So what graphics mods to peeps use for GTA4 to make it look more realistic?
iCEnhancer and DKT70 road textures?
Any others?
I now have the road textures installed thanks to AzZ, they look very nice and do not seem to drop any FPS at all using them. Now looking for other mods to install, iCEnhancer is great for showing us what can be done but overall it is just not good enough for a playthrough. Far to many light bugs and far to much time in the config file trying to get it perfect which I really don't think can be done. I just hope Rockstar have taken note of what can be achieved for GTA V
Yeah no problem. You'll need to get a few things.
You'll need iCEnhancer 1.25
DKT70's road textures
Then I used H1Vltg3 Final iCEnhancer 1.2.5 Modifed Settings
Follow the Readme in H1Vltg3 modified settings exactly and it should look like that.
You'll also want to get Realizm IV 6.2 but you will only need the map textures from it so you won't need to install the entire mod (it's all in the Readme).
Make sure you're running patch 1.0.4.0 and your game is moddable. If your not sure how to do this it's in the readme included with H1Vltg3's settings.
When I was first messing about with the mods I couldn't seem to find one that looked great in the day and at night. Either the lighting was too bright or at night it was too dark etc. I then finally managed to find settings that worked and played through the game enjoying the beatuful visuals. I'll post the settings that I use- give them a try.
HERE are some screens of how it looks.
These are the settings.
It's probably best if you mod it again after a fresh installation.
Had it on PC, never completed it or felt like wanting to.
Got it on Xbox for xmas from the missus and completed it in about 2 weeks.
Found it much better to play when camped out on the sofa
When I was first messing about with the mods I couldn't seem to find one that looked great in the day and at night. Either the lighting was too bright or at night it was too dark etc. I then finally managed to find settings that worked and played through the game enjoying the beatuful visuals. I'll post the settings that I use- give them a try.
HERE are some screens of how it looks.
These are the settings.
It's probably best if you mod it again after a fresh installation.
UPDATE - I played around with the settings ingame (not iceconfig) and found the best settings for my rig. Also, I turned 'Definition' off, this really changes the look of the game and makes it pretty much identical to the picture of the iCEnhancer mod earlier in this thread. By turning Definition off it creates an effect like motion blur and focus. So things not in the centre of the screen and anything in the distance is slightly blurred. It makes it so much more realistic looking I love it.
Am I right in thinking the graphics mod known as ENB - http://enbdev.com/index_en.html is the same as the ICEnhancer ENB mod? - http://www.gta4-mods.com/misc/icenhancer-135---enb-graphic-mod-f11005
But, the difference is ICEnhancer has been optimised already whereas ENB isnt and you have to edit the config file yourself?
I just got a bit confused as the author of the ENB mod and the ICEnhancer is the same - Boris Vorontsov.
Also, are the DKT70 road textures already included in the ICEnhancer mod or do you have to install separate?
Anyone shed any light on this?
What 'mod packs' do people recommend to put real life cars into the game instead of the stock ones? Like the screenshot earlier in this thred with a black Audi.
I hate definition, it makes things look like you need glasses.
It would be ok if it only blurred things in the distance but it blurs things far too close.
Depth of Field and Motion Blur, hardly new effects in games.
Both of which get turned off when setting options before even starting the game.
I hate motion blur. Crysis, Borderlands etc, they all have it now & I can't stand it. All it does is replicate the days when you got bad ghosting on old TFT monitors.
The definition setting in GTA was used for consoles to make the game still look good with everything going on & the lack of processing power. They ported it to the PC and kept the option because not many PC's could run the game well so at least it still looked reasonable with low settings. Why anyone still uses it is beyond me![]()
Maybe its just my eyes then but I personally think GTA4 with the iCEnhancer mod looks far better with Definition turned off (blurred) rather than turned on (graphics are defined no matter the distance but dont look realistic enough).
You can tell from these shots taken by a poster in this thread that definition is turned off and IMO looks way better this way. - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20548467&postcount=13837