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About this mod
NEON GENESIS is a post-2.0 lighting mod (with Phantom Liberty support) focusing on general vibrancy and style—a more kitsch vision, if you like. Includes physically-accurate bloom, perfect exposure (simulated light metering), higher color fidelity and range, stylized atmosphere, and more!
(screenshots captured on raster ultra at 4k)
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v1.0.0 "Atacama"
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NEON GENESIS is a post-2.0 lighting mod (with Phantom Liberty support) focusing on general vibrancy and style—a more kitsch vision, if you like. Includes physically-accurate bloom, perfect exposure (simulated light metering), higher color fidelity and range, stylized atmosphere, and more!
Like any other mod of mine, upload all the screenshots and videos you want! I don't need to review them, and I would really appreciate if you uploaded something (anything!) you found cool taken with NEON GENESIS!
DISCLAIMER: NEON GENESIS is made for calibrated gamma settings. Without this (gamma 1.0), you might get a washed-out and low-contrast look. Screenshots were taken at gamma 1.1. The in-game calibration texture is not optimal. It is best to find a dark place with a light source close to compare with and tune the contrast to your liking, although, don't go too far. Recommended is an interval between 0.9 to 1.15. Any reports of low/high contrast will most-likely be met with a prompt to tune gamma settings, so beware!
NOTE ON HDR: Support is partial with NEON GENESIS. I do not have an HDR monitor to test with, and my HDR TV is pretty bad and peaks out at a measly 200 nits. Contrast may be an issue, if so, please open a report and give me your in-game HDR settings, and try the HDR settings below.
Recommended HDR Settings
- Max luminance: 1000nits
- Mid-point: 1.0
A comprehensive list of changes
- New, phsyically-accurate bloom system that gets rid of weird flares and bugs.
More details in the related article. - Perfect light meter–emulating adaptation.
More details in the related article. - Extended color range, especially in red hues through LUT replacement. Also applies to Dogtown if Phantom Liberty is installed.
Preserves the original game's vibe, so don't worry about altering how the game generally feels. - More atmospheric fog system and reworked distant irradiance (light pillars).
- Remasterized clouds and weather probablities for cloudy weathers (NEW!)
Hyper atmospheric, have to play with it. Also shown off on screenshots. - Accurate sky color
Deep, blue dawns and natural early-morning, sunrise, sunset, and dusk. - Extended chromatic aberration to be more like barrel distortion (NEW!)
Not captured by photos, have to play with it. - Better, less noise-like film grain, simulating the Kodak VISION3 250D negative motion-picture film stock (NEW!)
No more weird noise on everything and very subtle. - Higher saturation and more punchy/saturated raster light bounces.
- Overhauled global illumination and ambient occlusion (NEW!)
- Realistic flare and vignette system, both significantly toned down.
You can check out details on lens flares in the related article.
Recommended mods
These mods will further enhance NEON GENESIS:
- E3 Apartment Window
- Alternative Skin Material
- Improved Vegetation LODs
- Better Windows
- Improved Vehicle Lights Draw Distance
- Fixes for Visuals of Air Traffic
- Pre-1.5 Character Lighting
Only if you use PT/RT. - Increased RainMap Batch Size
- Better Camera Auto
Use to tune your first-person vehicle camera to prevent exposure blowout.
- Restore Hair Shadows
Only if you use PT/RT.
Talk to me over at the…
This is most likely where it is easiest and quickest for you to reach me, and for me to respond. My discord user is @nullfractal, and there should be a thread in the #showcases channel dedicated to NEON GENESIS where you can chat about the mod.
Also, if you made it all this way, don't forget to endorse and/or share this mod with your friends! It really helps me out.
Many thanks for reading, and have a nice time in Dogtown!