MTASA-SkyGfx

A project brings the classic aesthetic look to MTA (Thanks to aap for the original work).

The Thanks List

• aap - for the original work & renderware engine help
• Ren712 - for shaders & coronas help

What have done or working in progress?

• ⚪ Not Start yet/ not invesgate

• 🟠 Partically Work

• ✔️ Done & Fully Supported

• Pre-request Library

  • Timecyc Parser - ✔️
  • Timecyc Interpolation - ✔️, Source mainly conveted from librw, thanks to aap!
  • Timecyc Render - ✔️
  • Timecyc DebugTools (Optional) - DONE, But you're need dgs to work!

• Postfx

  • Trails(Blur) - ✔️
    • blurLeft,blurTop,blurRight,blurBottom works!
  • Radiosity - ✔️
  • Color Filter - 🟠
    • PS2 ✔️
    • PC ✔️
    • Mobile - ⚪
  • Night Version Goggles - ⚪
  • Infrared Goggles - ⚪

• Building Pipeline

  • SimplePS - ✔️
  • BuildingVS - 🟠
    • partially, some engine data requires to work, still working on that
  • BuildingVSFX - For model with specular lighting property
    • Not even start yet

• Vehicle Pipeline

  • PS2 Pipeline - ✔️
    • Done, you happy?
  • Xbox Pipeline - 🟠
    • Only specular lighting works.

• Pipeline tweaks
  • radiosityFilterPasses - ✔️
  • radiosityRenderPasses - ✔️
  • radiosityIntensity - ✔️
  • zwriteThreshold - ✔️
  • detailMaps - ⚪
  • leedsShininessMult - ⚪
  • neoShininessMult - ⚪
  • neoSpecularityMult - ⚪
  • envShininessMult - ⚪
  • envSpecularityMult - ⚪
  • envPower - ⚪
  • envFresnel - ⚪
  • sunGlare - ✔️ just see my feature PR.
  • ps2ModulateBuilding - ⚪

• World Effect

  • Dual Pass Render - ✔️
    • Yeah, it's done, thanks to ren712
  • PS2 Alpha Test
    • not even start yet
  • Grass
    • dualPassGrass - ✔️
      • it overrides by dual pass render.
    • grassBackfaceCull - ✔️
    • grassAddAmbient - ⚪
    • grassFixPlacement - ❌ only can do it via modify the mta engine
    • ps2ModulateGrass - ⚪
  • Shadows
    • pedShadows - ⚪
    • stencilShadows - ⚪
  • Misc
    • disableClouds - ⚪
    • disableGamma - ⚪
    • neoWaterDrops(xbox rain postfx) - ⚪
    • neoBloodDrops - ⚪
    • transparentLockon - ⚪
    • lightningIlluminatesWorld - ⚪ toogle timecyc lighting on world object.
    • fixPcCarLight - ⚪
    • coronaZtest - 🟠
      • partially works, however this will breaks and bugs up the other corona's ztesting in mta.
      • needs to work on a new solution.
    • fixShadows - ⚪
  • Special Misc FX (Unique addon by nurupo)
    • vehicleClassicFx ✔️
      • Show VC/III liked vehicle big headlight and light trails when you rotate the screen
    • vehicleTrailLength ✔️
      • Length of light trails (buffered frame)
    • vehicleTrailDrawDist ✔️
      • What distance should trails start visiable?
    • vehicleHeadLightAlpha ✔️
      • Alpha multiplier for head light
    • vehicleRearLightAlpha ✔️
      • Alpha multiplier for rear light
    • buildingExtraBrightness ✔️
      • Multiplier for building extra brightness
    • vehicleExtraBrightness ✔️
      • Multiplier for building extra brightness
    • stochasticFilter ✔️
      • Make repeative texture look better, ported from Valdir da Costa Júnior
    • sun godrays
      • implmented an enhanced godray effect for sun (optional in config)

• Bugs/Issue

  • Sun can see through by walls -> Due to zTest disabled ✔️
    • fixed by manually re-create sun from shader, thanks to Ren712
  • Element garbage collection for vehicle classic fx ✔️