A mod that completely overhauls the visual style of the game to look and feel more vibrant and realistic. (READ DESCRIPTION)
This unique visual mod changes a majority of the visual aspects of this game. After nearly 3 months of studying photography and a trip to the mountains I’ve tried my hardest to make this visual mod look as realistic as possible while not making the game look boring or unappealing. First things first, Sunsets/rises now have a completely different look to match real life while also not looking boring. Clouds for basically all weathers were heavily changed and improved, now the shapes and sizes of the clouds depend on their location, clouds in the swamps/grizzlies are different than the clouds in the desert/plains. Next, nights have been completely overhauled to look more realistic but also more dramatic, night time has a blue tint and less indirect light, making lanterns actually useful at night. Stars have also been completely changed, studying photography I’ve gotten the stars to actually represent the milky way and look way more vibrant. Vignette and color correction has been removed for all weathers for a more natural look. Reflections have also been redone to look more clean and realistic. Lighting and shadows have been improved as well. Lots of miscellaneous like weather particles, rain puddles, sun twilight have also been tweaked.
-A more vanilla-friendly version is planned
-Custom weathers will be added later on (wind, different variations for fog and cloud weathers, etc.)
-I strongly recommend matching/tweaking your in-game settings to be similar to the .txt file for the best
-Any suggestions can go in the “Posts” tab, Bugs/Glitches can be posted in the “Bugs” tab
-Guarma weathers are NOT fully finished, if your save file is in Guarma your game will most likely look weird.
-All mission weathers were edited to match my style and fit the vibe of this visual mod
-The visualsettings.dat IS merged with Persistent and Natural Dirt, but is incompatible with any other mod that edits this same file.
-A Dynamic Seasons merge will be released soon.
Recommended mods:
Sir Joseph’s Special – A Gentleman’s Reshade (ONLY RESHADE I RECOMMEND, AS IT ONLY MAKES SUBTLE CHANGES, ANY OTHER RESHADES THAT MAKE LIGHTING/SATURATION CHANGES ARE NOT RECOMMENDED)
Stash That Lantern (I recommend using this mod so you can keep your lantern on you at night time at all times)
Realistic Gun Metals (Silver and Iron metal shine and reflect way more with this installed)
Any timescale mod, (I believe the nights and days are way too short in-game)
Any of beniguess1899’s mods, all of his map mods add better variety and colors throughout the map.
Requires:
LML – load in the mod.
Changelog:
Version 1.3
-Extensive tweaks made to all weathers for a more realistic experience in general, I am only listing the most noticeable ones here.
-Improved light bouncing
-Improved sky colors
-Improved sunlight
-Improved ambient occlusion (I know I do this every update, this is probably my final time doing this since I think I’ve gotten the occlusion exactly how I want it)
-Improved moon lighting again
-Improved horizon colors for sunset/rise
-Improved all rain particles
-Improved performance across all weathers
-Improved stars and made star constellations more noticeable
-Improved lighting for many interiors
-Improved cloud shadows across many weathers
-Improved stormy weather
-Adjusted twilight colors
-Adjusted sunrise/set colors
-Adjusted day and night brightness for all weathers accordingly
-Toned down lantern brightness to look like less an LED
-Redid chapter 1 mission weathers
-Redid clouds for almost all weathers including sunny, clouds, misty, fog, overcast, overcast dark, thunder, thunderstorm, hail, blizzard,
-Redid thunderstorm weather completely
-Redid hurricane weather
-Redid fog for mist and fog weather
-Removed clouds from high pressure
-Removed Ambarino high pressure (it was pretty useless from the start and isn’t very unique)
-Updated sandstorm weather
-Updated all snow weathers
-Fixed rain weather at night
-Fixed extreme darkness for thunderstorm weather
-Fixed all issues for snow weathers
-Fixed snow particles
-Fixed shadows for night
Version 1.2
-Added 2 new custom weathers(more to come): High Pressure Ambarino and Stormy (weathers are showcased in the images tab)
-Overhauled moon lighting
-Overhauled sunsets and twilight
-Improved/Redid many mission weathers (American Venom, Red Dead Redemption, My Last Boy, etc.)
-Improved ambient occlusion and shadows (again)
-Improved lighting in general
-Improved snow weathers in general
-Improved rainy weathers in general
-Improved clouds again for many weathers (cloudy, overcast, drizzle, hail, etc.)
-Improved sandstorm weather
-Improved weather climates for dynamic seasons merge
-Improved cloud lighting (clouds have a more subtle glow during day time)
-Improved fog and mist (again)
-Added rain fog under clouds for rain weathers
-Added “light pollution” for bigger towns like Blackwater and Saint Denis (nights in cities are brighter, stars are less visible, etc.)
-Adjusted brightness for some weathers
-Adjusted wind gusts and speeds
-Adjusted rainbow visibility for some weathers
-Adjusted moon visibility during day
-Adjusted star visibility
-Adjusted rain particles
-Adjusted cloud colors during sunrise/sets for some weathers
-Adjusted night weather visibility (weathers such as overcast, thunder, rain, etc have all been brightened in general, i noticed on certain weathers you would still only really see the ground with a lantern or gunshot light, it is now a lot easier to see at night without being overly bright)
-Mostly fixed shadow streaks on clouds during sunrises/sets
-Restored some missing values
-Removed hurricane weather
-A lot of other minor stuff was changed and would be too much to list everything
Version 1.1
-Improved clouds for sunny, high pressure, fog, misty, and rainy weathers
-Improved fog for misty and fog weather
-Improved water reflections
-Improved cloud lighting
-Improved ambient occlusion and shadows
-Improved night sky
-Improved moon and sun’s appearance
-Improved cirrus clouds
-Improved contrast and exposure
-Improved hurriance and thunderstorm weather
-Improved sunsets/rises
-Adjusted night and day brightness
-Adjusted wind speeds for certain weathers
-Adjusted particles for snowy weathers
-Adjusted weather transitions
-Adjusted night colors for misty and foggy weather (they are now more green/blue, similar to vanilla)
-Adjusted mission weathers
-Fixed colors during sunrises/sets for overcast weather
-Fixed snow light weather
-Finished guarma weathers
-Removed rain from overcast dark weather
Credits:
averageSE
Download mod
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Van Der Lindes Vision - Main Version-1-4
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815 KB |
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Dynamic Seasons Merge-1-4
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2 MB |
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Brighter Nights-1-4
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22 KB |
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Vanilla TAA-1-4
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43 KB |
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Van Der Lindes Vision - Main Version-1-3
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654 KB |
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Brighter Nights-1-3
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22 KB |
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Dynamic Seasons Merge-1-3
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2 MB |
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Recommended Settings-1-1
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869 B |
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Van Der Lindes Vision - Main Version-1-2
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684 KB |
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Dynamic Seasons Merge-1-2
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2 MB |
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Brighter Nights-1-2
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22 KB |
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Van Der Lindes Vision - Main Version-1-1
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667 KB |
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Dynamic Seasons Merge-1-1
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2 MB |
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Van Der Lindes Vision - Main Version-1-0
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673 KB |
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Brighter Nights-1-0-0
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22 KB |
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Recommended settings-1-0
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845 B |
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Dynamic Seasons Merge-1-0
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2 MB |
