Lens Flares in VR?

BraVo · Feb 25, 2015

Am i the only one who is irritated by the lens flares produced by ED in the oculus? My eyes normally don't produces something like this.
Does anybody know if there is a swith to deactivate those?

Masta Squidge · Feb 25, 2015

You do know you're wearing a helmet right?

Thebadmf · Feb 25, 2015

Less? I want J.J Abrams levels of lens flare! (turn off bloom?)

Sanderson · Feb 25, 2015

No switch I'm aware of but, as others have said, it's from the helmet in game that creates the "lense" effects.

Ancipital · Feb 25, 2015

Sanderson said:
No switch I'm aware of but, as others have said, it's from the helmet in game that creates the "lense" effects.

It's more likely that it's supposed to be flare on the canopy. It's curious that the OP expects a special facehat to scare that off.

CATPAIN KIRK · Feb 25, 2015

Masta Squidge said:
You do know you're wearing a helmet right?

Well - a helmet or canopy glass usually doesn't create lens flares as well irl - it's an effect typically introduced by multi-lense optics.

Not sure if people with glasses see lens flares as I don't need any, but the only lens flaring my single lense creates is some glaring when looking at very bright lights.

I'd like to turn them off as well - seeing tham gives me a feeling of looking through a camera.

Masta Squidge · Feb 25, 2015

Try wearing a pair of glasses inside a helmet, while sitting in a car.

Good luck seeing anything while you are driving.

And protip: You don't need multiple lenses to get lens flare.

atlas974 · Feb 26, 2015

You can get rid off lens flare.
Locate your installation folder (where elitedangerous32.exe is)
Locate the file GraphicsConfiguration and make a backup!
Open the file
Locate these lines

Code:

<LensFlares>
    <Off>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_OFF;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </Off>
    <Low>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_LOW;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>  
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>	  
	</Low>
    <Medium>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_MEDIUM;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>1</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>1</ImportanceThreshold>
	</Medium>
    <High>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_HIGH;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>1</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>0</ImportanceThreshold>
    </High>
  </LensFlares>

Replace with

Code:

<LensFlares>
    <Off>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_OFF;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </Off>
    <Low>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_LOW;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>  
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>	  
	</Low>
    <Medium>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_MEDIUM;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
	</Medium>
    <High>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_HIGH;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </High>
  </LensFlares>

Enjoy!

Sanderson · Feb 26, 2015

atlas974 said:

You can get rid off lens flare.
Locate your installation folder (where elitedangerous32.exe is)
Locate the file GraphicsConfiguration and make a backup!
Open the file
Locate these lines

Code:

<LensFlares>
    <Off>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_OFF;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </Off>
    <Low>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_LOW;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>  
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>	  
	</Low>
    <Medium>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_MEDIUM;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>1</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>1</ImportanceThreshold>
	</Medium>
    <High>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_HIGH;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>1</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>0</ImportanceThreshold>
    </High>
  </LensFlares>

Replace with

Code:

<LensFlares>
    <Off>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_OFF;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </Off>
    <Low>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_LOW;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>  
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>	  
	</Low>
    <Medium>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_MEDIUM;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
	</Medium>
    <High>
      <LocalisationName>$QUALITY_HIGH;</LocalisationName>
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <QualityIndex>0</QualityIndex>
	  <ImportanceThreshold>2</ImportanceThreshold>
    </High>
  </LensFlares>

Enjoy!

Say wheat and thanks. Although personally I like the lensflare, this may help tweak other things inside the config files.