Cinematic Tools D:

[Alcachofraz]

Not really an issue. I was just wondering if Cinematic Tools ended up getting implemented. I've been trying to find a way to make it work with my Epic Games version of the game.

[RyanJGray]

Hey there!

Cinematic Tools is implemented (needs a little bit of work but the majority of it is done), but I believe from when I last tested my version of Alias Isolation, with the Epic Games version of the game, the whole mod would crash regardless of whether or not you use Cinematic Tools with it. Think the Epic Games overlay (at the time) caused problems, with the way that the mod hooks into the game's rendering.

Out of curiosity, does my version of the mod work with Epic Games now? I need to re-download that version of the game, going to do some tests on the Steam version.

[Alcachofraz]

Howdy!

Thank you for taking the time. I'll do some tests on the Epic Games version myself, and report back here.

[Alcachofraz]

Well, I have what I think to be great news!

The AliasIsolation mod works flawlessly, but only after I renamed the folder ...\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Extras\Overlay to OverlayDUMMY (for example). I tried this beacause you mentioned issues with the Epic Games Overlay, and I recalled a suggestion from the original AliasIsolation post (I think it was from there) that consisted of renaming this folder.

I can hit 'ctrl+insert' to activate the TAA and 'ctrl+delete' to deactivate.

Also (and this is the amazing part), I can click 'delete' alone and it prompts me a "Alias Isolation - Settings" dialog, where I can change the "Sharpening Amount" and "Chromatic Aberration Amount". These are Cinematic Tools parameters, I think. That's why it got me all excited. However, I can't seem to enter photomode itself. Are there hotkeys that I'm not aware of?

Also, for posterity, I managed to run the mod along with the Reshade mod, which is awesome.

Thanks. Looking forward to hearing back from you.

[RyanJGray]

That's awesome! I'm glad that the TAA part works for you.

The AliasIsolation mod works flawlessly, but only after I renamed the folder ...\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Extras\Overlay to OverlayDUMMY (for example).

Good spot! I'm hoping there's a way for me to fix this in code, as it sucks to have to do that, just to make the mod work with Epic Games. I think that's an issue with other mods and games sold on Epic Games as well, though.

Also (and this is the amazing part), I can click 'delete' alone and it prompts me a "Alias Isolation - Settings" dialog, where I can change the "Sharpening Amount" and "Chromatic Aberration Amount". These are Cinematic Tools parameters, I think.

Unfortunately, that's not the Cinematic Tools menu :( It's the new menu that I created for the TAA portion of the mod.

I left Cinematic Tools out of the beta because I hadn't tested it (just wanted to make the TAA portion more reliable for that release mainly). At the time, I ran into issues with it that needed further troubleshooting. Definitely want to get Cinematic Tools working properly, though, something I'm looking into at the moment.

Keep an eye on the releases, I'll reply here when I get a Cinematic Tools release published, hopefully over the weekend :D

There aren't any other hotkeys aside from the two that you mentioned.

Also, for posterity, I managed to run the mod along with the Reshade mod, which is awesome.

I'm glad that Reshade works with the TAA part of the mod! That was something that never quite worked right with the original version.

[Alcachofraz]

Keep an eye on the releases, I'll reply here when I get a Cinematic Tools release published, hopefully over the weekend :D

Ah, that's amazing. Thank you so much! Reach out if you need any help.

[RyanJGray]

Ah, that's amazing. Thank you so much! Reach out if you need any help.

No problem! Just sorting out automated builds of the mod when I make changes, at the moment.

[Alcachofraz]

Great, good luck! I wish I had more knowledge on C++ and DLL injections, but I can't really help you much other than with testing :/

[RyanJGray]

Great, good luck! I wish I had more knowledge on C++ and DLL injections, but I can't really help you much other than with testing :/

No worries, to be honest I started out having absolutely no idea what I was doing, I broke things until it worked and started making sense lol.

Still a massive help having people to help test it on different systems, though, thanks! :D I don't have any Windows machines to test on at the minute, so every person trying out the mod, helps the whole mod out a ton.

[Alcachofraz]

Great, I'll keep an eye out for new releases.

Have a good weekend.

[RyanJGray]

Great, I'll keep an eye out for new releases.

Have a good weekend.

Just an update on this, the Cinematic Tools side of the mod needs a rework, the UI appears to be completely broken, despite the rest of Cinematic Tools loading okay with no errors. To be honest, it would be easier and faster for me, to make a new UI for it. I've started work towards trying to get something in it working, and should have something put together in a new release, in a few days.

Sorry for the wait, never tested the Cinematic Tools part properly until recently.

[Alcachofraz]

despite the rest of Cinematic Tools loading okay with no errors.

Well, that's amazing on its own.

and should have something put together in a new release, in a few days.

Great! I'll be out here doing some praying :P

Sorry for the wait

Don't you even dare apologizing, you are doing me such a miraculous favor. If I manage to get some virtual photography going on Alien Isolation, I'll have to buy you a coffee.

[RyanJGray]

Thanks haha, just happy to help out! :D

Will keep you posted on progress here.

[Alcachofraz]

Anything to report? :P

[RyanJGray]

Anything to report? :P

Heya, not much to report yet. The code for cinematic tools in this mod is quite tricky to work with, still working on a fix or a new menu for it.

I'm hoping to have an updated version in the next week.

[Alcachofraz]

I've been postponing my Alien Isolation runthrough because I really want to take some pics (with Cinematic Tools) :P Do you have any news?

[RyanJGray]

I've been postponing my Alien Isolation runthrough because I really want to take some pics (with Cinematic Tools) :P Do you have any news?

Hey, sorry to keep you waiting on this, been quite busy with work and IRL stuff!

I've decided that it would be easier to just replace the old Cinematic Tools, with the latest version from the Cinematic Tools repository. I'm close to getting it working with Alias Isolation,, and will be working at it this weekend to try and get it finished for you.

I've got it injecting into the game, and working alongside Alias Isolation, but there's a quirk with how Cinematic Tools tries to get the game's window, that I'm working on fixing.

Will keep you posted over the weekend.

[nabel0]

I've been postponing my Alien Isolation runthrough because I really want to take some pics (with Cinematic Tools) :P Do you have any news?

Hey, sorry to keep you waiting on this, been quite busy with work and IRL stuff!

I've decided that it would be easier to just replace the old Cinematic Tools, with the latest version from the Cinematic Tools repository. I'm close to getting it working with Alias Isolation,, and will be working at it this weekend to try and get it finished for you.

I've got it injecting into the game, and working alongside Alias Isolation, but there's a quirk with how Cinematic Tools tries to get the game's window, that I'm working on fixing.

Will keep you posted over the weekend.

Hi Ryan,

i hope you are doing well! Any news on this topic?

Best regards, Manuel