Hello ! I'm kinda embarrassed to bother you with that, but can you explain how to install the custom post effects ? I don't get what the difference between the two versions is, and apart from pasting the cheats in the userstartupcheat and the two files in the downloads folder, I'm pretty sure there are things that can be done, but I don't understand the readme doc. Thank you and sorry for the bother <3
Don’t be embarrassed, it’s not really easy to use right out of the box. @esotheria-sims wrote up a great introduction to it HERE with some good additional links to read so that is a good place to start.
AO stands for Ambient Occlusion and the purpose of using AO in 3D is to achieve the effect of darkening the edges of objects in a scene, especially in corners and where one object intersects another. It’s not an effect that happens in nature, but 3D artists use it often to fake depth and enhance shadows. There are two versions available with this mod: SSAO (Screen Space Ambient Occlusion) and HBAO (Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion). Generally, SSAO is a less accurate but faster way of achieving the shadowed look, while HBAO is more natural and correct but might be a bit more stressful on your system. Pick which one you want to use but ONLY choose one. I’ve tried them both and prefer HBAO :)
TLDR; SSAO = faster, not as real. HBAO = more realistic, but usually more intensive.
You can find a comparison HERE.
I don’t think you need to have anything in userstartupcheats for this one, the mod can be accessed by just typing “e” in the cheat box after entering the game. Duh, sorry, I totally forgot that you needed to paste text into the userstartup file to make it work. Ignore that, rofl.
There is more stuff you can do with it in SimPE to turn effects on or off, and I could have sworn that @esotheria-sims wrote about that too at some point…but I can add more about it sometime soon if I am totally wrong about that!
