4.4 beta - volumetric light is more harsh

[DooMAGE]

Hello friends,

I noticed something odd in the 4.4 beta about the volumetric lights, did something changed Josh?

Before:

After (4.4 beta):

There is some crazy contrast going on now.
I tried mess with the volumetric light slider and anything >1 will look like this.

In the 4.3 the effect was more subtle and pleasant to look at even at >2 values

 

EDIT

I did some more tests, and spotlight with volumetric effect puts a black contrast in the scene, its like there is no transparency in the light:

Spotlight with volumetric light ON

Spotlight with volumetric light OFF

Edited June 8, 2017 by DoomSlayer
new tests

[Josh]

In 4.3 the volumetric lighting was blurry because it was rendered on a half-size buffer and upsampled..  In 4.4 it is rendered on the full-size buffer.

I can't tell what else you are referring to in these screenshots.

[DooMAGE]

So what is happening in the last example is a normal behavior that we can expect when we use volumetric lighting? I mean, you can't even see the texture in the wall behind the window in that corridor.

[Josh]

I can't tell what I am looking at or how it is supposed to look.

[Josh]

Looks fine in my map.

[DooMAGE]

If you have a previous screenshot of the same location you showed, you would see how looks like that the volumetric light is more thick now, when enabled its hard to see what is on the other side.

How it was in 4.3:

So subtle and pretty

[Josh]

Oh okay, I actually do know what is going on here...try it after the next update tonight and tell me how you like it.

[DooMAGE]

It's working great again. Thanks Josh