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AstroNiki's Photo-realistic Flare
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| astroniki | Date: Wednesday, 19.12.2012, 23:52 | Message # 1 |
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Poland
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| Hi. Here's a flare mod i've made, basing on this photo from the ISS i really liked:
The files have quite high resolution. (8MB in total)
The files include flare, and lens_flare textures, which go to the \data\textures\common folder, and lens_flare configuration file which go to the \data\models\engine folder
here's the link: http://www.speedyshare.com/BJwVz....are.zip
Mirror download
And here are some screenshots:
Check out my astrophotography:
http://www.astroniki.fbl.pl
http://www.facebook.com/AstroNiki1
Edited by astroniki - Thursday, 20.12.2012, 00:37 |
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| Antza2 | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 00:32 | Message # 2 |
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| WOW!
Absolutely beautiful. 
Hopefully it looks as good ingame as it does in those screens.
Go to antza2.deviantart.com for cool photos!
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| LiveLife42 | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 02:38 | Message # 3 |
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| Wow this is wonderful I will be using this flare now.  Did some Tests
Flare with Auto Exposure & with Real Sun Brightness
Flare with Auto Exposure & without Real Sun Brightness
Flare without Auto Exposure & without Real Sun Brightness
Flare without Auto Exposure & with Real Sun Brightness
PC: Intel Core i7-3770K o/c 4.6 Ghz Quad Core, 16GB DDR3 o/c 1866 Mhz, EVGA GeForce 980Ti with 6GB VRAM
Edited by LiveLife42 - Thursday, 20.12.2012, 02:57 |
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 06:24 | Message # 4 |
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| Outstanding work astroniki, this is a great flare!
My only comment is about the files themselves. You could have compressed the PNGs, they were an order of magnitude larger than they needed to be. Other than that, I have no criticisms. Great work!
All forum users, please read this!
My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| j0KeR | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 07:27 | Message # 5 |
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Greece
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| One of the best flares yet, ill be using these from now on gj!
+1 from me 
"Novus Ordo Seclorum"
Intel Core(E6850) 2 Duo 3.00 GHz \ Geforce GTX560 1024MB \ 4GB 667(MHz) 2 Channel RAM \ Windows 7 (32bit) \ Samsung SA700D 120hz (3D)
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| AustinMclEctro | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 08:49 | Message # 6 |
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Canada
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| NICE, this flare is fantastic! I've proudly installed this. Real beautiful work. Thank you, astroniki! 
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| astroniki | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 09:21 | Message # 7 |
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Poland
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn)
My only comment is about the files themselves. You could have compressed the PNGs, they were an order of magnitude larger than they needed to be.
Yes, they're large and 16bit. I tried making them smaller, but then the blockyness shows in-game and that breaks the spell for me, when i see pixel edges that shouldn't be visible. Compressing them to 8bits isn't that bad, I'll release a compressed pack late.
Check out my astrophotography:
http://www.astroniki.fbl.pl
http://www.facebook.com/AstroNiki1
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 09:25 | Message # 8 |
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| Quote (astroniki) Yes, they're large and 16bit. I tried making them smaller, but then the blockyness shows in-game and that breaks the spell for me, when i see pixel edges that shouldn't be visible.
Ah you're right, the difference between the 8 and 16 bit versions is pretty large, the way you have it is perfect. And the file size isn't all that big anyway, so it doesn't matter so much. I withdraw my criticism
All forum users, please read this!
My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| Salvo | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 14:41 | Message # 9 |
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Italy
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| Maybe the best flare ever, it's time to change skin to SE
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770 GPU: ASUS Radeon R9 270 RAM: 8 GBs
(still don't know why everyone is doing this...)
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| apenpaap | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 16:32 | Message # 10 |
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| Beautiful! The first lens flare mod I'll use.
I occasionally stream at http://www.twitch.tv/magistermystax. Sometimes SE, sometimes other games.
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| neutronium76 | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 20:45 | Message # 11 |
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| Quote (Salvo) Maybe the best flare ever, it's time to change skin to SE
Totally agree! 9.5/10 stars from me (10 is for a perfect human eye lens flare which is basically impossible to create in a 3D game  )
Astroniki you have achieved what I was looking for, for months now! Thank you ever so much  !
PC1:Core i7 970@3.34GHz, 6 cores/12 threads, 12GB DDR3 RAM@1.34GHz, 2x(SLI) GTX-580 GPUs 3GB VRAM(GDDR5)@1GHz, OS:Win7x64SP1
PC2:Core2Quad X9770@3.2GHz, 2 cores/4 threads 4GB DDR2 RAM@1GHz, GTX-285 GPU 1GB VRAM(DDR3)@1.24GHz, OS:WinVistax64SP2
Edited by neutronium76 - Thursday, 20.12.2012, 20:46 |
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| ogggrez | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 22:51 | Message # 12 |
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Sweden
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| +1 interweb for you, good sir! This is the best lensflare for SE I have ever used, It just feels natural to SE.
"You can't take the skies from me"
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| anonymousgamer | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 23:26 | Message # 13 |
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| Quote (neutronium76) 10 is for a perfect human eye lens flare which is basically impossible to create in a 3D game
Challenge accepted.
Desktop: FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8 GB, 2 TB HDD, 24 inch 1920x1080 screen
Laptop: Core i5 480M 2.66 GHz (turbo 2.93), 8 GB DDR3 RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6550m 1 GB, 640 GB HDD, 17.3 inch 1600x900 screen
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 23:29 | Message # 14 |
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| Quote (anonymousgamer) Challenge accepted
lol I admire your dedication
But with the way that SE is currently coded it would be impossible (if you want to try though I encourage you to do so!)
All forum users, please read this!
My SE mods and addons
Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, GTX 970 3584 MB VRAM
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| anonymousgamer | Date: Thursday, 20.12.2012, 23:31 | Message # 15 |
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| Quote (HarbingerDawn) But with the way that SE is currently coded it would be impossible
True. I mean, I would love the ability for ghosts to rotate and ghosts that appear when you look directly at a star. But, maybe we'll see that in the future.
Desktop: FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8 GB, 2 TB HDD, 24 inch 1920x1080 screen
Laptop: Core i5 480M 2.66 GHz (turbo 2.93), 8 GB DDR3 RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6550m 1 GB, 640 GB HDD, 17.3 inch 1600x900 screen
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