Shogun 2 Gloss & Fall of the Samurai Gloss Overhaul with working Rollback COMPLETED & UPDATED

[Superghostboy]

Shogun 2 Gloss & Fall of the Samurai Gloss Overhaul

Version: XX.X

Status: Released

FOR SHOGUN 2 AND RISE OF THE SAMURAI AND FALL OF THE SAMURAI

&

DARTHMOD,Unit Variety Mod, ADDITIONAL UNITS MOD - SHOGUN (AUM-SHO) & ALL OTHER MODS

FOR GLOSS HATERS & LOVERS (Only who not have Fall of the Samurai and not have patch 15 or shaders_patch9.pack installed)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

FOR GLOSS LOVERS ( Vanilla Gloss )

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

FOR GLOSS HATERS ( Rollback Original Fall of the Samurai Gloss )

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

SHOGUN 2 REALISTIC GLOSS

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

HOW TO INSTALL FOR GLOSS LOVERS & HATERS

1. Download the Mod from my Attached Files!
2. Extract it
3. Put the extracted file to your Data Folder
4. Make sure that you don't have mods installed or shader removed that reduce gloss!
5. Start the Game
6. Enjoy the less gloss mod


HOW TO INSTALL FOR GLOSS LOVERS

1. Download the Mod from my Attached Files!
2. Extract it
3. Put the extracted file to your Data Folder
4. Make sure that you don't have mods installed or shader removed that reduce gloss!
5. Start the Game



HOW TO ROLLBACK THE ORIGINAL FALL OF THE SAMURAI GLOSS

1. Remove only one shader patch (shaders_patch10.pack)
2. Or download the Original FOTS gloss.rar ( don't forget to delete fx_cache)
3. Start the Game
4. Enjoy the Original Fall of the Samurai Gloss



HOW TO INSTALL SHOGUN 2 REALISTIC GLOSS

1. Download the Mod from my Attached Files!
2. Extract it
3. Put the extracted file to your Data Folder
4. Make sure that you don't have mods installed or shader removed that reduce gloss!
5. Start the Game

DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT AND REPLY

[forcerecon569]

Hello,

I am a new Member here in this Forum and here is my first Mod, sorry for my Englisch!!!

----> Less shiny/ glossy units Mod


I reduced a lot of more gloss and shiny from all Units:

--> Campaign Map
--> Naval Battle
--> Land Battle
--> Cinematic Units
--> Weapons

-------------------------------> Very Soft Gloss and Shiny on all Units and Weapons

Updated for the new Patch (Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack)


Not all are full tested, because need time and I dont have seen some Units or Weapons for example The Units on The Black Ship! I cant choose all units for a test with all weapon on a fast Battle (Multiplayer against CPU offline) or the new Weapons to which unit belong to! I mean the new Units with Weapons from Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack! Or the Cinematic Units were I can see them??

It looks good and look at the Screenshots from my Mod ( I add more Screenshots in the Mod pack, too)
All Screenshot are in 1280x720 Directx 9c Shader 3 (high) Ultra Settings

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/7...1072900011.jpg
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And here is the link to the ALL IN ONE PACK

DOWNLOAD
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BK5H3H0S

!!!!Have fun and Thanks a lot for testing it!!!!

And please dont be hard to me if I do something wrong , because its new for me and i do this for the first time!

for the pics get a little closer on some because on some i cant even see the models but it is a good mod VERY good for a first.

[Demokritos]

I was about to ask Ftmch for something dealing with the gloss on the units of the campaign map, but then I discovered that you had already done it! As shown here:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Much appreciated, Superghostboy. Also for keeping the mod that deals with that area of the game separate from the rest, so that one can choose whichever combination one wants. Rep for you.

I noticed a certain difference with your mod reducing the gloss for the units on the battlefield compared to Ftmch's variant, though. Yours appears to give a somewhat reddish tint and frosty appearance. Maybe you want to have a closer look on that.

[Superghostboy]

!!!Good news!!!

I updated my less shiny/glossy units for Shogun 2 and Rise of the Samurai! This time I look to enhance the detail of the units! Looks pretty good! Don't forget to comment and reply!

[ShimazuClan]

Does the ROTS one less glossy units also work for the original clans?

[Bad213Boy]

You should really do a before and after shot. Also draw circles around areas of the picture to focus on so we know what to look for.

[Superghostboy]

Does the ROTS one less glossy units also work for the original clans?

You should really do a before and after shot. Also draw circles around areas of the picture to focus on so we know what to look for.

Very Very Good news

I updated my mod to Version 3 and now its possible reduce gloss for campaign units, too! Its Beta but I upload this for testing! Please look at my first post for more Info! Thanks!

The Rise of Samurai.rar is for ROTS and work with the original clans! Screenshots After and Before I understand that is better to see, but I work now with a retexture Mod (Second Epic Texture Mod) for Shogun 2 and my time is at the moment very limited!

[Superghostboy]

I play with the xml that controls all gloss for all units (Campaign/Naval/Land) I hope that with the new patch 12 I could replace the campaign unit/agents gloss with my texture but seems they don't fix the problem! And a good value to find is not possible with the .xml! But I try to set the gloss for Naval and Land units with modded texture to a higher level and than reduce the gloss with the .xml to a very good level for campaign/Naval/Land/Agents units! Need some time!

[007Jua007]

How do i intall this mod??

[Bad213Boy]

The units are still shiny as hell in the campaign map. I don't know if it's working. Unless you have a picture zoomed in so I can see what I'm suppose to look at, I wont be able to tell.

How do i intall this mod??

Just take each file and place them in your Shogun 2\data folder. You have to take each file out of those stupid folders he has. Why you would put them in folders is just dumb. But that's what you have to do.

[Superghostboy]

How do i intall this mod??

The units are still shiny as hell in the campaign map. I don't know if it's working. Unless you have a picture zoomed in so I can see what I'm suppose to look at, I wont be able to tell.


Just take each file and place them in your Shogun 2\data folder. You have to take each file out of those stupid folders he has. Why you would put them in folders is just dumb. But that's what you have to do.

I updated my mod to Version 4

I updated too how to install my mod! There are two different mods!

The two mods explained:

1. Modded with .xml (mod_less_gloss xml.rar)

--------> reduce gloss for Campaign/Agents/Cinematic/Land and Naval units
--------> only Horse/Face/Cloth and Weapons unchanged
--------------> very hard to find a very good settings for all units
...........................> look at my screenshots first post


2. Modded with texture (Shogun 2.rar and Rise of Samurai.rar)

--------> reduce gloss for Land/Naval/Weapons units
--------> don't work with Campaign/Agents and Cinematic Units since patch 9 (Creative Assembly don't fix the problem)

Somebody tell me to put each mod to a different folder! Try the .xml mod for a different experience looks good and enjoy my hard work of many hours to find a good setting for all units!

Edit: new Screen shots from my new Version

Don't forget to Comment and Reply

[Superghostboy]

Updated my mod to Version 5

Tweaked my .xml mod for better gloss for Campaign/Naval/Cinematic/Land/Agents units! Still under tweaking, but better as the last Version! Some 1280x720 Screenshots at my Attached Files!

[Hopit]

that font/writing style is hurting my eyes...

[ShimazuClan]

Can you put everything all into one for ROTS?

[Superghostboy]

Updated my xml mod to Version 6

The gloss looks now better and I understand better how I should change the value at the .xml file!

Its very hard to play with the xml but at the end looks better and better!!!

Don't forget to comment and reply!

[wilber6150]

Whats the difference between the shogun mod and the less gloss mod, do I download both for Shogun 2?

[ShimazuClan]

Whats the difference between the shogun mod and the less gloss mod, do I download both for Shogun 2?

The difference is if you have ROTS you get the ROTS one, if you have only Shogun2 you get the Shogun 2 one. The ROTS will also make the ROTS unit and the Shogun 2 units less glossier, if you only want the Shogun 2 units, you get the Shogun 2 one which will only make the Shogun 2 units less glossier.

[wilber6150]

but what is the third mod mod_less_gloss?

[Superghostboy]

but what is the third mod mod_less_gloss?

The difference is if you have ROTS you get the ROTS one, if you have only Shogun2 you get the Shogun 2 one. The ROTS will also make the ROTS unit and the Shogun 2 units less glossier, if you only want the Shogun 2 units, you get the Shogun 2 one which will only make the Shogun 2 units less glossier.

Whats the difference between the shogun mod and the less gloss mod, do I download both for Shogun 2?

Happy New Year 2012

I updated my xml mod to Version 7

Change-Log:

---> enhance Detail of the Units
---> balanced gloss
-------> look better with more Detail


I updated my description what mod is for what! I hope its now better to understand! I put the Rise of Samurai.rar to the Shogun 2.rar if Creative Assembly released a patch or a new DLC with new texture!

I don't understand why you love so much texture mods and not a .xml mod? To reduce gloss with texture is much more work and not easy to understand how it works! But with xml you change a value and you have more gloss or less---> build your own gloss how you like! I like my xml mod! I look with the xml mod and at all units and arms..... is gloss! Its very hard to do a screen shot because I hate the camera of shogun 2 and I cant zoom to the unit that I like to made a screenshot! This version is better and you see more detail and better colored units!

[Superghostboy]

Important Hotfix for my xml mod released and updated my mod to Version 8!

Change-Log

-----> enhanced Detail
-----> fix and recolored Monks and horse to not look to white
-----> enhanced Gloss
-----> add texture to my xml mod
-----> tweaked Takeda units to not look reddisch
-----> tweaked Gloss to look like from Ftmch
----------> With xml tweak and my texture mod looks better very better!


Dont forget to comment and reply!