Float32 STALKER Mod - improve lighting quality and performance!

[Bigjakkstaffa]

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/860003693831?r=946005164831#946005164831

--Jakk:t

[CrazyCrusher]

Has anyone gave this a shot yet?

[MJCfromCT]

I tried it out a while back...noticed a difference in shadows, but not any miracle increase in FPS.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Yeah, the FPS boost isnt massive given that most systems wont manage staggering FPS' in STALKER anyways, 20FPS usually equates to 1-3FPS, but theres still a boost to be had.

The boost in lighting is quite impressive, as well as fixing the lighting for ATi users (apparently the lighting system doesnt function properly on ATi hardware), also it fixes the fact that the default Dynamic Lighting system in STALKER isnt actually all that accurate in terms of how it illuminates certain surfaces.

--Jakk:t

[MJCfromCT]

If you have an insane machine and wish to see STALKER in all its glory, check out this mod:

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Ultra_Graphics_Mode;78200

I tried it out, in areas where I'd normally get 20fps, I'd get 5 :(