[P1ch3]

TimecycIV Tutorial




Tutorial Part 1:

Atmosphere



I use Default TimeCyc.dat from GTAIV.
Weather : ExtraSunny
Time : 12:00
Each ScreenShots will Use Color Red edited to See Difference on Screen.



Lights Section :

Ambiant Color 0:



Ambiant Color 1 :



Direct Color :



Mutiplier :

Multiplier of the colors, higher values make that Aera more bright.



Sun Section :

Size :
Sun Size, higher values make sun more big.

Bright :
Sun Brightness, higher values make sun brighter.

Multiplier :
Multiplier of the color on the sun, higher values make that Aera more bright.

Global Multiplier :
Multiplier of the color of haze around sun, higher values make that Aera more bright.

Sun Core Color :

Change Core Color of the Sun. (No Effect with EnbSeries)

Sun Haze Color :

Change haze Color around the Sun. (No Effect with EnbSeries)



Clouds Section :

Low Color :

Low Color of Clouds. (No Effect with EnbSeries)

Bottom Color :

Bottom Color of Clouds. (No Effect with EnbSeries)

Transparent :

Lower Value make Clouds more Transparent. (No Effect with EnbSeries)



Sky Section :

Top Color :

Affect Atmosphere Color, I Use Black as default

Bottom Color :

Affect Atmosphere Color, Higher Value affect Far Atmosphere like far buldings.



Multiplier

Lower Value make Sky Dark, Higher value make sky more bright
Multiplier = 0




Water Section :

Color :

Water Color, always use very dark color for water.

Refl. from Water :

This Value control saturation Reflection from Water
0= Purple Water and 2.0= Greenish.

Tranparent

Lower Value make Water more transparent.
Transparent = 0




Tutorial Part 2:

Visual Effects





Post-Effects :

Desaturation :

Middle Color Desaturation, Higher value make more Saturation

Desaturation Far:

Far Color Desaturation, Higher value make more Saturation

Contrast :

This Settings doesn't seem to Work. !?!?!?

Contrast Far :

This Settings doesn't seem to Work. !?!?!?

Gamma :

Middle Gamma , Higher value add more gamma (More Brightness)

Gamma Far :

Far Gamma , Higher value add more gamma (More Brightness)

Mid Grey Value :

Lower value add dark contrast on everything on screen, Highest Value add white filter on everything on screen.

Intensity Bloom :

In theory it should control Bloom but I doesn't seem to Affect Something ?!?!?

Temperature :

Control Outside Wheather Temperature, Lowest value makes smoke more visible. Example: Car's Exhaust Smoke.

Exposure :

Highest value add more Exposure on Everything on Screen.

Particule HDR :

Highest Value add HDR effect on smog.

0=


5=


Color Correction :

Color Correction affect the Whole Screen (No Effect with EnbSeries)
Hint: Use Color with less saturation

Color Add :

Always Black 0,0,0
















I will Edit this post With ScreenShots and Explanation.
For Now I need to take like 100 ScreensShots to Explain each Category, Section and Effect
I will use default GTAIV TimeCyc.dat with Patch 1.0.0.3 with EnbSeries 0.82

I will need your help to make this Tutorial Accurate.
If i'm wrong on something post it and i will edit this post after
Thanks




TimecycIV by myster92
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[MinnieMan121249]

Looks interesting. Might give it a try!

[P1ch3]

I will Post Visual Effect Section Tomorrow.

[boxmonster]

The majority of those are wrong. Edit IV mislabels them. Anything I try in the clouds section results in nothing, most of the true cloud control parameters are scattered in the Other Parameters tab. This also is also true for anything in the Sun section with the exception of Multiplier and Global Multiplier (with Refl From Water, is actually part of the blue (or is it green?) multiplier for the bottom of the sky). You can't just assume they do what their names say, it is a tedious and annoying task to try to figure out.

[P1ch3]

QUOTE (boxmonster @ Apr 17 2011, 18:18)

The majority of those are wrong. Edit IV mislabels them. Anything I try in the clouds section results in nothing, most of the true cloud control parameters are scattered in the Other Parameters tab. This also is also true for anything in the Sun section with the exception of Multiplier and Global Multiplier (with Refl From Water, is actually part of the blue (or is it green?) multiplier for the bottom of the sky). You can't just assume they do what their names say, it is a tedious and annoying task to try to figure out.

You are Right.

Clouds and Sun Section doesn't change nothing. Some Minimal Effect not Visible.
Water Section is Ok and work Properly and Right Labeled
Water Reflection reflect Sky,Sun and Clouds and Work Ok.

Other Parameters tab is the Key for Clouds,Sun and many other Effect.
I will post this Section Later this Week in 3 Parts

[boxmonster]

Water relfections are controlled by "Water Reflection" in the "Other Parameters" tab (not the impostor, "Refl From Water") Other than that the Water part is ok.

[j3smoove]

p1ch3,
timecyc = Hard Explanation
timecyc + ENB + effect = Even Harder
So respect man, i hope many people want to try to learn this even only for basic effect/color/lighting

1 Question what Dark Peds do (last column) ???? thanks

[PacketOVerload_x64Bit]

Big thank you P1ch3!

Downloading now, going to give it a go and see what comes of it. Much respect for venturing into a hard area to explain.

[JasperHQ]

me to gonna give this a try

[nvidia31337]

Very nice idea:) And boxmonster is correct about the incorrectly defined values

[-Quantum-]

Who knows how to change color of the sun? I tried everything but color doesn't change

[robi29]

This is unknown 31 (red), 32 (green), 33 (blue).

[-Quantum-]

OMG!OMG!OMG! Thank you! Thank you so much! OMG!

[KennyPetrovic]

My antivirus swears on file. The threat of the virus.

[game4life]

by DKT70


by mindofmike

[P1ch3]

Sorry But DKT70 was wrong on Some Information

Desaturation, DesaturationFar,Temperature, work with EnbSeries, If : EnableSkyLighting=false

[MasterKontrol]

Absolutely brilliant effort all round guys!

This is kind of the holy grail of explanations... i think this is worth more time and effort than ENB itself....

because you CAN get the game looking close to enb without it via sum good texturing and timecyc editing!

And yes i know there are sum things you just CAN'T Do without it but...... worthy, worthy cause DKT & P1ch3 , you guys are golden.... enlighten us!

[P1ch3]

QUOTE (KennyPetrovic @ Apr 29 2011, 03:05)

My antivirus swears on file. The threat of the virus.

The Virus is not an Virus and it's comming from this File TimeCycReloader.asi
Enter Exception for .ASI Files in your Anti-Virus

[game4life]

QUOTE (KennyPetrovic @ Apr 29 2011, 03:05)

My antivirus swears on file. The threat of the virus.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NY93AEXM (repack no virus)
thanks to force92i

[fzn09]

nice work dude,
but i got errors with some timcyc files (from brayan and bone ENB), but timecyc from yours can load normally.
this pops out when i try to load them

any idea?