3. How to increase the brightness of natural light through TC？
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How to increase the brightness of natural light through TC？

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    Hello everyone, I would like to ask some questions。When I lower the sunlight, then what should I add to increase the brightness,like the overcast sky in the video like this

    I've tried adding postfx_exposure, but it's very unnatural. Hope someone will reply, thanks

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    @13013435725
    Just so you know, when editing '<postfx_exposure>' values, you can also edit these values to tweak what min/max range of brightness/darkness can be shown on screen:

    <postfx_exposure_min> = How dark the darkest parts of the screen can get

    <postfx_exposure_max> = How bright the brightest parts of the screen can get

    Can be useful for fine tuning '<postfx_exposure>' if it looks a little too dark/light in places.

    For the Sky Brightness:
    Main overall brightness/darkness value for the sky is '<sky_hdr>', but you can also use these values to edit individual areas of the sky:

    '<sky_zenith_col_r/g/b/iten>' = The Sky straight up above player
    '<sky_zenith_transition_col_r/g/b/iten>' = Roughly half way down (basically the sky inbetween Zenith & Azimuth)
    '<sky_azimuth_east_col_r/g/b/iten>' = Sky near Horizon (East/Sunset side of map)
    '<sky_azimuth_transition_col_r/g/b/iten>' = Sky near Horizon (North & South of map)
    '<sky_azimuth_west_col_r/g/b/iten>' = Sky near Horizon (West/Sunrise side of map)

    r/g/b = Red, Green & Blue Colour
    inten = Overall Intensity

    Note:
    If you want to know what area a '_col_r/g/b' value affects, set it to to pure red or something & then once you load in-game, you'll see what it affects & what it's area of influence is etc.

    For the Land/Environment Brightness:

    <light_natural_amb_down_r/g/b/inten> = Downlighting - The light shining down from above onto the land/environment
    <light_natural_amb_up_col_r/g/b/iten> = UpLighting = The light shining up from below the land/environment

    As with most things in GTA V, it's all about balance. There's no hard rules, given there's so much flexibility in how you can implement the miriad of values & the fact that many influence each other & the overall look in unison.

    ENB/Realtime Editing:
    If you have ENB installed, opening it in-game & tweaking the SkyIntensity values (basically similar to '<sky_hdr>' timecycle value) & 'AmbientUpIntensity/AmbientDownIntensity' values (similar to '<light_natural_amb_down/up' timecycle values) on the fly is a good way to get an idea of whether you want certain things lighter or darker etc. No need to save the ENB, (unless you really like the look you find & it works for all weathers etc), just use it as a guide to how you want to edit the timecycle files etc.

    "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." - Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

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    Thank you very much for taking the time to reply to me, I would like to ask some more questions.I noticed in the video I shared,The original author's buildings and other models are very delicate and smooth，the surface is covered with white light or white mist，do you know which data in TC controls these?Sorry, I didn't express clearly, I tried my best to express it，thanks again for your help!

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    @13013435725
    I'm not sure, could be a combination of shaders used in Reshade etc also. Reverse engineering a visual look from a pic/vid alone is pretty difficult (unless you've had that mod/mod combination/timecycle/shader/s installed & know the look etc).
    Best bet is to either track through each of the author's vids & see if anything is mentioned or contact them directly & ask.

    Gam3 4 Lif3 lists these mods in the vid description:

    ▬▬▬Graphic Mod▬▬▬
    ⭐️QuantV 3.0.0 (Note: Be aware QuantV was found to contain (potential drive wiping) malware a few months back)
    https://www.patreon.com/QuantV
    ⭐️NaturalVision Evolved
    https://www.patreon.com/razedmods
    ⭐️RTGI
    https://www.patreon.com/mcflypg
    ▬▬▬Addon Mod▬▬▬
    ⭐️GTA V Remake
    https://www.patreon.com/nbdesign
    ⭐️Forests of San Andreas
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/forests-of-san-andreas-revised
    ⭐️GTA V Remastered
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/grand-theft-auto-v-remastered-add-on
    ⭐️Forests of Blaine County
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/new-realistic-forests-of-blaine-county-abandoned-cabin-menyoo
    ⭐️CityLights
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/maps/citylights-v1-visualparadox
    ⭐️DLC Vehicles Spawn Naturally
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/dlc-vehicles-spawn-naturally
    ⭐️Extended Camera Settings
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/scripts/extended-camera-settings
    ⭐️Raindrop Texture [4K8K]
    https://www.gta5-mods.com/misc/raindrop-texture-4k-8k-kairu

    So most likely the timecycle is from QuantV or NVE. If I had to guess, possibly the RTGI shader causing the smooth look.

    "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." - Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

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    @a63nt-5m1th Thank you so much

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