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Offline Vraciu

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Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« on: March 17, 2018, 01:03:10 PM »
Here are some screen shots of what has me stymied.   What is it that causes the metal to flare up when shadows are ENABLED?   I am able to get the effect I want with shadows DISABLED but when I turn them on the thing washes out in a way I do not intend and looks terrible (to me).   What am I doing wrong?

I don't want it to look bad in either mode because there are probably a lot of players (like myself) who disable shadows.   OTOH, if I optimize it for that then it looks bad when shadows are enabled.

I'm beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what I need to tweak to get it right.





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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2018, 01:05:55 PM »
Quote from: Vraciu on March 17, 2018, 01:03:10 PM
Here are some screen shots of what has me stymied.   What is it that causes the metal to flare up when shadows are ENABLED?   I am able to get the effect I want with shadows DISABLED but when I turn them on the thing washes out in a way I do not intend and looks terrible (to me).   What am I doing wrong?

I don't want it to look bad in either mode because there are probably a lot of players (like myself) who disable shadows.   OTOH, if I optimize it for that then it looks bad when shadows are enabled.

I'm beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what I need to tweak to get it right.

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Tone down the spec highlight a bit. Find a comfortable middle ground between the two settings.

you could also find the median value between shaded and unshaded, then, find a common ground value between the two.


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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2018, 01:16:47 PM »
Quote from: Ciaphas on March 17, 2018, 01:05:55 PM

Tone down the spec highlight a bit. Find a comfortable middle ground between the two settings.

you could also find the median value between shaded and unshaded, then, find a common ground value between the two.


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True.  Is it prudent, OTOH, to make the shadowed version look right and just let the other suffer?   I would think over time people will trend toward shadows as graphics cards get upgraded, etc.

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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 01:18:57 PM »
You might find that the middle ground looks good for both.


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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 01:26:26 PM »
Quote from: Ciaphas on March 17, 2018, 01:18:57 PM
You might find that the middle ground looks good for both.


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True.   :salute
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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2018, 12:50:50 AM »
I’ve continued to dial back the brightness on the S map and it still looks the same...

Something else is in play here...    :headscratch:
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Re: Reflections - Shadows Enabled vs Disabled (?)
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2018, 09:45:14 PM »
Solved?

I lightened the E map.  That made a difference.
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