Screen Effects

Screen effects are post processing effects applied to the camera's view of the scene.

There are some preset screen effects built-in, but since these effects are largely up to user preference, mod creators are encouraged to experiment with the various effects and create a custom set of screen effects, or just use the default.

Ambient Occlusion

Adds a shadow/shading in corners and inner edges where of objects and where objects meet.

Property	Description
Mode	The type of ambient occlusion. Different modes give slightly different results visually.
Radius (Scalable Ambient Obscurance only)	Controls the extent of the darkening effect. Higher values spread the effect further.
Thickness Modifier (Multi Scale Volumetric Obscurance only)	The thickness or spread of the shading effect.
Intensity	The strength of the ambient occlusion shading effect.
Color	The color of the shading effect.
Ambient Only	Makes the shading effect only affect ambient lighting. When disabled the effect is much more noticeable.

Bloom

Makes light sources and brightly lit objects appear to glow.

Property	Description
Intensity	The strength of the bloom effect. How bright the bloom is.
Threshold	Pixels below this threshold value will not be given bloom. Raise this to lessen the effect. Should be set to around 1.
Soft Knee	Softens the bloom effect between bright and dim pixels. 1 is the most soft.
Clamp	Clamps the brightness of pixels to restrict the bloom effect.
Diffusion	Controls the reach of the bloom effect from the bright pixels.
Anamorphic Ratio	Stretches the bloom effect horizontally or vertically. -1 is horizontal, 1 is vertical.
Color	Color tint of the bloom glow.

Chromatic Aberration

Splits apart the red, green and blue channels of the image, especially towards the edges of the screen.

Property	Description
Intensity	The strength of the chromatic aberration effect. Higher values look more distorted.

Color Grading

Adjust the colors of the screen.

White Balance

Property	Description
Temperature	Set the white balance to a custom temperature. Higher values are warmer while lower values are cooler.
Tint	Tint the white balance. Green tint with lower values and magenta with higher values.

Tone

Property	Description
Color Filter	Tint the entire image with the given color.
Hue Shift	Slides the hue of all colors in the scene, recoloring all objects.
Saturation	Control the intensity of colors in the resulting view of the scene.
Brightness	Darken or lighten the view of the scene.
Contrast	Emphasise the differences in color and value of objects in the scene.

Channel Mixer

This section adjusts the influence of each input color channel on the final view of the scene.

E.g. Selecting Red, and increasing the values of the "Green" field up from 0 will tint all green areas of the scene towards red.

Property	Description
Red, Green and Blue buttons	Which color channel to adjust.
Red	Increase the contribution of red to the chosen channel.
Green	Increase the contribution of green to the chosen channel.
Blue	Increase the contribution of blue to the chosen channel.

Depth Of Field

Depth of field simulates a camera's focus effect, where the camera has a focal plane and anything much closer or much farther will be out of focus.

Property	Description
Focus Distance	The distance to the focus plane.
Aperture	The ratio of the aperture, or the f-stop, of the simulated camera. Smaller values will focus closer to the camera.
Focal Length	The distance between the simulated lens and film. Larger values result in a shallower depth of field.
Max Blur Size	The maximum size of the blur effect placed on out of focus objects. Increasing this above medium may harm performance on slower computers.

Grain

Creates a dynamic static effect across the screen.

Property	Description
Colored	Should the grain effect have random colors throughout, or should it be monochrome (black and white).
Intensity	How visible the grain effect is.
Size	The size of the grain effect particles.
Luminance Contribution	Alter the strength of noise based on the luminance of the scene. Lower values result in more noise in lighter areas.

Lens Distortion

Distorts the screen by squashing, stretching and bulging it.

Property	Description
Intensity	The strength of the effect.
X Multiplier	The strength of the effect horizontally.
Y Multiplier	The strength of the effect vertically.
Center X	Offset the effect horizontally.
Center Y	Offset the effect vertically.
Scale	Zoom the effect in or out

Vignette

Property	Description
Color	The Vignette color.
Center	Center of the vignette effect.
Intensity	The strength of the effect. Controls how far into the screen the vignette reaches.
Smoothness	Blurs the edges of the vignette. A value of 0 creates a crisp edge.
Roundness	How square or round the vignette is. Low values are closer to a square, while a value of 1 is a perfect oval.
Rounded	If the effect should have an equal width and height. When on the vignette will form a circle, rather than an oval stretched across the screen.