1 yr. ago • 100%

[OC] I think the first mod I'll be installing / making will be one that removes the Instagram-esque filter Bethesda has chosen to apply everywhere

I’m not saying color grading is a bad thing, but I personally prefer natural lighting in games over “cinematic” filters.

See more examples: https://imgur.com/a/z6zyTo4

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Doesn’t the original make sense because they are in a room full of warm light sources?

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- Yes.
  
  There is literally no white point reference either, so the altered image is just assumed.
  
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- That's how you know constellation headquarters are in Mexico.
  
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I don't think the original is that bad honestly, but I do install reshade in just about every game I play so I can understand. Bottom picture has too high contrast though and levels need adjusted.

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- It's a matter of taste. I set the contrast so that the brightest pixel in the scene is 100% white, and the darkest 100% black, so there is the highest possible dynamic range (and nothing is over or underexposed). The vanilla kind of looks like there is mist everywhere since it's so washed out.
  
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  But nothing in reality is 100% black except Vanta Black paint. A painter who makes realistic paintings will never use pure black except for mixing.
  
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- Luckily for us gamers New Vegas is not a Bethesda game
  
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The first one looks natural to me. The second grade looks like a 1st year film school grade where they think the full range has to be used at all times. In a soft well lit room the contrast would never be that high.

The intention was clearly to make it look like a warm interior, adding all those grungy green tones make it look like she's standing by a window. I dunno the context of the room, but number 1 looks way better to me..

Edit: Final thought - crushing blacks like that, from a game perspective means you may miss details that may have been meant to be seen. But power to you! Options are always better.

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- Eyesight is wild, personally the second one looks more realistic to me.
  
  But you are right, options are always better
  
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Fallout New Vegas is only playable with the piss filter disabled (via mods).

Starfield looks ok, I think the colours add a bit of alien atmosphere.

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- But if there's no piss filter, how do you know you're playing Fallout?
  
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