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This could change everything | C13 AEGIS 2.0 for Pure LCS

The moment is almost upon us ladies and gentlemen. Pure 2.0 with actual, proper, good LCS support is nearly at hand. And with it, C13 AEGIS 2.0 is here to set the standard once again.

Firstly, I'd like to give major props to Peter Boese, who has had a difficult job of navigating the new rendering paradigm to bring us something truly spectacular. I've heard silent murmurings about default WFX on LCS ...

The Spectre download

T2 Patreon supporters can download the car here.

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THE SPECTRE - Toyota Ridox Supra by C13

EDIT 25th August 2024
The car is now available to everyone, you can find the file on this post. I'd like to thank everyone who worked on this car once more, in particular naz who put the thing together. With this act, we enter a new era of C13 Automotive! Expect many more exciting projects like this, produced and published by C13!

ASSERTING DOMINANCE │ SRP RUNS RED - SKIN RELEASE

Long live the king

We'll keep this one short and sweet. AEGIS MODERN 0.7 is bringing red road on SRP to everyone! There are kinks to work out sure, but for now... let's ride!

SKIN IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SRP 0.9.1!

Beyond this fun release for everyone, for those who haven't heard, C13 Automotive cars are coming! Kicking off with a Mk4. Supra! A true labor of love, this is in the final polish stages before it's out for everyone!

Featuring over 600hp, ...

C13 AEGIS 1.89 download for Patrons

31/7/2024, updated archive to filter v. 1.89. Changes are: saturation progression adjusted, particularly when lower than nominal, minor fog adjustment.

Here's the download, I hope you enjoy.
Some general guidelines:

• Install by manually extracting to AC root

• If you're encountering issues, check if all the options are available on the PP tab of pure config, and reset Pure to defaults

• To make use of the Outlines feature, you must enable the C...

  2024-07-24 08:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post

C13 AEGIS 1.88 - A step forward every day

I've come to accept that C13 AEGIS is essentially a forever project. Which works for me since I really enjoy working on it, and pushing the boundaries of visuals in AC.

So what does the new version bring?

As has become standard it's a game of marginal improvements, that come together to be more than the sum of it's parts. LCS still isn't something to expect in the near future, mostly due to poor content optimisation and fundamental underlying issues that need ironing out befo...

Final polish before we're all seeing red

The hour is almost upon us. I'm not going to say this was an objectively difficult thing to pull off, but damn, when your Blender skills are lacking, even the simple things take forever. But, armed with contacts who actually know what they're doing, perseverance, and a desire to bring you guys something spectacular, I am so close to the finish line I can taste it.

So what is this exactly?

Wel...

AEGIS MODERN 0.5 for SRP 0.9.3 PTB2 (HOTFIX 19.17.2024)

Deployed hotfix: I forgot to remove something from the config, and the 0.5 version had issues with road joints, noticeable online and in traffic planner. I suggest updating.

First thing first, no red roads aren't ready yet. This is mostly just me verifying that most things work ok, coupled with a few changes. Shout out to Hiro of Studio55 for the help and feedback on some issues older skins have had.
One thing to note, due to the inclusion of Takeyoh's info boards this is incompati...

C13 AEGIS v1.85

Hey guys, it's been a second. I hope everyone is doing well, and heading into a great summer. Those on the southern hemisphere, I hope sweater weather is treating you well. With my focus split between the update for the SRP skin, which now also includes figuring out what the new PTB broke, the future that is LCS in Pure, and C13 AEGIS as it stands, this update isn't as groundbreaking as some have been, but there is a new feature, never before seen in AC.

Changelog:

• new gl...

  2024-06-29 20:59:19 +0000 UTC View Post

What about that SRP skin? A bit of news.

I imagine most of you know who's behind the definitive modern SRP reskin. (It's me in case there was any confusion). The current status of the skin is messy and complicated. There are several versions floating around, no official SRP 0.9.1 support and some confusion about 0.9.2 PTB2 and 0.9.3 PTB1 differences. And that's on me. Updates weren't done via proper release channels and the packaging and naming has been sort of iffy at best. Moving forward I'll do better. So, what does moving forwar...

C13 AEGIS 1.83 download for Patrons

Here's the download for T2. As usual install manually.

Find the controls for the new features at bottom of pp tab:

To use outlines you must enable the Cartoon C13 filter in CSP graphics adjustments. It works with every filter, but can be controlled with c13 aegis

Once a...

The spirit of C13 COLOR GOD in C13 AEGIS

Not many people know this, but the main reason C13 Color God exists, is because i wanted to release Something with the new Auto Exposure logic that i had made for AEGIS. Of course retrofitting C13 Camera Obscura proved too much of a hassle, but wanting to create some actuall added value, I created C13 Color God. Every single filter you see with built in color presets today, takes inspiration (and sometimes code directly as well) from C13 Color God. It was the first of it's kind, trul...

C13 Colorful LAC skin for LA Canyons

LA Canyons is getting a bit long in the tooth and i felt like it was time for an update. With terrain textures reworked for more depth, and a re-colour based on satellite imagery, it's time to enjoy the old LAC as if it were new. At least until Phoenix drops the properly updated version.

2024-04-21 19:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post

C13 AEGIS 1.78 download for Patrons

Here's the dowload for Patrons.
Thank you so much for your support!

Bell curves, reflections and darkness. C13 AEGIS 1.78

Let's quickly preface this by saying that LCS is not something that C13 AEGIS is currently supporting or focusing on. There are movements behind the scenes regarding Pure's LCS implementation, and once it's ready we can talk about what that means for C13 AEGIS. In the meantime though:

I'm seemingly never going to run out of things to change on this filter. Partly that's because CSP and Pure are continually evolving, providing ever expanding options to play with the rendering, and partl...

C13 AEGIS 1.72 download for Patrons

This is the download post for patrons. Thank you so much for your support, I would not be able to invest as much time and effort into this without you.

The many advancements of C13 AEGIS 1.72

This took a lot of learning, ngl. I've been teasing the new fog for a bit, and I'm sorry it took a bit longer than expected to get all of the systems down, where they not only work as expected all the time, but also consistently provide (at least in my opinion) a net gain over using the stock Pure implementation. Of course Peter Boese's work is still phenomenal and i don't want to take away from it. But i do have some preferences as far as visuals go, and as history has shown, a lot of people...

Quick fix for Pure 0.250 with some WIP goodies

Those of you who've updated Pure to 0.250 on day one have likely noticed that C13 Aegis is brokey. Never fear!
A fix for pure 0.250 is here! It also includes:

• new exposure mode
• further fog tweaks: mostly no longer misbehaves on some tracks like LAC

The camera style exposure will remain fixed until a difference threshold is reached, at which point it will rapidly c...

C13 AEGIS v1.67 for patrons

T2 and T1 patrons can find the download attached here.

Thank you for your support!

C13 AEGIS 1.67 - Impact Vision, fog, grading options and fixes

Ladies and gentlemen it's a biggie. Cool new features post 1.65 public are coming in.
first: 

Impact Vision

What started as a what if experiment has become a feature i use almost all the time while driving. Speed DOF like we first witnessed in NFS Shift is now available with C13 AEGIS. A simple toggle in pure config, with optional settings for minimum and maximum speed of the effect, crash effect intensity and intensity of the blur.

2024-02-14 10:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Snow, coming to LA Canyons near you.

I've had this out in the Discord for a while, but not everyone wants to rummage through so many communities just to get a single mod, so a Patreon post seems like the reasonable thing to do. This is a fantasy reskin of LAC, that brings bare trees and snow to our favourite canyons free roam. Supports all layouts, is kinda janky with "SnowFX" (tried using grassfx differently), do let me know if you find any issues. But most of all, have fun!

C13 AEGIS 1.65 early access and public release

As of 2nd of March 2024 this post now includes the updated version with the fix for Pure 0.250

The moment has arrived! After a lot of work, the filter is in a great place for wider public release. What started as minor tweaking post 1.44, eventually evolved into a substantial rework of the color setup behind the tonemapping, additional support for new pure ambient lighting, and was finally capped off with some interface cleanup over the past few days. Let's go over som...

Fundamentally changing the driving experience!

I started C13 Automotive because i love driving. Any driving. Racing, cruising, drifting, if it has wheels and can be operated with a steering wheel, i'm pretty sure i can have fun with it. And that's the focus today: Fun. 

Through the years C13 Automotive has been the birthplace of many unique ideas. C13 Alpha Plus was the first third party Sol filter that attempted to make some use of Sol's alternative AE approach. C13 Camera Obscura was the first Pure filter with a completely cu...

C13 AEGIS 1.56 - Dashcam mode, filmic mapping

A few more fixes and updates and gimmicks.
This isn't the massive update that 1.54 was but it does bring two new notable features: Dashcam mode, and a filmic tonemapping adjustment. The first modifies colors and activates lens distortion for some cool visual effects, while the new filmic mode re-introduces the milky black look at high exposure levels. Both are optional. With this, i think we're ready-ish for public release, pending any issues found.
Some notes on dashcam mode:

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2024-01-10 10:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post

C13 AEGIS 1.54 - Pure 0.234, glare profiles and more

Happy, heathy and successful 2024 everyone! I hope the year ahead brings you joy, happiness, love and friendship.

But in the meantime:
There's been  another period of rapid prototyping so the version jump may seem significant to those not fully up to date in the Discord, but things are in a pretty good place right now. What started as an experiment in live glare shape switching, devolved into various tone mapping adjustments, and eventually into tweaking the new ambient light ...

C13 AEGIS 1.49

Hello my dear patrons, and other onlookers, i hope you are well! It's been a while since the last Patreon filter upload and that's largely due to the rapid prototyping and development/fixing (honestly i broke a lot of stuff so it felt mostly like fixing), during the internal 1.48 phase. So we've skipped a wider 1.48.X and moved straight to 1.49.
I'm not sure how much y'all enjoy me getting overly technical with these update posts, but do leave your preferences in the comments!
So let's...

C13 AEGIS 1.47.1 hotfix

So, um. Yeah. This is my bad, i hadn't done enough testing on the public CSP 0.2 and Pure 0.222 versions, and a few edge cases of super weird and unflattering reflections, were discovered, particularly on SRP tunnels. And a filter with AEGIS in it's name cannot look bad on SRP. Beyond that, i've historically always been willing to sacrifice entire rendering concepts if I couldn't adequately handle problematic edge cases. So here's a short changelog:
- Readjusted reflection behavior to avoi...

Gunsai Touge C13 Refresh 0.5: Introducing WINTER

Quite a few things have changed from 0.4 to 0.5. Let's start with the boring stuff first:

• Reverted roadside shrubs to base, but cleaned up alpha a bit and ressed up the texture since it's shared with some other trees as well.
• Reverted front panel of metal shack beyond T2 to stock. You're never very close to that, and the intense shadowing of the original texture reads much better at a distance.
• Readjusted the tall pines. This was quite a bit of work. Created a ne...
  2023-11-17 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

C13 AEGIS 1.47 with Pure 0.222 support

The changelog on this isn't tiny but here's the big kicker: Well handled sun blinding with Pure 0.222.
Other changes include, but are not limited to:

• Adjusted Warm Filmic preset
• Reworked C13 tone mapping curve for better low end clarity
• Reworked saturation pass for a better top end saturation retention when required
• Implemented CPL control at filter level. - disable reflection tweak to use CPL in photo mode
• Some cleanup and minor AE adjustme...
  2023-11-14 12:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post

C13 Refresh skin 0.4 for Gunsai Touge

A bit of work has happened on gunsai and i'd like to share an update with you. For this update i have mostly small local touches and some file optimisation to get thesize of the skin down. Visually speaking we're in a good place right now, a few more quality assurance passes, maybe even scaling back some of the changes and we'll be ready for the first public release. So i'd like to quickly go over some of the features that are either new, or i haven't talked about previously.

Ne...