Testing Stylized lightning
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Thought I'd give some lightning settings a try. In all tests effects were turned off, because sunshine made it impossible to look at colour between pictures.
Testing without any AA, and outlines turned off:
First, stylized lightning. As far as I can tell this is some sort of smoothing mechanic.
With: http://i.imgur.com/S5SxL.jpg
Without: http://i.imgur.com/eKxeg.jpg
Doesn't really look good to me. Everything appears darker and less sharp, as if the black colours get smoothed out over everything around.
With:http://i.imgur.com/9pX9B.jpg
Without: http://i.imgur.com/i3LfJ.jpg
Not only is there a distinct loss of sharpness here, but there's also a loss of colour.
AAx4 and outlines turned on
With: http://i.imgur.com/I9Dmz.jpg
Without: http://i.imgur.com/ptiJ5.jpg
With additional outlines (more black) and more AA, the stylized lightning looks even worse as it spreads all over. The grass changes from a green to a blueish green. The inn to the right loses almost all its textures. Also the fog of war is made distinctly more indistinct.
