Merge pull request #3 from DGerry83/feature-Rendering2

Adds new soft bloom type, fixed/adjusted fov-related math for the starfield, added planetary and sun-glare based dimming for the stars.

Author: DGerry83

Core/StarfieldSettings.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public static class StarfieldSettings
         // Color
         public static float ColorSaturation { get; set; } = 1.0f;  // 0.5=realistic, 1.0=natural, 2.0=vivid
 
+
+        // Bloom mode toggle: false = Classic (original 4-spike), true = Soft HDR (2-pass)
+        public static bool UseSoftBloom { get; set; } = false;
+
         // HYG Catalog Coordinate Rotation (degrees)
         // Allows aligning the real sky catalog with the game's coordinate system
         public static float RotationX { get; set; } = 0.0f;  // Tilt forward/back
@@ -188,6 +192,7 @@ public static void Load()
                 BloomThreshold = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("BloomThreshold") ?? "0.08");
                 BloomIntensity = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("BloomIntensity") ?? "0.5");
                 ColorSaturation = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("ColorSaturation") ?? "1.0");
+                UseSoftBloom = bool.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("UseSoftBloom") ?? "false");
                 RotationX = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("RotationX") ?? "0.0");
                 RotationY = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("RotationY") ?? "0.0");
                 RotationZ = float.Parse(settingsNode.GetValue("RotationZ") ?? "0.0");
@@ -262,6 +267,7 @@ public static void PushSettingsToNative()
                 BloomThreshold = BloomThreshold,
                 BloomIntensity = BloomIntensity,
                 ColorSaturation = ColorSaturation,
+                UseSoftBloom = UseSoftBloom ? 1 : 0,
                 RotationX = RotationX,
                 RotationY = RotationY,
                 RotationZ = RotationZ
@@ -455,6 +461,7 @@ public static void Save()
                 settingsNode.AddValue("BloomThreshold", BloomThreshold);
                 settingsNode.AddValue("BloomIntensity", BloomIntensity);
                 settingsNode.AddValue("ColorSaturation", ColorSaturation);
+                settingsNode.AddValue("UseSoftBloom", UseSoftBloom);
                 settingsNode.AddValue("RotationX", RotationX);
                 settingsNode.AddValue("RotationY", RotationY);
                 settingsNode.AddValue("RotationZ", RotationZ);

GameData/CinematicShaders/PluginData/CinematicShadersNative.dll

@@ -43,16 +43,24 @@ public struct StarfieldSettingsNative
             public float BloomThreshold;
             public float BloomIntensity;
             public float ColorSaturation;  // 0.0-2.0: 0.5=realistic, 1.0=natural, 2.0=vivid
-            
+
+            // Rendering style transitions 
+            public int UseSoftBloom;  // 0 = Classic, 1 = Soft HDR
+
             // HYG Catalog Coordinate Rotation (degrees)
             public float RotationX;
             public float RotationY;
             public float RotationZ;
-            
+
             // Galactic plane orientation
             public float GalacticPlaneNormalX;
             public float GalacticPlaneNormalY;
             public float GalacticPlaneNormalZ;
+
+            // Global scene dimming factors
+            public float SunGlareDimming;      // 1.0 = full brightness, 0.0 = fully dimmed
+            public float PlanetaryDimming;     // 1.0 = full brightness, 0.0 = fully dimmed  
+            public float GlobalDimming;        // min(Sun, Planetary)
         }
 
         [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 4, Size = 48)]
@@ -138,6 +146,11 @@ Vector3 atmosphereUp        // World-space up vector
         [DllImport(DllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         public static extern int CR_StarfieldGetHeroCount();
 
+
+        [DllImport(DllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+        public static extern void CR_StarfieldSetDimming(float sunGlareDimming, float planetaryDimming);
+
+
         [DllImport(DllName, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         public static extern byte CR_StarfieldIsDeviceReady();