A2 Island Lighting Fixes

[Gudsawn 93]

A2 Island Lighting Fixes

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What is it?

Currently A3MP uses Stratis lighting for all its maps. This gives all A2 maps a Mediterranean feel which some may not prefer. Therefore, I decided to create a mod that uses the original Arma 2 config/lighting values to give these maps back their classic look.

Some people may prefer the Arma 2 style lighting, and others may not. This mod was made purely to suit some people's personal tastes - I hope you enjoy it.

Features

- All A3MP maps now use classic Arma 2 lighting values.

- All A3MP maps now use the correct skybox and horizon textures (instead of the default Stratis textures).

- Keys included.

Requirements

- @A3MP (should also work with AiA, but this is untested)

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Credits

- Aldruic/AllInArma dev team for their hard work on porting Arma 2 terrain.

- Kju for his very helpful guidance on configs.

Changelog

v1.1
- Added Zargabad (was missing)
- Added correct stars, sun, point, and moon object
- Reduced file size

v1.0
- Release

Known Issues

- Artificial lights are extremely bright at night (Please upvote: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=20031)

Edited July 30, 2014 by Goodson

[phronk 898]

HELL YEAH! Great job with this addon. Will test it on my group's dedicated server tomorrow/late tonight!

[LykosMactire 298]

Sweet thanks for the release, i was sick of seeing blue in takistan

[phronk 898]

Night sky is completely black; no stars or anything like that. Daytime looks great though!

Reference Image

[Gudsawn 93]

Ok Phronk, thanks for spotting that. Standby for an update.

[LykosMactire 298]

Another bug is its not working on Zargabad, still the whiteish blue for

[Dorak 11]

Excellent. Thank you for the release Goodson.

[sonsalt6 105]

New mod v1.0 available at withSIX. Download now by clicking:

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[Gudsawn 93]

Updated

v1.1
- Added Zargabad (was missing)
- Added correct stars, sun, point, and moon object
- Reduced file size

Download link updated above.

Thanks for adding to SIX Sonsalt6.

[CSLALUKI 30]

Great work on this, thank you for this update!

[FanBF2 13]

Is it compatible with the A2 Island Fixes (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?180721-A2-Island-Fixes) ?

[sonsalt6 105]

New update v1.1 available at withSIX. Download now by clicking:

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Updated version frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

A2 Island Lighting Fixes v1.1



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[FanBF2 13]

Just tested it, there seem to be no incompatibility.

But I don't know if it's me or the addon but lights at nights are very bright.

http://imgur.com/a/UDErP

(first one on Chernarus and the others two on Takistan and I tested without the A2 Island Fixes but it still like this)

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Unfortunately, it would appear that this addon nukes the dynamic clouds from the skies of every terrain (excepting the two ACR ones, oddly enough - were these covered in the addon, as I imagine they should have the same lighting and skies as Chernarus?).

I'm a big fan of the lighting changes, but is it at all possible to have them and the new clouds?

Edited July 29, 2014 by CameronMcDonald

[Gudsawn 93]

Unfortunately, it would appear that this addon nukes the dynamic clouds from the skies of every terrain (excepting the two ACR ones, oddly enough - were these covered in the addon, as I imagine they should have the same lighting and skies as Chernarus?).

I'm a big fan of the lighting changes, but is it at all possible to have them and the new clouds?

This was done on purpose since the A3 clouds looked out-of-place (especially in Takistan) with the A2 lighting (clouds were bright white, where they should be more of a brown colour). See this image of Takistan's skybox to see the correct colour of the clouds.

I'll be looking into correcting the colour of the A3 clouds to better match the map, so yes - it is possible to have both ;)

For now the A2 skybox texture (without A3 clouds) will be used.

Edited July 29, 2014 by Goodson

[Tony_Larsen 10]

;2742052']But I don't know if it's me or the addon but lights at nights are very bright.

Yes, I can confirm that. Tested on my end (with Reyhard's fix mod too) all artificial lights seem to be back to their original "too bright for Arma 3 engine" profiles, as I recall this was a problem when first importing the Arma 2 maps.

Otherwise the color palette during the day is perfect. :)

[CameronMcDonald 146]

This was done on purpose since the A3 clouds looked out-of-place (especially in Takistan) with the A2 lighting (clouds were bright white, where they should be more of a brown colour). See this image of Takistan's skybox to see the correct colour of the clouds.

I'll be looking into correcting the colour of the A3 clouds to better match the map, so yes - it is possible to have both ;)

For now the A2 skybox texture (without A3 clouds) will be used.

Cool, thanks for the reply.

[fabio_chavez 103]

nice work on that addon, very authentic!

It works with AiA too apparently (tested takistan and chernarus)!

[Alwarren 2767]

Amazing mod. Love the new lighting. Thanks a lot for making this :)

[reyhard 2082]

just as I suspected. With a2 skybox ponds are no more black (pond px shader was reflecting skybox) and they are behaving pretty much similar to a2 (turning into green mass and then disapearing at distance as last lod is empty). I'm curious if you will be able to have a2 skybox and a3 clouds.

gj Goodson

[mordeaniischaos 3]

Takistan is way too brown judging by your screenshot. Sure it looks more like A2, but it doesn't look like the place that Takistan is emulating. The sky should still be blue, and the environment lighting should reflect that. now it looks flat and too brown. It might look good in the middle of a dust storm, but a sunny day in Takistan should look different from what it looks like in your screenshot.

You can see that even the haze in the distance has the slightest blue tint.

I'll try it out and see if that's just the screenshot exaggerating things, but that screenshot looks a little too "next gen."

No idea if you have any intention of creating another version that's less extreme but that's just my two cents. Still, it's probably better than blue fog.

[Gudsawn 93]

I agree, the brown tint is currently a little too strong (although I still prefer it over the default Stratis lighting). I'm going to be experimenting with some other parameters (that I have not yet touched) to try to get a better balance. Thanks for the reference image.

Edit: Also note that the time of day influences the colour of the sky/horizon/global lighting. Plus, see reference images of Afghanistan below.

Takistan in Arma 3 w/ Lighting Fix (Perhaps a better screenshot):

Takistan in Arma 2:

Edited July 29, 2014 by Goodson

[mordeaniischaos 3]

It's definitely better than before, I agree. I think part of it may be the big dust haze that seems to always be present way too high over the horizon. Not sure if that's a part of the skybox, or what, but it looks kind of weird.

Looking forward to what comes out of you experimenting. At the very least it's a significant improvement over the existing configs.

[RSF TheCapulet 59]

I agree, the brown tint is currently a little too strong (although I still prefer it over the default Stratis lighting). I'm going to be experimenting with some other parameters (that I have not yet touched) to try to get a better balance. Thanks for the reference image.

Edit: Also note that the time of day influences the colour of the sky/horizon/global lighting. Plus, see reference images of Afghanistan below.

In reference to the third image, I feel like a lot of what ends up as the brown grey washed out sky in arma 2 & 3 w/ fix is actually fog IRL, and something that can be simulated in A3 now, rather than having to fake it as in A2.