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#26
17th May 2022 at 12:55 AM
17th May 2022 at 12:55 AM
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#27
28th May 2022 at 9:53 AM
28th May 2022 at 9:53 AM
Quote: Originally posted by PineappleForest
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Reshade 5 is out now - I couldn't make it work at all and I know other ppl also have issues with it, so I still I recommend version 4.9.1 It took me a while to figure out how to make DoF (depth of field effect) and AO (ambient occlusion) in Reshade work, so I though I'd share what I've found. (It won't work for everybody, that's for sure  )I'm on Win10, Geforce GTX 1050 Ti, UC (that one particular version of UC that's missing IKEA files ;P ). I've installed Reshade using Vulkan & DXVK without issues, even though I should've read this documentation first !. And if you're about to install DXVK, you should read it (author of this tutorial didn't stress it enough IMO). I applied all tweaks that were supposed to make DoF work properly, but no, it didn't work. When I tried to tweak Reshade buffer settings, I got some patchy, random blurriness. Then I dropped Pine's custom post effects mod (SSAO version) ) in my Downloads. Both DoF and AO in Reshade started working. You don't need to enable their mod via console, you just need to have the files. And also: read the instructions! Unfortunately, as I discovered, Pine's mod has the potential to cause pink flashing. That's pretty clear in my case, I never got pink before I dropped that mod in my Downloads. But it can give me DoF, so I'll keep using it  . I'm usually able to take a whole bunch of pretty screenshots before I start getting pink. When it happens, I remove the mod. Sometimes I still get a bit of pink when I run the game again (and that's weird) but eventually my game goes back to normal. (If you're still getting pink after removing Pine's mod, you might try to delete .dxvk-cache file ) To make Reshade's DoF work, I needed to edit global preprocessor definitions. Here's my configuration. And here are Vulkan buffer settings that work for me. I only need to tweak it for Hood view. Maybe somebody will find that useful. |
ReShade 5.2 came out recently and the way it gets injected to Vulkan applications got changed again, this time it's once again global like in 4.x with the difference that it won't inject into a Vulkan program if in the location of it's executable there's no ReShade.ini file. So it means that if you have a ReShade.ini in your Sims 2 installation it will inject without an issue if you're using DXVK.
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1st Jun 2022 at 3:38 PM
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#30
3rd Oct 2024 at 12:27 PM
Last edited by PineappleForest : 9th Oct 2024 at 6:30 PM.
3rd Oct 2024 at 12:27 PM
Last edited by PineappleForest : 9th Oct 2024 at 6:30 PM.
So I was forced to install Reshade 6.1.1 because after I installed if for another game / and updated Vulkan/,
that completely disabled depth buffer access in my Reshade 4.9.1 TS2 installation
Lo and behold, depth shaders now work properly for me
A few notes:
-if you play with RTGI shader, you may discover thin bright outlines on sharp edges at some angles,
you need to turn off in-game antialiasing to get rid of those.
(interestingly that wasn't an issue for me when I used Pine's SSAO mod)
-I had to adjust RTGI settings, set number of rays to 20 otherwise light reflections looked kinda splotchy
I guess ReShade 6 built-in depth detection is a bit less nuanced than what Pine's SSAO has to offer?
- Might be obvious but I know some ppl are not aware of this: if you'd like to temporarily turn off reShade for TS2,
all you need to do is rename d3d9.dll to d3d9.dllOFF /or something/
that completely disabled depth buffer access in my Reshade 4.9.1 TS2 installation
Lo and behold, depth shaders now work properly for me
A few notes:
-if you play with RTGI shader, you may discover thin bright outlines on sharp edges at some angles,
you need to turn off in-game antialiasing to get rid of those.
(interestingly that wasn't an issue for me when I used Pine's SSAO mod)
-I had to adjust RTGI settings, set number of rays to 20 otherwise light reflections looked kinda splotchy
I guess ReShade 6 built-in depth detection is a bit less nuanced than what Pine's SSAO has to offer?
- Might be obvious but I know some ppl are not aware of this: if you'd like to temporarily turn off reShade for TS2,
all you need to do is rename d3d9.dll to d3d9.dllOFF /or something/
#31
19th Oct 2024 at 3:51 AM
19th Oct 2024 at 3:51 AM
Good morning, I followed all the steps but rashade does not work. When I start the game no bar comes up.
Please help me because I really don't understand.
I downloaded the available rashade, the new one,
Please help me because I really don't understand.
I downloaded the available rashade, the new one,
#32
19th Oct 2024 at 12:11 PM
Last edited by letiziaa : 19th Oct 2024 at 12:22 PM.
19th Oct 2024 at 12:11 PM
Last edited by letiziaa : 19th Oct 2024 at 12:22 PM.
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