Ciao everyone, could you please spare 2 minutes to explain to a noob like me a couple things? 1- Why not all the resolutions in config have the option wide UI? 2- I can't really see the difference between sweetshaders fx on or off, i have no idea what to look for and my old eyes can't spot any difference. Cheers
Hi, Diego. * About Question 1, it is because we don't have to use "Widescreen UI" with "Non-Wide resolution" in Automobilista, I think. As it is known, "Wide" or "Non-wide" is distinguished by the "Aspect Ratio" of the resolution. I uploaded several pics for explanation. <Pic 1: Wide (16:9) + Widescreen UI Off> <Pic 2: Wide (16:9) + Widescreen UI On> "Widescreen UI" makes sense in this case. On the other hand, <Pic 3: Non-Wide (4:3) + Widescreen UI Off> You can see that we don't have to use "Widescreen UI" with "Non-Wide resolution" in Automobilista. It might be the reason the dev disabled "Widescreen UI" for "Non-Wide resolution", I think. * About Question 2, it is because the dev added "very mild" SweetFX effects. Sometimes. both (On & Off) look almost the same. But the SweetFX effects are working for sure. Please compare the following two pics. <SweetFX Off> <SweetFX On> We can see the mild HDR effect with "SweetFX On". By the way, Heroflex shared his custom SweetFX Preset on Steam Community Forum here. (Thanks to Heroflex! ) Alternate SweetFX preset :: Automobilista General Discussions Here is a screenshot with his SweetFX Preset On. <Heroflex' SweetFX Preset On> We can see the noticeable difference from the default presets. The installation of Heroflex's SweetFX Preset is as follows. *** Installation *** 1. Please go to the following directory, and make a backup of the original "SFXOn.txt" file. (e.g. Renaming the file to "SFXOn_Backup.txt" is easy and simple.) C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Automobilista\SFXOn.txt (Default) 2. Go to the Heroflex's web-page on SweetFX Settings DB website (linked in his post on Steam Forum). Automobilista: Alternate shaders V1 - Automobilista Click on "Download preset" button below, and download "SweetFX_Settings_Automobilista_ Automobilista- Alternate shaders V1.txt". 4. Rename the downloaded "SweetFX_Settings_Automobilista_ Automobilista- Alternate shaders V1.txt" to "SFXOn.txt". SweetFX_Settings_Automobilista_ Automobilista- Alternate shaders V1.txt => SFXOn.txt 5. Then put the renamed "SFXOn.txt" into the original directory. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Automobilista\SFXOn.txt (Heroflex' SweetFX Preset) 6. Launch Automobilista and enjoy! That's it. If you don't like it, please restore the original "SFXOn.txt" from the backup. Hope this helps.
@Tommi thanks for the SweetFX explanation (and additional settings), I have looked very closely with screenshots between the two but cannot see any difference whatsoever with the standard SweetFX on/off, it's been this way since the very first build. I'll try the Heroflex one and see if that helps
Thank you @Tommi for the explanation. I took 2 screenshots in game with fx on and off and looked at the difference. Cant spot much of it, probably because my eyes got used to overdone hdr pics. I'll a look at the steam forum. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thanks for your reply, MarcG. Yes, I agree. The original SweetFX effects are very mild. And by switching both pics, we can see the difference between SFX On & Off. It slightly increases the contrast and make the graphics look sharp. And I have an impression that Heroflex's SweetFX preset enhances the contrast and adds less saturation. I think Reiza's base graphics improvements made Heroflex's SweetFX preset possible. I'm glad if you like it, too.
Thanks for your reply, Diego. You are not alone. Both look almost the same to me, too. Reiza added several graphics improvements, and SweeFX is a part of them. Not significant, but the graphics was improved from SCE. As already announced, we have to wait for the next Reiza17 for further improvements. I look foward to the new graphics in the next title.
My taste is that Hero's are a bit too washed out. Sadly there's no substitute for proper HDR lighting.
Thanks for your reply, P*Funk. Yes, I have the same impression. The lighting and the contrast can be displayed very nicely on my monitor. But I need a little more saturation. It might depend on the monitor in most cases. I'm going to edit the preset to my taste. About HDR lightings, sadly yes atm, but I/we have a big hope for the future!
