HDR Bloom Mod Released

[justmatt]

Seems to just make everything look like a slightly blurred "dream sequence" from a Soap Opera. Unless it's really humid everywhere in HL2, the screens look a bit unrealistic. A bit too much.

 

[lePobz]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.huby/stuff/Games/HL2-R8-HDR/

looks kewl that cellshader effect makes it look kinda like XIII

 

[ZoFreX]

To me this mod looks like it's 100% bloom and 0% HDR

Agreed - this looks pretty, but it ain't HDR. Bloom effects are often a consequence of decent HDR though.

hdr in hl2 isnt true hdr, if it was only 6800 would run it, since x800 cant handle that much floating point precision.

BS. Go play Far Cry.

I know this isn't true HDR, but it's a step towards what I want HL2 to look like - the lighting in HL2 needs a lot of work, in my opinion. Here's hoping that valve will give us the ability to run all levels in HDR :cheers:
(I realises that this would require modifying every existing level, but it might happen.. some day.. when it's done )

 

[GonzoBabbleshit]

love that cellshader effect!

 

[A.I.]

To me it seems more realistic because every object now has a reflection of an intense light like the sun or a light. even the shadows are more realsitic to me because of that. But you do have to play with the settings or it will really look like a dream effect in soap operas. I am already considering to play the whole game through again with this effect (I'll never play the original again, that's for sure)

 

[lashdl]

Argh, you gotta tell me how to enable that cell shading cvar... I NEED IT... would be awesome to play HL2 that way

 

[jondy]

Fox above just told you, buddy.

Well there is one more bonus effect included. mat_R8Illustration which defaults to 0=off. 1 turns on a shader that mimics a cool Photoshop plug-in.

 

[Dodo]

the HDR is fake... and its ONLY the bloom, and it f**k's up the decal. The loading time is quite long. nut still this mod is more than i can make, sooo good job guys !

 

[All_Steamed_Out]

I have installed the Bloom mod and it does look interesting. I don't notice any of the changes others have mentioned about load times and frame rates.

I have to say that I find some areas a little too bright in contrast to the rest of the map. It doesn't lend a realistic feel. More like a bright spotlight with no source is shining on a white pipe, with no reflection around it.

I tried to follow the readme files instructions to adjust it in the console, but the command wasn't recognized. The console recognized: "mat_Bloom 1", but would not recognize: "mat_R8Bloom".

Anybody else tried to tweak it? - and if so, how?

 

[Dumb Dude]

Argh, you gotta tell me how to enable that cell shading cvar... I NEED IT... would be awesome to play HL2 that way

Argh, you gotta learn how to read "readme" files.

But I'll be nice to ya. mat_r8illustration 1

 

[Grey]

I tried to follow the readme files instructions to adjust it in the console, but the command wasn't recognized. The console recognized: "mat_Bloom 1", but would not recognize: "mat_R8Bloom".QUOTE]

You weren't playing the mod then.

 

[ukfluke]

jesus, it makes the game look like a dream sequence from Dallas or something :S

 

[theBear]

umm

yea, I have a geforce pcx 5750 and a intel 3.4 ghz 1gig of ram etc... and i am getting this error


ShaderAPIDX8::CreateD3DTexture: Invalid color format!

does that mean that the bloom effect isnt working?
please help! ...

-thanks

 

[Jametiks]

When I play HL2 with the HDR MOD activated,I get this huge bright circle in the middle of my screen.What can I do to take that off?I have tried tweaking with those console commands,but I gave up after a few tries.Spes are as follows:

Athlon XP1800+
Radeon9700Pro 128
1.5Gig Corsair XMS Pro
Audigy2
Windows XP
Driverirect X 9

Ingame settings:
Model and texutre-High
Simple Reflections
No AA
Trileaner
Shader-High
Shadow-Low