Nvidia and AMD Anti-Aliasing and SweetFX Guide

[Chik'Tikka]

Amazing... imma have to set this up and see if i can get it to work enough for screen shots+^_^+

[Horosha_Onikage]

So, is this really possible now on an Nvidia card? I really would like to add sweetfx to PSO2... As it is, I can never run Skyrim without it.

[Sizustar]

I'm using the DPX shader, curves (set to mode 1, that is to say, chroma mode), and ordered dithering. I copied the shader files for these from the 1.5 folder over to the 1.4 folder and it works just fine, btw.

The performance hit is negligable, particularly since I'm locked at 60 FPS at all times (except when particles fill the screen).

Believe it or not, my previous settings were MUCH more contrasty. I got tired of my character's skin being blinding white half the time and fixed that, heh. Even now, I'm wondering if I should turn down the vibrancy a bit.

The skin tone, however, even as crazy contrasty and vibrant as it is, is still more realistic than the flat-looking tone of the regular game. The reddish color helps to approximate some subsurface scattering, which helps to keep characters from looking like zombies.

Here are some more examples:

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(Yes, I'm blowing through the story on Liza right now. And yes, I can't bring myself to stop wearing the sexy swimwear. I think I may have a problem...)

Have you tried HDR or Bloom?
Although they seem to give a big hit in Performance.

Odd that you can get the 1.5 shader to work, if I put in the 1.5 shader, it gives me the post process not working error.

Amazing... imma have to set this up and see if i can get it to work enough for screen shots+^_^+

You'll have to use a program like Fraps to take screenshot, the ingame screenshot won't capture SweetFX effect as it's a overlay.

So, is this really possible now on an Nvidia card? I really would like to add sweetfx to PSO2... As it is, I can never run Skyrim without it.

It's possible now, but it seems to only work with SweetFX 1.4, and you have to use RadeonPro as the injector.

[Zyrusticae]

Have you tried HDR or Bloom?
Although they seem to give a big hit in Performance.

Odd that you can get the 1.5 shader to work, if I put in the 1.5 shader, it gives me the post process not working error.

Well, I only transfer the shader files for the ones I'm using (DPX, curves, dither) and nothing else. If you transfer the main file or the .dll file, naturally, it won't work.

I don't use HDR because I don't see the point in faking it, and bloom just kind of makes me angry. I don't like losing visual information like that.

[Sizustar]

Well, I only transfer the shader files for the ones I'm using (DPX, curves, dither) and nothing else. If you transfer the main file or the .dll file, naturally, it won't work.

I don't use HDR because I don't see the point in faking it, and bloom just kind of makes me angry. I don't like losing visual information like that.

Copying the whole shader folder doens't work.

Are you using the default setting?

No SweetFX, Only Nvidia Inspector(AA+AO)

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SweetFX(Cineon DPX+Vibrance+Curve+Dither)

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[Zyrusticae]

I use my own settings for this - in particular, the DPX shader settings I use are nothing at all like the defaults.

RGB at 15 each, color gamma and saturation at 1.0, RGBC values at .40 (you have to change the range in the sweetfx_settings file because the range is backwards by default), and blend value is at .35.

[Rexob]

Copying the whole shader folder doens't work.

Are you using the default setting?

No SweetFX, Only Nvidia Inspector(AA+AO)

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SweetFX(Cineon DPX+Vibrance+Curve+Dither)

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Holy crap that looks amazing lol...I might actually have to play around with SweetFX now - almost a totally different looking game lol.

Edit: What AA & AO settings are those?

[Sizustar]

No Sweet FX

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Testing Zyrusticae's SweetFX

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Zyru's setting without Vibrance gains a bit of FPS(Not alot of difference)
But with Bloom and HDR, lose alot of FPS.

[Chik'Tikka]

amazing Sizu, can't wait to have a few free hours to play with this, and i have afterburner to take screens rather then the built in+^_^+ I thought there was somethin funny with your pics, something odd making them blurry, then i realized it was just .jpg compression artifacts, any chance i can convince you to post .png screens?? Or does fraps not support that format?+^_^+

[Sizustar]

amazing Sizu, can't wait to have a few free hours to play with this, and i have afterburner to take screens rather then the built in+^_^+ I thought there was somethin funny with your pics, something odd making them blurry, then i realized it was just .jpg compression artifacts, any chance i can convince you to post .png screens?? Or does fraps not support that format?+^_^+

Actually it's just imgur changing them to jpg, not sure who, the origional pic is in png.
I'll record a gameplay with Frap too.