Does anyone know if 1) the moon does produce a lighting effect, and 2) if so can it be adjusted?
Tks
tough flying at night with no reflections that I can determine.
Tks
tough flying at night with no reflections that I can determine.
Reflective lighting from the moon
- Thread starter NachtPiloten
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sixstrings5859
Charter Member
That's why i fly at Dusk... A great idea !
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
Are you using AnKor's shaders? For me ETO in the Spring looks like this in QC when you select night in the location settings. Ignoring the pre-war city lights, note the moonlight shadows on the aircraft.
I did have a time when everything looked way too dark to fly at night, and then I realized that I had some ReShade enhancements enabled that were causing it.
I did have a time when everything looked way too dark to fly at night, and then I realized that I had some ReShade enhancements enabled that were causing it.
moon lighting
Ok, what do you mean by Reshade settings? Could you share? If you could share your ini file and other relevant files... I know you have done this but I am a slow learner.....
Ok, what do you mean by Reshade settings? Could you share? If you could share your ini file and other relevant files... I know you have done this but I am a slow learner.....
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
The issue with reshade was that I had routinely used
[Levels.fx]
BlackPoint=10
HighlightClipping=0
WhitePoint=245
to enhance the daytime color contrast, but this drives all the darker shades at night to display as black.
Turning off the levels effect for night flying restored reasonable nighttime visibility.
It also helps to have a well calibrated monitor, and have the background room lights lowered.
[Levels.fx]
BlackPoint=10
HighlightClipping=0
WhitePoint=245
to enhance the daytime color contrast, but this drives all the darker shades at night to display as black.
Turning off the levels effect for night flying restored reasonable nighttime visibility.
It also helps to have a well calibrated monitor, and have the background room lights lowered.
Thanks
But where is that setting, that is which .fx file? I checked all the *.fx files I have......
But where is that setting, that is which .fx file? I checked all the *.fx files I have......
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
I believe Levels.fx is part of the default shaders package.
Just try it with all the shaders unchecked and see if that makes a difference for night visibility.
Here's my null.ini contents
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Just try it with all the shaders unchecked and see if that makes a difference for night visibility.
Here's my null.ini contents
Effects=
Techniques=
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Question
The shaders that you have listed below are the only ones that you are using? That is you deleted all the other ones and only kept the list. Second where is your null.ini, I seem not to have one.
Ted
The shaders that you have listed below are the only ones that you are using? That is you deleted all the other ones and only kept the list. Second where is your null.ini, I seem not to have one.
Ted
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
I just created a new one through the Reshade User Interface by unchecking all the shaders, and saving it.
Steve
Can you email me your reshade stuff. I have experimented a bit just not having the success you are.
Ted
Can you email me your reshade stuff. I have experimented a bit just not having the success you are.
Ted
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
A guide relative to what?
Reshade is not needed for night flying, and I actually just turn it off when I do.
Reshade is not needed for night flying, and I actually just turn it off when I do.
MajorMagee
SOH-CM-2022
Night flying is very dependent on having a well calibrated and capable monitor that does not convert most of the darker shades into black.
That leaves you without any image contrast to pick out what's going on as if you're in a cave with no light at all.
Reshade can either make this better, or worse depending on what you have the individual shaders set up to do.
If they further clip the darker shades, that CFS3 has already compressed, to black then night flying will be worse.
If they brighten the whole scene then it may be better (it will still lack much contrast, and may create 8-bit like banding).
Please understand the difference.
AnKor's Shaders are adding 3D object lighting, reflection, and shadow functionality to the basic scene rendering of CFS3.
Reshade is taking that rendered scene and manipulating each pixel color and brightness in real time post-process to change how it looks as if you went into Photoshop and edited a screen capture.
That leaves you without any image contrast to pick out what's going on as if you're in a cave with no light at all.
Reshade can either make this better, or worse depending on what you have the individual shaders set up to do.
If they further clip the darker shades, that CFS3 has already compressed, to black then night flying will be worse.
If they brighten the whole scene then it may be better (it will still lack much contrast, and may create 8-bit like banding).
Please understand the difference.
AnKor's Shaders are adding 3D object lighting, reflection, and shadow functionality to the basic scene rendering of CFS3.
Reshade is taking that rendered scene and manipulating each pixel color and brightness in real time post-process to change how it looks as if you went into Photoshop and edited a screen capture.
night flying
With Ankor's shaders the night sky is very dark, at least for me. (New monitor on the way so....). The aim is to be able to see the silhouettes of planes at a distance. Without any aid it is nearly impossible to do so. Stock CFS3 you can see a silhouette but it takes some adjustments to t your approach. During the war pilots usually approached from beneath an enemy as to have the plane show in the night sky. Ground contrasts were difficult at best. Early in the war now exhaust shrouds were used (some but few) so exhaust flames and if there were shroud they glowed red from the heat and were usually visible from about 300 meters. We have these exhaust flames and at least for me at about 400 meters or so I can see a twinkle and at about 300 they become clear, nice target, if you are luck enough to approach from beneath the target. I have been able to get a silhouette using fog enhancements at about 1000 meters, but there are compromises. I think with more effort there will be a solution.
It was very rare and difficult to intercept a plane in the early part of the war, ground radar (German) was able to position you in the area but the pilot and crew had to catch a glimpse of the target and then intercept. AI was great and hopefully we will have it for axis and allies soon.
I am getting to understand the reshade application and options so.... Once I get a new monitor and fiddle a bit I will post some intercept videos. BTW I do not use labels or target indicators making it very difficult and when you are successful rewarding....
With Ankor's shaders the night sky is very dark, at least for me. (New monitor on the way so....). The aim is to be able to see the silhouettes of planes at a distance. Without any aid it is nearly impossible to do so. Stock CFS3 you can see a silhouette but it takes some adjustments to t your approach. During the war pilots usually approached from beneath an enemy as to have the plane show in the night sky. Ground contrasts were difficult at best. Early in the war now exhaust shrouds were used (some but few) so exhaust flames and if there were shroud they glowed red from the heat and were usually visible from about 300 meters. We have these exhaust flames and at least for me at about 400 meters or so I can see a twinkle and at about 300 they become clear, nice target, if you are luck enough to approach from beneath the target. I have been able to get a silhouette using fog enhancements at about 1000 meters, but there are compromises. I think with more effort there will be a solution.
It was very rare and difficult to intercept a plane in the early part of the war, ground radar (German) was able to position you in the area but the pilot and crew had to catch a glimpse of the target and then intercept. AI was great and hopefully we will have it for axis and allies soon.
I am getting to understand the reshade application and options so.... Once I get a new monitor and fiddle a bit I will post some intercept videos. BTW I do not use labels or target indicators making it very difficult and when you are successful rewarding....
mongoose
SOH-CM-2023
Sorry, I should have said Steve posted the nice night scene, not Daniel!
I will await Ted and his info. I am using a ? 9 year old Samsung 46" TV as a monitor. I suppose ZI could play around with it's settings as I am not getting a new one 'til I upgrade the PC in ? end May.
Update, sort of
Just connected my new monitor (32 inch) and well now need a new video card. The resolution settings are taxing my GTX 770, it is about 6 or more years old so that is to be expected. Love the big screen for my old tired eyes. Tried a TV but it failed to display the effects well and a disappointment. Just need a card that will handle 2560*1440 so we'll see.
No news to report on the shader front. Still trying to sort though the options and effects of using each one or combinations.
Any recommendations on a video card for intel based system would be appreciated (price does matter - at least that is what I tell my wife).
Pauke Pauke
Just connected my new monitor (32 inch) and well now need a new video card. The resolution settings are taxing my GTX 770, it is about 6 or more years old so that is to be expected. Love the big screen for my old tired eyes. Tried a TV but it failed to display the effects well and a disappointment. Just need a card that will handle 2560*1440 so we'll see.
No news to report on the shader front. Still trying to sort though the options and effects of using each one or combinations.
Any recommendations on a video card for intel based system would be appreciated (price does matter - at least that is what I tell my wife).
Pauke Pauke
sixstrings5859
Charter Member
Have a better monitor than i had with my last pc and now with AnKor's shaders it next to impossible to fight at night.Will try and follow what advice given and see if that works. Don't have this problem with "another" air combat sim with similar graphics. Quite frustrating. Maybe there will be a tutorial for us ,not so computer savvy , to get a better look for night time use. Where do i get this reshade
i hear people here and at sas1946 talk about so much ? How do you install it ? Can you turn shaders off for night time use ? Seems so but not sure. Will wait for more info before i dive in too far and mess things up.
i hear people here and at sas1946 talk about so much ? How do you install it ? Can you turn shaders off for night time use ? Seems so but not sure. Will wait for more info before i dive in too far and mess things up.