AT THIS GIVEN POINT IN TIME. THIS MOD IS BEING PUT ON HOLD UNTIL I CAN FIND THE TIME TO GET THIS MOD WORKING!!! Welcome to a side of BeamNG you've never seen before! No, seriously just take a look Also just a small WARNING, lol. I have a 4 year old laptop with a GTX 1050 ti with Intel i5 8thgen and 32gigs of Ram. Currently I would get about 30-40 fps with Ultra and Dynamic reflections settings. But when using ultra settings and my graphics I have noticed about a 5-10fps drop in some places if you have a system similar to mine. Anything above my system as far as graphics cards and other things go I can't say how this will affect your gameplay. I assume it'll be the same. Anyway enjoy!! Hey, I'm Grimm. so I've recently been messing with the graphical settings of beam using the in game editor. trust me you'll like it when you see it . Since the PBR update came out a while ago I felt there was something missing from beam. Well I've also looked at @Brother_Dave's graphics tutorial for Small Island as well. Anyway enough talk I'm gonna show you exactly what I've done. In 3..... 2..... 1..... All water sources now reflect the surrounding area... They can be a bit glitchy at times when looking around the map. but when driving you won't notice it much regardless... because well its Beamng lol. Including your vehicle... Vehicle lights look realistic... Vehicles reflect in game buildings, trees, clouds, water, ground, and light sources better than before... I will be uploading a video of the graphics in action on my YouTube channel soon probably a few days! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG99LmAxqZUEBibqUssJ4LA While you wait feel free to check out my ATS video... lol. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. @Brother_Dave's Graphics Mod AL - Fancy stuff instructions 20220818 for 0.25 https://beamng.com/threads/graphics-mod-al-fancy-stuff-instructions-20220818-for-0-25.71585/page-38 watch his video, you don't need to download the file as it breaks east coast for some reason making the paved roads black. These are optional... 1. @Car_Killer's CK Graphics Settings Mod v2.0 for BeamNG 0.25 https://www.beamng.com/threads/ck-graphics-settings-mod-v2-0-for-beamng-0-25.87586/ I'm am not using this mod but do have it installed Warning! use max settings only if you have a powerful PC/Laptop 2. @DaddelZeit's Zeit's graphics settings utils https://www.beamng.com/threads/zeits-graphics-settings-utils.85768/ This mod saves the settings you put in. he explains it better in his forum. These are the settings I use, if you would like it to be a little darker adjust the "Middle Gray" slider. I wouldn't go below 0.20 as it would be to dark during the day and night. One more thing I have taken the "Blue Shift Enabled" and set it to 0, it makes the lighting look better. The Renderer Components window is located under the "Windows" tab in the top bar of the in game editor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation 1. To install any of the maps open the zip file of the map you selected ex... "Utah URG.zip", then open the folder for the version you want to use ex... "Utah_512_newsky026", then move that map folder ex... "Utah". (So in this order first open the "Pink" then the "Green" then drop the "Red" to C:\Users\"YourUserNameHere"\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.28\levels folder. 2. For the "sky_gradient" zip download and extract the zip file to your C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.28 folder. The gradient files will already be loaded with the new levels. 3. For "Zeit" download and extract the zip file to your C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.28\settings folder. These will be used for Zeits Renderer Components save tool, the 3rd option above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again enjoy and if you need help with install or anything feel free to ask I will be glad to help... stay tuned cause I will be working on other maps as well. If you would like a version that is darker I will be glad to make one. Spoiler: Changelog Updates Changelog Update: Prep for 0.28 Update: Broken mods and or unnecessary things were removed and are no longer needed. Updated maps will be here soon! Update for v2.0 Its celebration time for v2.0!! Industrial Site, Small Island, and Derby Arenas have been added, 3 maps in one update surprising! Industrial Site Small Island Derby Arenas ENJOY! Minor Update for v1.9.1 The Italy folder for the 512_new_sky version has been fixed. Update for v1.9 Hirochi Raceway has been added there are only 2 files for this as there isn't any water lol. ENJOY! Minor Update for v1.8.1 - Italy's zip file has been redone as I forgot the Italy folder so it would work. ENJOY! Update for v1.8 - Italy has been added ENJOY! Update for v1.7 - Jungle Rock Island has been added - West Coast USA has been adjusted as I felt like the shadows were to dark, if you like the original feel free to keep it lol. - File format for the downloads have been changed so each map has its own zip file with all the files specific to that map, This is so its not to cluttered when trying to find the map you want. - Title was changed to "Ultra Realistic Graphics For Beamng Maps" ENJOY! Update for v1.6 - West Coast USA has been added Update for v1.5 - Utah has been added - Title has been changed to "Realistic Graphics For Beamng Maps" ENJOY! Update for v1.4 -Newsky files have been fixed, as I noticed the water had an deep orange tint to them during sunrise and sunset. All you should have to do is copy and replace the folder in the levels folder. If you want to be extra sure it works delete the old version and replace, Thanks -Night should work better and not look like day anymore, other than the clouds still working on fixing that bit, if its possible. Update for v1.3 -Mod has been updated to 0.26 version of beamng. -A new sunflare that existed in beams editor has been used for my custom sky zip levels. -I have added 2 new versions for people who want the sky and sun settings but without water reflections. The original sky uses the default gradient files and sunflare Install process is still the same as before. For @kirbyguy22 bloom and auto exposure download both the 0.26 files and install as normal. ENJOY! Update for v1.2 The "gradient_sunscale" and "gradient_amibent" have been fixed so when timescale is played it won't be brighter and darker color shades when transitioning to sunset or sunrise. Update for v1.1 I have adjusted the "gradient_sunscale" and "gradient_amibent" so the sunrise and sunsets have more of an orange color similar to real life. Enjoy! SUNRISE @6:29am SUNSET @7:20pm There are 3 new versions for those who would like to have the better sunrise and sunsets!! Looking good am I right ! The older ones will be left as is for those who like the mods original sunrise and sunset. New for teaser v1.1 "sky_gradient" zip file has been uploaded to accompany the upcoming arrival of the 3 new save levels "zeit" zip file has been uploaded for those who would like to have my settings without having to mess with the level editor. New for v1.0 There are now 3 different versions 1024, 512, and 256 1024 pixel reflections 512 pixel reflections 256 pixel reflections Downloads since mod was released 0.26v - 2,358 0.28v -
I just added this bit of info in, but you need to extract the folder for it to work thanks and enjoy! Try driving at night its... well I'll let you see for yourself .
I will at some point in time. Its been one hell (in a good way) of a laptop tho. I definitely got my money's worth out of it . Screen doesn't close lol the screen plates came off the bracket on the left side a while ago but it still works lmao In all honesty I might try and upgrade my system if I can cause I don't feel like redownloading all my games and moving files lol --- Post updated --- So I've looked at the lightbars in beam and noticed that the red part doesn't show like it's supposed to well someone found the cause of this on his forum. the tonemapper that @kirbyguy22 has for some reason breaks the red part of lightbars. To fix this simple either delete the "shaders" and "temp" folder and reinstall the postfx he says to get or if you haven't already don't install the tone mapper. There isn't that much of a difference whether its installed or not for my mod. Cheers!
Thank you very much! I'm in the process of working Utah right now. It should be released later today.
Teaser for v1.1 I have adjusted the "gradient_sunscale" and "gradient_amibent" so the sunrise and sunsets have more of an orange color similar to real life. Enjoy! SUNRISE @6:29am SUNSET @7:20pm There will be 3 new versions (sky_gradients zip file is already uploaded) for those who would like to have the better sunrise and sunsets I will be uploading the save levels soon!! The older ones will be left as is for those who like the mods original sunrise and sunset.
For those that have downloaded my graphics if something isn't right please let me know so I can fix it. I'm working on getting a tutorial out as fast as I can. In the meantime Utah is almost done I just need to go through and check the files to make sure they're good. After these 2 things are done let me know what map y'all would like to see next here https://www.supersurvey.com/poll4470145x92f0111C-140 or you can answer in the comments. Thanks and happy crashing! - Grimm
Finally, after almost 2 weeks the tutorial has been posted to my YouTube channel enjoy! Also I noticed that I missed showing how to check the "gradient.png" for the "sunscale and ambient". I will update on how to check those as soon as I can. Thanks for the views and downloads for this mod can't wait to do more maps! Suggestions are welcome! -Grimm
Alright so with the 0.26 update I will be needing to update the mod. It shouldn't take long but with our home internet being crap and it decided not to work for the time being, I'm having to use a hotspot lmao ( we're planning on moving soon lol). I will work on updating the files and will upload them as soon as I can. If it still seems to work let me know here. Thanks - Grimm
Mod has been updated thanks for being patient. If you notice anything wrong please let me know. Thanks -Grimm
yeah this didnt happen before and also im the guy with the garvil profile picture in your "East Coast Usa Ultra Graphics Toturial"
Interesting, I will look into this as soon as possible. Also I saw most of the comment on youtube what shader did you use along with this mod? If anyone else has had this issue with anything else and you can help, that would be great. The only thing I can think of is try clearing your cache that might work. -Grimm
i have already fixed the level problem (where theres missing levels) but for some apparent reason when i load east coast usa map with you shader mod it just turned black i Think One of the Mods are outdated Can you check for me please? Like how do you fix it it used to work before but now it doesnt i think its because im on version 0.26- i think i just realized that this no longer works because it is on 0.26 and iam on 0.26.1
Interesting. I'll look at the mods and see if they have been updated and if the game version is messing with thanks. Although I'm not sure small updates for the current version mess with most mods only if they make major changes to the map of graphics I think but then again that could be the issue. This should be what your 0.26 folder should look like, granted it won't be exactly the same as mine just what's underlined. (yes I have the latest version 0.26.1 still works fine). The UI folder is for the photo mode editor by @Brother_Dave. The settings folder should have the zeit folder in it.
i have one small question, will you also make this for other maps? because East Coast looks more realistic than real life ( i like it )
Already on it lol Utah may only get one verison of reflections since there's not alot of water same goes for West Coast USA. The settings for skies will be the same file setup as this mod original and new.
