Bloom effects in Ghost Recon (The Original)

Foxtrot360 · April 5, 2008

Hey Brennus How does Ravenshield look with this? I'm curious (Although you'll see it less being indoors I suppose.

Also - The DirectX 9 version should probably be used for Ravenshield instead of this version (DX8, Vice City's DX Version), so try the "GTA San Andreas version instead (it is in DX9, the same as Ravenshield)" I suppose the same goes for any other DX8/9 games.

Brennus · April 5, 2008

Raven Shield uses DirectX 8 as far as I can tell:

Minimum Requirements
Operating System: WindowsÂ® 98/ME/2000/XP ONLY
Processor: 800 MHz PentiumÂ® III, AMD Athlonâ„¢, or equivalent
RAM: 128 MB RAM (XP users: 256 MB RAM required)
Video Card: 32 MB DirectXÂ® 8-compliant 3D video card with hardware T&L (supported chipsets listed below*)
Sound Card: DirectX 8.1-compatible sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 or higher (DX9 included on the disc)
CD-ROM: CD-ROM 16x or faster (NOT recommended for use with CD-RW drives)
Hard Drive Space: 2 GB minimum
Peripherals Supported: Windows compatible mouse required
Multiplay: Internet connection for play on ubi.comâ„¢ (56k modem supported but not recommended)

Foxtrot360 · April 5, 2008

Ah Okay I must have read it as 9.0 when it mentions its included on the disc.

WytchDokta · April 5, 2008

So does this work on any Direct X 8 game? There's a certain RTS I wish to try it with.... :whistle:

thales100 · April 5, 2008

Thanks Brennus, ill try it.

**Rocky** · April 5, 2008

Here's a quick way to reduce the "Bloom" effect by ~50%:

Tx, I'll add this info to the d/l entry.

KRP 56 · April 5, 2008

Interesting find and it's gives us another look at good old GR but I must admit that I like it better without bloom effects.

Vth_F_Smith · April 6, 2008

Nice one!

Reminds me of the fact that someone from the Splinter Cell Forums managed to fake bump mapping in Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow's Versus Mode.

Hmm...I wonder if that could also be done in Raven Shield - the engine is probably almost the same!

Edited April 6, 2008 by Vth_F_Smith

JasonFMX · April 7, 2008

sorry for the late response.

Yeah, the graphics for Vegas are definately fixed now with a few simple texted mods. Theres a no blur, no haze, no bloom, fixed nightvision (you can't even use it at stock setting),and a resolution mod (they support very little resolutions), an intro skip, etc.

And since these things are all just visual mods they don't effect punkbuster. On my personal computer I even went in and turned up the anisotropic filtering. They have it defaulted at 4. They give you almost no advanced options, and quite honestly. I don't see a damn difference in any of them. They did a horrible job in porting that.