[Solved] Crysis Realifesis mod ?

Thx donkeywax when I was told about the mod they never said it was called gary's mod just referred it to being called crysis lifesis mod ? I will search for it under that title to see.

Thx stringjam that's the same problem im having now. I did find the natural mod 2.0 it seems very similar to the mod where looking for but can't seem to get it to load on the game ? It installed fine but when I load crysis and go to the mod section I don't see it there.... So can't confirm if it's working like intented or im missing a step.

Thanks for the links, HEXiT. I swear I've looked over that site trying to find it(?)

Spent this morning playing with it. Not totally sure how I feel about it yet. They went a little overboard IMO with the DoF, but dropping the DoF setting in the autoexec.cfg file it comes with takes care of that.

Night scenes are STALKER dark......don't really care for that. Overall, I think it's pretty interesting, and I may keep messing with it to get it to look a little more like I want to see it.

Thanks for posting these links Hexit.

What are your system specs out of curiosity, Stringjam?

Thx Hexit for the help and links will dl it and see if it makes a noticeable difference. Crysis looks beautiful regardless and im running it on a 720p lcd can't wait to get a 1080p for my gaming !!

After some more messing around with the autoexec on the REALoaded pack, I thought I'd throw up a few screenshots.







Thanks to Xzero's POM/AF mod + Rygel's Textures, ground terrain looks amazing.

32-40 FPS during non-combat. Heavy combat can drop it down into the high 20's. Remember, I'm running an antiquated old 5850 though.

That's 1680x1050 using the mod's settings (all "custom" with Edge AA, I have the game menu AA off). I was actually pretty surprised at how well it runs, considering those are roughly the same numbers I get with vanilla Crysis, if not lower. I think there are a few performance boosters in the autoexec that help keep the frame rates going.

I haven't really noticed much of a performance hit with any of the well-known CryDev mods (Xzero's POM/AF, Rygel's Textures, Silent's Foliage, etc), except for Xigmatek's Particle Mod (oustanding particle effects, though.....the best I've ever seen in any game).

Are you referring to REALoaded or just the Realifesis ToD mod?

In any ToD mod, you typically don't want to use previous game saves....sometimes they load but a lot of times they crash the game. It's best to restart a level, or if you want to replay the whole game, restart the game. If you aren't already aware, you can load up any level in Crysis by accessing the console at the game menu.

Hit the ~ button to pull up the console, then type "con_restricted 0"

Then type "map mapname" .... this will load up any level you want.

All the mapnames are in the Crysis/Game/Levels folder. (sphere, core, village, island, harbor, etc....)

If you're referring to REALoaded, make sure you're playing on Delta to get the AI tweaks to work.

If you have any more questions, let me know. Most of these mods also come with a README that usually does a good job of explaining the install.

Ah yes.....that is one of the joys of PC gaming, especially for games like Crysis, that were developed take take advantage of PC capabilities. CryTek included their SDK (software development kit) with the game and left it open for some pretty deep modification to anyone with the skills to do so.....the community has really jumped on it, which is why so many killer mods are available.

The "console" I was referring to earlier also gives you access to do a lot of different things instantly and easily. There are around 1600 commands you can use in the console to change various game attributes....everything from lighting to AI behavior.

Guys have spent countless hours messing with these console commands and compile their favorites into autoexec.cfg files (something you've already encountered with the Realifesis mod). When you start up Crysis, the game looks into the autoexec.cfg file and runs the list of console commands in the file.

There is a core group of mods / texture packs I think are essential to making the game better. If you're interested in them, I'd be happy to put up some links and descriptions for you.

I was googling for some Crysis mods just this weekend and I could only find a couple basic ones. There was one for improved flora, another with some gun and truck retextures... Definitely gotta see some of these other mods.

You should notice a difference as long as you know what the mod you installed was intended to do.

Experiment with the AA. A lot of guys think the vegetation looks better using "edge AA," which is something you can enable in your console, or by going to your autoexec.cfg file and inserting this line:

r_UseEdgeAA = 2

Be aware that you can't use both....if you use the Crysis menu AA, it turns Edge AA off. Edge AA takes a smaller toll on performance.

Thank you for your help