[EFFECT] Chromatic Aberration

[CartoonrBOY]

Chromatic Aberration is a type of distortion in which there is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. Chromatic aberration manifests itself as "fringes" of color along boundaries that separate dark and bright parts of the image.

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Hey peeps. I did a little reading and found that the settings for the Post Process effects can be manipulated by changing a few settings in the BIS file.

It's possible to add this effect, as well as many others by adjusting a few settings in the BIS file.

I have this effect running on my server. I like the distortion it gives, sometimes feels as some form of DOF. It does reduce the sharpness of distant objects, but I believe it adds some immersion to the game.

To add this effect:

1. Unpack your Mission.PBO.

2. Create a folder called fixes and place it into your Mission.PBO root folder.

Find the init.sqf in the root of your Mission.PBO.

Find:

#include "\z\addons\dayz_code\system\BIS_Effects\init.sqf"

Add below:

// Graphical Filter
[] execVM "fixes\ChromaticEffect.sqf";

Create a file called ChromaticEffect.sqf containing this code:

//chromAberration
"colorCorrections" ppEffectEnable true;
"chromAberration" ppEffectEnable true;
"colorCorrections" ppEffectAdjust [1, 0.75, 0, [0.8,0.9,1,-0.1], [1,1,1,2], [-0.5,0,-1,5]];
"colorCorrections" ppEffectCommit 1;

Copy this file into the fixes folder.
Repack your Mission.PBO.

I take no credit for this work, I simply cut and pasted code. I cannot read/write script so perhaps an expert can get more variations to suit. I think Post Process effects can somewhat enhance a game such as the God Rays from DayZ SO. Can they be obtained this way somehow?

If you're interested in adding different effects then look here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?75528-ppEffect-collection

 

[cyrq]

Post process settings
Some of the post processing effects are affected by whether the client has post processing disabled or enabled (any other detail than off) in his graphic settings.
The following effects will not have any effect with PP set to disabled:

• radialBlur
• chromAberration
• wetDistortion
• filmGrain
• DynamicBlur

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Post_process_effects

 

[CartoonrBOY]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Post_process_effects

Okay - thank you muchly for the input. I'm defo a noob to scripting and this works on my server, but I don't understand how/why. The more I read script code though the more it makes some kind of sense.

PP effects generally affect my FPS but I think they are worth a slight drop, they can always be turned of at any moment.

I was wondering if it's possible to adjust these settings on the fly, like blood draining so different affects can be applied at different times of day/circumstances?