AO and Godray Fix - [v 0.0.5]

[Kaldaien]

I'm putting together a set of shader fixes using my Special K modding system + ReShade. I will not be creating a standalone project for this game, but since I am working on certain shader modding features already, I may update this plug-in a few times before moving on to a different game.

Download

Grab br_test5.7z[github.com]

Install

Unpack to your game's install directory

Usage

This mod includes a custom version of ReShade, the startup banner explains how to open the config menu for Special K and for ReShade.

Godray intensity is adjustable, using the min/max sliders, the current godray intensity slider is for information purposes only and doesn't adjust anything.


Since this mod disables AO, I have included MXAO as one of the ReShade shaders. To use that in-place of the game's AO, open the ReShade config menu (Shift+F2) and select MXAO.

Version History

br_test5 (0.0.5)

 + ReShade performance optimizations
  >> CPU load reduction in multi-threaded D3D11 engines (i.e. this one).

br_test4 (0.0.4)

 + Performance tuned texture-based render pass cancel feature

br_test3 (0.0.3)

 + Tweaked shadowmap bias coefficients
 + Improved support for D3D11 deferred contexts

br_test2 (0.0.2)
 
 + Added shadowmap aliasing fixes

    Cascading shadowmap seams are less visible and pixellation is gone.

br_test: Initial Release

[starbitbanhi]

Nice, thanks for this!

MXAO alone makes this game look so much better.

[Stella Polaris]

Nice mod!
But it broke my fullscreen and with MXAO the shadows look kinda strange and it caps sometimes on 30fps for no reason.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/polarbernd/screenshot/877498680582783295

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by polarbernd:

Nice mod!
But it broke my fullscreen and with MXAO the shadows look kinda strange and it caps sometimes on 30fps for no reason.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/polarbernd/screenshot/877498680582783295

The game itself has problems with fullscreen mode. To get it to work reliably on a multi-monitor system, you need to arrange your primary screen to be on the right-hand side.

As soon as I figure out how the hell they broke this, I'll have a proper fix.


---

I added a new shadowmap aliasing reduction option and uploaded a new build, by the way. This will reduce aliasing on character shadows slightly.

[Stella Polaris]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by polarbernd:

Nice mod!
But it broke my fullscreen and with MXAO the shadows look kinda strange and it caps sometimes on 30fps for no reason.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/polarbernd/screenshot/877498680582783295

The game itself has problems with fullscreen mode. To get it to work reliably on a multi-monitor system, you need to arrange your primary screen to be on the right-hand side.

As soon as I figure out how the hell they broke this, I'll have a proper fix.


---

I added a new shadowmap aliasing reduction option and uploaded a new build, by the way. This will reduce aliasing on character shadows slightly.

It's a KT game ;)
Some problems remind me of Firis.
Huge thanks for your effort.

PS: open Readme_EN.txt in the Text folder... D:

[Kaldaien]

0.0.2 uploaded, with CSM fixes (reduces visible transitions between shadow levels of detail).

There's one more thing I want to tackle, which is the aliasing caused on the windows in the school hallways. That's a different, much more complicated shader. It's effectively a continuation of the AO that I partially removed.

[Stella Polaris]

Works almost perfect:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165973980

And fullscreen works as well when i force it in the SpecialK settings

[NEPAFU]

Originally posted by polarbernd:

Works almost perfect:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165973980

And fullscreen works as well when i force it in the SpecialK settings

I find the MXAO setting makes it seem like stuff is glowing. Prefer it off as it makes things look odd, at least from what I have seen.

[Kaldaien]

That's because normally it's applied to the UI and the effect is weird. I have Special K setup to trigger ReShade shading before the game draws its UI, so that particular problem won't happen.

You can use the included monochrome shader to test whether UI vs. game shading separation is working. If the UI is not colorful when monochrome.fx is active, then the UI detection isn't working correctly.

You're free to tune the parameters of MXAO however you please though :)

[AndreTrek]

I know this may be beyond the scope of what you plan to do for this game, but do you know if it would be possible to fix the strange phantom shadows that appear next to the player character's legs?
Here is an example of what i'm talking about: https://imgur.com/NrWhnZe (look next to her legs on both sides)
I find these to be incredibly distracting in motion, more so than most of the game's other numerous graphical issues.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Maou Sadao:

I know this may be beyond the scope of what you plan to do for this game, but do you know if it would be possible to fix the strange phantom shadows that appear next to the player character's legs?
Here is an example of what i'm talking about: https://imgur.com/NrWhnZe (look next to her legs on both sides)
I find these to be incredibly distracting in motion, more so than most of the game's other numerous graphical issues.

Already fixed that, that's the AO problem, which is the first thing I fixed :)

[AndreTrek]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Maou Sadao:

I know this may be beyond the scope of what you plan to do for this game, but do you know if it would be possible to fix the strange phantom shadows that appear next to the player character's legs?
Here is an example of what i'm talking about: https://imgur.com/NrWhnZe (look next to her legs on both sides)
I find these to be incredibly distracting in motion, more so than most of the game's other numerous graphical issues.

Already fixed that, that's the AO problem, which is the first thing I fixed :)

Really? I took that screenshot with your mod installed (though i did not have MXAO enabled).
To make sure, I reinstalled it and booted up the game again, and those phantom shadows are definitely still there.

[Kaldaien]

Originally posted by Maou Sadao:

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Already fixed that, that's the AO problem, which is the first thing I fixed :)

Really? I took that screenshot with your mod installed (though i did not have MXAO enabled).
To make sure, I reinstalled it and booted up the game again, and those phantom shadows are definitely still there.

Yes, really.

That's what d3d11_shaders.ini is for. It identifies the pixel shader that needs to be disabled.

317f4d1b=Disable

You probably just have third-party software breaking stuff. Open the D3D11 mod tools and verify that you have Vertex / Pixel / Compute shaders listed under the Live Shader View. If not, you need to start closing third-party software.

[AndreTrek]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

Originally posted by Maou Sadao:

Really? I took that screenshot with your mod installed (though i did not have MXAO enabled).
To make sure, I reinstalled it and booted up the game again, and those phantom shadows are definitely still there.

Yes, really.

That's what d3d11_shaders.ini is for. It identifies the pixel shader that needs to be disabled.

317f4d1b=Disable

You probably just have third-party software breaking stuff. Open the D3D11 mod tools and verify that you have Vertex / Pixel / Compute shaders listed under the Live Shader View. If not, you need to start closing third-party software.

https://i.imgur.com/RCINlNa.jpg
I do believe the shaders you mentioned are listed there? As for third party software, all I have open besides the game itself is my browser, Skype and Steam.

[Kaldaien]

No, that's none of the shaders.

There would be an entire drop-down menu for vertex and pixel shaders if you didn't have something poking its nose into the game.

I'll happily take a look at logs/modules.log (paste to pastebin.com) and tell you if I can spot anything.

[AndreTrek]

Originally posted by Kaldaien:

No, that's none of the shaders.

There would be an entire drop-down menu for vertex and pixel shaders if you didn't have something poking its nose into the game.

I'll happily take a look at logs/modules.log (paste to pastebin.com) and tell you if I can spot anything.

Here you go: https://pastebin.com/iQX6HRwt
Thank you for taking your time to help me.