Performance-friendly imitation of PiP scopes with some realistic parallax effects
Description
Implementation of 3D scopes shader with magnifying technique and masking out weapon inside lens. The goal was to make something as close to PiP as possible without performance hit. Picture inside scope has constant 1.5x zoom to make "feeling" of optic sight without disturbing it. Also features parallax effects for reticle, magnified image and shadow so that it all looks (more or less) like real optic sights. Parallax effects are set up from my own experience of using optic sights. Some of sights have first focal plane feature (reticle upscales simultaneously with current zoom level).
This addon doesn't have measurable performance impact.
To make all this possible there is a "hack" - a second lens behind first with zero blend, so that scope itself and gun are invisible when looking through scope. Although it works, it seriously affects quality - there is no grass and particles inside scope, also lighting might work inaccurately.
I'm not sure it would become any popular because of these problems and having to adapt every gun individually. So I decided to make sniper rifles with fixed scopes at first, because it doesn't require work with remaking attachments. Consider this addon as a proof of concept.
Currently supported weapons
AUG A1
9A91
F2000
G36
G36K
G3SG1
G43
Gauss
HK416
L85A1
L85A2
L96
M24
M4A1 RAS
M82
M98 Bravo
Remington 700
Sig 550 Sniper
SR-25
SV-98
SVD Nimble (1P59)
TOZ-34 Bison
TRG-42
Vintorez 1PN93 (NV)
Vintorez Nimble
VSK-94
VSSK "Vikhlop"
WA2000
DOF effect:
![m24 dof]()
NV shader:
![nv shader]()
1P59 scope custom shader:
![untitled 1]()
ACOG custom shader (reticle is illuminated by sunlight, so it's red at daytime and almost black at nighttime or in dark areas):
![acog lum]()
Fisheye effect:![untitled 2]()
LED illumination:
![untitled 3]()
Compatibility / Installation
Only DX10, 11 supported for now. The addon requires latest Modded Exes and Mark Switch Moddb.com
This addon is not compatible with repositions out of the box. That's because scope reticles are now following gun direction (just like Parallax Reflex Sights), so you have to adjust gun positions manually if you use repositions.
Also all weapons with new scopes use new shaders, meaning it's not compatible with reanimations which replace weapon models
DOF part is not compatible with SSS DOF module (this addon overwrites SSS dof effect). To enable new DOF effect you should enter "r2_dof_enable on" in the console. To disable this effect enter "r2_dof_enable off"
How to add new weapons
Here is a small tutorial (sorry for my bad English): Youtube.com
Special
Thanks to LVutner for huge help with making this and original parallax shader.
Credits:
- LVutner [Parallax shader]
- christian [Normal Mapping Without Precomputed Tangents article]
- WojtaZam [Brightness/contrast shader]
- prod80 (Bas Veth) [BlackWhite, Grain shaders]
- Christian Cann Schuldt Jensen (CeeJay.dk), Kirill Yarovoy (v00d00m4n) [LevelsPass shader]
- Ascii1457 [depth function]
- existical [blur shader]
- alphardex [fisheye shader]
Updates
3/21/2024
depth_of_field.ps compilation error fix
3/13/2024
Major refactor of the addon. Now all scopes settings are stored in weapons sections, not in different settings file. Now if you add support for new weapon with a detachable scope which is already supported, you only need to adjust .ogf file and its position, scope config will be applied automatically
Also I changed calculation of shadows. Now it's more realistic, and scopes with long eye relief (AUG, G36 and some other) feature more stable shadow, meaning these weapons suit more to use of automatic fire.
Added LED illumination for VSSK and SV-98
3/12/2024
Added LED illumination for PSO-family scopes. Requires Mark Switch addon and latest (3.11.2024) modded exes
3/11/2024
- Changed ACOG reticle
- Now ACOG red sight is illuminated a bit even without light (tritium illumination)
- Added fisheye effect for reticle
- Decreased chroma abberation effect a bit
3/10/2024
- Slight shading fix for SVD Nimble
- Slight position adjustment for M24
- Added custom ACOG sun-illuminated reticle shader
3/9/2024
- Slight reticle changes
- Added custom 1P59 reticle shader
- Added SVD Nimble to supported weapons
3/7/2024
- Added slight chromatic aberration effect
- Added depth of field effect ("r2_dof_enable on" in the console, "r2_dof_enable off" to disable)
- Added improvised NV shader
- Added Vintorez 1PN93 to supported weapons
3/6/2024
Added L85A1, L85A2, G36, G36K to supported weapons
3/5/2024
- Fixed texture mipmapping (reticles should look better now)
- Redrawn some of reticle textures to 2048x2048
- Added 9A91, VSK-94 to supported weapons
3/4/2024
Added AUG, M4A1 RAS, HK416 to supported weapons
3/3/2024
Added FN F2000 to supported weapons
I will be following with great interest
Holy ****! What a banger!
OMFG ITS HAPPENED!
Не перестаешь удивлять. У тебя все моды збс
Спасибо
Когда сделают автозахват в сьемном прицеле gauss? )
Как заявлено в его описани и которому он несоответсвует.
Все до этого моды и аддоны по этому прицелу испробовал ни один не работает .
Я себе сделал давно уже, и не только к Гауссу:)
Там всё просто...
скажи как
I jizzed in my pants. 10/10
What in the ****... do you know the possibilities, man?
(buried)
Will it work with reanimation mods ?
Will you read the description?
We will watch your career with great interest
LV moment, truly one of the modders of all time
sho
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Адаптация к sss будет?
Адаптация к SSS не требуется
10/10
10\10 ахуеть, не лагающие 3д прицелы (жаль что ПСОхи не везде работают)
Do you think maybe some documentation on implementing these would be possible? Might try to patch for BaS myself.
EDIT
And just like that, there is a tutorial! Thank you a lot, that is a very straightforward video.
Damn bro, I'd love to see how this mod works with BaS.
awesome
А что нужно в моделях подправить, чтобы у них этот эффект появился. У меня OGF Editor есть, или там нужна программа для 3D моделирования, так как нужно с костями работать?
Кутой мод,просадки фпс при прицеливании есть?
oh god, the mad man, he did it, world star
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Anyone know why the image inside the cope seems has ghostly duplicate shade thingy?
I noticed this issue. I suppose the reason is SSAO or something similiar which renders extra shadows and doing it wrong in lens, because Z-buffer inside it is not changed by texture upscaling.
To fix this there should be some Z-buffer overwrite in reticle lens pixel shader, but I don't know how to do this yet
ok Author, thanks for responding. good luck!
I've noticed this issue also messing with the normal shader based 2d scopes and reshade. It seems that the shaders don't properly update the depth buffer, so any reshade shader that interact with the depth buffer will give you these ghostly artifacts like that when aiming with a scope.
Have you tried to set reshade_depth_input_is_reversed to 0 and not the default 1 that comes with reshade standard install?
where can i find this setting?
Youtube.com
15.36
ah! i use SSS but not installing the 3rd party reshade..:( its lowering my already rock bottom FPS.. thanks for the info tho
ill just wait for update, hopefully author also make it compatible with heat/ thermal vision mod..
Imgur.com
Do you have a Nvidia card? enabling NIS gave me around 25 fps boost on 3440*1440
yes i do, an old GTX 1050 :(
dont have NIS, just image sharpening..
what is NIS ? I have decent fps on my RTX 3070 but I still have dips in some regions/looking into certain locations that annoy me
Nvidia image Scaling, i think newer models has this setting in its control panel. basically make image nicer and sharper..
this wouldn't fix the problem, all it does is reverse the depth output of the depth buffer. Reshade cannot interact with the game in any way that would allow you to fix the problem by changing settings or anything similar to that.
For anyone wondering: zbuffer overwrite (writing to SV_Depth along with SV_Target) doesn't fix it. I suppose the problem is in renderer pipeline
Holy crap, 3D scopes! Meh, sucks my laptop is weakass, I can play only DX8 and barely DX9.. aight, in the future (no ideas when) I'll try this masterpiece.
These aren't 3D scopes. They're just 2D scopes with parallax effects.
Oh.. but they are still better than vanilla one!
I noticed a couple of bugs with this mod.
1. Light sources are ignored when scoping in (excluding the sun)
2. For some reason there are heavy framerate drops with this mod enabled near light sources even when you're not scoping.
3. Volumetric smoke (doesn't exist in vanilla levels since fog volumes aren't placed there, but with mods it does) get ignored when scoping in
I'm afraid 1. and 3. are non-fixable without deep reworking of renderer in engine. The reason why you can see through lens is second, deferred geometry lens which renders nothing. Pretty dirt hack because you normally shouldn't be able to see through such objects
But 2. is not expected. Could you check, does the framerate drops only with some light sources? Does it happen without active weapon hud with lens? With the mod disabled?
I can't right now, I was too busy making new test maps for openxray gunslinger developers.
А это адаптация тех, что в OXR появились?
Нет, в OXR используются PiP прицелы, здесь просто upscale
а можешь добавить эффект блюра экрана вне прицела?
АХЕРЕННО,ещё бы все стволы адаптировать и цены тебе не будет братуха,у меня на dx9 даже работает, кстати,совместимо с EFP???
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