Bloom Restoration (Motion Blur Replacement)

Restores bloom effect by replacing the motion blur. Utilises "screenspace_general" material shader to implement custom pixel shader into the game.

Comparison to original upload:

• Works client-side on any server (local friend server, official Valve server, dedicated fan server, singleplayer, you name it).

• Doesn't conflict with any screen overlay mods (whether these mods use VScript or depend on the HUD).

• Bloom doesn't affect the viewmodel (because the game's motion blur didn't, unfortunately).

• Works ~15% faster due to frames being processed by the shader before the engine applies anti-aliasing on them (if you aren't using anti-aliasing then there'll be no benefit).

Notes:

• If your Shader Detail is set to medium (or lower) in the graphics settings, you won't see bloom (can be bypassed by typing +mat_motion_blur_enabled 1 into launch parameters).

• Doesn't interfere with the game's UI, sprites, post-processing effects and on-screen particles (such as adrenaline, blood splatter, boomer vomit, etc).

• Bloom intensity, threshold and size are configurable inside motion_blur.vmt material (you'll have to unpack the mod's .vpk addon if you want to edit it though).

• Expect a performance hit on a low-end PC.

Special thanks:

RF — making the shader work without VScript and "env_screenoverlay" entity, finding out that it's possible to replace the game's motion blur with a different shader jackdavenport — original GLSL bloom shader I used as a base ficool2 — making the SDK and a helpful guide on how to create and implement custom pixel shaders into games built on Source Engine