BoS and SweetFX - Works Great.

[Feathered_IV]

Here's a few shots of before and after.  Couldn't resist giving it a whirl.  The Lumasharpening works especially well.  The reduced gamma and vignette is more a personal thing, as I find the stark white is rather hard on the eyes after a while.  Lots of tweaking t be done, but nice to know it works.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to 777/1cGS for all the hard work.  It's off to a great start!

[SvAF/F19_Klunk]

Have never tried this application before, but it looks really interesting.. Not sure if I would like to go with vignetting though (never did like that effect in games.. ) ... but would gladly try out contrast and saturation settings.

 

thanx for the hint!

[Feathered_IV]

Definitely give it a try.  I quite like the vignette settings when in cockpit view.  It tends to soften one's periphery vision and gives that goggled feeling.

 

 I've uploaded the SweetFX that I'm using, with the files arranged to drop straight into BoS.  It won't overwrite anything and you can just delete them if you prefer not to use it anymore.

The SweetFX_settings.txt file is where you change the settings to taste.  You can do this on the fly, alt-tabbing in and out of a mission to check the results.  Have fun!

 

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9sytu9i669al39v/SweetFX_V1.4_for_BoS.rar

[SvAF/F19_Klunk]

Great!! cheers!.. I'll try it out this evening! decent of you! thanx

EDIT: current version of sweetfx is 1.5... I guess I can still use your files?

Edited November 19, 2013 by F19_Klunk

[Fifi]

I tried it via ROF FlightFX, but game doesn't start.

Guess i'll have to just use SweetFX...

[Feathered_IV]

Yep the one above works fine.  Below is the settings I used.  Forgot to include them... 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/?9lylt416xw18rg9

[EAF_Paf]

Also trying to get abit out of the white in white, which is not easy.

Default

 

Some changes with Sweet Fx 1.5

[Feathered_IV]

Wow!

[=RvE=Windmills]

I do like the second one a lot better then the vanilla version in the previous post.

 

Easier on the eye. Not sure if that's entirely unrealistic that it normally isn't but I'd rather not have a headache after an hour of staring at snow.

[LLv44_Mprhead]

Well, it looks like a different time of day. Upper picture looks like in the middle of the day in bright sun and lower looks like late afternoon when sun is already starting to go down.

[EAF_Paf]

Well, it looks like a different time of day. Upper picture looks like in the middle of the day in bright sun and lower looks like late afternoon when sun is already starting to go down.

 

yes, thats the problem

Although in this mission, the sun is quite low, but have to check time of day. Its mission 1.

[Jason_Williams]

I tried it via ROF FlightFX, but game doesn't start.

Guess i'll have to just use SweetFX...

 

Fifi,

 

FlightFX works fine. That is what I use. You have to make sure that FlightFX knows where the .exe and the Data folder is.

 

Feathered's files are using SweetFX 1.4 and FlightFX uses 1.3. I'll look into updating FlightFX to 1.4 in the future.

 

Jason

[J4SCrisZeri]

We've seen awesome canopy reflections during the last years, I take such effects are not ready yet in alpha versione. Can we espect something nice about that though?

[Livai]

Why not use ENB Series with SweetFX together or alone? ENB Series work here

[kendo]

Same results with FlightFX for me as FiFi.

 

Game does not start.

 

Have tweaked exe and Data folder location in FlightFX with no success.

 

Any tips Jason?

Edited November 19, 2013 by kendo

[Fifi]

Fifi,

 

FlightFX works fine. That is what I use. You have to make sure that FlightFX knows where the .exe and the Data folder is.

 

Feathered's files are using SweetFX 1.4 and FlightFX uses 1.3. I'll look into updating FlightFX to 1.4 in the future.

 

Jason

Ok, get the game started with right data path...and i see now the sweetfx folder in IL2/data.

But still i can't see any changes...could it be a file version problem? (using ROF text file to test)

Edited November 19, 2013 by Fifi

[Blooddawn1942]

Just a question: Do I simply put the unpacked folder of SweetFX right into the BoS main directory and thats it? Do I have to activate something? Theres no exe...

[Turil]

For me, the edited screenshots look unnatural. White snow should be white snow But I can see that others like the a bit muted color.

It's just that the photographer in me tells me the edited screenshots are underexposed

[FuriousMeow]

I don't like the SweetFX effects either, I prefer the game as is for both RoF and BoS. I just use SweetFX for the AA which has almost zero performance hit and really smooths everything out when using 1920x1200 or higher resolutions.

[Jason_Williams]

Ok, get the game started with right data path...and i see now the sweetfx folder in IL2/data.

But still i can't see any changes...could it be a file version problem? (using ROF text file to test)

 

Make sure you know which button turns the effects on and off. It may be on you just don't know it. In my case I use the "u" key. I forget which one is default. You can change them. Turn on the splitscreen option to check.

 

Jason

[Bando]

I believe it is the scroll lock button. Works for me, thanks a bunch. Looks great.

[71st_AH_Hooves]

HOLY CRAP its night and day different!  what a fabulous change!!

[Fifi]

Make sure you know which button turns the effects on and off. It may be on you just don't know it. In my case I use the "u" key. I forget which one is default. You can change them. Turn on the splitscreen option to check.

 

Jason

 

Thanks Jason, but it certainly is on my side...I turned on split screen to be sure, but nothing.

Have to try again.

[71st_AH_Hooves]

Im hoping you can get this to work FIFI, it is fricken awesome!  Be sure to change the keys. Its working for everyone but u it seems.

Edited November 20, 2013 by SYN_Hooves

[peregrine7]

Note, curves function will cause crash.

 

I am (of course) working on my own profiles for goggles off and goggles on.

 

EDIT again: Curves function causes crash due to incorrectly defined variable.

#define Curves_mode 0.02

 

should be

 

#define Curves_mode 0 

 

or

 

#define Curves_mode 2

Edited November 20, 2013 by peregrine7

[smink1701]

Would it be possible for similar color adjustments to just be built into the game menu?

[Jason_Williams]

Would it be possible for similar color adjustments to just be built into the game menu?

No sorry this won't happen.

 

Jason

[smink1701]

No prob

[peregrine7]

Some screenies, so far just basic colour correction and gamma. Aiming for something a little cinematic as I feel the colour choices made by the game designers are excellent (Great job guys!)

 

Also a little vignette, my guilty pleasure.

 

Edited November 20, 2013 by peregrine7

[Fifi]

Still no go, even dropping sweetfx 1.3 directly into IL2/data. Game just doesn't start at all.

Using FlightFX, game start but no changes ingame, even with splitscreen on.

Tried with admin rights or not.

Must be a Win8 specificity 

 

Strange because FlightFX runs great with my ROF...and COD too.

 

PS: even hitting pause key to reload shaders.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Fifi

[FuriousMeow]

Hey Fifi, I have SweetFX working - make sure the d3d9.dll, dxgi.dll, dxgi.fx and injector.ini are in the \bin\game folder. The SweetFX folder, d3d9.fx, shader.fx, sweetfx_preset.txt and sweetfx_settings.txt must be in the \data\ folder.

 

There is a difference between RoF and BoS, the first four files above go in different folders in the two titles (\bin_game\release in RoF, \bin\game in BoS)- so perhaps that is the issue?

[Jason_Williams]

You don't have it setup right FiFi or it would work. Just remove all the FlightFX and SweetFX files from your install so you can play. I'll eventually make a video explaining it although it works just like it does in ROF. I guarantee you something is placed wrong. Hooves had the same trouble and we fixed it in 2 mins.

 

Jason

[Fifi]

God damn...i don't have the shader.fx!

But had a look into my ROF/data, and no shader.fx too...and it is working there.

 

Jason, i know something is wrong in my install. I can easily remove all and play. But i'm stubborn, and want to clear that out 

I did the exact same steps as for ROF, but i'm momentaneous stuck.

Edited November 20, 2013 by Fifi

[71st_AH_Hooves]

You don't have it setup right FiFi or it would work. Just remove all the FlightFX and SweetFX files from your install so you can play. I'll eventually make a video explaining it although it works just like it does in ROF. I guarantee you something is placed wrong. Hooves had the same trouble and we fixed it in 2 mins.

 

Jason

Truth, and it looks fantabulous! 

[Fifi]

Ok, downloaded latest sweetfx 1.5 (shader.fx inside) and installed as per FuriousMeow advice strictly.

Still nothing in game.

I really don't understand as i play with sweetfx for long time now. All my previous install were fine.

I use it in ROF and COD via FlightFX with success. Even in DCS it was working fine (but i didn't liked it that much there)

For BOS, both path are setted correctly in FlightFX. No go.

SweetFX manually installed doesn't work either.

This is again a very weird computer issue i'm used to! 

[Blooddawn1942]

Could somebody please post a short advice where to put the SweetFX files? The readme told me to place the SweetFX folder in the main directory of the game. This don't seem to work. Is there something I missed? A short explanation would be much appreciated.

[EAF_Paf]

ok, following files go into the 2 BOS-Folders:

 

BOS/bin/game/

d3d9.dll

dxgi.dll

dxgi.fx

injector.ini

 

BOS/data/

SweetFX-Folder

d3d9.fx

shader.fx

SweetFX readme.txt

SweetFX_preset.txt

SweetFX_settings.txt

 

Edit: attached a rar-archive. just unpack and put the to folder bin &data into your game folder. Be aware that I already changed the settings. But there is a backup I think in the SweetFX-folder.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3123454/SweetFX%201.5.rar

Edited November 20, 2013 by EAF_Paf

[Blooddawn1942]

Thank You very much! I will try it this afternoon.

[Feathered_IV]

RoF's exe is in the Bin_Game folder. Whereas BoS has a Bin folder, then within that there is a separate Game folder that has the exe

That caught me out when I first started setting up..

[smink1701]

What exactly does SweetFX do for you.  Personally, I like the default colors the developers used in the game.  When I look at the before and after pics the after with just seem a bit darker.  I'd like to install SFX because so many embrace it but others have had issues installing and I unfortunately would probably be in that camp.  I wish someone would come up with an installer or a very easy to follow tutorial.