Subtle-ish

A reshade preset

"Really? another damn SweetFX/ReShade preset?"

Well... we don't have a creation kit of any sort yet... so what do you expect.

Anyway, I am sick of seeing so many presets and ENB's on games like Fallout and Skyrim that make nights so unbearably dark. I am all for realism but playability comes first to me and I don't think I am alone in this.

But the vanilla version just doesnt quite cut it... 

So I set out to bring you "Subtle.... ish". A SweetFX/ReShade preset that balances an atmospheric aesthetic, with a realistic feel to it that still lets you play the damn game.

THERE ARE TWO VERSION OF THIS. THE FIRST IS A LITTLE MORE SUBTLE ON THINGS LIKE SHARPENING, BUT HAS A STRONGER COLOUR EFFECT TO IT.
THE SECOND (_02) HAS A MORE NEAUTRAL COLOUR PALETTE AND AN INCREASED SHARPENED LOOK.

This is also a performance friendly preset, it does not utilise DoF, Bloom, HDR or any other shader feature that can take a toll on your FPS. I may release an optional file in the near future that does have these options.


THIS FILE REQUIRES THE RESHADE FRAMEWORK V1.1.0 TO WORK.
DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

INSTALLATION:

Go to http://reshade.me/and download the V1.1.0 framework. Extract to your game folder.
Run the Mediator.exe program, in the program, navigate to your Fallout 4 EXE to detect the Direct X version being used (If there are any issues in detecting it, it SHOULD be Direct X 10+, unless your using some sort of OpenGL in which case I cannot help you, 9% of the time the Mediator program will work fine though).

Once the Framework is in place, download my files, and extract the contents to the RESHADE folder that was just created in your game folder. (There will already be a file called SweetFX.CFG, hit yes to overwrite it).

And thats it.

Press Scroll lock to toggle the effect on and off, for more hotkeys, check out the README file in the ReShade Framework download.

If you are new to ReShade and SweetFX, I have included more in depth instruction in my own README file that can be downloaded from this page (check the tabs along the top).

SWEETFX CONFIGURATIONS USED:

LumaSharpen - This is set to very low, You can increase this if you like in the SweetFX.CFG file if you know how, but for me, who plays on mid-high settings, too much sharpening began to look tacky against the lower quality textures and shadows. This is more to just minimise that blurriness that the vanilla game has.

Technicolour 2 - This is modifying the colour, giving a light boost to the blues. I find this creates quite neutral colours during the day but a gloomier more atmospheric night... it just feels colder in the wasteland when wandering around in the dark.
It also lowers the overall brightness to colours slightly.

LiftGammaGain - This creates a very slight cross-process to the colours, showing a slight bluish tone to the shadows while keeping midtones and highlights at neutral.

ToneMap - This seems counter-productive, but this removes the blue tint in the vanilla game. it seemed to not affect individual colours but more the almost bluish overlay, the previous entries have aimed to put some of that blue back but in more selective areas... without this, the game becomes TOO blue.

Vibrance - This also seems counter-productive but this has been set to have less impact on the saturation of reds. It is very subtle but just keeps reds from getting too washed out.

FilmGrain - This can be set to 0 if you are not a fan of the FilmGrain. It is only very slight and not too distracting but does add to the vintage feel of the games 50's styling.

Vignette - Cant have film grain and not have a vignette. I have used this both as a styling option aswell as I find it more realistic in how we lose some visibility in the edges of our field of view. It helps create a sort of tunnel vision focus but without having to use blur (which can impact on performance).

USAGE: 

If you use my preset as a base and want to share your new reshades then Id appreciate a shoutout. Also remember not to supply the 
base reshade files in any uploads as requested by the original authors and developers.
Always redirect people to their website to download the framework.
DO NOT re-distribute my preset file to any other site.
DO feel free to use my preset in any screenshots for other mods or showcases, or in videos for lets plays, walk through, 
showcases, whatever. Just please abide by the original developers rules (as seen in the README of the original framework).

CREDITS:

The ReShade Framework combines the standalone ReShade injector with a shader framework to easily manage a huge number of different 
effects. It is maintained by crosire (ReShade developer), Lucifer Hawk (GemFX and configuration tool developer), CeeJay.dk 
(SweetFX developer), Marty McFly (MasterEffect developer), JPulowski, Ioxa and more. - Taken from the ReShade website.
Further credits for the ReShade framework is available on the README included in the ReShade download.