The "facemask problem"

[CLMCC]

Am I the only one who is disturbed by the look of facemasks at distances?


Close

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At distances

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It's not always this bad , but there is always some sort of flash of white or grey that happens.

This is supposed to be controlled by FMASKL in the uniform.dat.

While looking at the player 3D model in a Hex editor , I saw that this means "facemask low"

I assume it means "low" resolution for the distance views.

There are also facemask files in PLADATA 18-21. Not sure if they have any effect or are leftovers from a previous game

Anyway , I have tried all I can think of to fix this , with no solution.

If anyone has already solved this , or at least made it better , please let me know

Thanks

[KeepinItTeal]

No, you're not the only one, drives me crazy too!!

I could probably increase the size of the graphics file and make it more clear and defined using TexMod. Then someone would just have to convert it to DAT. That might work?

[CLMCC]

No, you're not the only one, drives me crazy too!!

I could probably increase the size of the graphics file and make it more clear and defined using TexMod. Then someone would just have to convert it to DAT. That might work?

Please do! , I will convert it DAT

[CLMCC]

Well , I have discovered something that might help us get started on this problem. I was developing a uniform template when I realized it had the default 32x32 4bit (16 colors) FMASKL. Thinking that could not possibly look better than 8bit (256 colors) , I converted it to 8bit.

It actually looked far worse than 4bit (16 colors). In this case it may be that less , is more

[CLMCC]

Well , if less is better , then even less than that could be even better.

I decided to try just one color since 16 colors looked better that 256.

Used R65 , G65 , B65 grey , as a one color 4bit file of the FMASKL

At first I thought I may have just cleared it all out inadvertently , until I checked the bench-warmers

The bench-warmers wear the FMASKL not the facemask. Here we have left to right ,

A Red FMASKL _____________A clear FMASKL ____________and my 65 GREY FMASKL

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At times , far away , it looks like the FMASKL disappears , but upon closer inspection it just becomes very faint , as it should

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Oh well , this works for me , give it a try

[CLMCC]

Since this is a non full palette , you must use MUER 1.3 for insertion , it's the only MUER that will take non full palettes without corruption. It will throw cautions , but just continue and it will work

Also MUER 1.3 only accepts bmp from Photoshop

[CLMCC]

I will be including this generic grey FMASKL in all my uniform templates , so there will be no need to edit it or color it with Photoshop and MUER 1.3

[CLMCC]

This new FMASL template is included in the updated "Single File Uniform 9.29.20" , which also includes the new sized "nameplate" at 2984x32

get it here http://www.mediafire.com/file/l3bwx704k ... 0.zip/file

[KeepinItTeal]

No, you're not the only one, drives me crazy too!!

I could probably increase the size of the graphics file and make it more clear and defined using TexMod. Then someone would just have to convert it to DAT. That might work?

Please do! , I will convert it DAT

Not great, but better than what's in the game. It renders so small in the game that I'm just not seeing a big difference even with this larger and clearer graphics file, but maybe when converted to DAT it will be better?

[TheRareButter]

Can the high resolution facemask be enabled at far distances permanently?