Released Zeit's graphics settings utils (for BeamNG 0.35.x) v17

A powerful graphics managing utility, built in Beam.
Featuring...
A profile manager for quick access, plug & play usage...


Direct access to vanilla settings and more via
comprehensive and custom-built UI...


Easy-share & online features:


Precise explanations of almost all variables...


Custom Contrast & Saturation adjustment:


Ability to set other variables (of other PostFX mods):

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Direct Graphics Option Access
This mod's main aim is to provide direct control over individual settings within the game.
This means you have access to the following settings without intermediate stages:
- HDR/Bloom settings, notably:

- Color Correction
- Blue Shift
- Bloom Threshold​

- Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) quality, radius and contrast
- Level of Detail scales for both terrain and mesh
- Material detail scales
- Reflection settings:

- Detail
- Distance
- Texture resolution​

Additional configurations
- Individual DOF settings
- Light ray settings, notably:

- Ray Density
- Number of Samples
- Overall brightness​

- Sky Shadow Overrides, notably:

- Texture Size
- Softness
- Logarithmic Weight (Distribution of pixels)​

Custom Post Effects
- Contrast, Saturation & Vibrancy adjustments
- Vignette
- Visual Sharpness
- Film Grain
- Chromatic Abberation
- Letterbox (Black bars)

Management features
This mod also includes a Profile Manager intended to make sharing and switching presets/profiles as simple as possible.
Profiles can be given a display name, description, author, date, tags as well as a preview image.
Exports may come as a mod or as text copied into the system clipboard.

Screenshot tool
Alongside the Profile Manager a mentionable window is the Photo Tool.
Next to presets, this window allows configuration of screenshot settings:
- Temporary Terrain and Mesh LOD adjustments
- Temporary Groundcover Scale (Grass, Flowers)
- Game Motion Blur
- A detailed grid overlay
- Target file format
- Supersampling & Downscaling

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How do I open the UI?
1. Use the Window Selector:

Open BeamNG's options, go to "Controls" and then add keys to the bindings prefaced with "Window Selector".
Press both bindings down to open the Window Selector. Press the key bound to "Cycle Through" again to select the next window.
Release both keys to open the selected window indicated by the blue outline.
By default this is CTRL+A​

2. Add bindings to each window:

Open BeamNG's options, go to "Controls" and then add keys to the specific bindings.​

How do I uninstall this?
A deinstall and then a restart is enough.
If you want to get rid of all traces, clear cache and then delete \settings\zeit\renderercomponents\ in your userfolder. This will clear all profile saves and edit history.

Where do profiles save?
The profile save location is \settings\zeit\renderercomponents\ in your userfolder.
Only use this to directly back up your settings. If you want to share a profile, use the designated export functionality in the Edit UI window's menu bar.

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Credits:
@DaddelZeit (Me) - Programming, Contrast/Saturation Shader, Letterbox Shader, Profile tuning
CeeJayDK on GitHub - SweetFX/Shaders/FilmGrain.fx
butterw on GitHub - bShaders/FilmGrain_Noise/SweetFx.FilmGrain.hlsl
GarageGames on GitHub (Torque 3D) - Sharpness PostFX, Vignette PostFX
Rochet2 on GitHub - lualzw/lualzw.lua

@KlaidasHQ - Direct testing
sum1namedkris - Direct Testing
@Car_Killer - Testing Future-Compatibility
Theocord Members - Broad-scale testing

Official GitHub Page: https://github.com/DaddelZeit/graphics-settings-utils

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Found a bug or need support?
Use this thread to report bugs. If you'd like personal support or don't have a BeamNG account, you can contact me via Discord: zeit8323

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Check for updates

 

Nice! Now i can release AL18 and incooperate the renderer components changes i do, in the mod
Should look something like this:
https://www.beamng.com/threads/update-speculation-thread.20246/page-2024#post-1439381

 

Expanded this:
General Effect Settings Save&Load (autoGeneralEffectsLoader.lua)
DOF Auto Focus (autoFocus.lua)
Shadow Settings Save&Load (autoShadowSettingsLoader.lua)
SSAO Settings Save&Load (autoSSAOSettingsLoader.lua)

 

Does it count as a bump if it's your own thread?
Anyways, I've updated the file in the main post to work with 0.25 as the main HDR post effect object name was changed
and included an imgui UI window toggleable via keybind:

If there are any bugs, feel free to tell me about them here.

 

how do you install it

 

Just like any other mod; you move the zip to your mods folder.
An official guide can be found here. Keep in mind the video tutorial on that page is outdated:
the default user folder location is now in %localappdata%/BeamNG.drive/latest.

 

So I am I correct in thinking this automatically applies your settings when you first run it? I'm just struggling to tell if it is working or not. I can open the imgui window but the 'load settings' buttons don't seem to do anything. I am not great at this stuff and I've tried read your instructions as much as possible so I do appreciate the help.

Edit: Ahh is this mod just to save one's own custom settings and not preset ones you have determined? That would make sense and I can totally work with that. It's very cool regardless.

 

Yep, this is how it works.

 

Does the ssao loader still work in 0.26? I'm currently using the CK graphics mod with the older non UI version of this mod, and the ssao settings only load when I exit photo mode. Not sure if this is due to CK's mod or 0.26

 

The SSAO settings are loaded on map load and after leaving photomode, as entering it changes the settings per lua command. This behaviour is intended to avoid inconsistency.

 

Yes, but the ssao isn't loading on map load, only when going into photo mode and going out again.

 

It seems that the SSAO radius in 0.26 dynamically adjusts in first person view, which also overwrites the SSAO settings. Maybe you could make the maximum dynamic radius adjustable?

 

Bumping my own thread
I uploaded an update which includes improved autofocus as well as a slider allowing you to control the FPS limiter on the ui:

 

As 0.27 introduced a new bloom effect there also came settings for it which are available under the "Renderer Components" window.
The newest update to this tool includes support for these settings as well. They're saved via the Renderer Components Save&Load subutil.

 

Thank you for 0.27 update!

 

Because 0.28 did not add anything, I decided I'd do it myself
This update includes two new sliders for saturation and contrast:

And buttons to help you find the settings for some subutils in the world editor:


Download is in the main post.

 

Starting now, I will no longer post release notices for minor updates. This will happen in game via a pop-up instead.
This change wont bring more users to this mod, but will stop this thread from being pushed to the front page every release.
Example window:

Please re-download the current version to ensure that your install supports this pop-up message.

 

Hey DaddelZeit,

Absolutely loving your mod – it's a lifesaver for fixing game issues when it comes to low end pc's and an awesome tool to make it look better for high end. I'm thinking of adding it to our server (CaRP). It's combined of a really diverse community, we could totally use such tool if we had your permission.
So here I am asking for permission to add it to our server Is it ok if we did?
Thanks a ton, Phony Banks

 

Hi,
I'm currently working on a bit of a UI overhaul, including profiles and a proper manager. You may add the mod to your server when this is released (maybe even add another mod that includes some of your own presets?).
However, keep in mind that this mod also has a fair bit of features that might cause issues to the clients' games. I personally do not use BeamMP so I cannot verify that the scripts work alongside eachother, especially when installed by the server.
Best,
Zeit