My apologies for taking to long to make some videos after receiving my new card. No sooner did I get it and work hours shot through the roof! Wasn't home long enough to do anything. Anyways, I finally got some time tonight and I took a look at what AnKor has done to make WOFF shine even more.

Ankor took the time to make a DX8 to DX9 converter that allows WOFF to use SweetFX or ENB series graphic enhancers. I am using the SweetFX program and have been playing around with the settings. What a great program that is. Here are a few videos I made with various SweetFX settings. Clouds are probably too bright but maybe that's how they might look if you are that high up and don't have proper sunglasses to block the glare. Still messing with settings. Anyways...





and here's a still pic too.



Enjoy,

Great stuff! And really good looking. Is SweetFX available to the rest of us? Do you use it in the game, or when you're editing the video clips together?

I tried Sweet FX and messed about with it and to be honest I didn't find anything better than what the game offers anyway..and it certainly wasn't worth the FPS hit.

I turned off all Antialiasing and turned on HDR in SweetFX. Looks good and virtually no FPS hit.

Hauksbee, SweetFX is used in game. It's not something I do while editing the video. It actually changes the way the game looks by allowing different effects that DirectX 9 makes possible, such as Bloom, HDR, etc to be used in game.

Read all about it here:
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3882776/Re_DirectX_8_to_9_converter_th#Post3882776

Stunning videos Hellshade, thank you. I really appreciate what you do because your previews actually moved me towards buying the game. And now I'm totally hooked. Congratulations on the new card - nice to see everything running smoothly, I'm sure you have a blast, but hey... what's that!? You killed those sheep while hunting Pfalz!? You ruthless maniac...))

Hellshade I would be very interested in knowing what version of SweetFX you have installed and your specific settings. I bet many here would like to emulate the same appearance.

Thanks!

Madmatt

One more flying a DR1 against some Allied 2 seaters with Camels flying Top Cover for them.



Current SweetFX settings are:

#define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 0
#define SMAA_THRESHOLD 0.12
#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS 16
#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG 6
#define SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING 0
#define COLOR_EDGE_DETECTION 1
#define SMAA_DIRECTX9_LINEAR_BLEND 0
#define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1
#define sharp_strength 0.60
#define sharp_clamp 0.04
#define pattern 2
#define offset_bias 1.00
#define show_sharpen 0
#define USE_BLOOM 1
#define BloomThreshold 20.25
#define BloomPower 1.45
#define BloomWidth 0.01
#define USE_HDR 1
#define HDRPower 1.30
#define radius2 0.87
#define USE_TECHNICOLOR 0
#define TechniAmount 0.11
#define TechniPower 2.80
#define redNegativeAmount 0.88
#define greenNegativeAmount 0.88
#define blueNegativeAmount 0.88
#define USE_DPX 0
#define Red 8.00
#define Green 8.00
#define Blue 8.00
#define ColorGamma 2.50
#define DPXSaturation 3.00
#define RedC 0.36
#define GreenC 0.36
#define BlueC 0.34
#define Blend 0.10
#define USE_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 0
#define RGB_Lift float3(1.00,1.00,1.00)
#define RGB_Gamma float3(1.00,1.00,1.00)
#define RGB_Gain float3(1.00,1.00,1.00)
#define USE_TONEMAP 1
#define Gamma 1.00
#define Exposure 0.00
#define Saturation 0.00
#define Bleach 0.00
#define Defog 0.00
#define FogColor float3(0.00,0.00,1.00)
#define USE_VIBRANCE 1
#define Vibrance 0.15
#define USE_CURVES 1
#define Curves_contrast 0.30
#define Curves_formula 7
#define USE_SEPIA 0
#define ColorTone float3(1.00,1.00,0.90)
#define GreyPower 0.11
#define SepiaPower 0.58
#define USE_VIGNETTE 0
#define VignetteRadius 1.00
#define VignetteAmount -1.00
#define VignetteSlope 8
#define VignetteCenter float2(0.50,0.50)
#define USE_DITHER 0
#define USE_SPLITSCREEN 0
#define splitscreen_mode 3

I prefer the authentic middle/western/european look to the caribbean look which Sweet FX creates. WM made it middle/western europelike and it is quite spot on. I must know, I live there.

@Hellshade

nice vids. How bout using the blip switch instead of throttling when flying rotaries? That would show the people how it was actually done. There was no throttling around

cheers

If tuned, it can provide haunting screens like these:

Good vids mate... thanks!

The last couple of pictures look good elephant.

Most other pictures with these effects on always look way too saturated to me, like a standard game with neon lights and super dense colours. We worked very hard indeed to get correct realistic tones and colours and saturation etc and this completely turns that on its head.

yeah as you say Creaghorn looks like the Caribbean
Each to his own of course.

The pics elephant posted are my screenshots posted in the screenshot forum.


Still fiddling with the settings, but getting closer:

Sorry, Para_Bellum...
I should have mentioned that.
I hope you'll share your settings when finalised...

I honestly think Winding Man got the colours perfect.

Para_Bellum, that looks better than the bright colour ones. Perhaps you could post settings and config so others can try at some point with the more realistic tones?

Wodin quite correct - as I say colour and tone were something important to us we worked on a lot, so vanilla WOFF looks the best.

These are my current settings, still want to tweak them a bit more:

#define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 1



#define SMAA_THRESHOLD 0.12

#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS 16

#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG 6

#define SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING 0

#define COLOR_EDGE_DETECTION 1

#define SMAA_DIRECTX9_LINEAR_BLEND 0



#define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1



#define sharp_strength 0.60

#define sharp_clamp 0.04

#define pattern 2

#define offset_bias 1.00

#define show_sharpen 0



#define USE_BLOOM 1



#define BloomThreshold 22.20

#define BloomPower 1.98

#define BloomWidth 0.12



#define USE_HDR 1



#define HDRPower 1.41

#define radius2 0.78



#define USE_TECHNICOLOR 0



#define TechniAmount 0.11

#define TechniPower 2.80

#define redNegativeAmount 0.88

#define greenNegativeAmount 0.88

#define blueNegativeAmount 0.88



#define USE_DPX 0



#define Red 8.00

#define Green 7.90

#define Blue 8.20

#define ColorGamma 2.50

#define DPXSaturation 3.00

#define RedC 0.36

#define GreenC 0.35

#define BlueC 0.34

#define Blend 0.10



#define USE_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 1



#define RGB_Lift float3(1.00,1.00,1.00)

#define RGB_Gamma float3(1.04,1.00,1.04)

#define RGB_Gain float3(1.00,1.00,1.00)



#define USE_TONEMAP 1



#define Gamma 0.84

#define Exposure 0.00

#define Saturation -0.54

#define Bleach 0.00

#define Defog 0.00

#define FogColor float3(0.00,0.00,1.00)



#define USE_VIBRANCE 1



#define Vibrance 0.50

Thanks for sharing your settings Para, really enjoying your screenshots.

Edit: Wow, I am quite impressed with the results, it looks wonderful!!! Once again thanks for your settings Para_Bellum

Im using your settings aswell Para...excellent job Sir

Guys, what version of SweetFX are you using?

Is it 1.3 or 1.4 or 1.5? Please post (can be found in the readme file)

Thanks,
Dirk.

Dirk im using 1.51