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LadyCrimson · February 16, 2023

I think it turned to Autumn, color wise? More night scenics. imo game looks best at sunrise/sunset/night

Gotta pay the respects!

Yes I love cats, but this is just nightmare fuel.

LadyCrimson · February 16, 2023

...Deek is an argument for why some NPC's shouldn't be given idle lines. He stands in your "personal rooms" 100% because you have to talk to him if you want to change the room's mood lighting, and he spouts a few things depending what you're doing the most of. If you're in there for a minute, no biggie. If you're in there for an hour....
...at least I finally got my Beast taming/collecting ability. Time to collect more.

Keyrock · February 16, 2023

17 minutes ago, LadyCrimson said:

...Deek is an argument for why some NPC's shouldn't be given idle lines. He stands in your "personal rooms" 100% because you have to talk to him if you want to change the room's mood lighting, and he spouts a few things depending what you're doing the most of. If you're in there for a minute, no biggie. If you're in there for an hour....
...at least I finally got my Beast taming/collecting ability. Time to collect more.

You can't imagine how inconvenient travel was before I invented floo powder. :shifty:

Bokishi · February 16, 2023

@LadyCrimsonIs the second screenshot without fog as well? I see some in the distance. Looks good!

LadyCrimson · February 16, 2023

4 hours ago, Bokishi said:

@LadyCrimsonIs the second screenshot without fog as well? I see some in the distance. Looks good!

Yes. I think at a certain super-far distance the color tone changes making it look like fog, like in this screen. Or it's the clouds. Or it's the r.DepthOfField.FarBlur that I set to 1 instead of 0. No idea. :lol: Mostly I try to angle or zoom/in-out the camera so the too-sharp/clear isn't in the shot much.
I also tried to get rid of the general vignette/edge blurring by putting r.Tonemapper.Quality=1 under [SystemSettings] - it seems to "mostly" work but it's hard to tell at times. At least the private room isn't all fuzzy with the Moonlight light.
No fog doesn't seem to apply to the Beast vivarium tho. Separated from main game.

I haven't done much deco in the private areas. For one thing I haven't found very many deco items to use, and I was waiting until I had all the rooms. I think there's more than what I currently have.

LadyCrimson · February 17, 2023

19 hours ago, Keyrock said:

You can't imagine how inconvenient travel was before I invented floo powder.

:shifty: :lol:

https://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/95?tab=description

I haven't tried it. The creator is taking requests/thinking about others to remove a few other notables. So many requests. lol.

"It seems all roads lead to Hogsmede!"

bugarup · February 17, 2023

On 2/16/2023 at 2:13 AM, LadyCrimson said:

Yes I love cats, but this is just nightmare fuel.

You don't say. :shifty:

Keyrock · February 17, 2023

10 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

https://www.nexusmods.com/hogwartslegacy/mods/95?tab=description

I haven't tried it. The creator is taking requests/thinking about others to remove a few other notables. So many requests. lol.

"It seems all roads lead to Hogsmede!"

You can't imagine how inconvenient travel was before I invented floo powder might become the new I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow to the knee. :teehee:

I'll give the mod a try, hopefully they make a mod to silence Deek too. It's too bad he's not voiced by Wil Wheaton, then the mod could be called "Shut Up Wesley".

Edited February 17, 2023 by Keyrock

LadyCrimson · February 18, 2023

:lol:

I could make a joke re: capturing a unicorn but I shall refrain.

Haven't found/caught a "cat" yet but this will do.

Random NPC activity scenery.

Hawke64 · February 18, 2023

Alaloth.

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Bokishi · February 19, 2023

I'm digging the no fog tweak, I'm not using reshade though since it messes with HDR

LadyCrimson · February 19, 2023

I can now fly best-boi. The pre-order dark version is almost too dark for my liking.

Although to be honest, the broom still feels easier to use/land and sight-see with. As Bokishi already pointed out, can't use Ansel with either, tho. Boo.

Finally got some cat-beasts. I am going to dedicate one vivarium to them and fill it with only cats. Then I will put out the yarn ball toy and watch them all chase and play. It was so cute with just three, I bet max will be even better! I spent too long watching/running around trying to get pictures (not easy, they're too fast).

Malcador · February 19, 2023

Album cover "Greatest hits of His Mailed Fist"

Edited February 19, 2023 by Malcador

Keyrock · February 19, 2023

Looking sharp with some new threads:

Finally got beasties:

marelooke · February 19, 2023

Somewhere around the time the forum went crazy I completed my second Cyberpunk 2077 playthrough. Some of the better shots from throughout that campaign that I don't think I've shared yet.

Kerry quest spoilers

Spoiler

Backscratchies!

I was tempted to skip it, but ended up doing that mission anyway, because completionism is a disease...

If you know, you know...

Hangin' with the homies

I think taking a screenshot at this point is mandatory...

And so it ends...

Spoiler

Or does it?

Edited February 19, 2023 by marelooke

marelooke · February 19, 2023

Been playing another game quite a bit recently, much to my surprise after my experience with it not that many months ago...

Totally not a dinky bar...

Cloud city!

Somewhere else...

Hoth?

Game's still a mess, but I've actually been able to get things done, and well, it sure is pretty

More eyecandy (and that's enough spamming for the day :biggrin: )

Spoiler

I join the "Ooops, still had FPS counter on when I took this screenshot"-club...

City lights

Yeah, >200 degrees Celsius, I think I know why the trees are, err, ex-trees...

Edited February 19, 2023 by marelooke

LadyCrimson · February 19, 2023

Without Ansel in combat, one can disable most (or all) UI elements and then record dozens of very short videos and hope you get lucky, but mostly, you do not. From that tho, there aren't that many combat animation variations anyway. But it'd be nice if you could see another angle other than mostly your chr's backside. Oh well!

Edited February 19, 2023 by LadyCrimson

LadyCrimson · February 21, 2023

I try each when I get a new one, but so far I've mostly worn the red plaid fedora for ages because reasons ... so thus, there are not enough hats. :shifty:

...I don't have them all yet I'm sure.
...the jackets/robes are even more numerous.

Keyrock · February 21, 2023

With a new version of the Ascendio FPS Improving mod, I was able to bump up to a higher quality upscaler setting, hence the FPS counter being back in the screenies, since I'm testing it out thoroughly. So far I've never seen it dip below 60 FPS during gameplay at the new settings. It will dip below 60 during cutscenes occasionally, but I don't care about that. I also tried a different Reshade mod:

This one removes most of the fog and makes everything really sharp and more "real" looking. However "real" isn't really what I'm going for in my whimsical fairy tale adventure, plus I'm one of the few weirdos that likes the fog. I'd like to see it maybe thinned out a tad, but not removed almost entirely, so I went back to the Reshade mod I was using before with the high saturation and extra bloom.

Edited February 21, 2023 by Keyrock

LadyCrimson · February 21, 2023

I might've kept the fog if it didn't affect indoors as well as outside and maybe had a larger radius around the chr. that was very low or fog free or something like that so it would remain more distant. The foggy moor look was nice to have in certain places, but the eyestrain was bad for me everywhere else.
I tried an ini tweak that supposedly would turn the density of the fog super low, but I didn't notice a difference at all visually from vanilla. Using staring at Hogwart's/its lake a measure, it changed not one iota, so I put it back to no fog.

Edited February 21, 2023 by LadyCrimson

LadyCrimson · February 21, 2023

I made a baby!

...not much purpose to it except cuteness. They don't grow into adults, but give same resources, take up a slot in the vivarium, and you can remove/sell them. Trying to breed the "Shiny" versions but they're random spawns, don't have all. Baby hippograff's are not cute. >.>

Edit: the 12 or 16 (I forget, again) limit per vivarium is annoying. They should've allowed 24 at least.

Edited February 21, 2023 by LadyCrimson

LadyCrimson · February 23, 2023

Despite Ansel, this is one of those games where while I'm playing on the big screen, everything looks fantastic. So I take a picture. But when I look at them later, they seem so pedestrian/dull (or are spoilers etc). Anyway...

I just liked this outfit/hat. Altho I've changed the coat again already.

Someone was a little obsessive about teacups?

What cha readin', Deek?

Keyrock · February 25, 2023

The screenies look good but they definitely don't do the game justice. Granted, this is true of most games, but more so with Hogwarts Legacy than on average. One of my favorite effects is when you go from a dark area, for example a cave, to the sunny outdoors. As you approach the cave entrance there is a moment when the light is blinding, then it fades as you step outside and things come into view. There is no way to truly capture that in a screenie.

Edited February 25, 2023 by Keyrock