Binocular Improvement

[PlatinumA1]

When using binoculars in Project Reality everything is in focus which is unrealistic compared to real life. In real life the binoculars have to be focused so that what you are looking at appears clear.

Kinda confused

If your talking about the detail of a soldier when looking with binos from a distance is very unclear. Then its the engine , nothing to do with the mod

[Spec]

Impossible i think. Wouldnt know that there was anything like this in BF2 that could be used for this.

Seems pretty much hardcoded to me.

[Smegburt_funkledink]

Hey Addaco, check this thread out.

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f18-pr ... e-2-a.html

There's a neat feature in Forgotten Hope 2 (BF2 mod) involving shader effects that gives a sort of depth of field effect. Give this thread a bump and see where it gets you.

[PetetheSweet]

That looks awesome!
Would be very nice to see that in PR.
You can zoom with your Gun-Scope and see movement outside of the focussed Area.

[Smegburt_funkledink]

That looks awesome!
Would be very nice to see that in PR.
You can zoom with your Gun-Scope and see movement outside of the focussed Area.

With regards to scopes, I'm fairly sure it isn't possible to have the centre of the screen zoomed in whilst the area surrounding the scope isn't. This is why the area outside of the scopes in BF2 are blacked out.

With optics and iron sights however, this may be possible in PR, I dunno though.

EDIT: @ Addaco. Having varying levels of focus probably isn't likely. Scrolling mouse wheel functions, as you've said yourself is coded to a key assignment. The only other way that I can see would be multiple right clicks of the mouse, meaning that you would have to go through all of the desired focus levels with clicks, much like the 2 zoom levels on the sniper rifles. This wouldn't have the desired effect of finding focus or smoothly adjusting your binocs.

The best you could hope for is a similar effect you can see in those pictures, with a slightly out of focus area around the edge of the screen.

[Teek]

some good binoculars dont need focusing for different distances, but distances under 250m and with the use of Eye Ball Mk.1, we would not have to use binoculars or focus them nearly as often as in any game.

[hiberNative]

holy shit.
pr standard right there. use it in 0.85.

[Sadist_Cain]

I like the FH2 shader effects but I think the OP refers to summin different

When you get a pair of Binos out they arent instantly focused to the range youre looking at (like now) if you change view from looking at summin 50m away to summin 200m away then there's twizzling (technical term) involved and you have to focus your Binos to see clearly

[Solid Knight]

I don't think the BF2 engine or any shader tricks could allow you to adjust the focus.

The only thing you could do is have a blurred filter pop up every time you move the binoculars quickly.

[DenvH]

On the binoculair thing:

I think its bether to just have a shader effect that looks like your focusing,
for like 2 sec, so that would be 2 sec befor you can see clearly.

Same for zooming in with the soflam.. And maybe when you put your binoculairs
away too, to simulate the effect of blinking your eyes to get everything
sharp again.

[cyberzomby]

Very nice effect! Isnt FH2 a BF2 mod? So PR could get it as well. Or maybe PR maps are to big for that?

[Smegburt_funkledink]

I think its bether to just have a shader effect that looks like your focusing,
for like 2 sec, so that would be 2 sec befor you can see clearly.

Same for zooming in with the soflam.. And maybe when you put your binoculairs
away too, to simulate the effect of blinking your eyes to get everything
sharp again.

Yeah man, that sounds good.

Very nice effect! Isnt FH2 a BF2 mod? So PR could get it as well. Or maybe PR maps are to big for that?

Yes, it's a BF2 mod, that's what was said earlier and is why it's part of this discussion.

I don't think the size of maps will prevent usage of this filter. However, in Romagnolos thread...

IIRC, this can only be done by editing the TVFilter shader, which is used for views such as the second seat in the Su-34. It can be done, but that means that 2 seat bombers would be out of action (if they were going to be implemented), or any other vehicle that also uses this shader. You'll have to ask jodonnel about it though.

I don't really know enough about this to comment any further.

[martov]

cool, that effect of fh2 would be great on pr, and that thing of
"have a shader effect that looks like your focusing,
for like 2 sec, so that would be 2 sec befor you can see clearly" is a good idea!.