point, I know what I'm doing also obviously.My concern is confusing those new to this. In this case its not people who've done this kinda stuff for years like me just posting it for others like me but a large community who's new and needs help with it. If your a mod then you get the relevance of my point.

As the saying goes keep it simple stupid. Like walking into a store with too many options you tend to end up grabbing something you didn't really like.

As for pulling rank i cant tell you what I'm admin/moderator of now. My associates would be rather upset.... lulz we'll just stick to the fact i write pretty looking text docs on computers.

[ninjafada]

it takes a few minutes to look at all screenshots from all the preset in the database and choose one and test it ^^
and if they want to learn a little they just have to compare the settings and screenshots and be able to make their own one, not only for defiance but for futur games
after 50 presets i'm still learning new combos ^^

[Myrken]

it takes a few minutes to look at all screenshots from all the preset in the database and choose one and test it ^^
and if they want to learn a little they just have to compare the settings and screenshots and be able to make their own one, not only for defiance but for futur games

True but again your missing my point many people don't want to write their own and don't have time or patience to learn how. As i said we do this stuff many mmo players just want a fix, adding too many options to browse through just over complicates things for them.

This isn't the days of tribes when hackers sprung from fountains in the net to learn coding and dance amongst the numerical fairies of the world wide web.

Today people just want a simple solution to their problems look at the gov as an example of where its headed.
Some will want to write their own settings and we offer ours as a starting point for them to learn from, but many wont which is why you have a database that lists them.

We who write the code well are few my brother.

PS: you should make me an admin on the DB my Defiance HD preset passed your borderlands one on the front page of the database in less than a week.. Eh im going to go see if i can program me up some dinner..... AT 1:00 AM IN YHE $%#@! MORNING!! PwP/ DANG SON TIME FLIES!

I heard this happens when you get old..... scary thing is I'm not that old... lol

[bartoni33]

Did something happen in the last 24 hours to break SweetFX? I have used it with Myrken's presets (great job BTW) for a few days now but when I tried to play earlier the game would not run. I hit "play" and it would just not do anything. But after I moved all the FX stuff out of the folder it plays fine.

Anyone else having issues with SweetFX?