Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC
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Progress is going swiftly and smoothly. Lights, animations, cluster, paintshop (20 items!!), skins are all working. Just 2 (out of 9) more video's on the tutorial-serie. Big shout-out to Graveltrap 
for helping me (he's doing 99,9% of the work) with the physics.
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Same weather, time of day, spot, Sergio's version vs your shader overhaul (SOL, __sol_extra PP-filter)
Vaca Valley 60s (Sergio Loro) shader overhaul and new AI v3.0 by Rainmaker
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Sergio:
Rainmaker:
those trees are not looking good tbh... ?
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Hmm. I specially had a look for those trees and changed to the original value. Must have missed them?
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Most say I do prefer this more than all those low poly distance objects that usually pops out in your VR headset screen.
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Strange error, I used the same values like Sergio but it was brighter. Hmm... Change it now to darker values:
Vaca Valley 60s (Sergio Loro) shader overhaul and new AI v2.0 by Rainmaker
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Crowd has normal values I always use. This is what it looks like for me:
EDITED v3 https://www.mediafire.com/file/owya...overhaul_and_new_AI_v3.0_by_Rainmaker.7z/file
EDITED v3 https://www.mediafire.com/file/owya...overhaul_and_new_AI_v3.0_by_Rainmaker.7z/file
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. Now it's much better.
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I wonder if AI can't start the car?
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For those who have problems with brightness and stuff, I revised my pp filter I'm using for making my tracks.
Neutral PP-Filter for Assetto Corsa
This post process filter is made for the best possible visuals by using the most neutral values for color, color temperature, saturation, brightness and contrast. I tested many filters and especially the contrast was always to intensive. Other problems were the saturation (too much or too less) or brightness.
This filter was made to get a optimal color gamut with the knowledge of a professional printer. You will especially see the difference to other filters if you are using a calibrated monitor.
This is the filter I'm using for all my track previews.
Features:
-neutral value for color (0.0)
-balanced brightness values checked with calibrated monitor
-neutral value for contrast (1.0)
-neutral value for saturation (1.0)
-color temperature 4000 K (neutral white)
-no interrupting auto exposure
-slightly corrected gamma value for better color gamut of dark areas
Install guide:
Copy the Neutral.ini file into this directory: YOUR-STEAMFOLDER\SteamApps\common\assettocorsa\system\cfg\ppfilters
In game open the "Post Process Filter" app and choose "Neutral" for non CSP, CSP, CSP + SOL (no Pure support yet).
See the difference in the preview before-after picture (included in the download package):
-sunside of the church is not too bright
-you can see structure in the shadows side of the church tower
-the better contrast of the trees in the background makes them look more natural
-road looks more natural
Neutral PP-Filter for Assetto Corsa
This post process filter is made for the best possible visuals by using the most neutral values for color, color temperature, saturation, brightness and contrast. I tested many filters and especially the contrast was always to intensive. Other problems were the saturation (too much or too less) or brightness.
This filter was made to get a optimal color gamut with the knowledge of a professional printer. You will especially see the difference to other filters if you are using a calibrated monitor.
This is the filter I'm using for all my track previews.
Features:
-neutral value for color (0.0)
-balanced brightness values checked with calibrated monitor
-neutral value for contrast (1.0)
-neutral value for saturation (1.0)
-color temperature 4000 K (neutral white)
-no interrupting auto exposure
-slightly corrected gamma value for better color gamut of dark areas
Install guide:
Copy the Neutral.ini file into this directory: YOUR-STEAMFOLDER\SteamApps\common\assettocorsa\system\cfg\ppfilters
In game open the "Post Process Filter" app and choose "Neutral" for non CSP, CSP, CSP + SOL (no Pure support yet).
See the difference in the preview before-after picture (included in the download package):
-sunside of the church is not too bright
-you can see structure in the shadows side of the church tower
-the better contrast of the trees in the background makes them look more natural
-road looks more natural
Neutral PP-Filter v3.1 by Rainmaker
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Greetings everyone.
I have recently been working on skins to upgrade track textures to my liking. I have plenty experience working in retouching digital images, but am fairly new to SIM modding and very new to the technical side of 3D textures.
I have added a weathered texture to a track side billboard and am now hoping to add a normal map to accentuate the folds and torn areas. I created a normal map using the 3D filter in Photoshop and saved it as a DXT1 DDS with MipMap. This format has worked for me when replacing other textures, that already have a normal map applied in a track.
After many Google searches, and looking into ext_config.ini files from other track upgrades, I haven't been able to find any code that will give me the appearance of a 3D texture shape, so I am lookin for some guidance from the gurus on the group.
Is it possible to add a Normal Map to an existing image in a track, using an ext_config entry?
What is the code that I should add?
Or does this have to be added in a 3D editor?
Below is one of the many variations I have tried based on other changes I have seen in ext_config files. I'm guessing it might be something as simple as the shader being wrong, or maybe my text is just incorrectly ordered or missing an important line. I had also tried with a line for RESOURCE_1 = txDiffuse and the one indicating the file for RESOURCE_TEXTURE_1 = sponser-rfc-01, but that didn't help either.
[MATERIAL_ADJUSTMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = GS1-SIGN-01
SHADER = ksPerPixelNM
RESOURCE_1 = txNormal
UseNormalMap = 1
RESOURCE_TEXTURE_1 = sponser-rfc-01_NM.dds
Thank you in advance :-)
I have recently been working on skins to upgrade track textures to my liking. I have plenty experience working in retouching digital images, but am fairly new to SIM modding and very new to the technical side of 3D textures.
I have added a weathered texture to a track side billboard and am now hoping to add a normal map to accentuate the folds and torn areas. I created a normal map using the 3D filter in Photoshop and saved it as a DXT1 DDS with MipMap. This format has worked for me when replacing other textures, that already have a normal map applied in a track.
After many Google searches, and looking into ext_config.ini files from other track upgrades, I haven't been able to find any code that will give me the appearance of a 3D texture shape, so I am lookin for some guidance from the gurus on the group.
Is it possible to add a Normal Map to an existing image in a track, using an ext_config entry?
What is the code that I should add?
Or does this have to be added in a 3D editor?
Below is one of the many variations I have tried based on other changes I have seen in ext_config files. I'm guessing it might be something as simple as the shader being wrong, or maybe my text is just incorrectly ordered or missing an important line. I had also tried with a line for RESOURCE_1 = txDiffuse and the one indicating the file for RESOURCE_TEXTURE_1 = sponser-rfc-01, but that didn't help either.
[MATERIAL_ADJUSTMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = GS1-SIGN-01
SHADER = ksPerPixelNM
RESOURCE_1 = txNormal
UseNormalMap = 1
RESOURCE_TEXTURE_1 = sponser-rfc-01_NM.dds
Thank you in advance :-)
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Lighting on trees is certainly better now.
But Sergio should give 'm a bit more leaves imo. Even those that get enough water are almost dead...
That said, I agree with @Perico Lospa about the lighting on the spectators. The less you can see them, the better.
So for now (still have to test your PP filter), I'm only keeping the updated ai. 👍
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thanks a lot for the update! any chance for a volvo update as well?
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In v3 I changed the spectators. If they too dark I focus more on them. Well and for the trees in the water waterlogging ain't good. Or is it "water"? Volunteers to drink to test?Lighting on trees is certainly better now.
But Sergio should give 'm a bit more leaves imo. Even those that get enough water are almost dead...
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That said, I agree with @Perico Lospa about the lighting on the spectators. The less you can see them, the better.
So for now (still have to test your PP filter), I'm only keeping the updated ai. 👍
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@Rainmaker87
Btw: thanks for the background update for Monaco 1966.
Now there's still something left (it has been like that for ages and I have not found a solution yet): that bridge with the Shell Longlife advert is acting strange. Difficult to explain correctly, so a short clip to show:
https://mega.nz/file/iHRGhSbY#OnP48Fzb9jiewlKky7KKIJUkBbh2OBO6wLpiG6LLy0o
Btw: thanks for the background update for Monaco 1966.
Now there's still something left (it has been like that for ages and I have not found a solution yet): that bridge with the Shell Longlife advert is acting strange. Difficult to explain correctly, so a short clip to show:
https://mega.nz/file/iHRGhSbY#OnP48Fzb9jiewlKky7KKIJUkBbh2OBO6wLpiG6LLy0o
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try
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
MATERIALS =
SHADER = ksPerPixelNM
RESOURCE_0 = txNormal
RESOURCE_TEXTURE_0 =
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As always, I said it half jokingly, half seriously, but it's true that it doesn't add up for the figures to be more illuminated (or with a different light angle) than the rest of the surrounding elements... look unnatural. It appears as if the entire scene is receiving sunlight from above, except for the figures, which are receiving light from the front.
I've recently come across some other updated track (far from my rig now and I can't remember exactly which one) where the same spectators over-lighting effect was occurring.
In the last image posted by Rainmaker the crowd look better, and possibly the over-lighting is a PPF issue, but I have the feeling that it happens with these latest improvements that have been published, and it was something that did not happen before.
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That material was set to a tree shader. Trees are moving and that was what it did.
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It's fixed now, after all these years... thanks 👍That material was set to a tree shader. Trees are moving and that was what it did.
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Short answer: yes.
I've successfully added normal maps to track textures via config where none previously existed. I'll be back on my gaming PC in around 10 hours so will confirm exactly how to do it, unless someone else steps in before then. It's dead easy when you know how.
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try:
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE = 1
MATERIALS = the_material ; or MESHES = the_mesh
SHADER = ksPerPixelNM ; or ksPerPixelAT_NM
RESOURCE_... = txNormal
RESOURCE_FILE_... = the_new_normal.dds
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Thank you Short Circut, and RMi_wood. Both your slightly different suggestions worked and 'applied' a darkening effect to the billboard that changes depending on lighting conditions, so it should be working now. Unfortunately I am facing an unexpected challenge where the actual normal map is not being applied.
Looking at the Object Inspector reveals that the normal map my config is pointing to is apparently <missing>
My first assumption was that something might be wrong with the normal map I am wanting to use, so I have instead tried pointing my config to the normal map that is working very effectively on the brick wall texture behind. Instead of applying the brick texture to the billboard, it also says this normal map is missing.
Currently the ext_config I have created is in the skin folder where the new textures are stored. I have also tried with and without the dds extension, and have copied and pasted multiple times to be sure it isn't something as simple as the file name in the config being misspelt.
My current config is:
[SHADER_REPLACEMENT_...]
ACTIVE=1
MATERIALS = GS1-SIGN-01
SHADER = ksPerPixelNM
RESOURCE_... = txNormal
RESOURCE_FILE_... = cf1-wall-brick-1-b.dds
cf1-wall-brick-1-b.dds being the normal map that is working well on the brick wall behind
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