[GUIDE] How to Improve Elite's Graphics with Mods and Tweaks...

[Jaffz]

Hey all - new to Elite on the PC. I installed EDFX last night and all light sources have a glow or aura around them that really seem to reduce detail. For example suns look like a blurry mess with much less detail visible due to the glowing. Any idea how to tone that down?

Disable bloom

In ED options and EDFX options

 

[Insomnia]

Hello CMDRs,

I've never installed EDFX/etc and I mostly play in VR. That's what I've a question about - Do any VR players use EDFX? Any problems?

Injectors cannot hook into the API's that VR is using, unfortunately.

 

[mp4x]

Injectors cannot hook into the API's that VR is using, unfortunately.

Thanks mate,

 

[CMDR MERANGO]

Bump - for a rainy day.

CMIV

 

[Insomnia]

HBAO can now be tweaked in GraphicsConfiguration.xml. Be wary, wrong settings could produce AO bugs such as horizontal lines on the affected surfaces.

Example pics with following tweaks under HBAO Ultra settings:
<PowExponent>5.8</PowExponent>
<Bias>0.3</Bias>
The difference can be hard to see on a darker display. And I should've disabled ReShade... >_<

Stock settings

Tweaked (look at the wall, pipes, barrels etc)

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Stock settings

Tweaked (look at the vertical thruster on the left side, intakes, etc)

 

[NW3]

The deeper shadows look very nice. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Jaffz]

HBAO can now be tweaked in GraphicsConfiguration.xml. Be wary, wrong settings could produce AO bugs such as horizontal lines on the affected surfaces.

Example pics with following tweaks under HBAO Ultra settings:
<PowExponent>5.8</PowExponent>
<Bias>0.3</Bias>
The difference can be hard to see on a darker display. And I should've disabled ReShade... >_<

Stock settings
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4266/34969978014_869a71f4cb_h.jpg
Tweaked (look at the wall, pipes, barrels etc)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4208/34970009834_cd346d995c_h.jpg

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Stock settings
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4265/35421415070_5c0e9052a3_h.jpg
Tweaked (look at the vertical thruster on the left side, intakes, etc)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4256/34970001374_dac994e955_h.jpg

For the frame rate drop that medium PCs take (I have one) , that's not worth it imo, there's really not much difference

 

[Insomnia]

For the frame rate drop that medium PCs take (I have one) , that's not worth it imo, there's really not much difference

HBAO doesn't affect performance *that* much. Plus that tweak doesn't affect the performance more if it's already enabled
It's just more pronounced.

The deeper shadows look very nice. Thanks for the tip!

Cheers. Yeah I wanted to have deeper shadows on things like ships and rocks. This tweak might be too strong but the default settings are too weak. Witcher 3 uses HBAO in a perfect way.

 

[Silencer_X]

have there been any updates to this in the time it came out in 2015? new SW or new methods?

thanks and fly safe!

 

[VEnZ0ja]

HBAO can now be tweaked in GraphicsConfiguration.xml. Be wary, wrong settings could produce AO bugs such as horizontal lines on the affected surfaces.

Example pics with following tweaks under HBAO Ultra settings:
<PowExponent>5.8</PowExponent>
<Bias>0.3</Bias>
The difference can be hard to see on a darker display. And I should've disabled ReShade... >_<

Stock settings

Tweaked (look at the wall, pipes, barrels etc)

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Stock settings

Tweaked (look at the vertical thruster on the left side, intakes, etc)

can you resend pictures? end i no see in game menu setting for HBAO

 

[Lightspeed]

Isn't this a very old thread in the light of updated shader graphics in the game?

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I would love to do some of these but last I check sweetfx didn't work in VR.

 

[Yaffle]

Isn't this a very old thread in the light of updated shader graphics in the game?

Indeed, closing as a necro.