No I'm just joking this is regular VAM with some custom textures, all settings maxed plus graphics plugins, and the latest RTGI shader from Marty McFly. 25 fps at 4k on a rtx 4080.
Cool, I thought maybe the Vam boys had you beta testing their new engine or something. As always, nice pictures you're creating, I love the lighting you're getting in these. I admire the realistic models, this current one is great, fantastic work you're doing. Hope you decide to release a look one day so I can see up close what you've done. Thanks for sharing.
Man that's what keeps me excited for VAM 2 is knowing that these visuals will be default on everything, running at 60 fps in VR. These screenshots are literally the culmination of countless hours of tweaking and experimenting with every aspect of the visuals, especially Reshade.
I'll start with the obvious. Here you're seeing Hunting succubus' SSS with custom maps highlighting only the raised contours of the body and face. Then, using Spline's most recent skin 10 as a base skin, ive carefully blended Stashman's G9 normals with Riddler's skin 15 for the normal map using Photoshop and decalmaker.
A big part of this is the specular and gloss which is simply Stashman's normal map made black and white with tweaked contrast values in Photoshop. You'd be surprised how good and easy it is to make new spec and gloss maps doing that, as long as the base normal you're using is detailed enough.
Ultimately though the lighting is what's key, and using about 10 different Reshade shaders along with the previously mentioned RTGI come together to make the image next-level. Gloom AO, iMerse Clarity, Reflective Bumpmapping are the key shaders in my lineup.
That's why I don't really think Im in the position to share content beyond screenshots. I'm like a chef who is cooking with pre-made ingredients, so I don't think I can reasonably take credit for anything other than figuring out how to combine them and sharing the recipe. I can take some screenshots of my settings and upload those if you'd like!
That's great, thanks for sharing your process. I haven't done much to upscale my screenshots besides using the Post Magic plugin to add a LUT, maybe a little vignette. I have a "studio" with lots of different light rigs, and I found that combining them in different ways can produce some nice color, but nothing like what you are doing.
I get it, that you don't want to share some of your creations, especially if you're using paid content. I have been trying to release stuff that was done with free content or things I made. Ultimately I was making stuff just for fun and thought hmm, that looks pretty good, I wonder if anyone would like it, and figured, why keep it to myself, so I kicked it out to the community. It's nice to get the positive feedback.
Yes, some screenshots of your settings would be cool to see if you'd like to share. Thanks!
