Super Turbo Lighting mod - Help?

[Gvaedyn]

Just figured I'd post here on the off-chance someone could help me.

Essentially I've downloaded all the popular graphics mods (textures, meshes etc) but my game doesn't appear to look anything like what I see advertised by modders (and they claim they use no reshades etc).

I've installed STLM but some of the locations look very washed-out / bright and I'm wondering if I'm meant to do something else other than simply install?

[CoolingGibbon]

Please provide the list of all mods you have installed. A screenshot of the contents of the "mods" folder would be fine.

[Gvaedyn]

Better Torches
Always Full XP
Atmospheric Nights
Auto Apply Oils
Better Trophies
COMPLIATION
Custom Localisation Fix
Disable storybook videos
Familar Music Replacement
Fast Travel from Anywhere
Hairworks on everything but Geralt
High Quality Faces
Improved Sign Effects
Increased Draw Distance
Jump In Shallow Water
Lore Friendly Ciri
Lore Friendly Silver Swords
More Blood
More Shadows
Next Gen Candles
Next Gen Hay Stacks
Next Gen Stones and Misc
Nitpicker's Patch
No More Rolling
Only One Manicore
Over 9000
Realistic Contrast Textures
Skip Movies
STLM
The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project
TW2 Triss
Ultra Grass
Volumentic Clouds


Perhaps also worth mentioning that the game sometimes launches but only in the background so I have to close it using Task Manager, and that sometimes it crashes / infinite loads on loading a saved game.

[CoolingGibbon]

Temporarily remove the following from the mods folder and see if that helps:

1. Increased Draw Distance
2. More Shadows
3. Realistic Contrast and Textures

Also make sure for COMPILATION, you have the STLM-compatible version, since that mod has a non-STLM version as well.

[Gvaedyn]

Still having issues. :(

[CoolingGibbon]

Does the game look like it does in the screenshots on your profile?

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

Does the game look like it does in the screenshots on your profile?

Sort of. It's very rare it looks as decent as those. Most of the time it's very bright. Maybe it's supposed to look like that, I don't know?

[CoolingGibbon]

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

Does the game look like it does in the screenshots on your profile?

Sort of. It's very rare it looks as decent as those. Most of the time it's very bright. Maybe it's supposed to look like that, I don't know?

Can you post a screenshot from the bridge outside Tretogor Gate in Novigrad at 11:00 AM in clear weather?

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

Sort of. It's very rare it looks as decent as those. Most of the time it's very bright. Maybe it's supposed to look like that, I don't know?

Can you post a screenshot from the bridge outside Tretogor Gate in Novigrad at 11:00 AM in clear weather?

Working on it. I wiped my saves recently so currently playing through White Orchard. :)

Thanks for your continued assistance.

[CoolingGibbon]

No problem. Do post back when you get to Novigrad.

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

No problem. Do post back when you get to Novigrad.

Hey bud,

I did as you asked; please see screenshots below.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/spiritshard/screenshots/

For some reason, it does look better than before and as I was expecting. Still doesn't look as good as some people's games I've noticed (who claim they don't see Reshade).

[CoolingGibbon]

The screenshots look fine to me. Now here's the thing... there's a big visual difference between the latest STLM (3.1) and the previous one (2.2). STLM 2.2 is a little less bright in comparison. Maybe the people you are referring to are using that version.

You can download it from here and see for yourself whether you prefer it over 3.1. Just remember to remove 3.1 first.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/super-turbo-lighting-mod/downloads/stlm-221

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

The screenshots look fine to me. Now here's the thing... there's a big visual difference between the latest STLM (3.1) and the previous one (2.2). STLM 2.2 is a little less bright in comparison. Maybe the people you are referring to are using that version.

You can download it from here and see for yourself whether you prefer it over 3.1. Just remember to remove 3.1 first.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/super-turbo-lighting-mod/downloads/stlm-221

Gotcha. I'll have a looksie.

From the list above, do you see any reason why the game may not load fully (runs in background as a process, but doesn't load) and sometimes hangs when loading a save?

Thanks again for your help!

[CoolingGibbon]

Are you running in borderless window mode? If yes, try switching to fullscreen.

Furthermore, try having only one texture pack. For example go for either Realistic Contrast Textures OR the HD Reworked Project. not both. Though if you'd want my opinion, you'd want to go with neither and get this one instead (assuming your hardware can handle it):

http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2126/?

Just make sure to remove RCT as well as HDRP.

Another mod which you should remove is Fast Travel from Anywhere because it can cause quest conflicts.

[Gvaedyn]

Originally posted by Partha Pratim Chatterjee:

*snip*

Thanks for suggestion, I'll bear it in mind. Game seems to be a lot more stable now.

Only thing I can't get working is having the "correct" weathers. From what I can see; COMPILATION, STLM and Custom Clouds and Weathers should all work together, however mine's utterly broken. Any suggestions?

[CoolingGibbon]

Originally posted by Gwynbleidd:

From what I can see; COMPILATION, STLM and Custom Clouds and Weathers should all work together, however mine's utterly broken. Any suggestions?

What do you mean by "broken"? Do the mods not work as intended?