R2:TW GEM - Graphic Enhancement Mod (obsolate)

[Marcus Flavius]

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- will also be available in an update for DSII-GEM -

what game is it???

[Fozzie]

what game is it???

If my outdated acronymic nomenclature is correct, I believe that is Dark Souls II.

[♔Greek Strategos♔]

If my outdated acronymic nomenclature is correct, I believe that is Dark Souls II.

Dark Souls II it is...

[le_fred]

LuciferHawk's work on Dark Souls 2 is as awesome as his work on Rome 2.
It adds so much to the atmosphere of the game, it is a must have mod for both games.
I am enjoying every minute of my Dark Souls 2 experience with it !!

[Ganossa]

^Thanks!

Also an update on my progress::

I implemented a few changes about rendering order so it is possible once again to use borders for screenshots and also puts all blur shaders at the end of the rendering pipeline.
It should also increase the fps a little for most of you. Further, I took out two experimental shaders that have been very costly.

The current status on the realistic shader looks like the following::


The current status on the true color like shader (based on GEM5.4) looks like the following::


They both will have a slight color boost option.
I am just not sure yet how to combine both shaders in one release.

Other than that I can test Win8.1 again with someone if you have time to see if some new tool makes the win7 version load in win8.

Have a nice weekend guys!

[asoyayay]

Can anybody help me upload the GEM.pack file to another host please? I subscribed on steamworkshop but failed.

[jthewonder]

Are the current presets out of date? I can't get GEM to work fine, also when i change the settings in it. But whenever i use any of the presets my game just gives me black screen, followed by a "Rome has stopped working" message.

[asoyayay]

Are the current presets out of date? I can't get GEM to work fine, also when i change the settings in it. But whenever i use any of the presets my game just gives me black screen, followed by a "Rome has stopped working" message.

Yea i have the same situation, but no black screen, it just didnt change anything, i tried many presets but it still looks like vanilla Rome 2

[Ganossa]

Can anybody help me upload the GEM.pack file to another host please? I subscribed on steamworkshop but failed.

You will find it in the optional files section.

Are the current presets out of date? I can't get GEM to work fine, also when i change the settings in it. But whenever i use any of the presets my game just gives me black screen, followed by a "Rome has stopped working" message.

Unless I update the user presets myself there will be always a missmatch once I release a new version. With enough time (which is always the problem) I can update the user presets in a second update to the update but this just did not happen this time (maybe with the next update).

[asoyayay]

OK thank you i got the file and did exactly what the instruction says, but i tried many presets (Astro cats's, Venno's, SVK's,etc..) but they had no different visual effects, all of them look like vanilla Rome 2.

[jthewonder]

Unless I update the user presets myself there will be always a missmatch once I release a new version. With enough time (which is always the problem) I can update the user presets in a second update to the update but this just did not happen this time (maybe with the next update).

Ah ok, thought it was just me being daft . But thx for the quick answer and the awesome mod! Will see if i can make something custom that might look a bit like theirs.

[zorak]

Are the current presets out of date? I can't get GEM to work fine, also when i change the settings in it. But whenever i use any of the presets my game just gives me black screen, followed by a "Rome has stopped working" message.

You just need to add the line :
#define GAmbienteLight 14.0 //[0.00 to 20.00] Adjust GEM-AmbienteLight power (standard 15.0).

to // -- GEM HD settings -- in gem_settings.txt

[jthewonder]

You just need to add the line :
#define GAmbienteLight 14.0 //[0.00 to 20.00] Adjust GEM-AmbienteLight power (standard 15.0).

to // -- GEM HD settings -- in gem_settings.txt

Thx! That made it work.

However im going from an average of 60-70 fps to around 30. Last time i used GEM (4-5 months ago) i didnt really notice that big of a change?

[ACJSIE]

I seem to be having a problem with this, whenever I try to use custom settings, the game crashes on startup. Doesnt crash with the default setting

[FieryMastermind]

Whenever I try to use the GEM installer I get a "PfmCL has stopped working" error like 7 times, the installation goes on but nothing is installed...

[jimele]

From where can i find other presets?

[asoyayay]

Well, after many many many tests, i found that this mod only works if DirectX11 is ACTIVATED, otherwise it'll be Rome 2 vanilla (right?)
Now i have a big problem here, i played Rome 2 with DX11 for a long time without any trouble, but recently i can't use it anymore because of an annoying BSoD everytime i enable DX11. The only way for me to continue playing this game is disabling DX11 (in preference.script). So, is there any solution for this error? Help me please, i really want this mod

P/s: I still play Shogun 2 and other games with DX11 perfectly, Rome 2 is the only exception.

[AstroCat]

From where can i find other presets?

I posted mine here:

Game: Win7 & DX11
GEM version: 5.4

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post13995567

[Ganossa]

--need new page--

[Ganossa]

UPDATE GEMv5.5-HD (Win7 for now)
- improved rendering order (+fps)
- cleaned up code (+fps)
- removed some expensive effects (+fps)
- added better HBO with more values
- re-added realistic shader / true color shader
- added color boost value
- sharper picture

I will add the eFX version for Win8.1 once tested!