Atmospherics | ANOMALY - GAMMA - EFP addon

Hello everyone,

Hippo here, I'm posting my "Weather - Reshade - Shaders" mod titled Atmospherics.
This mod has only been tested for G.A.M.M.A and EFP. Instructions on how to install for Anomaly are below.

The mod itself is a weather mod that attemps to be natural and lore friendly by emulating the colors and themes of the zone in real life. I have spent many hours with many different revisions up until this point. I have used a color accurate monitor for all of the color grading within this weather mod.

There is a google drive link below and it's for EFP. The GAMMA version can be installed from the main DOWNLOAD button above or link above. The video install guides for both Gamma and EFP are above. To install for anomaly, check the anomaly install section below.

Read Below then click this LINK for the install guide.
For EFP disable the mods from the Visuals section of MO2 below:

1. [Awene] Agressor - Custom Weather.
2. All the [KennShade] mods.
3. [Joe325] Nicer Reflections.
4. All of the Ascii1457 mods.
5. [Lvutner] Optimized Sunshafts.
6. [Iretuerye] Golden Autumn Retexture.
7. [Detron] Better Rain FX

For EFP install the following below:

1. Screen Space Shaders 18+ (Latest version).
   
2. Enhanced Shaders (01 PBR/FIXED BLOOM/ OPTIONAL SIMPLE) NOTHING ELSE.
3. MODDED EXES (Install Manually).
4. EFP VERSION OF ATMOSPHERICS.
5. Reshade (OPTIONAL).

EFP load order, with the bottom having the highest priority in MO2:

1. Enhanced Shaders 1.10
2. Screen Space Shaders 18.
3. Atmospherics EFP version.

As of GAMMA 0.9+, Atmospherics is now included by default, as such you won't need to do anything aside from downloading GAMMA. The only thing you need to do is follow step 8 of this LINK. By default Atmospherics for GAMMA uses AtmosGAMMA reshade which is very subtle you can change that by opening the reshade menu by pressing "Home" on your keyboard. Once that is open you can follow step 11 of the link above and select the reshade of your choice.

To install this for Vanilla Anomaly (non EFP & non GAMMA) look below.

You'll need a couple of mods and the load order being:

-MODDED EXES/SSS EXES (Install Manually)

-MOD CONFIGURATION MENU (MCM)

1. Beef's NVGs (WITH ES Patch).
2. Enhanced Shaders (01 PBR/FIXED BLOOM/ OPTIONAL SIMPLE) NOTHING ELSE.
3. Screen Space Shaders 18 (Latest version).
4. Anomaly version of Atmospherics.
   
5. Cinematic VFX" Particle Effects Addon (3.7) OPTIONAL FOR PARTICLES
6. Reshade, OPTIONAL.

Load order for Anomaly in MO2:

1. Beefs NVGS. (With ES PATCH)
2. MCM
3. Enhanced Shaders 1.10. (PBR/FIXED BLOOM/OPTIONAL SIMPLE) NOTHING ELSE
4. Screen Space Shaders 18.
5. Atmospherics.

With 5 being the highest load order and overwriting everything else. I would not install this manually, I would create a mod organizer 2 anomaly instance and install it as the above. Make sure to delete your shaders cache. Once all the above is done, you can then follow this LINK for the rest of the guide.

Atmospherics requires Enhanced Shaders and Screen Space Shaders. The above mods are required to achieve the desired look. Many thanks to the creators of ES and SSS.

When it comes to the reshade portion of atmospherics, the reshade presets are created by phroZac and myself. Special thanks to phroZac for releasing atmospheric presets that suit atmospherics.

Notably some of the reshade presets feature TFAA and RTGI. I cannot legally provide you with a copy of the RTGI reshade effect. I cannot redistribute. TFAA is included and is the best Anti Aliasing in Stalker at the moment. Keep in mind both RTGI and TFAA are performance heavy and as such are disabled by default.

Anyone here is more than welcome to repurpose Atmospherics for their own use and make reshade presets for it.

If you have any questions please let me know, thanks!

Patch Notes 3-21-2024 Atmospherics 2.49 (SSS 20)

• Pushed fog distance back for a variety of weather cycles.

Patch Notes 3-21-2024 Atmospherics 2.48 (SSS 20)

• Decreased sunshaft intensity and sun color slightly for clear1/2 and partly 1/2.
• Added new sun textures that are semi-white in color for weather systems such as foggy3, etc.
• Changed garbage's LUT from 28 to 27 within the LUT script.

Patch Notes 3-18-2024 Atmospherics 2.47 (SSS 20)

• Minor changes to clear1 and clear2.

Patch Notes 3-11-2024 Atmospherics 2.46 (SSS 20)

• Texture changes for rain2 from 6-7 am.
• Minor increase in hemi and sun_color during the daytime of storm1 and storm2.

Patch Notes 3-5-2024 Atmospherics 2.45 (SSS 20)

• Value changes for the puddles extra wetness parameter.
• Minor value changes to rain 2 hemi.
• Added a new sky texture for rain2 from 6:00 to 6:59.

Patch Notes 3-5-2024 Atmospherics 2.44 (SSS 20)

• Changed LUT for Zaton.
• Underground aprogrom uses a new lut to decrease the blue hemi.
  
• Decreased sun_lumscale from 3 to 2.98.
• Decreased exposure (brightness) from 1.1 to 1.097
  
• Increased hemi for psi storms and blowouts.
  
• A revamp of the bloom, ambient light and mxao settings for the atmos reshade.
• A minor rework of the rain2 weather cycle. Lots of new sky textures were needed to break up the monotony of rain 1-2 using the same sky textures.
• Minor changes to sunshaft values for all weather cycles as a result of SSS 20.
  
• Minor changes to the cfg/ltx files for atmos. Make sure to load them via console command.
  
• Decreased brightness for clear 1/2 and partly 1/2.
  
• Shader file changes as a result of SSS 20 and new atmos SSR settings in the mcm, make sure to default them.
• Slightly increased ambient color for rain1, rain2 and storm 2.
• Changed deband values to decrease the amount of noise generated in the sky.
  
• Minor sky color changes for clear 1, clear 2 and cloudy 1.
• Moved LUT settings to the new configuration.
  
• Changed fog values for storm 1 and storm 2.
• Misc weather cycle changes.

Patch Notes 1-30-2024 Atmospherics 2.43

• Fix for overly bright suns at 19:00 and beyond for rainy3, cloudy1, cloudy3 and foggy2.
  

Patch Notes 1-21-2024 Atmospherics 2.42 Hotfix 1

• Fix black screen caused from the reshade preset AtmosR.

Patch Notes 1-20-2024 Atmospherics 2.42

• Changed the hemi tones for Clear 1 to be more blueish in tone instead of greenish.
• Changed partly 1 night sky to be less green.
  
• Changed Zatons LUT.
• Changed sky textures for clear2 from 10:00 to 12:00.
  
• Misc hemi and weather edits.

Patch Notes 1-18-2024 Atmospherics 2.41 Hotfix 1

• Fix for modded underground areas having sunlight bleed through the map.

Patch Notes 1-18-2024 Atmospherics 2.41

• Slight changes to cfg_load atmos and cfg_load atmos_spring. The changes result in slightly more shadows for grass and a slightly higher lowlum. The lowlum change ever so slightly decreases the suns max brightness and every so slightly darkens shadows. Value changed from 0.45 to 0.5. Nothing major.
  
• Slight changes to foggy1,2,3 sky color during the night time.

Patch Notes 1-17-2024 Atmospherics 2.4 Hotfix 1

• Fix sharpcontrast.fx having sharp_contrast_compute set to 1.0, now set to 0. This can cause issues with some users such as crushed blacks.
• Normalized partly 1 sun color + hemi.
• Normalized foggy1 hemi + sky color.

Patch Notes 1-16-2024 Atmospherics 2.4

• All new LUTs for every map.
  
• The new LUTs feature enhanced midtone contrast, better colors, removed washout effect among other changes.
• Reworked most of the weather cycles if necessary for the new LUTs
  
• Added the changes from atmos_test to cfg_load atmos as such the test cfgs have been removed.
  
• Changed nights as a result of the new LUTs
• Foggy3 has been reworked from the ground up.
• Foggy1 has had a mini rework and uses two all new sky textures.
  
• Sunsets and sunrises have had their final rework.
  
• Fixed missing god rays from some of the underground maps.
  
• Reworked emissions as a result of the LUT changes.
• Misc changes.

Patch Notes 1-12-2024 Atmospherics 2.38

• Increased the darkness of shadows leading up to sunset from 18:00 to 20:00.
  
• Increased the yellow/orange hue from 18:00 to 20:00 for sunsets.
  
• Added two new ltx files for testing. They increase the darkness of shadows by changing the r2_sun_depth_near_scale to 1.0. Loading the default ltx files sets it to the default value. The new ones are as follows: cfg_load atmos_test and cfg_load atmos_spring_test.
  
• Changed the LUT that's used for Dead city.
• Misc changes.

Patch Notes 1-10-2024 Atmospherics 2.37

• Added new diffuse style sun textures that should blend in better. Old style suns are still used where it makes sense.
  
• Reworked the 18:00 time for foggy1.
  
• Reworked most of rainy3 as to get rid of the sky banding caused by the old texture.
• Misc Changes.

Patch Notes 1-9-2024 Atmospherics 2.36

• Fixed fog clipping for cloudy 1, cloudy 3, and foggy1 in specific hours of the day.
  
• Re-balanced the hemi and amb values from 16:00 to 19:00 for most weather cycles. This is to darken the shadows slightly for the hours leading to sunset.
  
• Changed some sun textures to better fit certain sky textures.
• Misc Changes.

Patch Notes 1-9-2024 Atmospherics 2.35

• Decreased the blue color of the fog very slightly in foggy3.
  
• Decreased the orange sun tones in clear1/2 very slightly.
  
• Fixed fog clipping in certain instances in cloudy1 and cloudy3.

Patch Notes 1-8-2024 Atmospherics 2.34

• Decreased the pink fog in Foggy1.
  
• Decreased the pink fog and made the fog for Foggy3 bluer.
• Decreased sunshaft intensity for partly 1 and cloudy1.
• Marginally decreased brightness for clear 1/2 and partly 1/2.
• Added a slightly bigger sun for clear 1/2 during sunsets.
  
• Changed the LUT for darkvalley to be less saturated.
• Minor changes to the reshade effect called glamaraye. Decreased the fake gi saturation.
• Slight changes to hemi for rain1.
  
• Decreased bloom strength for the AtmosR reshade preset.
• Misc Changes.

Patch Notes 1-6-2024 Atmospherics 2.33

• Added a spring preset for spring users, cfg_load atmos_spring.
  
• Fixed reported issues related to pink fog, color grading, etc.
• Fixes to the anti aliasing shader from the atmos reshade presets.
• lowered hemi from 1.5 to 1.45.
  

Patch Notes 1-1-2024 Atmospherics 2.32

• An increase in performance for CPU bound scenarios/players.
  
• Greatswamps has had its highlights decreased and is a bit less bright.
• Various sun texture changes.
• Misc changes.

Patch Notes 12-27-2023 Atmospherics 2.3 Hotfix 2

• Fix for early morning fog 1 through 3 sky banding.
  
• Changed the sunset brightness to not be nearly as blinding.
• Changed the sun type for foggy weather.
  

Patch Notes 12-25-2023 Atmospherics 2.3 Hotfix 1

• Fix for bright skies (including sky.ps incase it gets overwritten somehow).
  
• Reworked the stormy nights to be more balanced.
• Misc changes such as sss rain values and slight sky color reworks for some weather cycles.

Patch Notes 12-23-2023 Atmospherics 2.3

• Full Support SSS 19
  
• Complete rework of the weather from scratch to support the new LUT system and deprecating the use of the Enhanced Shaders color grading module. This results in correct god rays and nights.
  
• 16 LUTs in total with each map using certain LUTs.
• Reshade has been scaled back immensely and is entirely optional.
• Reshade is only used for effects that require the depth buffer.
  
• Tweaked each weather with extreme detail this time around.
  
• Deprecated some old atmospherics modules such as particles etc, you can still find them but they now have the OLD tag.
  
• Updated the "less fog" and no lens flare for clear and partly weather" for this release.
• Updated values for the SSS debanding shader.
  
• Using a slightly tweaked img corrections shader file.
  
• Anomaly version and GAMMA/EFP now look 100% identical.
• Tried my best at getting rid of any banding in certain sky textures by changing the sky color values.
  
• God rays have had their strength increased slightly.
  
• "Cfg_load atmos" is now used instead of atmosr inorder to simplify naming going forward.
• New exposure values, new hemi values, new saturation values, new amb values.

Patch Notes 11-3-2023 Atmospherics 2.2 Hotfix 1

• Minor LUT changes.
  
• Changed/fixed storm1 21:00 - 4:00 sky texture being completely pitch black.
  
• Minor changes to flora SSS mcm settings and changes to the rain SSS mcm settings.
• Misc changes.

Patch Notes 11-2-2023 Atmospherics 2.2

• Fixed some presets not loading LUTs.
  
• Added Norfair's CoreV3 preset which is a new versatile preset that enhances each weather in a cinematic way but with realistic cues.
  
• Removed the atmos.ini reshade preset because atmosGAMMA accomplishes the same effect.
  
• All the atmos presets except for R+ now use LUTs.
• AtmosFILM no longer needs filmdeck, it now uses a LUT instead which increases performance massively and now users won't need to download filmdeck.
  

Patch Notes 11-1-2023 Atmospherics 2.1 Hotfix 2

• Increased godrays strength at 7 a.m.
  
• Reworked the reshade presets, all the phrozac presets now use luts. This results in fps savings. For example in AreaX I can now drop 3-4 effects because they are now covered by the luts. AtmosR and AtmosBody have had their brightness and color grading changed. They now use lightroom instead of prod80_contrast_brightness_saturation and levels. This results in an increase in fps.
  
• AtmosR+ was moved to a separate module in the installer to indicate that you need access to marty's patreon server to get it working correctly.

Patch Notes 10-30-2023 Atmospherics 2.1

• Changed the last 3 "dark" weather cycles so that they now achieve their max darkness at around 9pm instead of 8pm. This mirrors the behavior of the other weather cycles.
  
• Increased the strength of god rays from 07:00-09:00 am and 18:00-20:00 p.m. This is done for about half the weather cycles. For foggy weather cycles their godrays were increased globally for most hours with early morning and late evening having the most prominent godrays.
  
• Fixed the reported fog issue at midnight for clear1.

Patch Notes 10-30-2023 Atmospherics 2.0 Hotfix 1

• Fixed washed out nights after the latest update.
  
• Finally eliminated all lens flare for the no lens flare option.
  
• Slight changes to the ltx files, you will need to cfg_load to see the changes.
• Fixed pitch black indoor areas at night.
• Fixed grid like pattern around sun textures in clear/partly.

Patch Notes 10-28-2023 Atmospherics 2.0

• Fixed the no lens flare option to take out some more lens flare from the specified weather cycles.
  
• Fixed the error when typing cfg_load command so now it should initialize everything properly.
  
• Decreased ambient slightly for clear1/2
• Changes to all the atmos reshade preset, some subtle and some are more apparent.
• AtmosFILM has been redone from the ground up, in order to use it properly you'll need to either reinstall reshade with filmdeck enabled or you can go to think link where you can download the needed shaders and simply place them into where your reshade-shaders folder is located. It should be either in Atmospherics or in your anomaly's bin folder.
• Made changes to the ltx files for slight color grading changes.
• Added a bit more fog during the sunset time for foggy weather cycles.
  

Patch Notes 10-25-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.9 Hotfix 4

• Added an option for no jj abrams style lens flare for clear/partly weather.
  
• Re-balanced pre-sunrise brightness to not be as dark.
  
• Increased ambient values slightly for most weather cycles from 7:00 to 19:00.
  
• Changed sun settings for some sun textures to be smaller.
• Misc changes such as random changes to sky color, hemi, and so on.

Patch Notes 10-23-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.9 Hotfix 3

• Changed sky textures from 8:00 to 13:00 for partly1
  
• Changed the sky textures for a multitude of cloudy/rainy/stormy weather cycles so as to remove the banding from the sky
  
• Changed how sunsets work. Sun still sets at 20:00 but doesn't become fully dark until 21:00 with the moon rising on most maps at 21:01. The only weather cycles this doesn't apply to are, storm2 and cloudy2dark, cloudy3dark.
  
• Updated the bloom implementation for AtmosR, AtmosR+ and AtmosBODY. This is done to increase its strength while not being blinding.
• Misc fixes across many weather cycles such as sky color, fog, and sun color.

Patch Notes 10-20-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.9 Hotfix 2

• Changed the default values for wetness in the SSS mcm from 0.66 min to 0.6
  

Patch Notes 10-19-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.9 Hotfix 1

• Fixed multiple fog clipping issues across a multitude of weather cycles.
  
• Minor tweaks to foggy3, cloudy3_dark, rain2, storm2.
  
• Updated the RTGI effect for AtmosR, AtmosR+, and AtmosBODY reshade presets. Reveil and Launchpad need to be activated to make use of RTGI effectively.
  
• Fixed some instances of bright fog at 19:59 which is 1 minute before the sun fully sets.
• Fixed rain being more opaque than usual once the ground becomes fully wet.
• Minor changes to the SSS mcm settings for the wetness tab as a result of the change listed above.
• Misc color grading tweaks.

Patch Notes 10-18-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.9

• Added a new weather cycle called cloudy3_dark, this is dead air inspired while aiming to be more natural in presentation than dead air.
• Changed how rain2 and storm2 fundamentally look to be dimmer to match the look of cloudy3_dark.
• Minor fix for cloudy2_dark.

Patch Notes 10-17-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.8

• Added a new weather cycle foggy3, It is a cooler and softer fog type. As always the default features a thick fog but a not as thick version is available in [Optional] LESS THICK FOG section of the installer.

Patch Notes 10-16-2023 Atmospherics 1.9.7 Hotfix 1

• Hotfix: changed some effects for AtmosR+ so as to fix night time banding issues.
• Hotfix: slight changes to rain3 and rain2 to reduce any banding effect.
• Dropped Dynamic Tone mapper support, this results in numerous bug fixes and more consistent image quality in dark areas. You can now accurately scroll the weather editor and change console commands related to amb, hemi, etc.
• Added new default values for amb, hemi, lowlum, etc. Each ltx file now has its own default values. You can change these to suit your needs.
  
• Changed Storm1 sunset sky texture from a blowout to a scenic sun with dark skies.
• Re-balanced hemi and amb in the weather files to account for dropping dtm support.
• Changes to how I approach lighting (attempting to be more lore friendly in color).
• Some reshade presets now use up to 3-4 less effects which results in a gain in fps.
• Added new default values for SSS MCM gloss settings (open to changes and suggestions).
• New nights which are much darker than before on average.
• New sunset and sunrise times.
• Fixed the anomaly version having dull skies due to sky2.vs changes.
• Added storm sounds for the anomaly version to avoid crashing issues.
• Changes to blowouts and emissions to be much more consistent in hemi, sky, and amb values.
• Changed default screen gamma values.
• Changed cubemaps to look better with SSS 18.
• New default SSS MCM gloss settings.
• New grass/tree specular settings.
• New Gloss settings
• New Specular intensity settings.
• New subsurface scattering settings.
• Increased drying speed slightly from 0.3 to 0.25.
• Made suns in clear weather smaller.
• Changed partly1 skies from 13-17.
• Removed sun textures from overcast weather.
• Changed the Storm1 sky color.
• Changed the cloudy 2 dark sky color and sky texture.
• Changed the Clear1 7-9 am sky color.
• Changed the Partly 2 sky color.
• Made the sun texture of sunsets smaller in size and brighter.