GTAIV.EFLC.FusionShaders V220

More GTA IV love!

• Refactored code of several fixes and features, and generally improved performance
• Improved depth of field quality
• Split postfx into separate passes to fix overlapping effects
• Fixed sky banding and color banding in general
• Ported postfx improvements to the phone camera
• Restored normal offset bias from pre-1.0.6.0 shadows and fixed peter panning on lower qualities
• Improved shadow filtering
• Improved shadow cascade blending and reduced pop-in
• Fixed shadow stretching or "aspect ratio" at certain camera angles
• Fixed shadow view distance being lower than the actual rendered distance
• Fixed distant shadows with cutoff penumbras
• Fixed blur artifacts between shadow cascades under some conditions
• Fixed shadow artifacts on water in some places and camera angles
• Fixed self shadowing issues with high FOV
• Fixed flickering when shadows of transparent objects overlap
• Added parameters to control shadow softness and bias
• Fixed outlines around objects when using DXVK
• Fixed black normalmap halos on several surfaces such as asphalt, sidewalks and rocks
• Improved tree vertex AO
• Partially fixed emissive windows visible through the fog near the far plane with depth write disabled
• Improved rain intensity calculation
• Fixed stuttery particle animations caused by patch 1.0.5.0
• Improved tree transparency and texture detail at long distances
• Added user defined "tree alpha multiplier" parameter to control leaf transparency
• Reduced procobj pop-in, but only up to about 25 view and detail distance
• Partially restored console object fade speed
• Removed screen door transparency from decals and some other shaders that shouldn't have it
• Fixed some opaque objects being erroneously included in the "stipple mask"
• Restored corona depth test in water reflections
• Added corona reflection intensity multiplier parameter
• Restored console behavior for terrain reflections
• Removed broken shore foam effect
• Fixed white reflections on some meshes in Alderney caused by a previous tweak

Huge thanks to RaphaelK12 and brokensymmetry for contributing several key fixes, and to AssaultKifle47 for providing invaluable information for this update.

*Requires FusionFix 3.0

GTAIV.EFLC.FusionShaders V210

Happy Halloween!

• Implemented a dithering filter mask and added three new definition modes
• Improved shadow filtering for both directional and night shadows
• Fixed broken shadows cast by finely detailed objects
• Improved shadow depth bias
• Added shadow filter toggle
• Added PCSS thanks to robi29
• Improved window crossfade and mirror depth thanks to RaphaelK12
• Fixed rain and motion blur framerate scaling
• Restored mirror filter
• Restored console auto exposure
• Restored console bloom
• Increased number of stipple tiles from 16 to 256
• Fixed excessive wetness/specularity of several surfaces
• Fixed terrain pop-in
• Fixed orange glow under trees
• Added tree vertex AO toggle
• Fixed TLAD noise being affected by water quality
• Fixed TLAD noise aspect ratio
• Fixed water tiling for every setting
• Improved shadows at lower settings

*Requires FusionFix 2.0.

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V200

• Fixed z-fighting
• Fixed soft particles thanks to robi29
• Ported 1.0.4.0 shadow filter
• Fixed light dimming and ported console foliage lighting thanks to AssaultKifle47
• Fixed broken shadows following the player at high altitudes
• Fixed invisible lamp glass at day
• Fixed improper explosion alpha
• Improved postfx performance at lower resolutions
• Added a new shader exclusively for trees
• Fixed missing water ripple effects on Nvidia

*Requires FusionFix 1.96.

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V109

• Added wind sway support to tree shadows

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V108

• Reverted a previous tweak which made shadow cascade seams more obvious

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V107

• Repurposed Definition setting into a motion blur toggle
• Improved depth of field code and restored the "stipple smoothing" filter
• Improved motion blur quality (reduced noise)
• Improved shadow alpha threshold
• Refactored "console gamma" code
• Fixed broken reflection alpha caused by a previous tweak
• Removed stippleless hair shaders

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V106

• Removed stipple from near deferred rendered objects; now it's only used for fading
• Removed stipple from all forward rendered objects as they don't need it
• Removed stipple from shadows
• Added reflection intensity tweak and anisotropic filtering fix to more shaders (i.e vehicle glass)
• Fixed a rare issue where white artifacts would appear on the screen in specific weathers while using console gamma

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V105

• Dirt level in vehicle.ide will not affect vehicle reflection intensity anymore; like on consoles, it'll only affect dirt itself

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V104

• Tweaked global reflection intensity
• Changed TLAD noise tiling to match consoles
• Improved rain visibility at night
• Fixed reflection intensity being affected by anisotropic filtering
• Fixed artifacts on the water surface caused by a previous fix

GTAIV.ShaderFixesCollection V103

• Removed variable sample count from depth of field and bloom