I give to you... the most massive ESO Graphical Overhaul ever.

Smasherx74

(Now hosted on ESOUI - http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1732-ESOGraphicsExtender.html)

As of now, v1.3b looks like this. (Some pictures in this thread are outdated/not accurate. This preset is still WIP)







-Old Pictures removed as requested-

rafaelcsmaia

Sadly this prolly is only possible on pc, awesome graphics tho

Hippie4927

I, personally, like the first picture more. The second one isn't realistic looking.

SameMeteor26

Maybe it just me but overall I like the first option (default) better. I don't like how dark the overhaul is or how extremely saturated the colors are but that's just me. But other than those the overhaul does look way better. Good work!!!

Smasherx74

Hippie4927 wrote: »

I, personally, like the first picture more. The second one isn't realistic looking.

Well the aim of the project was to make the game look more like an elder scrolls game with ENBs and stuff on than a vanilla MMO.

Rohamad_Ali

Tell us how Smasher . An please say it's an adjustable mod because the gamma is way up in that second pic .

Smasherx74

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Tell us how Smasher . An please say it's an adjustable mod because the gamma is way up in that second pic .

http://www.nexusmods.com/elderscrollsonline/mods/87/?

Gamma lifts were adjusted for the new shaders avaliable in Reshade 3.0


Mainly to oppose the HDR effect, I did notice the preset is pretty fkn dark in dungeons so I'll make it brighter next release.

Illurian

It looks nice, but a tad too dark for my tastes. I already find the base game a little too dark in certain places (housing at night, for example), so the mod/add-on will only make that worse for me.

Nice job regardless, though!

Rohamad_Ali

Smasherx74 wrote: »

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Tell us how Smasher . An please say it's an adjustable mod because the gamma is way up in that second pic .

http://www.nexusmods.com/elderscrollsonline/mods/87/?

Gamma lifts were adjusted for the new shaders avaliable in Reshade 3.0


Mainly to oppose the HDR effect, I did notice the preset is pretty fkn dark in dungeons so I'll make it brighter next release.

That is great news . Is there any way to make this Mod available on Minion ? An thank you for your hard work for those of us that enjoy customizing our display .

Adernath

Really really amazing! How did you managed to do that? Can you post more screenshots? I am interested in Grathwood for example

Smasherx74

More pictures, I will make it brighter in next release. This is the very first release as I've ported over my previous preset (Ultra real lighting and colors) to Reshade 3.0 then ahd to adjust for new shaders and stuff. So It came out a bit darker than I thought, I'll eyeball it a bit more next time I was makign this preset based on numbers.

Before



After

Bombashaman

Is nice.

Adernath

I find it more realistic if its a bit darker, so the overhaul looks better for me. How does it look in the night?

Rohamad_Ali

Darker does give it the old Elder Scrolls look . Skyrim is so dark in caves I'd get lost all the time . But you can equip a torch in Skyrim or if vampire use night eyes . Wish we had those options here but since we don't we'll need a healthy medium in graphics so we don't get lost in a public dungeon

Acrolas

If I wanted to stare at high-contrast pictures, I'd go log onto Ello.

Smasherx74

Adernath wrote: »

I find it more realistic if its a bit darker, so the overhaul looks better for me. How does it look in the night?

Before


After (Quality is dropping on IMGur after upload for some reason, not sure why lol)




This is still the first release of the preset. I plan on adjusting the dawn/twilight and night looks just like I did Ultra Real Lighting and Colors. It'll jsut take a bit of time to get polished.

Ahmbor

Smasherx74 wrote: »

So I'm showing this off as a little tease, anyone interested in making their game go from


To this....

The second screenshot is horrible bad. 99% of all ENB/SweetFX [snip] is bad.

First, it is totally unrealistic.
Secondly, it is totally unaesthetic. No feeling for a natural or good looking color scheme/contrast.

[Edit to remove profanity]

Smasherx74

Ahmbor wrote: »

Smasherx74 wrote: »

So I'm showing this off as a little tease, anyone interested in making their game go from


To this....

The second screenshot is horrible bad. 99% of all ENB/SweetFX [snip] is bad.

First, it is totally unrealistic.
Secondly, it is totally unaesthetic. No feeling for a natural or good looking color scheme/contrast.

Elaborate please.

Smasherx74

This is what the original preset looks like btw, I think I know what you're talking about and I've already achieved it however this new preset has a long way to go.








This is Ultra Real Lighting and Colors Morrowind Edition. I refined it shortly before working on this new preset.

Aurie

A bit too technicolour for me, and moves away from the traditional TES look.

Betsararie

I'm sorry I don't see the point of the thread they both look roughly the same and since I see that gamepad icon, I'm going to assume you're on console.

Console graphics will never be as good as PC graphics (for this game).

Play the game on PC in 4K on ultra, and then I will submit you have bragging rights.

Smasherx74

Blanco wrote: »

I'm sorry I don't see the point of the thread they both look roughly the same and since I see that gamepad icon, I'm going to assume you're on console.

Console graphics will never be as good as PC graphics (for this game).

Play the game on PC in 4K on ultra, and then I will submit you have bragging rights.

It's on PC in 2k resolution lol, and the 2nd picture is using the following shaders.

AmbientLight
Bloom
Clarity
Colourfulness
Curves
DepthHaze
HDR
LiftGammaGain
LumaSharpen
MagicBloom
Monochrome

Avran_Sylt

Cool. Looks like playing the game while looking at a painting.

kongkim

Think the first image looks better

MarkusLiberty

Elder Scrolls Online's game world isn't designed like a modern TES world, removing the distance fog isn't going to make the game look better, quiet frankly its looking worse

Smasherx74

MarkusLiberty wrote: »

Elder Scrolls Online's game world isn't designed like a modern TES world, removing the distance fog isn't going to make the game look better, quiet frankly its looking worse

Distant fog removal and drawing increase is optional.

kargen27

I've been using sweetfx and these are examples of what I see.







Sometimes it is a little contrasty but most of the time I like what I see. Unfortunately I don't remember what download I used for my starting point nor what little tweaks I did.

Turelus

It just kind of makes everything look dark? Can't say it does it for me.

Tandor

I'd rather see 95% of the detail as in the first picture than 10% of the detail as in the second picture.

This isn't the first time graphical "improvements" have been posted, and they never seem an improvement to me, although in any event I have no issues with the look of the game on high settings, it's stunning.

Smasherx74

Tandor wrote: »

I'd rather see 95% of the detail as in the first picture than 10% of the detail as in the second picture.

This isn't the first time graphical "improvements" have been posted, and they never seem an improvement to me, although in any event I have no issues with the look of the game on high settings, it's stunning.

You can see far more detail in the preset picture below than the vanilla picture above. This isn't an opinion it's a fact lol.


What you're seeing on the bottom picture is longer draw distance and more things on screen.

Tandor

Smasherx74 wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

I'd rather see 95% of the detail as in the first picture than 10% of the detail as in the second picture.

This isn't the first time graphical "improvements" have been posted, and they never seem an improvement to me, although in any event I have no issues with the look of the game on high settings, it's stunning.

You can see far more detail in the preset picture below than the vanilla picture above. This isn't an opinion it's a fact lol.


What you're seeing on the bottom picture is longer draw distance and more things on screen.

It's not remotely fact, as evidenced by a comparison between the two pictures of the figure standing on the projecting shoreline into the lake - not that you can tell that it's a lake in the second picture anyway. The second picture is terrible - now, that's fact!