visual-console-eras

Visual Console / Media Eras

Match era constraints: polycount, texture filtering, lighting model, and post stack.

Recipe

Match the era's constraints. PS1: 320x240, 32px textures, nearest filtering, vertex snap 0.02 m, under 1,000 tris per character, fog. PS2: 640x480, bilinear, 5-10k tris. VHS/CRT: 4:3 low-res plus noise and desaturation. Film grain: cinematic/noir grade.

1. PS1 (and PS1-like arcade): lowpoly-style/ps1_look.py with objects [target], snap 0.02, resolution [320, 240], fog True, texture True.
2. Reduce geometry to era budget with lod-pipeline/generate_lods.py (ratios [0.5, 0.25]) or asset-optimization/optimize_mesh.py (limited_dissolve 1.0, triangulate True).
3. Light with lighting/light_rig.py overcast (flat vertex-lit feel) and no raytracing: rendering/render_preset.py stylized_flat.
4. For VHS/CRT/film: compositing/comp_grade.py horror_vhs (VHS, CRT pixelation 2), noir (B&W film), cinematic (PS4/PS5 filmic).
5. PS3-PS5: use rendering/render_preset.py eevee_final instead of stylized_flat for full PBR and raytracing.

import runpy
skills = "<skills_dir>"  # parent folder of this skill (the plugin's skills/ directory)
target = "SM_Asset"      # object to style / dress
r = {}
r["ps1"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lowpoly-style/scripts/ps1_look.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"objects": [target], "snap": 0.02, "resolution": [320, 240], "fog": True, "texture": True}})["result"]
r["light"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lighting/scripts/light_rig.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "overcast", "target": target}})["result"]
r["render"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/rendering/scripts/render_preset.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "stylized_flat"}})["result"]
r["grade"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/compositing/scripts/comp_grade.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "horror_vhs"}})["result"]
result = r