Hi, your ENB looks great- I love the vibrant colors, brightness, contrast and bright nights and dungeons. Very close to my own custom settings, but probably better balanced.
Two questions:
1) Does it work okay with Climates of Tamriel or does that change your lighting?
2) Do you use SSAO? If so, do you use hardware SSAO or the ENB SSAO? I ask because your water looks correct. The ENB SSAO makes water almost completely transparent. Do your settings fix this or just not use ENB SSAO?
Thanks! Downloading and will check it out tonight.
After gaining a lot of experience and knowledge. Understanding the theories of ENB and realistic natural lighting. I created a new ENB mod that is more "right and proper", no extreme heavy path like Artistic Sparkling Visual. Basically it mildly enhanced, to preserve the well-build graphic by Bethesda, but enhanced to make it look awesome thru ENB. So everything, from the day, night, dusk, dawn, fog, rain, snow, interior and dungeon, everything will look proper and right, with no "distortions, broken and anomalies" in other ENB that took extreme heavy path.
I choose the name Mystical Natural Visual, because of these consideration: Mystical: It look a bit of Mystical because I use a bit high bloom. Combined with exterior natural fog, and the way mountain and sky blended in naturally, create a "Mystical" feeling and look.......well, short off. You must see it by yourself. Natural: It means, I took natural mild path when enhancing this ENB, as I explained above, to preserve the well-build graphic by Bethesda. Unlike, the previous Artistic Sparkling Visual, where I use my own vision in the brain, then enforcing the config to fulfilling the vision. This time, I put the config as first priority and then push it as far as it can go, without destroying the config, that produced many "distortions, broken and anomalies" here and there, that most users probably didn't aware.
This is a complete new ENB, a pure ENB, with no additional esp mod required. But you can still add your favorite visual mod, like Real Rain, More Dynamic Shadow, Remove Ambient Interior Fog, etc for example. It doesn't need Dark Dungeon for ENB too, because I can manage to make darker dungeon thru pure ENB.
For monitor calibration. It more forgiving, it was build using my original calibration, but look best on LED TV (standard mode).
This is still a preview. I can say 95% complete, but still need more further testing to discover any wrong things. If it finished, I'm planning to create a new thread for it. For now, I just put it here.
ATTENTION: I use Pixel Format: Studio Limited RGB, and I insist that you use it too when playing Skyrim with my ENB mod for PC Monitor. I notice Limited RGB have better color and smoother contrast than the Full RGB. Limited RGB also look better in other games as well. Full RGB has a very serious problem with the ugly black mud for dark area. You can change the Pixel Format from your nVidia/ATi control panel.
I reworked again the PC Monitor calibration. I think, this time is perfect, as you can see the screenshot below. I love it!!! What you see here now, is what you get. As long as it has the same brightness and contrast when you view the screenshot below and when you play Skyrim. Still need more time for testing.
I also reworked the night, to be brighter. I made it to anticipate the Dawnguard DLC, playing as a vampire and spend most of the time during night. So I brighten it to make it easier to play during night. I still need your comments about it, I fear may be it's a bit too bright.
I also made some changes in interior and dungeon, to make it less bright. I haven't finish edit it, that is why I upload it as a preview. I still need your comments about it.
During the fog, rain or snow, you saw the distance mountain look white. It look stand out from the background, not blended in perfectly. That is the fog stuck problem. Usually it happen when you get out from the indoor to outdoor. If you get this problem, to fix it, open a map by hitting M in the keyboard or from ganepad. Weird solution, but it works!
I notice this problem during configured the fog and the sky. Someone in enbdev.com also confirmed this and gave that solution above.
@zzipfile I think I understand about your meaning with black puddle of mud.
I think you use standard PC Monitor under the text/browsing mode without increasing brightness, contrast, etc. From all I know, some of ENB modders use LED TV to play Skyrim, and they configured their ENB to suit with it. Or a PC Monitor but not under text mode, something like gaming mode for example.
When I first time played my ENB mod using PC Monitor calibration, I remember that I got that annoying black puddle of mud. And I also get that too yesterday when trying another ENB mods, that I thought suit for PC Monitor but not. It so ugly big black area of shadow. That is why I created 3 calibrations. But sadly, PC Monitor version is still far far lower than my expectation. Text mode limitation problem.
Try play many kind of Skyrim ENB mods with LED TVs in your living room or bedroom, you will amazed. Many of them look far far better than the screenshots you saw here, even somehow match the quality of many new graphic engine demo in recent E3. Well, short of........
@ramakgaming Your welcome too. I also hope I can buy a new PC soon.
Thanks. I'm surprised no body asked before, it's fantastic looking!
I will comment after I've tried it. There is a number of ENB's I want to try with the new computer. This old one here, can't handle most ENB's, and the ones it can handle, aren't right because of the processing power on this computer.
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Two questions:
1) Does it work okay with Climates of Tamriel or does that change your lighting?
2) Do you use SSAO? If so, do you use hardware SSAO or the ENB SSAO? I ask because your water looks correct. The ENB SSAO makes water almost completely transparent. Do your settings fix this or just not use ENB SSAO?
Thanks! Downloading and will check it out tonight.
More perfection. Balancing the dungeons that use night config and day config. Including the weather as well.
After gaining a lot of experience and knowledge. Understanding the theories of ENB and realistic natural lighting. I created a new ENB mod that is more "right and proper", no extreme heavy path like Artistic Sparkling Visual. Basically it mildly enhanced, to preserve the well-build graphic by Bethesda, but enhanced to make it look awesome thru ENB. So everything, from the day, night, dusk, dawn, fog, rain, snow, interior and dungeon, everything will look proper and right, with no "distortions, broken and anomalies" in other ENB that took extreme heavy path.
I choose the name Mystical Natural Visual, because of these consideration:
Mystical: It look a bit of Mystical because I use a bit high bloom. Combined with exterior natural fog, and the way mountain and sky blended in naturally, create a "Mystical" feeling and look.......well, short off. You must see it by yourself.
Natural: It means, I took natural mild path when enhancing this ENB, as I explained above, to preserve the well-build graphic by Bethesda. Unlike, the previous Artistic Sparkling Visual, where I use my own vision in the brain, then enforcing the config to fulfilling the vision. This time, I put the config as first priority and then push it as far as it can go, without destroying the config, that produced many "distortions, broken and anomalies" here and there, that most users probably didn't aware.
This is a complete new ENB, a pure ENB, with no additional esp mod required. But you can still add your favorite visual mod, like Real Rain, More Dynamic Shadow, Remove Ambient Interior Fog, etc for example. It doesn't need Dark Dungeon for ENB too, because I can manage to make darker dungeon thru pure ENB.
For monitor calibration. It more forgiving, it was build using my original calibration, but look best on LED TV (standard mode).
This is still a preview. I can say 95% complete, but still need more further testing to discover any wrong things. If it finished, I'm planning to create a new thread for it. For now, I just put it here.
I hope people will like it.
Sky fix lines or ripples bug
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17130
Your sky will look perfect smooth and beautiful.
Inside Dungeon - Ysolda by Celebriton, on Flickr
Interior - Food on Table by Celebriton, on Flickr
ATTENTION: I use Pixel Format: Studio Limited RGB, and I insist that you use it too when playing Skyrim with my ENB mod for PC Monitor. I notice Limited RGB have better color and smoother contrast than the Full RGB. Limited RGB also look better in other games as well. Full RGB has a very serious problem with the ugly black mud for dark area. You can change the Pixel Format from your nVidia/ATi control panel.
I reworked again the PC Monitor calibration. I think, this time is perfect, as you can see the screenshot below. I love it!!! What you see here now, is what you get. As long as it has the same brightness and contrast when you view the screenshot below and when you play Skyrim. Still need more time for testing.
Riverwood - Daylight by Celebriton, on Flickr
I also reworked the night, to be brighter. I made it to anticipate the Dawnguard DLC, playing as a vampire and spend most of the time during night. So I brighten it to make it easier to play during night. I still need your comments about it, I fear may be it's a bit too bright.
Morthal Swamp - Night by Celebriton, on Flickr
I also made some changes in interior and dungeon, to make it less bright. I haven't finish edit it, that is why I upload it as a preview. I still need your comments about it.
During the fog, rain or snow, you saw the distance mountain look white. It look stand out from the background, not blended in perfectly. That is the fog stuck problem. Usually it happen when you get out from the indoor to outdoor. If you get this problem, to fix it, open a map by hitting M in the keyboard or from ganepad. Weird solution, but it works!
I notice this problem during configured the fog and the sky. Someone in enbdev.com also confirmed this and gave that solution above.
I think I understand about your meaning with black puddle of mud.
I think you use standard PC Monitor under the text/browsing mode without increasing brightness, contrast, etc. From all I know, some of ENB modders use LED TV to play Skyrim, and they configured their ENB to suit with it. Or a PC Monitor but not under text mode, something like gaming mode for example.
When I first time played my ENB mod using PC Monitor calibration, I remember that I got that annoying black puddle of mud. And I also get that too yesterday when trying another ENB mods, that I thought suit for PC Monitor but not. It so ugly big black area of shadow. That is why I created 3 calibrations. But sadly, PC Monitor version is still far far lower than my expectation. Text mode limitation problem.
Try play many kind of Skyrim ENB mods with LED TVs in your living room or bedroom, you will amazed. Many of them look far far better than the screenshots you saw here, even somehow match the quality of many new graphic engine demo in recent E3. Well, short of........
@ramakgaming
Your welcome too. I also hope I can buy a new PC soon.
Thanks. I'm surprised no body asked before, it's fantastic looking!
I will comment after I've tried it. There is a number of ENB's I want to try with the new computer. This old one here, can't handle most ENB's, and the ones it can handle, aren't right because of the processing power on this computer.