About this mod
Enhance the fidelity, details, shadows and overall scenic feel of your Grim Dawn game using this ReShade preset.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
Note: decently heavy on performance.
Overview
The ReShade preset focuses on a couple of topics:
- Introducing HDR
- Comic shader
- Color balance
- Enhanced fidelity
- Emphasization of the feel of Grim Dawn areas
Performance impact
I am running the game at maximum graphical settings on 4k resolution, running this preset it lowers my FPS from 60 to 45-50 in most areas.
Installation (Method 1) RECOMMENDED
- Download this mod .zip and unpack its contents to your 64 bit Grim Dawn folder, for example in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grim Dawn\x64
- In game, press the HOME button and select the .ini preset file to enable the effects
- Download ReShade from their website: https://reshade.me/
- Download the .ini preset from this mod that is contained in the .zip file, place it in the Grim Dawn installation folder.
- Press the first button: "Click here to select a game and manage its ReShade insallation"
- Click browse and select the 64 bit .exe for Grim Dawn, for example in: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grim Dawn\x64\GrimDawn.exe"
- Select "Direct3D 10/11/12"
- During the shader installation prompts, you have two options:
- Install every shader
- Install only the required shaders:
- Comic.fx
- FakeHDR.fx
- qUINT_sharp.fx
- AdaptiveToneMapper.fx
- PD80_03_Curved_Levels.fx
- Levels.fx
- PD80_04_Color_Balance.fx
- Contrast may be too much, try lowering GAMMA in the menu settings
- Menus and texts are also affected, as well as colors from item rarities