Presentation

The objective of this mod is to transform the ambient atmospheric lighting to make Crysis much more realistic.


Modified singleplayer levels

• Island - Contact
• Village - Recovery
• Rescue - Relic
• Harbor - Assault
• Tank - Onslaught
• Mine - Awakening
• Sphere - Exodus
• Ascension - Ascension

What does the Natural Mod add to Crysis?

• realistic atmospheric lighting
• realistic dusk and dawn
• realistic ambient fog
• realistic sun
• realistic night
• realistic moon position

Download final version

The uninstallation of the previous version of the Natural Mod is not mandatory, but cleaner.


For regular users

• Natural Mod 2.0.2 Installer (20 MB, CryMod)
• Natural Mod 2.0.2 Installer (20 MB, FilePlanet)
• Natural Mod 2.0.2 Installer (20 MB, FileFront)

For testers

• Natural Mod 2.0.3 Installer (16 MB, CryMod)
• Natural Mod 2.0.3 Installer (16 MB, FileFront)

In this version, the Natural Mod is loaded as a mod, this means it will not modify your original files. However, it introduces some disturbances due to the way Crysis handles the singleplayer mods.

• The savegames made with the original game are not detected when the mod is loaded and vice versa.
• No more than 1 mod can be loaded at the same time.

For modders only

• Natural Mod 2.0.1 TOD files (RapidShare, 50 KB)

If you plan to use the Natural mod in your own mod, please mention the Natural mod and the original creator of the TOD file.



Installation

• Launch the installer and follow the instructions
• Launch the game

The Natural Mod is provided with a custom "System.cfg" that removes HDR glitches and enables all necessary effects to fully enjoy the Natural Mod. However, low-end systems may encounter performance drop with these settings, because it activates certain (very) high effects, like sunrays or HDR. If the framerate of the game is too low, open the "System.cfg" with the Windows Notepad and follow the instruction of the last section named "Framerate Optimizations".

If you don't like the light grain effect that appears during the night to simulate a low level of luminosity, you can disable it by entering this command at the end of the "System.cfg" file or in the console during the game: "r_colorgrading=0".


Uninstallation

• Uninstall the Natural Mod with the menu "Add or Remove Programs" in the Control Panel

Screenshots comparison

• Island - Contact
  
  
  
  
  
• Village - Rescue
  
  
  
  
• Rescue - Relic
  
  
  
  
  
• Harbor - Assault
  
  
  
  
  
• Tank - Onslaught
  
  
  
  
• Mine - Awakening
  
  
  
  
• Sphere - Exodus
  
  
  
  
  
• Ascension
  
  

Changelog

Version 2.0.3

• NEW: runs as mod

Version 2.0.2

• NEW: lite installer

Version 2.0.1

• FIX: night script

Version 2.0

• better night
• better moon
• better dawn and dusk
• less bright sky during the day
• darker shadows and inside (new System.cfg)
• NEW: realistic moon position
• NEW: grain and low saturation during the night
• NEW: loading screens
• FIX: clouds slightly orange before dawn on Island map
• FIX: ambient fog slightly violet

Version 1.2

• new Windows installer
• less ambient fog
• better sun color at dawn and dusk
• better horizon color at dawn and dusk
• FIX: less opaque light halos at night

Version 1.1

• more light
• better shadows
• improved night light
• less ambient fog
• FIX: saturation too low when colorgrading was activated
• FIX: ambient occlusion rate too high in the morning and evening
• FIX: dawn and dusk too long

Beta 2 - Version 1.0

• better dawn and dusk
• less milky morning

Beta 1

• realistic atmospheric lighting
• realistic dawn and dusk
• realistic fog
• realistic sun
• darker night
• concordance with the ingame hour

Credits and thanks

Thanks to bumpelwumpel for his core installation script.


pydon, March 2008

This looks awesome. I've always hated the vanilla TOD settings for Crysis. The lights were too dark and the darks were too light. Will this affect other configs like taowolfs? Because if possible, i'd like them both to work at the same time.

First post updated with new screens.

Island looks fine, but the screens in the first post are crappy... sorry

Nice tunes for middays, tank's and mine's screens looks very interest. Others need to play to feel. One problem I see on the first post is dusk and dawn look identical.

Is it possible you share TOD settings exported in additional to level.paks because it has much lower size

Looks beautiful to me! Keep up the good work :]

I shouldn't have posted those screens, they are based on an older version of my mod. Furthermore, you will never see an entire day in game.

The sunrise and sunset are too red.

Looks interesting. I'll give it a try and tell you what I think. From what i've seen in the screenshots though it'll look really cool )

You right, I'll modify this.

wow, nice work couldnt you just release the tod file?
anyway maybe the colors are a bit too colorless...

@Dark shadow, the tod file will be available on demand, especially for other modders who want to integrate this mod in their work.

Don't forget to read Important Information: Mods In Crysis for when the next patch is released, so users don't have to edit any of the regular files.

the url do not work

As I only modify the "mission_mission0.xml" in the level.pak of each singleplayer map, I don't think the mod will work when I read this:




I planned to release the modded level.pak (+ eventually the original level.pak for backup).

Is there a way to only provide those "mission_mission0.xml" (~2 MB x7) instead of the level.pak files (~50 MB x7)?



@jupiee, it's normal, i'll give a new link with the modified version soon...