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[Orzorn]

There actually was a time when the color was more vibrant. It was that way for only a few patches and then some more filters got altered. This was way back in closed beta, somewhere around July I think.

[Spiketail Drake]

LaHyenne, on 28 December 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:

For one, MW3 was muted from the start...

But I do think the current MWO is too brown and lacks contrasts. Especially River City looks weird, there is NO life at all, no colors, not even in the harbor (lower city start area) with the containers. Only map that I think looks right is Snowy Forest Colony, but that might be because of the contrast between the snow and the rocks.

[TruePoindexter]

Spiketail Drake, on 28 December 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

For one, MW3 was muted from the start...

But I do think the current MWO is too brown and lacks contrasts. Especially River City looks weird, there is NO life at all, no colors, not even in the harbor (lower city start area) with the containers. Only map that I think looks right is Snowy Forest Colony, but that might be because of the contrast between the snow and the rocks.

Contrast is a big part of it. Another part though is that for the most part the environments are some kind of monochrome. One color get splatter everywhere in various shades and then a filter is overlaid on everything that's the same color to "tint" the environment further. You end up with things like River city where everything is some kind of brown and often lacking in contrast. It makes the environments feel dull and uninteresting.

On the bright side the environments themselves are the right balance between empty and overcrowded. Other games (Hawken) have worlds that look like someone threw everything they could into the map just because they could.

[Blowfeld]

Well, after some tweaking with sweetFX the game looks nice.

Less yellow filter, more vibrance, deeper shadows and everything more crisp.

If PGI does not give me the proper tools, then I just get them at the internets

[The Amazing Atomic Spaniel]

Looks much better to me with the brighter colours.

[TruePoindexter]

Blowfeld, on 28 December 2012 - 11:50 AM, said:

Well, after some tweaking with sweetFX the game looks nice.

Less yellow filter, more vibrance, deeper shadows and everything more crisp.

If PGI does not give me the proper tools, then I just get them at the internets

Going to have to give that a try. Do you take much of a performance hit?

[Trauglodyte]

Dan Baxter, on 27 December 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Is it just me, or is the Dragon in the right picture in The Sound of Music?

The hills are alive with Dragons!

[Kauhava]

Why did they even add that ******** desaturation filter anyways? It made SPR look like ****, not sure how the devs came to the conclusion that it would look better here.

[Blowfeld]

TruePoindexter, on 28 December 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Going to have to give that a try. Do you take much of a performance hit?

About 2-10% depending on my changes...

[KovarD]

M A L I C E, on 28 December 2012 - 07:46 AM, said:

Thank you for your careful consideration.

~ M A L I C E

Actually your picture of the Tank is heavily modificated on Photoshop to make looks brighter, colorful and pretty. (Images-->Adjustments-->Brightness/Contrast)

[Kaemon]

I have no problem with the current color scheme.

I would have no problem with a more life-like color scheme (with actual colors).

I would also have no problem PAYING FOR THE OPTION to toggle between the two....

The secret ingredient in that sentence is ....

[King Arthur IV]

Kaemon, on 28 December 2012 - 12:22 PM, said:

I have no problem with the current color scheme.

I would have no problem with a more life-like color scheme (with actual colors).

I would also have no problem PAYING FOR THE OPTION to toggle between the two....

The secret ingredient in that sentence is ....

paying for the option............. so i have to spend mc to change settings now... is that what your saying?

[Lagfest]

How about a Setting to Turn up the saturation in the options menu?

Or how about a PGI made file to drop in the game folder that does this...
(kinda like the SKYRIM HD texture pack)


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edit:
If they charged MC to change the color scheme, I really would stop playing

Edited by Lagfest, 28 December 2012 - 01:27 PM.

[Joseph Mallan]

Gotta agree with his royal edict. Paying for better graphics would be uncool. I understand the sentiment, but I would not stand to be charged to see a better graphic... unless it was an across the board cost to everyone.

[Blowfeld]

Well, getting closer to the sweet spot, I oversaturated a little, to show the difference...

Vanilla with slight changes to filter:



with stronger modifications:



Using diagonal split screen: (upper left nearly untouched / lower right heavily saturated, more vibrance)



I use settings slightly less saturated, for more realism...

Edited by Blowfeld, 28 December 2012 - 01:44 PM.

[Lagfest]

This is the real world, no photo effects or changes applied: Germany and Tucson



and this:

[Joseph Mallan]

M A L I C E, on 28 December 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

modificated: not a word.

Archie Bunker would have used it!

[Lagfest]

Well thank you malice, I appreciate your obviously superior expert opinion.

[Nightfangs]

Livewyr, on 27 December 2012 - 11:58 AM, said:

I think the color filters should vary between matches.. weather and light have different effects on colors.. (example, look at a cityscape during the cold season with sunlight, and then in the hot season.. cold season is actually more vibrant in the sun.)

Great idea! Some brownish fog is okay from time to time too, but not all the time please. Give us some colors for a change!

[Bromineberry]

M A L I C E, on 28 December 2012 - 01:35 PM, said:

In seriousness though, that's a horrible exposure from a crappy camera that has no dynamic range. Not actually a decent representation of what that scene would actually look like to a human eye.

I disagree. Depending on the time of the day and the weather conditions, it actually can look like this. The colour of the pavement, guard rails and signs seem pretty normal to me. Only the grass in the background looks really green to me...but it's nothing I have not seen...


Edit: I prefer the "more colourful" Version of MWO.

Edited by Bromineberry, 28 December 2012 - 01:52 PM.