Alpha Lens Flare

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

Alpha Lens Flare

 

 

Alpha Lens Flare is a simple mod that replaces the current lens flare effect with the one from Arma 3's alpha stage. Originally, part of Arma 3 Aegis, I decided to separate it and instead release it solo. :)

 

You can download the mod here:

OneDrive

Steam Workshop

 

Hope you guys enjoy!

 

[HeroesandvillainsOS 1504]

I never played Arma 3 when it was alpha. Can you post some comparison shots?

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

1 minute ago, HeroesandvillainsOS said:

I never played Arma 3 when it was alpha. Can you post some comparison shots?

 

[POLPOX 778]

Woah, this is splendid.

I can't wait for Aegis that bring us to the pre-alpha!

[Guest]

Release frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

Alpha Lens Flare v07-03-2017

[nikiforos 450]

Thanks will try this later .. Quite sad actually that the game looked better in Alpha stage than now.

[R0adki11 3949]

17 minutes ago, nikiforos said:

Thanks will try this later .. Quite sad actually that the game looked better in Alpha stage than now.

Im sorry that you feel that way, but we don't really need those sort comments.

[Fanatic72 181]

Why was this actually removed? It looked amazing. Thank u.

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

07-03-2017

 

•  Added: Lens Flare for collision lights
• Fixed: Author localization

OneDrive

[Guest]

Updated version frontpaged on the Armaholic homepage.

Alpha Lens Flare v08-03-2017

[rebelvg 281]

I remember I even made a thread about this years ago.

https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/169067-arma-3-lighting-alpha-vs-final-version/

That thread I posted is about the absence of the flare effect after alpha ended. The lens flare effect we have after lighting update a few patches ago is pretty good now. Still nice to see someone bringing back the alpha lens flare effect.

Some comparison screenshots.

Vanilla.

This mod.

 

[domokun 515]

@rebelvg thanks for the comparison

If this graphical effect is so effective, why was it dropped from alpha?

Does it reduce performance significantly?

Is lighting inconsistent?

[kecske 46]

iirc it was removed because the game only allows one type of flare effect for the lights, and the devs deemed this to be too exaggerated for every lightsource (including the sun and streetlights)

[rebelvg 281]

57 minutes ago, domokun said:

@rebelvg thanks for the comparison

If this graphical effect is so effective, why was it dropped from alpha?

Does it reduce performance significantly?

Is lighting inconsistent?

No idea. As far as I remember there were no problems with it.

As for the performance, there should be no drop at all, it's just another texture for the flare effect. The texture we have in the vanilla right now is pretty good and it's around 2k in size. Old alpha texture is 512x512.

[rebelvg 281]

3 minutes ago, kecske said:

iirc it was removed because the game only allows one type of flare effect for the lights, and the devs deemed this to be too exaggerated for every lightsource (including the sun and streetlights)

This seems reasonable and probably an answer to why it was dropped. Still strange they dropped it completely and only brought it back in the lighting update.