14 replies to this topic

[Cest7]

I detest image grain.

Please add a toggle.

[apatios]

yeah, it feels like the screen is pixeled in low settings, it kinda sucks. i know it adds a new feel, but still, i see the majority of players do not want this effect. please add a toggle, so people who dislike it can switch it off and have a clearer screen ( sort of like a window, since you are supposed to bge piloting a mech )

[WALSRU]

Honestly I'm noticing the image grain way more than CBE2, not sure if it's just me. Yeah it's gritty and all but it's just way too in your face.

[h0B0]

do it please, i am tired of going through my ini at every patch.

[thac0]

Agreed.  Please provide this in options or command line again.

[Lirnak]

Absolutly, the grain(or too much grain) decrease the graphic quality. I totally agreed with this proposition !

[Entity]

h0B0, on November 09 2012 - 09:16 AM, said:

do it please, i am tired of going through my ini at every patch.

Which ini and what line am I looking for_

[Shkval]

Crappy filter indeed.

[Nitris]

Entity, on November 09 2012 - 12:11 PM, said:

Which ini and what line am I looking for_

Dragging my post here into this thread:

Nitris, on October 28 2012 - 10:29 PM, said:

Make sure Hawken is NOT running when you do this!

Find your HawkenEngine.ini in your My Documents/My Games/Hawken/HawkenGame/Config folder.

Open it with notepad.

Press CTRL and F and then copy and paste in

ImageGrainNoiseTextureName=

into the search box.

Click Find next.

Delete everything after the =

Save the file, and then go enjoy Hawken without any film grain.

[Cest7]

WALSRU, on November 09 2012 - 09:15 AM, said:

Honestly I'm noticing the image grain way more than CBE2, not sure if it's just me. Yeah it's gritty and all but it's just way too in your face.

There is another layer of grain, horizontal or vertical film grain lines. When combined with the base image grain it feels like im watching some bad 1970s TV show.

Nitris, on November 09 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

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Thanks again for this, however as i posted above there are layers of this ugly filter.

[Nitris]

Cest7, on November 09 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

Thanks again for this, however as i posted above there are layers of this ugly filter.

Mm yes, I see what you mean now. It is an intermittent horizontal buzz going from the bottom of the screen, to the top. Strangely, it goes over the cockpit as well as the visual display. Is this to give the impression of some kind of helmet feed I wonder_ That is interesting, but I digress.

I've dug around in the .ini files a bit more, but any change I made that I thought would affect the film grain caused my hawken to crash on startup.
I need to spend more time on this I think. That or, the Dev's could speak up on this subject, perhaps_

At the very least, the steps I posted help to get rid of some of the film grain. /shrug.

Edited by Nitris, November 09 2012 - 05:02 PM.

[Hax]

We want all those specific controls back pleaseeeee. Just make a bigger window and you wont even have to address the scolling bug the was in the alpha!

[Furlock]

I whole-heartedly agree.  I can't stand when they put film grain in games.  It's nothing more than ugly, visual noise.

[Dread_Lord_Pitr]

I'll also agree to this.
It'd be nice to be able to either adjust the amount of grain or to be able to toggle it on and off at least.
It doesn't add to the game experience, and i'd suggest firing whatever marketing flunky told you guys that it would ;-)

[Cest7]

Thanks for putting this in!!!