Thief 2 DDfix Skybox Bloom of Doom

Gore_Torn on 16/12/2013 at 04:16

A few months back, I installed DDFix (v1.5.11) and after some trial and error I was able to successfully enjoy bloom as I remembered back when DDFix (v1.1) was released. However, I ran into an issue with an over-bloomed Skybox when attempting to play the "Life of the Party" mission where Garret takes the Thieves highway (which is one of my favorite missions).

Here's a picture of the Skybox:

Inline Image:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3428/dbf9.jpg

All I can say is, "MY EYES!!!!!!"

Inline Image:

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/kc9W2LrFPZM/hqdefault.jpg

I looked into my DDFix and Cam.ini files to see where some of the bloom parameters are and I tweaked a few of them around. Fortunately, I was able to find BloomIntensity and adjust it to find the right amount of world bloom. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any parameters to adjust for Skybox bloom which resulted in me turning off the bloom completely when adjusting BloomIntensity too low (about 50).

Has anyone ran into this issue? Any help would be appreciated :thumb:

voodoo47 on 16/12/2013 at 08:59

first, I would like to (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141148) welcome you in the 21st century.

Gore_Torn on 17/12/2013 at 02:06

Quote Posted by voodoo47

first, I would like to (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141148) welcome you in the 21st century.

Excellent! I was apprehensive to download Tafferpatcher at first but after looking further into it, it's looking like a winner. :thumb:

Gore_Torn on 17/12/2013 at 03:05

OH my god this is gorgeous!!! 32 bit is amazing on the Dark Engine! Man thanks a ton Voodoo!!:cheeky::cheeky::cheeky:

jermi on 22/12/2013 at 15:06

Even if it doesn't matter anymore ...

The difference between ddfix and NewDark is not the display bit depth, which is 32 bits in both cases.

With ddfix bloom and daytime missions, it is usually necessary to raise the threshold level. For LotP, setting BloomThreshold=0x909090 in ddfix.ini completely removes bloom from the sky. Another option is to enable dynamic threshold by setting DynamicThreshold=1. With this setting, ddfix adjusts the bloom threshold based on what is on screen in order to prevent large areas - such as the sky - from generating bloom. The speed with which the threshold adapts to changes is controlled with the DynamicDecay parameter.

apostrophe on 22/12/2013 at 17:51

Marvelous picture. Looks like AngelWatch detonated in a 10 megaton boom.

DiMarzio on 22/12/2013 at 18:46

It still looks the same with NewDark's bloom. The thing you might want to do is to turn fog off.

retractingblinds on 26/12/2013 at 14:25

Quote Posted by apostrophe

Marvelous picture. Looks like AngelWatch detonated in a 10 megaton boom.

I think you mean 10 megaton bloom.

Quote Posted by Albert

Do we need to put up signposts around here informing everyone of NewDark? :erg:

I'd have thought eidos would have done what nightdive have done for shock2 by now, and bundled newdark with thief 1 and 2 on the distribution services those are on. Wouldn't that be nice?

voodoo47 on 26/12/2013 at 14:50

they don't care about NewDark. which is probably for the best.