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Ad Lucem
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Aug 7, 2018 @ 1:20pm
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Description
🎉 Ad Lucem has been updated for 1.35!
This update brings no new additions to the mod.

✨ New releases!



⚠️Attention Linux users!⚠️
If you are experiencing issues with this mod while playing on Linux, set PARALLAX, REPLACE_WATER_TEXTURE and WAVES in the mod's constants.fxh file to false and FOW_FLAT to true in constants.fxh, to see if it makes any difference. It has been reported that these tweaks fix the hard lockups (see the discussion below).



Ad Lucem, the long-anticipated graphical enhancement mod, makes its way to the Steam Workshop. Not alike any other, this modification features plethora of changes to the game's appearance, making it look better than ever before:
  • New terrain textures
  • Tone & Parallax Mapping
  • Improved shadow blur
  • Improved snow
  • Improved province highlight shader
  • False colors [imgur.com]
  • Fancy Fog of War
  • New water shader

📢This mod was made by skenera. Borsch only maintains the workshop page.



Ad Lucem offers a variety of customization options
which you can tailor to your needs by changing specific values in the mod files. To begin, go to:
steam/steamapps/workshop/content/236850/1469605293
Then open:
gfx/FX/constants.fxh - Open this file using software of your choosing, I recommend Notepad++.
Using the following table, change the listed settings as you please:





Compatibiliy
Due to the structure of Ad Lucem, only few graphical mods are incompatible with it. You will run into no issues with any mods changing the world map graphics files - Beyond Typus looks great with Ad Lucem enabled, however MEIOU is incompatible, unless you use a patch, which you can get here.[forum.paradoxplaza.com]

However, this mod is incompatible with other ones like: Revolutionary Borders Mod, Europa Reborn, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, etc.



Links
Original EU4 Reddit post - Manual Ad Lucem download links for 1.28, 1.29 and 1.30, as well as a standalone province selection effect mod.



Screenshots were taken with the Simple Borders addon, which can be downloaded from the link below: Simple Borders addon

Disclaimer: I do not own this mod. Ad Lucem was uploaded to EU4 Steam Workshop in courtesy of its original creator, skenera.
Popular Discussions View All (1)
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May 2, 2023 @ 5:07pm
Hard lockup on linux when using this in combination with basicaaly any other mod
Radiatvs
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[M&T]Mepper Mar 14 @ 2:05pm 
I have made a MEIOU and Taxes compatible version of Ad Lucem which includes a dynamic transparency layer, together with Justice Fighter/Seelowe (who made the original M&T compatibility patch you are linking in the description here on Steam).

I would request permission to post this new version on Steam, naturally giving credit to you two, Borsch and skenera. Would that be okay?
Clark Crente Nov 7, 2024 @ 2:16am 
@skenera thank you, it looked better! Still wanted to use the whole ad lucem as a base if you know what I mean! Basically idea is to look kind of the newer pdx's games when you are looking the continent instead of the province. Any type of dynamic border effect would be great.

Thanks again for taking your time to answer, idk how didn't see as soon as you answered lol
skenera  [author] Aug 30, 2024 @ 2:22pm 
@Clark Crente The dynamic borders mod works by making its mipmaps progressively more transparent (the changes in borders.shader are negligible), so it should be compatible with Ad Lucem if you only use its textures.
Clark Crente Aug 27, 2024 @ 10:40am 
No problem, man! Like this mod:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3259841694
Borsch  [author] Aug 27, 2024 @ 9:05am 
@Clark Crente Sorry you had to wait so long for a reply, what do you mean by making them looking dynamic? Do you want state and province borders to fade as you zoom out?
Clark Crente Aug 8, 2024 @ 11:39am 
Please, is there a way to make the borders to look dynamic in political map mod?
Војвода Рачић Jul 11, 2024 @ 10:13am 
Thank you
Borsch  [author] Jul 10, 2024 @ 11:41am 
@Војвода Рачић since there are no reports of issues, it should be working as intended.
Војвода Рачић Jul 10, 2024 @ 7:06am 
Greetings! Is this mod working with the newest version?
sbradley0 Apr 27, 2024 @ 5:32am 
I love the Fog of War, would be amazing if it were standalone like the Water Only version.