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GGX-ish Shader Mod (All Weapons + Accessories)

*UPDATE #2*
Adjusted all weapons/optics/accessories to be brighter and more reflective. They should still look great in bright areas, but they will now have more definition & detail in darker areas. If you still find the weapons too dark for you, check out the *updated* brighter version of the mod here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461661195


*UPDATE #1*
After much testing, I have finally found a way to increase the lighting on weapons when they were at their darkest--with the sun behind you. This gives the weapons a nice pop where before they had very little interaction with light. The weapons will still look the same as before in all other light conditions. You may need to un-sub and then re-sub in order for the update to take effect.


This mod improves the default shaders for every weapon, optic, and accessory in the game. The goal was to create a GGX-like appearance without actually using GGX shaders. GGX can look extremely realistic, but unfortunately almost all the GGX mods out there seem to have issues...too shiny, too dry, too washed out, etc. Sure, they look amazing 10% of the time, but this mod should look great all the time.

So what did I do, exactly? I made the weapons more matte (no more spit shine), added rim lighting (which adds some fun light reflections at the right angle), and darkened the texture colors to make weapons less grey/more black. The end result is a realistic GGX look that brings out details in the textures that you never knew were there. I also updated all the world model shaders, because we all deserve better world models!

Enjoy!


CREDITS:

NWI - Original models & textures

Adobe Photoshop - For being so ridiculously expensive that I completely abandoned my GGX mods and focused my efforts on this project

COVID-19 - For providing me with enough free time to actually finish this mod