:: PhotoRealistic Zone 1.4 :: addon

• The virus warning some people have is a false positive so don't worry about it, this release is clean.

• THE MAIN FEATURES OF PHOTOREALISTIC ZONE ARE :

  • A properly set white balance and exposure made using photos of the real zone around Chernobyl to give a real-life color feel to the game (no more brownish and underexposed tints everywhere every time).
  • Some tweaks on the values hierarchy to enhance the global lighting.
  • Some dirt and lens flares to simulate your goggles/masks.
  • An optional dynamic but non-intrusive Depth of Field coupled with a subtle sharpening to give some depth to the plans and materials.
  • New in 1.3:
    An Anti-aliasing that allows people who can't afford one to have much cleaner graphics for 0 FPS loss and which enhances the visuals for those who already use an AA.
    (and who can now also disable the ingame AA and still have pretty clean graphics with extra fps to spend elsewhere)
  • A small guide to help you enhance lighting with user.ltx
  • New in 1.4:
  • A subtle and optimized Ambiant Occlusion for every presets on every renderer that can be use on top of the ingame A.O to enhance the visuals or without the ingame A.O to keep good visuals and gain extra fps to spend elsewhere.

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• This mod is fully compatible* with every past and future patches, as well with any other addons or mods of any kind.
• Compatible* with all Dx8, Dx9, Dx10, and Dx11 renderer on all Windows
• It is also FULLY COMPATIBLE* with EVERY S.TA.L.K.E.R.S: ( Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky, Shadow of Chernobyl, Lost Alpha, Misery, etc ...)

- "PhotoRealisticZone" gives you the choice between two ready-made presets specifically made according of the type of renderer used, and so, available for every renderer :

• LITE (color and lighting corrections ONLY)
• FULL(color and lighting corrections + Post-process FXs)

However, even if I took hours to tweak as good Dx8/Dx9 presets as I can, so more people can enjoy PRZ (and knowing that I would probably never use those presets), they are still very far from being as good as the Dx10/Dx11 presets are. (sadly)

FOR THE TRUE PHOTOREALISTIC ZONE EXPERIENCE AND VISUALS, YOU NEED TO USE DX10 or DX11.

( * ) Compatibility tested on:

• i5 4690k - GTX-970 - 8 Go ddr3 - Windows 8.1 - all drivers and DirectX up-to-date.
• i5 2500k - GTX 960 - 8Go ddr3 - Windows 7 - all drivers and DirectX up-to-date.
• i5 4790k - GTX 980 - 8 Go ddr3 - Windows 10 - all drivers and DirectX up-to-date.

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>> You can see more pictures in HD using this mod here : Przone.tumblr.com <<

>> And comparison screenshots here and here and here <<

The screenshots in the preview were done using the v1.1 of PRZ with dx11 renderer, all options activated and maxed out + the default user.ltx from Atmosfear.

Have fun !
And many thanks to the dev of Call of Chernobyl for offering us the best Stalker mod of the world in the universe.

CHANGELOG:

V1.4:
- Added SAO for all presets on every renderer..

V1.3:
- Added compatibility fix for Windows 10.
- Added SMAA for all presets on every renderer.
- Reworked ALL of the color corrections, brightness and Post-Fxs settings for the Dx9 Presets; LITE and FULL
- Added my "Handy Guide To Enhance Lighting With User.ltx"

V1.2:
- Added support of Dx8 renderer.
- Added choice between "Lite" or "Full" preset.
- Added choice between Dx8/Dx9 and Dx10/Dx11 renderer.
- Corrected settings for Dx8/Dx9 renderer.
- Lowered the DOF and tweaked some Postprocess FX for Dx10/Dx11 renderer.

V1.1:
- Added support of Dx9 renderer.
- Added hudmasks for many hud versions (see Readme)