HBAO+ Support

tordesigns

in game ssao is the worse ive ever seen in a game, we need a updated version of ambient occlusion to be added into the game i have linked some pictures showing different versions on the game im asking for a dev to take a look and consider this for a upcoming patch to help overhaul some things in the game over time.

The picture explains whats wrong with the in game ssao and why its un realistic looking and doesnt even flow with the game

tordesigns

no one else has any input on this , im sure some of you guys would like to see some new updated graphic options to give us a choice to use something different.The game only keeps aging i think adding little things like this and slowly updating assets over time would greatly help support this game for more years

captainoblivous

tordesigns wrote: »

no one else has any input on this , im sure some of you guys would like to see some new updated graphic options to give us a choice to use something different.The game only keeps aging i think adding little things like this and slowly updating assets over time would greatly help support this game for more years

Getting a fix for AA on AMD cards would be preferable imo.

tordesigns

captainoblivous wrote: »

Getting a fix for AA on AMD cards would be preferable imo.

yea i think some of the game shaders just need a overhaul considering its 2015, im not saying the game looks terrible but it definitely needs a update.The ssao idk if its lack of pixel samples the filtering used or just the blur pass either being none existent or not high enough setting idk but the ssao looks like someone made a shader to find shadows and apply noise overtop of it.

tordesigns

if there could be a input from a dev on this subject of why or why not something like this isn't possible

tordesigns

HBAO+ libraries are free to devs signed up on nvidia forums now , if the default ssao could be improved on or replaced with a more optimized effcient form of ssao something like ssdo/hbao this would be great.Random thought if the engine could support it PBR combined with GI would really make the game pop and look way better.

tordesigns

bump updated thread with picture of example that easily shows off the effect, the grate textures really show it off and this just sets the scene to look like there is depth other then being flat.

tordesigns

adding some more screen shots of HBAO+ being applied through my nvidia driver this has some bleeding and depth issues and flickers on and off during movement so its not playable but is the most visible compatibility bit i could find 0x00000026

tordesigns

This is SSGI(another form of ambient occlusion aka smarter ssao)

As you can see color actually bounces off other objects onto near by objects and comes with your normal ssao effect its very nice on the eyes to see looks real would make this game look great why isnt it there as a option for those who can run it ?

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This is done using reshade to prove my point this game needs some new graphic effects like this ill post some other ambient occlusion versions shortly including hbao ssao and raymarching ssao to show each effect and how bad the in game ssao is and is in all terms a half finished code

tordesigns

SSAO


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Raymarching

tordesigns

This whole thing is silly i feel like this





lets fix some of these things in game the ssao is terrible its a spotted patch of black dots on screen taking fps for no reason its pathetic looking you can do better then this.

giannicampanella

Certainly, the visual improvement is obvious, but if it were a question of implementing more advanced graphics options that could improve performance for lower-end machines as well via better implementations, the devs could thereby increase the playerbase in both directions. How is this not discussed more? Thank you for sharing, Tor.