Roads at night w/headlights have too much noise. Normal maps too strong?

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@mike_hmt wrote:
@pyide_maybea video tutorial really 😄

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Hey, you laugh, but it's the studio's first time using UE4, sometimes the small details get overlooked and ignored, another prime example there is with the auto-exposure / eye adaptation intensity in the interior car views in the daytime. It's possible they don't know what the problem is and how to quickly address it. It's also very possible they don't even see it as a problem at all, the game did ship with this insanity in effect after all. That's what troubles me the most.

It's a brief, informative example showing how simple it would be to tweak the road's materials, then test if it has any difference and impact on their end. Not something we can adjust on our side, unfortunately. This is all presuming it is an issue with the surface maps being too strong. It may be something else entirely. There are other ways to tweak the normal maps, too, that's just the first one I saw. Maybe even better ways than that.

Only included it as a jumping off point, plus it provides a good visual example of the difference the default UE4 normal mapping strength can have vs adjusting it to reduce the effect, for players who may not understand what the heck I'm talking about, but know that something is messed up with the roads at night from having played the game some.