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| Legacy, Shaders 3.0 (Beta) - File Description |
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Tech: 10
Quality: 10
Stability: 9
Installation Instructions: 9
Overall Rating: 9.5 |
Description:
This is a set of modified shaders for Star Trek Legacy.
While Legacy was advertised as a "next-gen" game it only had shaders 2.0 support on the PC, a few 3.0 shaders on the Xbox 360 version, and even then it was diluted with shader 1.1 and 2.0 commands.
This mod will give you a set of shaders that have been rigged for FULL shaders 3.0 support, no 2.0 or 1.1 blending here.
Some of the features are: softer/realistic lighting, enhanced bump-map and specular highlight effects as well as an overall increase in visual quality.
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Here is an interesting little addon by alexraptor. As said above this shaders pack gives an increase in visual quality, the way Legacy was meant to show off its "next-gen" graphics.
Recommendation here from alex is that you make sure you have the right graphics card before you try this nifty tool.
Compliments go to alexraptor for taking the time and effort to bring legacy's graphics up yet another notch, bear in mind this is a Beta, so in the unlikely event that it should not work on your system, (just to re-emphasise), make sure you back up the stock shaders, then you will have something to fall back on.
Amagosa
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| | | Legacy, Shaders 3.0 (Beta) - Readme | | Readme File:
Star Trek: Legacy™
Star Trek Legacy, Shaders 3.0 Beta
Created by: Alexraptor
E-Mail: alex AT alexraptor DOT com
Site: http://alexraptor.com/
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description:
This is a set of modified shader files that add shaders 3.0 support to Legacy, for those who want to squeeze a little extra out of Legacy's graphics.
Please note, that this is only recommended for GeForce 7900GT cards and equivalent ATI cards and up.
Since so many different shader commands interact I have for the time being just replaced all Pixel and Vertex shader calls with Shaders 3.0 and therefore this version is to be considered a Beta. Because of this it is imperative that your graphics card be shader model 3.0 compliant or else you may experience serious problems.
A backup of the original shaders folder is recommended as shader modifications are NOT multiplayer compatible(unless the other player is using the same set of shaders).
Known bugs:
None that I am aware of.
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Installation:
Simply unzip the contents of the zip file into your legacy folder, overwrite when prompted. Then proceed to delete ALL ".fxo" files in the shaders folder.
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Legal:
This material is not made or supported by Bethesda or MAD DOC Software.
This material is freeware and may not be used for commercial purposes! By installing this addon,
you (the user) agree to and assume all risks of said addon. As a result, I take no responsibility
for any damages that may occur to your game, mod or hardware. Star Trek and related marks are trademarks
of Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties
of their respective owners. If you wish to use or modify parts of "Legacy, Shaders 3.0 Beta" you must obtain permission from its author. | |
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The following comments are owned by the user that posted them. STLegacyFiles is not responsible for their content.
Total comments: 16 | Last comment: 11-06-2009 at 01:24
gdata
From:  (Bavaria)
Joined: July 12th, 2006
Posts: 1046 | According to the nVidia website this should work with my MSI 7600 GT. I will try it out.
Nice work! |
ghugh
Joined: January 31st, 2007
Posts: 123 | Will it also work with my nvidia 6600? Great work!  It looks really better now! |
Amagosa987 (Staff)
From: 
Joined: May 12th, 2007
Posts: 388 | As i said guys, check the read me
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Please note, that this is only recommended for GeForce 7900GT cards and equivalent ATI cards and up.
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alexraptor
Joined: December 6th, 2002
Posts: 656 | It will work with ANY SM 3.0 compliant graphics card, but i can't vouch for its performance on anything less than a 7900GT. I'm running a 7800GS and it does seem to lowere performance a bit. Which of course is to be expected. |
yopyop (Staff)
From:  (Access Denied!)
Joined: February 25th, 2006
Posts: 1334 | Wow Wow Wow!
thank god i ahve a 8800GT!
I will definately try this one out!!!!!
100/10 |
ghugh
Joined: January 31st, 2007
Posts: 123 | Okay. Thanks. |
DarkKrucifix7
From: 
Joined: December 30th, 2006
Posts: 147 | and this doesn't interfere with Multiplayer and such? or does it? |
gdata
From: (Bavaria)
Joined: July 12th, 2006
Posts: 1046 | it works...and the slowdown is minimal (3 frames)! |
CaptainElgy
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Joined: October 18th, 2007
Posts: 20 | Very impressive mod alexraptor, I don't have Legacy installed at the moment as I'm waiting for my new computer to arrive, but this is one of the first mod I'll be downloading for Legacy.
Weldone, 10/10 for effort. |
alexraptor
Joined: December 6th, 2002
Posts: 656 | Yes it does unfortunatley. sounds, textures, XML and sprites seem to be the only files in Legacy atm that can be modded without problems. |
Noci3
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Joined: March 21st, 2007
Posts: 223 | I try it out with my 1950Pro and the games runs smother. The lightning on the ships is definitly better, now Alex please improve the shadows ( possible softshadows ? )...  |
pjbliverpool
Joined: January 19th, 2007
Posts: 133 | Great mod, worked perfectly on my 8800GTS and I haven't noticed any slow down. I admit to not being able to see any visual differences but this is probably down to a lack of ability to run a side by side comparison. I think some of the warp engine glows may have been a bit bloomier but without re-installing the old shaders to compare, i can't tell.
Either way though its great to see some graphical enhancements going beyond the texture replacements so great work! |
gdata
From: (Bavaria)
Joined: July 12th, 2006
Posts: 1046 | improved shadows would be awesome! |
alexraptor
Joined: December 6th, 2002
Posts: 656 | Softshadows are definatley in there. The trick is that its bundled up in so many shaders its going to take a little doing figuring out how to write it in. And its not exactly going to be merciful either. From what i gather the best shadow method uses 16x anti alising to smooth them out. |
Shino_Tenshi
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Joined: March 25th, 2008
Posts: 4 | nah who can't handle them should not download them then ^^ |
Vladko1
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Joined: November 23rd, 2007
Posts: 189 | Alexraptor, Ati X series and above and NVidia 7*** series support SM 3.0. ATi HD series and NVidia 8***,9***,GT,GTX,GTS support SM 4.0 (ATi Radeon 4.1 and from month SM 5.0) but the shaders above 3.0 are DX10, DX10.1 and DX11 and the legacy engine can't support them. I was writing tons of scripts for Legacy to try DX10 and its not working. |
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