[RenderEdge] Experimental version

[ENAleksey]

should i reinstall my war3 to remove the older renderedge in order to use the newest one?

No, just replace old RenderEdge files with new ones. And it's better to keep the files in a separate folder from the Warcraft folder.

 

[RPG_F]

very nice!!!
Dynamic shadow is very useful but this FPS is too low,Can you do this independently until make the FPS usable?

 

[ENAleksey]

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Screenshots

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Some screenshots in high resolution:

Default Renderer | RenderEdge

 

[RPG_F]

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Screenshots

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Some screenshots in high resolution:

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Default Renderer | RenderEdge

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it's soooooooooo beautiful,but the FPS is too low,How do I use it?

 

[ENAleksey]

Sorry, I have not yet found a way to optimize it.

 

[RollBoat]

Is there a way to enable this in the world editor?

 

[ENAleksey]

Is there a way to enable this in the world editor?

No at this moment. I planned to add an improved rendering in the editor, but I doubt I'll do it.

 

[ENAleksey]

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Screenshots

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Edemium

Default Renderer | RenderEdge

Default Renderer | RenderEdge | Another lighting

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Everglade

Default Renderer | Without shadows and weather effects | RenderEdge | With weather effects | Color Grading | Color Grading + Another lighting

Default Renderer | RenderEdge | Another lighting

 

[geoffrey]

nice project! The lightning and shadows are very impressive!

 

[Jumbo]

Looks amazing.

A question: Does it work on battlenet or will people get banned ?

 

[ENAleksey]

Thanks, I don't tested it in Multiplayer and Battle.Net, but most likely it will only work in Single Player.

 

[lan nguyen]

As u said u will upload the open source,when will u upload them?

 

[ENAleksey]

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Screenshots

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Translucency Material

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It also can be used for fake GI:

 

[Honk]

That last one with statues looks incredibly good. Keep up the good work ^^

 

[ZUKMAN]

If you continue this work we even might not need Reforged)

 

[ENAleksey]

Most likely, the next version will be the last.

 

[ArgentinianUser]

It look very promising, but i can't installing correctly, any help?
There are some specific steps to install this?
I don't know how put the shaders

 

[ENAleksey]

Just unpack RenderEdge_exp_v0.1.2a.rar archive and launch RenderEdge.exe, all shaders are already in RenderEdge_exp.mpq.
Downloading an archive with shaders is only necessary if you want to edit them.

 

[ArgentinianUser]

It works! But the configuration resets every time I lauch the game there is any solution for this problem? and which is the best graphic configuration?

 

[ENAleksey]

You can edit settings via RenderEdge.ini.

 

[RPG_F]

the display effect is not good in game.

i don't know how to set it make like this pic...

 

[ENAleksey]

the display effect is not good in game

What do you mean by display effect? I don't understand.

 

[ERIOL33]

Doesnt Work for me When i launch the exe Says to me : "Failed To Launch War3.exe" I got 1.30 version

 

[ENAleksey]

Doesnt Work for me When i launch the exe Says to me : "Failed To Launch War3.exe" I got 1.30 version

 

[HateCrew]

I'm getting the same error with render edge files extracted in 1.26 folder...
Can it maybe be because i have latest wc3 installed on my PC in other location and render edge is detecting it?

 

[RPG_F]

What do you mean by display effect? I don't understand.

Artistic quality is not good in the game...How to set it like your picture

 

[ENAleksey]

I'm getting the same error with render edge files extracted in 1.26 folder...

Which folder did you choose when you launched RenderEdge for the first time? Go to the registry editor and delete the CURRENT_USER\Software\RenderEdge directory or just edit War3InstallPath value.

 

[ENAleksey]

Artistic quality is not good in the game...How to set it like your picture

Just edit it by yourself: change light and fog, turn on shadows and some post-effects, perform color correction.

 

[ENAleksey]

I merged the main and experimental versions.
Source code: ENAleksey/RenderEdge

Later I will upload the updated version to the site.
Follow the development progress in Trello.

This thread has been deprecated. Further discussion should take place here: [RenderEdge] Basic version

 

[ENAleksey]

Further discussion should take place here: [RenderEdge] Basic version

Of course, only after I release 0.3.0a version.

 

[ENAleksey]

The experimental version is no longer supported, use basic version.

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Update v0.1.3a

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Improvements

• Added the ability to disable/enable rendering of different types of objects;
• Added support of Indicators;
• Added support of Occlusion Masks;
• Added support of Lightnings;
• Added support of Floating Text;
• Added the ability to select the intensity units of point light sources;
• Added Fog Of War settings;
• Added the ability to disable standard shadows of buildings;
• INIReader: added the ability to write comment in the same line with value of string type;
• INIReader: added option to hide game UI;
• Deleted Free Camera movement limits;
• Tonemapper: Blue Correction, Expand Gamut;
• Changed Bloom intensity to more correct;
• Added Calibration Constant parameter for Auto Exposure;
• Added new Exponential Height Fog;
• Leaving the camera position unchanged after disabling Free Camera mode;
• Improved Screen Space Reflections;
• Default Projection Matrix renamed to Constant Vertical FoV;
• Optimized Auto Exposure;
• Added option to pause the game;
• Improved input blocking in Free Camera mode;
• Added the ability to take a screenshot;
• Changed shading model (may be changed back in the next version).

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where one of the terrain chunks didn't cast shadows;
• Fixed incorrect color and intensity of point and directional light sources;
• Fixed skybox shading;
• Fixed incorrect interception of camera parameters with non-standard near clipping plane;
• Fixed incorrect work of contact shadows with non-standard camera clipping planes;
• Fixed the effect of Unfogged Materials parameter;
• Fixed post-effects rendering in main menu;
• Fixed the influence of UI and camera direction on Contact Shadows;
• Fixed the appearance of black borders when disabling User Interface parameter, if they were initially hidden;
• Fixed work of Screen Space Reflections with Temporal AA;
• Fixed graphical artifacts when turning on and off HDR;
• Fixed projection matrix;
• Fixed incorrect SSAO blurring with downsampling;
• Fixed crashes while switching V-Sync mode;
• Fixed reloading of shaders and settings while loading protected maps;
• Fixed shadows rendering in main menu;
• Fixed references leaking;
• Fixed crashes then changing resolution;
• Fixed crashes then playing movies;
• Fixed resource loading from RenderEdge_exp.mpq;
• Fixed incorrect texture paths in RenderEdge.ini.

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Taking Screenshots

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Added the ability to take screenshots in .png format, which are saved in the Screenshots folder in the RenderEdge folder. By default, the screenshot is assigned to the End key, you can change it in RenderEdge.ini.

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Tonemapper: Blue Correction, Expand Gamut

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Added Blue Correction parameter to correct for artifacts with "electric" blues due to the ACEScg color space.
Added Expand Gamut parameter which expands bright saturated colors outside the sRGB gamut to fake wide gamut rendering.

Before | After

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Height Based Fog

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Replaced old Height Based Fog with fog from Unreal Engine 4.

 

[NightStalker]

AWESOME WORK! But I cannot seem to get it to work even in game. I pressed F7 when i launched the game through WE, but the UI doesn't show up. Even if I launched war3 through your app, the UI doesn't show, or I did something wrong.

Btw, is there any way to make this work in WE's screen? Your screenshots on Nexus, are very detailed terrains but I don't think the in game camera would let us see that far, with the existence of the fog of war. Even if it was removed by triggers.