Update Freelancer Advanced Renderer to Version 1.2

FLARDATA/MyGUI_Media/DeveloperOptions.layout

@@ -1,38 +1,44 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <MyGUI type="Layout" version="3.2.0">
-    <Widget type="Window" skin="WindowCS" position="0 0 285 345" align="Center" layer="Overlapped" name="WindowDeveloperOptions">
+    <Widget type="Window" skin="WindowCS" position="0 0 295 420" align="Center" layer="Overlapped" name="WindowDeveloperOptions">
         <Property key="Visible" value="true"/>
         <Property key="Enabled" value="true"/>
         <Property key="Caption" value="Developer Options"/>
-        <Widget type="ScrollView" skin="ScrollViewEmpty" position="0 0 275 310" align="Stretch">
+        <Widget type="ScrollView" skin="ScrollViewEmpty" position="0 0 285 375" align="Stretch">
             <Property key="CanvasAlign" value="Left Top"/>
-            <Property key="CanvasSize" value="275 300"/>
+            <Property key="CanvasSize" value="275 375"/>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="15 10 155 40" name="ButtonEditDefaultMat">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 10 155 35" name="ButtonEditDefaultMat">
-                <Property key="Caption" value="Edit default material"/>
+                <Property key="Caption" value="Edit Default Material"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 70 180 40" name="ButtonPickMaterial">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 100 180 35" name="ButtonPickMaterial">
-                <Property key="Caption" value="Pick material for editing"/>
+                <Property key="Caption" value="Pick Material for Editing"/>
             </Widget>
             <Widget type="TextBox" skin="TextBox" position="20 50 230 20">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="Note: Picking only works in space!"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 115 140 35" name="ButtonReloadTextures">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 140 155 35" name="ButtonReloadTextures">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="Reload Textures"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 155 140 35" name="ButtonReloadMaterials">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 180 155 35" name="ButtonReloadMaterials">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="Reload Materials"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 195 140 35" name="ButtonReloadShader">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 220 155 35" name="ButtonReloadShader">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="Reload Shader"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 265 140 35" name="ButtonSaveMaterials">
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 340 140 35" name="ButtonSaveMaterials">
                 <Property key="Caption" value="Save Materials"/>
             </Widget>
-            <Widget type="EditBox" skin="TextBox" position="20 230 245 35" name="EditboxSaveMaterials">
+            <Widget type="EditBox" skin="TextBox" position="20 300 245 35" name="EditboxSaveMaterials">
                 <Property key="MultiLine" value="true"/>
                 <Property key="WordWrap" value="true"/>
                 <Property key="ReadOnly" value="true"/>
             </Widget>
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="Button" position="20 260 155 35" name="ButtonReloadModSettings">
+                <Property key="Caption" value="Reload Mod Settings"/>
+            </Widget>
+            <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="20 75 230 20" name="CheckBoxPickTransparentObjects">
+                <Property key="Caption" value="Pick Transparent Objects"/>
+            </Widget>
         </Widget>
     </Widget>
     <CodeGeneratorSettings/>

FLARDATA/MyGUI_Media/Settings.layout

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
                 <Widget type="TextBox" skin="TextBox" position="10 15 115 15">
                     <Property key="Caption" value="Shadow Quality:"/>
                 </Widget>
-                <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="10 135 195 20" name="CheckboxAsteroidShadows">
+                <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="10 135 255 20" name="CheckboxAsteroidShadows">
-                    <Property key="Caption" value="Enable Asteroid Shadows"/>
+                    <Property key="Caption" value="Enable Dynamic Asteroid Shadows"/>
                     <Property key="Enabled" value="true"/>
                 </Widget>
                 <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="10 110 245 20" name="CheckboxShadowPCF">
@@ -77,16 +77,17 @@
             <Widget type="Widget" skin="PanelSkin" position="5 285 570 110" name="GroupBoxPostprocessing">
                 <Property key="Enabled" value="true"/>
                 <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="10 35 400 20" name="CheckBoxAutomaticExposure">
-                    <Property key="Caption" value="Enable Automatic Camera Exposure (Early Version)"/>
+                    <Property key="Caption" value="Enable Automatic Camera Exposure"/>
                 </Widget>
                 <Widget type="Button" skin="CheckBox" position="10 60 350 20" name="CheckboxLightScattering">
                     <Property key="Caption" value="Enable Light Scattering (Nebula + Asteroid Fields)"/>
                 </Widget>
                 <Widget type="ComboBox" skin="ComboBox" position="110 10 195 25" name="ComboBoxTonemapping">
                     <Property key="ModeDrop" value="true"/>
-                    <Property key="AddItem" value="GT Sport (More Realistic)"/>
+                    <Property key="AddItem" value="AGX (Current State of Art)"/>
                     <Property key="AddItem" value="ACES (More Contrast)"/>
-                    <Property key="Caption" value="GT Sport (More Realistic)"/>
+                    <Property key="AddItem" value="GT Sport (More Saturated)"/>
+                    <Property key="Caption" value="AGX (Current State of Art)"/>
                 </Widget>
                 <Widget type="TextBox" skin="TextBox" position="10 15 95 15">
                     <Property key="Caption" value="Tonemapping:"/>

FLARDATA/Shader/ColorConversion.inc

@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ vec3 ToGammaCorrected(vec3 inColor)
 //Values are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luma_(video)
 float ToLuma(vec3 color)
 {    
-	return dot(color, vec3(0.2126, 0.7152f, 0.0722f));
+	return dot(color, vec3(0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722));
 }

FLARDATA/Shader/fixedFunction.fp

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ uniform bool enableAlphaTest;
 uniform bool enableCubemap;
 uniform bool enableRHWCoordinates;
 uniform bool enableAccurateSRGB;
+uniform bool isInstancedTransparent;
 
 in vec3 N;
 in vec3 v;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ void main()
 		else
 		{
 			vertexAmbientColor=matAmbientColor.rgb;
-			gouradDiffuseColor=vec4(ambientColor*vertexAmbientColor,matDiffuseColor.a);
+			gouradDiffuseColor=vec4(ambientColor*vertexAmbientColor, isInstancedTransparent ? vertexColor.a : matDiffuseColor.a);
 		}
 		//FL never has specular lighting enabled
 		specularColor=vec4(0,0,0,0);
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ void main()
 		}
 		else if (fogMode == 1)
 		{		
-			fogFactor =exp(-glFog.density * z);				
+			fogFactor =exp(-glFog.density * z);
 		} 
 		else if (fogMode == 2)
 		{		
@@ -394,8 +395,10 @@ void main()
 			fogFactor = 1;		
 		
 		fogFactor = clamp(fogFactor, 0.0, 1.0);
-		finalColor.rgb = mix(glFog.color.rgb,finalColor.rgb, fogFactor);
+		finalColor.rgb = mix(glFog.color.rgb,ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb), fogFactor);
+		gl_FragColor = vec4((finalColor.rgb), finalColor.a);
 	}
-	gl_FragColor = vec4(ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb), finalColor.a);
+	else
+		gl_FragColor = vec4(ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb), finalColor.a);
 	//gl_FragColor = finalColor;
 }

FLARDATA/Shader/fixedFunction.vs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ uniform bool enableRHWCoordinates;
 uniform mat4 modelViewMat;
 uniform mat4 projectionMat;
 uniform mat3 normalMat;
-uniform vec2 projCorrection;
+uniform vec2 projCorrection[2];
 uniform mat4 textureMatrix[2];
 uniform bool isInstanced;
 uniform bool isInstancedTransparent;
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ void main()
 		gl_Position = projectionMat * mv * inPosition; 	
 	else
 	{
-		gl_Position = vec4((inPosition.x+63.0f / 128.0f)*projCorrection[0]-1,-(inPosition.y+63.0f / 128.0f)*projCorrection[1]+1,inPosition.z*2-1,1);
+		const float offset=63.0f / 128.0f;
+		gl_Position = vec4(((inPosition.x+offset)*projCorrection[0].x-1)*projCorrection[1].x,(1-(inPosition.y+offset)*projCorrection[0].y)*projCorrection[1].y,inPosition.z*2-1,1);
 		RHWdepth = inPosition.z/inPosition.w;
 	}
 	

FLARDATA/Shader/lighting.fp

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct Light{
 struct glFogParameters
 {
 	vec3 color;
+	vec3 colorLinear;
 	float density;
 	float start;
 	float end;
@@ -171,15 +172,14 @@ float ShadowCalculation(const float bias, const int shadowMapIndex, const int li
 
 float ShadowCalculationForAllSplitPlanes(const int lightIndex, const vec3 lightDirViewSpace, const vec3 normal, float lightIntensity, const sampler2DArrayShadow shadowSampler)
 {			 
-		float distance = v.z;		
+		float distance = v.z;
 		float bias = max(0.001 * (1.0 - dot(normal, lightDirViewSpace)), 0.0003);
 
 		bool applied = false;
 		
 		for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SPLITS; i++)			
 			if(!applied && (distance < splitPlanes[i]))
-			{
+			{			
-				//bias = ((i+1)*0.1)*0.001;
 				lightIntensity *= ShadowCalculation(bias, i, lightIndex, shadowSampler);
 				applied=true;	
 				//Graphics cards hate break (SLOW), hence boolean value above
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void main(void)
 { 	
 	float fogFactor = 0;
 	if (enableFog && fogMode > 0)
-	{		
+	{
 		//Radial fog
 		float z = length(v);
 		if (fogMode == 3)
@@ -476,12 +476,12 @@ void main(void)
 			fogFactor = (fogEnd - z) * fogScale;			
 		}
 		else if (fogMode == 1)
-		{		
+		{
-			fogFactor = 1.0/exp(glFog.density * z);				
+			fogFactor = exp(-glFog.density * z);
 		} 
 		else if (fogMode == 2)
 		{					
-			fogFactor = 1.0 /exp( (z * glFog.density)* (z * glFog.density));
+			fogFactor = exp(- pow(z * glFog.density,2));
 		} 
 		
 		fogFactor = clamp(fogFactor, 0.0, 1.0);
@@ -524,7 +524,8 @@ void main(void)
 		firstTexture = vec4(1,1,1,1);
 	}
 	
-	float alpha = alphaValue*firstTexture.a;		
+	float alpha = alphaValue*firstTexture.a;
+	
 	if (enableAlphaTest)
 		if(alphaTestCompareMethod==5)
 		{
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ void main(void)
 		vec3 radiance;
 		if (enableFog)
 		{	
-			vec3 ambientTint=PBR_FACTOR_ENV*glFog.color.rgb;
+			vec3 ambientTint=PBR_FACTOR_ENV*glFog.colorLinear.rgb;
 			irradiance = vec3(texture(irradianceMap, n).r)*ambientTint;
 			radiance = vec3(textureLod(envMap, reflectDir, lod).r)*ambientTint;
 		}
@@ -715,8 +716,9 @@ void main(void)
 	
 	if (enableFog && fogMode > 0)
 	{		
-		finalColor = mix(vec4(glFog.color,1.0),finalColor, fogFactor);
+		finalColor.rgb = mix(glFog.color.rgb,ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb), fogFactor);
+		diffuseColorOut=vec4(finalColor.rgb,finalColor.a);
 	}
-
+	else
-	diffuseColorOut=vec4(ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb),finalColor.a);
+		diffuseColorOut=vec4(ToGammaCorrected(finalColor.rgb),finalColor.a);
 }

FLARDATA/Shader/lighting.vs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ out float fogScale;
 struct glFogParameters
 {
 	vec3 color;
+	vec3 colorLinear;
 	float density;
 	float start;
 	float end;

FLARDATA/Shader/postProcess.fp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #version 330
 #include "ColorConversion.inc"
-#define USE_ACES_CURVE $USE_ACES_CURVE
+#define USE_CURVE $USE_CURVE
 #define USE_PBR_BLOOM $USE_PBR_BLOOM
 
 in  vec2  TexCoords;
@@ -91,6 +91,108 @@ vec3 uchimura(vec3 x) {
   return uchimura(x, P, a, m, l, c, b);
 }
 
+//new agx from https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/106940
+//C++ Code moved to shader by me (Schmackbolzen):
+
+const float tonemap_agx_white = 16.29; // Default to Blender's AgX white.
+const float tonemap_agx_contrast = 1.25;
+const float output_max_value = 1.0;
+
+// Calculate allenwp tonemapping curve parameters on the CPU to improve shader performance.
+// Source and details: https://allenwp.com/blog/2025/05/29/allenwp-tonemapping-curve/
+
+// These constants must match the those in the shader code.
+// 18% "middle gray" is perceptually 50% of the brightness of reference white.
+const float awp_crossover_point = 0.18;
+// When output_max_value and/or awp_crossover_point are no longer constant, awp_shoulder_max can
+// be calculated on the CPU and passed in as tonemap_parameters.tonemap_e.
+const float awp_shoulder_max = output_max_value - awp_crossover_point;
+
+// awp_toe_a is a solution generated by Mathematica that ensures intersection at awp_crossover_point.
+const float awp_toe_a = ((1.0 / awp_crossover_point) - 1.0) * pow(awp_crossover_point, tonemap_agx_contrast);
+// Slope formula is simply the derivative of the toe function with an input of awp_crossover_point.
+const float awp_slope_denom = pow(awp_crossover_point, tonemap_agx_contrast) + awp_toe_a;
+const float awp_slope = (tonemap_agx_contrast * pow(awp_crossover_point, tonemap_agx_contrast - 1.0) * awp_toe_a) / (awp_slope_denom * awp_slope_denom);
+
+const float awp_high_clip = tonemap_agx_white;
+const float awp_w=pow(awp_high_clip - awp_crossover_point,2)/awp_shoulder_max*awp_slope;
+
+const float awp_contrast = tonemap_agx_contrast;
+//End c++ code
+
+// allenwp tonemapping curve; developed for use in the Godot game engine.
+// Source and details: https://allenwp.com/blog/2025/05/29/allenwp-tonemapping-curve/
+// Input must be a non-negative linear scene value.
+vec3 allenwp_curve(vec3 x) {
+
+  // Reinhard-like shoulder:
+  vec3 s = x - awp_crossover_point;
+  vec3 slope_s = awp_slope * s;
+  s = slope_s * (1.0 + s / awp_w) / (1.0 + (slope_s / awp_shoulder_max));
+  s += awp_crossover_point;
+
+  // Sigmoid power function toe:
+  vec3 t = pow(x, vec3(awp_contrast));
+  t = t / (t + awp_toe_a);
+
+  return mix(s, t, lessThan(x, vec3(awp_crossover_point)));
+}
+
+// This is an approximation and simplification of EaryChow's AgX implementation that is used by Blender.
+// This code is based off of the script that generates the AgX_Base_sRGB.cube LUT that Blender uses.
+// Source: https://github.com/EaryChow/AgX_LUT_Gen/blob/main/AgXBasesRGB.py
+// Colorspace transformation source: https://www.colour-science.org:8010/apps/rgb_colourspace_transformation_matrix
+vec3 tonemap_agx(vec3 color) {
+  // Input color should be non-negative!
+  // Large negative values in one channel and large positive values in other
+  // channels can result in a colour that appears darker and more saturated than
+  // desired after passing it through the inset matrix. For this reason, it is
+  // best to prevent negative input values.
+  // This is done before the Rec. 2020 transform to allow the Rec. 2020
+  // transform to be combined with the AgX inset matrix. This results in a loss
+  // of color information that could be correctly interpreted within the
+  // Rec. 2020 color space as positive RGB values, but is often not worth
+  // the performance cost of an additional matrix multiplication.
+  //
+  // Additionally, this AgX configuration was created subjectively based on
+  // output appearance in the Rec. 709 color gamut, so it is possible that these
+  // matrices will not perform well with non-Rec. 709 output (more testing with
+  // future wide-gamut displays is be needed).
+  // See this comment from the author on the decisions made to create the matrices:
+  // https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/12317#issuecomment-2835824250
+
+  // Combined Rec. 709 to Rec. 2020 and Blender AgX inset matrices:
+  const mat3 rec709_to_rec2020_agx_inset_matrix = mat3(
+    0.544814746488245, 0.140416948464053, 0.0888104196149096,
+    0.373787398372697, 0.754137554567394, 0.178871756420858,
+    0.0813978551390581, 0.105445496968552, 0.732317823964232);
+
+  // Combined inverse AgX outset matrix and Rec. 2020 to Rec. 709 matrices.
+  const mat3 agx_outset_rec2020_to_rec709_matrix = mat3(
+    1.96488741169489, -0.299313364904742, -0.164352742528393,
+    -0.855988495690215, 1.32639796461980, -0.238183969428088,
+    -0.108898916004672, -0.0270845997150571, 1.40253671195648);
+
+  // Apply inset matrix.
+  color = rec709_to_rec2020_agx_inset_matrix * color;
+
+  // Use the allenwp tonemapping curve to match the Blender AgX curve while
+  // providing stability across all variable dyanimc range (SDR, HDR, EDR).
+  color = allenwp_curve(color);
+
+  // Clipping to output_max_value is required to address a cyan colour that occurs
+  // with very bright inputs.
+  color = min(vec3(output_max_value), color);
+
+  // Apply outset to make the result more chroma-laden and then go back to Rec. 709.
+  color = agx_outset_rec2020_to_rec709_matrix * color;
+
+  // Blender's lusRGB.compensate_low_side is too complex for this shader, so
+  // simply return the color, even if it has negative components. These negative
+  // components may be useful for subsequent color adjustments.
+  return color;
+}
+
 #if USE_PBR_BLOOM == 1
 const float bloomStrength = 0.2f;
 vec4 bloom_new()
@@ -117,14 +219,16 @@ void main()
 #else
   vec4 color = bloom_new();
 #endif
-  //Exposure is chosen so that both curves have about the same brightness and the look is fine with very bright starspheres like in Tau-37
+  //Exposure is chosen so that all curves have about the same brightness and the look is fine with very bright starspheres like in Tau-37
-#if USE_ACES_CURVE == 1  
+#if USE_CURVE == 0  
-  color.rgb=ACESFitted((exposure)*color.rgb);
+  color.rgb =tonemap_agx(exposure*color.rgb);
-#else 
+#elif USE_CURVE == 1
-  color.rgb=uchimura((exposure)*color.rgb);
+  color.rgb=ACESFitted(exposure*color.rgb);  
+#elif USE_CURVE == 2
+  color.rgb=uchimura(exposure*color.rgb);
 #endif
   
   color.rgb=ToGammaCorrected(color.rgb);  
   gl_FragColor =  color;  
  
-}
+}

FLARDATA/materials.json

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
                 "gasblucld01",
                 "gasblucld02",
                 "gasblucldcap",
+				"gasblucld_single",
                 "gasgrncld01",
                 "gasgrncld02",
                 "gasgrncldcap",
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@
                 "uranusside",
                 "venus"
             ],
-            "Roughness" : 1.0,
+            "Roughness" : 0.01,
             "Metalness" : 0.0
         },
         {
@@ -1088,7 +1089,7 @@
             "rock4.PSD",
             "asteroid_rock_01.tga",
             "atlantis_stone.tga",
-            "minable.tga",
+            "mineable.tga",
             "mineable_grayscale.tga",
             "mineable_plain.tga",
             "minedout.tga",
@@ -1101,8 +1102,8 @@
             "mineable_beryl.tga",
             "ast_ice01_outside.dds"
             ],
-            "Metalness" : 0.0,
+            "Metalness" : 0.2,
-			"Roughness" : 0.9,
+			"Roughness" : 0.6,
             "RoughnessTextureBias" : 0.45
         }
     ]

FLARDATA/modsettings.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ExposureLimitMin=0.2
+ExposureLimitMax=4
+TargetLuminance=0.6
+MinStickyTimeMs=500
+ExposureChangeTimeMs=750
+ApplyProjectileLightAnimCrashFix=1
+DebugLogTextureLoading=0
+EnablePointLights=0