WIP: Experimental Bump Maps for IL 2 Sturmovik BoS

[Sim123Aces]

Hi,

 

Something I've been working on.

 

Apologies if this isn't the correct forum the please remove and or move this post.

 

Kind regards

 

Aces

 

 

[Jade_Monkey]

Cool. I look forward to the final results.

 

The lumasharpen is through Reshade 3?

[=TBAS=Sshadow14]

yeah why are the pics so over sharperned and jaggy?

 

[Sim123Aces]

Yes, Lumasharpen with reshade, their sharpened because my 50+ year old eyes like it that way to see the gauges etc., a matter of personal taste.

Edited February 13, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[=TBAS=Sshadow14]

No worries.. i was asking not having a go at you :D

also work looks good
 

[Sim123Aces]

Thanks, no offence taken here, at nearly 60 my eyes aren't as good as they used to be . I find it helps with the dials and gauges, makes quite a big difference. Kind regards Aces 

[Mysticpuma]

Would it be possible to show an image comparison so for those of us who don't know how much of a difference this makes, can see it by comparison in a before and after?

Cheers, MP

[Sim123Aces]

Hi, yes certainly my friend, long time no speak, here you go -, cheers Aces .................... also a short video with some of the aircraft that I've been doing bump maps for: https://youtu.be/GmABChWd3lI

 

 

 

 

 

With shaders, new bump map and no bloom - 

 

 

 original bump map, turned off the shaders and turned bloom back on:

 

Edited February 14, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[Sim123Aces]

I've just uploaded all my bump maps here - http://www.mediafire.com/file/o6j1lo816et8x7a/Aces_Bump_Maps_for_IL-2_BoS.zip

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J24WAVDwo-M

 

Install readme:

This download includes new bump maps for IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad Aircraft. 

Unzip the download content somewhere (not your game folder) making sure to preserve the folder structure. You will then have a folder named "Aces Bump Maps for IL-2 BoS" which contains this readme file and two folders named "Aces Bump Maps" and "Original Bump Maps"

To use the new bump maps copy the contents of the "Aces Bump Maps" folder into your game's "/data/graphics" folder eg. c:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\graphics and let it overwrite the contents of the "Planes" folder located there.

To revert back to the game's supplied bump maps copy the content of the "Original Bump Maps" folder into your game's "/data/graphics" folder as above and let it overwrite the contents of the "Planes" folder located there.

Please note I haven't been able to test a few of the aircraft such as the MC202S8, P40E1 and Bf1110G2 as I do not have them so please let me know if you spot anything strange happening.

Hope you enjoy using them.

Kind regards

Aces

 

Edited February 14, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[Jade_Monkey]

Are you doing the bump maps for the 2K skins only?

 

Someone already made bump maps for the FW190 and Ju52 4K skins.

[Sim123Aces]

Hi, yes, but I could do the 4K skins I guess

[Sim123Aces]

Like this you mean  now you really can count the rivets

 

Edited February 15, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[ST_ami7b5]

Looks nice,
will try it later today.

 

Thanks!

[Sim123Aces]

I haven't uploaded the 4K Stuka bump map yet, my 2k bump maps pack is available for download , link in my previous post.

 

 

Regards

 

Aces

Edited February 15, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[Sim123Aces]

All my 4K bump map download links , full cudos and thanks to the creators of those most excellent 4K templates

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/c0lmxxv071sb7f2/Aces_4K_Bump_Maps_for_IL-2_Bos_Sampler_3.zip

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/cyhc7bgapdrqse4/Aces_4K_Bump_Maps_for_IL-2_Bos_Sampler.zip

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/sahi3p18y9earnn/Aces_4K_Bump_Maps_for_IL-2_Bos_Sampler_2.zip

 

Cheers

 

Aces

 

Youtube playlist -

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIVaCsxHruMbzwIuSbZCBl7xEXMIglceY

Edited March 1, 2017 by Sim123Aces

[jokerBR]

Hi Aces, congratulations and kudos for your work. A must have for me.

Sent you a PM.

 

Cheers.

Edited March 7, 2017 by jokerBR

[Sim123Aces]

A pleasure mate,

 

Cheers

 

Aces