Photomode?

[Player6529]

what program are folks using to make those amazing screenshots posted all over the socials?

[Settings]

Ansel maybe? Try hitting Alt+F2 in game

[TNX.]

Game may have ansel and if not, they may be using UUU

[Player6529]

Originally posted by TNX.:

Game may have ansel and if not, they may be using UUU

i have seen folks use UUU but i don't fully understand how to use it without breaking the game somehow. not sure what Ansel is

[Settings]

Originally posted by Player8728:

Originally posted by TNX.:

Game may have ansel and if not, they may be using UUU

i have seen folks use UUU but i don't fully understand how to use it without breaking the game somehow. not sure what Ansel is

It's an Nvidia thing that works like a photomode. If it's implemented you can hit Alt+F2 to bring up the interface for it and it effectively is a GPU specific photo mode.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Settings:

Ansel maybe? Try hitting Alt+F2 in game

The game doesn't have Ansel support.

Originally posted by TNX.:

they may be using UUU

This is the answer, This is what I use.

There are 2 mods on nexus that injects into the .exe running in memory that work in the same way as UUU to unlock freecam and enable the UE command console.

UUU has the benefit of having the ability to *add* new light sources where light sources aren't usually rendered..

This is how I got shots like these
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346617679

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3347657407

[Player6529]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Settings:

Ansel maybe? Try hitting Alt+F2 in game

The game doesn't have Ansel support.

Originally posted by TNX.:

they may be using UUU

This is the answer, This is what I use.

There are 2 mods on nexus that injects into the .exe running in memory that work in the same way as UUU to unlock freecam and enable the UE command console.

UUU has the benefit of having the ability to *add* new light sources where light sources aren't usually rendered..

This is how I got shots like these
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346617679

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3347657407

cool screenshots, i might give UUU a go and see what i can come up with. thanks for the input!

[JocularJosh]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Settings:

Ansel maybe? Try hitting Alt+F2 in game

The game doesn't have Ansel support.

Originally posted by TNX.:

they may be using UUU

This is the answer, This is what I use.

There are 2 mods on nexus that injects into the .exe running in memory that work in the same way as UUU to unlock freecam and enable the UE command console.

UUU has the benefit of having the ability to *add* new light sources where light sources aren't usually rendered..

This is how I got shots like these
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346617679

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3347657407

Oh my god, thank you for this!
The ONE thing I wanted in this game was a proper photomode but since it's not there this will have to do.

Seriously, thank you. This is exciting and I can't wait to test it out myself :D

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Player8728:

cool screenshots, i might give UUU a go and see what i can come up with. thanks for the input!

Originally posted by JocularJosh:

Oh my god, thank you for this!
The ONE thing I wanted in this game was a proper photomode but since it's not there this will have to do.

Seriously, thank you. This is exciting and I can't wait to test it out myself :D

Hint for both of you also, whether you opt for UUU or one of the mods on Nexus, If you go into the command console ( Tilde key )

Type the following command

HighResShot X

X would be the number you would want to render at,

HighResShot 1 will render 1x your ingame screen resolution.
HighResShot 2 will render 2x your ingame screen resolution,
HighResShot 3 will render 3x your ingame screen resolution.. and so on and so forth.

When you press enter to enter the command, The game will appear to "Freeze" and will become unresponsive, It hasn't frozen, It is taking smaller screenshots of various parts of the screen and then stitching them all together to create a much larger image.

The largest I have got the game to render before it crashes on me, was 3x 2160p, So it was rendering a screenshot that is 3x larger than 4K, effectively being 12K res screenshots.

Preview : https://i.imgur.com/hBQQ3v8.jpeg

Images taken using this method will be saved to : C:/Users/YourName/AppData\Local\SilentHill2\Saved\Screenshots\Windows

Or alternatively, Open start menu and search for run, open the run app and paste this in :
%localappdata%/silenthill2/Saved/Screenshots/Windows

This windows address variable will take you directly to the folder.

[Player6529]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Settings:

Ansel maybe? Try hitting Alt+F2 in game

The game doesn't have Ansel support.

Originally posted by TNX.:

they may be using UUU

This is the answer, This is what I use.

There are 2 mods on nexus that injects into the .exe running in memory that work in the same way as UUU to unlock freecam and enable the UE command console.

UUU has the benefit of having the ability to *add* new light sources where light sources aren't usually rendered..

This is how I got shots like these
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3346617679

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3347657407

quick question, UUU seems to be crashing my game when trying to inject it via the .exe, how did you go about installing it?

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Player8728:

quick question, UUU seems to be crashing my game when trying to inject it via the .exe, how did you go about installing it?

Which version of UUU are you using?

The UE5 builds of UUU are patreon only, If you're using UUU4, It'll crash because it's trying to inject into an unsupported engine version.

[Player6529]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Player8728:

quick question, UUU seems to be crashing my game when trying to inject it via the .exe, how did you go about installing it?

Which version of UUU are you using?

The UE5 builds of UUU are patreon only, If you're using UUU4, It'll crash because it's trying to inject into an unsupported engine version.

looks i got the UUU for U4 not U5

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Player8728:

looks i got the UUU for U4 not U5

Yup that'll do it.

the UUU for UE5 isn't freely available atm, It's only available from having a patreon subscription atm, I don't know if he plans to release it publicly freely in future.

I subbed for one month to get the tools and then unsubbed once I downloaded all the tools that I'd have a use for.

If you don't want to sub, as I said there are 2 mods on nexus that allow for freecam available there now so you have those as fallbacks.

:edit:
scratch that, one of the mods simply redirects you to the UUU5 page which then links to the patreon.

This is the only freecam mod that you can use free : https://www.nexusmods.com/silenthill2/mods/29

[Player6529]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Player8728:

looks i got the UUU for U4 not U5

Yup that'll do it.

the UUU for UE5 isn't freely available atm, It's only available from having a patreon subscription atm, I don't know if he plans to release it publicly freely in future.

I subbed for one month to get the tools and then unsubbed once I downloaded all the tools that I'd have a use for.

If you don't want to sub, as I said there are 2 mods on nexus that allow for freecam available there now so you have those as fallbacks.

:edit:
scratch that, one of the mods simply redirects you to the UUU5 page which then links to the patreon.

This is the only freecam mod that you can use free : https://www.nexusmods.com/silenthill2/mods/29

does the UUU conflict with reshade? especially when taking screenshots.
and will i get banned in online games for having this program for SH2 remake only.

[PRAET0R1AN™]

Originally posted by Player8728:

does the UUU conflict with reshade? especially when taking screenshots.
and will i get banned in online games for having this program for SH2 remake only.

UUU can conflict with reshade yes, not always though.

And no, UUU is only for unreal engine games, It is not intended in any way for multiplayer and can result in a ban if you use it in a game that is anticheat protected.

Single player games only and you will be fine.

[Player6529]

Originally posted by PRAET0R1AN™:

Originally posted by Player8728:

does the UUU conflict with reshade? especially when taking screenshots.
and will i get banned in online games for having this program for SH2 remake only.

UUU can conflict with reshade yes, not always though.

And no, UUU is only for unreal engine games, It is not intended in any way for multiplayer and can result in a ban if you use it in a game that is anticheat protected.

Single player games only and you will be fine.

so as soon as i close SH2 the UUU stops working right....and i am able to play multiplayer games that have easy anti cheat without issues? i would love to NOT get a ban for simply having UUU on my PC, i only want to use it for SH2 alone.