CDimagined Graphics Pack 2026 - August Update

August focuses on more realistic night vision, steadier exposure, cleaner lighting and much more controlled glare/bloom.

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What's new:

Low-Light Vision

• Added a new Purkinje Effect.

• Dark scenes gradually lose some color like real human night vision.

• Bright lights and emissives keep more of their color.

• Added adjustable Purkinje Strength slider.

• Daylight stays unaffected.

• Added subtle CBE-based saturation changes as scenes get darker.

Exposure & Tonemapping

• Completely retuned the CBE exposure curve.

• Extended CBE tuning into brighter conditions.

• Replaced the old exposure-based saturation LUT.

• Saturation is now handled directly by the custom tonemapper.

• Uchimura contrast and global gain are now much more stable across lighting conditions.

Lighting

• Reworked ambient radiosity handling.

• Added general ambient-light control.

• Restored VAO dynamic exponent.

• Adjusted minimum night ambient behavior.

• Removed the forced sun-shape and extreme sun-specular overrides.

Sun & Godrays

• Reduced visible sun/moon size.

• Reduced extreme godray length at wider FOVs.

• Tightened the Godray Strength adjustment range.

Glare & Bloom

• Reworked all glare presets again.

• Increased glare threshold for cleaner highlights.

• Glare brightness now reacts more to scene brightness.

• Reduced bloom on the main star presets.

• Retuned GT7, Bloomy and No Bloom.

• Strengthened the GT7 star effect.

• Cleaned up lens-flare handling.

Enjoy the update, see you soon!