S K Y D C 0.4 - A Striking Difference

Requirement:
CSP 0.2.1+
PURE 0.222+

Hey S L X C K here! It's been very silent and slow for the past 2 months for CSP, Pure and ppfilter makers. We were waiting for the gods to deliver and they just did. We can now release what we've been cooking this whole time!

We can finally release the full 0.4 experience!

Reflections

The most important change are the reflections. In the preview, reflections were way too overblown. Now they are correct and extremely accurate, they're even scaringly close to how real life photograph reflections look like! Have a look:

Top - PureCandy 0.205
Middle - S K Y D C 0.3
Botttom - S K Y D C 0.4

The reflections are more interesting, have more colors, more in touch to the world, and more accurate. It is complete change of vibe, closer to Driveclub's. You will most notice those changes in clear weather and overcast conditions.

S K Y's blindness with Pure's sunblinding shader

As you know, S K Y has its own blinding tech since 0.3. Only recently in 0.4preview, the sun can blind you. It worked very well but had some issues.

In 0.4, we are combining S K Y's blindness with Pure's sunblinding shaders. The results are absolutely fantastic. The shaders has a new analyzation that detects track geometry, clouds and cars. This corrects exposure behavior, meaning if a spot should be bright, it will be bright.

If you noticed in 0.4preview, when gazing at a wall at the sun's direction, the exposure stays low. Now that Pure's shaders provide perfect analyzation, it fixes that issue, making blinding work perfectly.

Changes and tweaks

Slightly reduced bloom for rain and at night time

pp page:

• Simplified
• Increased paperwhite maximum value from 0.700 to 1.000
• Added "paperwhite sky level"
  If you feel the sky is too overblown, you can lower the sky level
• Removed sliders: day sepia, reflection level, midday warm/cool ambient saturation.
  Personally, I never once had to adjust those sliders, and chances are neither you did!
• Added CPL override button in case you want to adjust reflections in photomode

What's Next?

If you noticed, I did not release S K Y 1.6 on Racedepartment. I wasn't happy with how S K Y G T  1.6 turned out to be: overly saturated, looks the same as 1.5, and night time bloom is a complete mess. So I reworked on it in the past week. A new test for S K Y G T and S K Y D R E A M 1.6 will come in the coming days for patrons and discord boosters only, and hopefully I will release 1.6 by the end of this month! It will include new stuff from pure 0.222 too.

Also, by the end of this month, there will be a new surprise for patrons, so stay tune for that!

Thank you

As always, thank you so much for your support!

Enjoy the full form of 0.4!

If you have any feedback, constructive criticism, any harsh things to say about 0.4, please please please post your thoughts in the comments or in our discord server.

-S L X C K