Dilla's Lords of the Fallen - AMD CAS and Color Reshade
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Added unsharp, lilium__sdr_trc_fix, colourfulness, lightroom and amd cas. 
Almost no fps / performance loss. 
Color reshade made for 8 bit monitors without HDR. 
If your game is grey and milkwhite, take a look at the screenshots please.
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Playing this game on a 60 hz monitor the game should be colorfull and probably no need for a color reshade !
This reshade is made for 144 hz monitors using standard monitor mode, where some games are grey and have no colors, maybe the icc monitor profile get ignored ?
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ABOUT USING THIS IN MULTIPLAYER DISCLAIMER:
I've played some multiplayer with this reshade file and i am not banned !

But if they change their mind and start banning reshade users
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAN !

YOU ARE DOING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, THANK YOU.

You have to use the standard reshade version !

Note about the reshade download:
Do not download the one with full addon support.
Download the one without full addon support because,
the one you can download with limited addon support but signed to be allowed in multiplayer games and the other is
one with full addon support and no depth buffer blockage for offline games, it will probably get you banned in online games.
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Description: Choose a reshade preset V1, V2 or V3 to use ingame and then choose, if you are going to use AMD FSR ingame, on quality settings. Installing preset V2 and installing the sharpening removal 1.0 (not 0.5) mod is highly recommended. Using the custom engine ini is only recommended, if you want fog removal, smoother cam movement and better input latency.

Some areas in the game are way to dark (black crush) and im searching for a solution. Testing some custom shaders, liliums HDR is one of them. Update coming soon...

The answer is, using the lilium__sdr_trc_fix.fx and use it as 2nd shader from above in the reshade shader list, below the unsharp shader. Putting the sdr shader above the unsharp shader, the frame is a little bit too bright.
https://github.com/EndlesslyFlowering/ReShade_HDR_shaders/tree/master/Shaders
Update: Reshade version 6.0.1 has the lilium shaders added, so there is no need to download them manually. The V2, V3 and V4 presets are updated.

Reshade V1
sharpening only: 
1st AMD CAS: texture sharpening

Reshade V2 this is the one im using for my playthrough
less shadows, more color and sharpening: 
1st Unsharp: vignette shadow removal and textures look different, better
2nd Lilium__sdr_trc_fix.fx: Gamma fixing shader, for getting rid of the black crush
3rd Colourfulness: high color increase at value 0.96, re adjust if you like more or less color
4th Lightroom: red glowing color reduced using red exposure minus -0.900 value
Disable lightroom, if you don't like it, but keep in mind it's fixing red glow and the red light around places with a lot of fire
5th AMD CAS: texture sharpening

If you don't want to use the vignette removal and extra color, disble those effects and use AMD CAS only.
All screenshots are done using this preset with AMD FSR on quality + sharpening 0 ingame and the unsharp 1.0 mod. (link further below)
For now the screenshots are done without the custom engine ini, screenshots with the custom eninge ini will be added later an marked.

Reshade V3
more color and sharpening: 
1st Lilium__sdr_trc_fix.fx: Gamma fixing shader, for getting rid of the black crush
2nd Colourfulness: high color increase at value 0.96, re adjust if you like more or less color
3rd Lightroom: for reducing red glowing colors using red exposure value -0.900
4th AMD CAS: texture sharpening

Reshade V4
creators preset, for making new reshade presets:
1st Unsharp: vignette shadow removal and textures look different, better
2nd Lilium__sdr_trc_fix.fx: Gamma fixing shader, for getting rid of the black crush
3rd Colourfulness: high color increase at value 0.96, re adjust if you like more or less color
4th Lightroom: for reducing red glowing colors using red exposure value -0.900
5th AMD CAS: texture sharpening
6th After Before: compare left and right side, with a line in the midlle
The same preset as the V2 gameplay file above, but the effects are off and on in one frame !

Note* You can reset the used shader effects and put new effects between the "before after" shader in the shader list for comparing the effects on and off in one frame with the red line in the middle. On the left side the effects will be off and on the right side, the effects will be on.

Warning very important: If you enter an area where everything is glowing and the reshade increases the glow, turn the reshade off as long as you are in this area.

Screenshots:
The 1st set of screenshots:
Resolution = 1080p
Reshade V2 = On
FSR = enabled on quality, but sharpening Off
Sharpening removal 1.0 mod = On
Custom engine ini = Off
SDR gamma fix shader = Off

The 2nd set of screenshots:
Resolution = 1080p
Reshade V2 = On
FSR = enabled on quality, but sharpening Off
Sharpening removal 1.0 mod = On
Custom engine ini = On
SDR gamma fix shader = Off

The 3rd set of screenshots:
Resolution = 1080p
Reshade V2 = On
FSR = enabled on quality, but sharpening Off
Sharpening removal 1.0 mod = On
Custom engine ini = On
SDR gamma fix shader = On

HDR and SDR Lilium's gamma fix shader explained for 8 and 10 bit monitors:
The lilium SDR shader has to be the 2nd in the list, as you can see in the picture below. Without the unsharp effect, it can be on top in the list.
For a 10-bit HDR monitor, you need to use the Lilium's HDR black floor fix, instead the Lilium's SDR 8-bit monitor gamma fix !
8-bit monitor = SDR gamma fix
10-bit monitor = HDR gamma fix
Here is a video about the HDR gamma fix, reshade can be seen at 4 min 7 sec:



Install: Copy the reshade files into the game folder Steam\steamapps\common\Lords of the Fallen\LOTF2\Binaries\Win64 Doublecheck, if your folder is different. You can download all 4 preset files and switch between them forth and back ingame. This way you can choose the one you like the most. V2 is recommended, for the best results.
When installing Reshade into the game folder, click on unselect all and then select all shader.

Recommended reshade settings: Load only enabled effects in the settings menu and use performance mode.

Hotkeys:
Pos1: standard hotkey to enable the reshade menu ingame
Insert: toggle reshade on and off hotkey for comparing the difference
Print: for screenshots will be inside the game folder
Page up: reload the ini file
Page down: performance mode on and off
End: for choosing the next preset

Recommended graphic settings:
Max it out on the highest settings on a good pc. On a normal pc use only textures and antialiasing on ultra, world lighting on medium and everything else on low or off. If you can't stand the low shadows, change it to medium.
Window mode: Fullscreen
Resolution: Max
Render scale: 100%
Vsync: On
FPS Max: 60
Monitor calibration: standard
Nvidia Reflex: On
AMD FSR: On, quality preset (the performance preset does look better then the quality settings, idk why)
Sharpening. zero, Off

Note*: Always use fullscreen mode for maximum performance. Windowed or fullscreen windowed, will have less performance.
If the pc is getting very loud playing this game, just use fps limit 60 or enable vsync.

Using AMD FSR the graphics quality will be reduced by a little bit, but the fps will be increased by a lot.
With FSR on, the game can get a pixelated oversharpened view, so im recommending to use the sharpening removal mod, for disabling the internal sharpening that we can't disable otherwise. Use the full removal or the half removal version, im using the full removal version.

Recommended mods:
The unsharp mod. There is a 1.0 sharpening removal version and a 0.5 sharpening removal version. Im using the 1.0 version, so there is only amd cas sharpening going on and nothing else. If you are going to use the 0.5 mod, then disable amd cas inside reshade, or there is to much sharpening and a kind of unrest in the frame.
Sharpening Removal: https://www.nexusmods.com/lordsofthefallen2023/mods/12

Custom engine ini for better cam movement:
Here is my custom engine ini for smoother camera movement, fog removal and vignette removal: https://pastebin.com/dgdt4Zg2
All the UE5 commands have been gathered from nexus and reddit comments. Two engine ini commands are from the performance mod and all other commands are coming from a user comment on the unsharp mod section. Thank you so much messiahgov. No fog and no atmosphere are added by myself.

There is only one downside to it, when there is an area without light sources, it can become to dark. After playing more i could find areas with black crush (too dark) with or without using my custom engine ini.
Use the lilium__sdr_trc_fix.fx for repairing the black crush.

Twitch tv livestream:
https://www.twitch.tv/nubbeldilla

Some Youtube videos with the reshade preset V2 used:
Will be added later...

If there are any kind of problems with the game, take a look at reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LordsoftheFallen/

My mod posted on reddit:
insert link

Here you can read my post about fps + crashing issues on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LordsoftheFallen/comments/193vhed/some_steps_for_trouble_shooting_the_game_crash/

Have fun ;)

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*This reshade was created without a HDR monitor, so maybe this won't work on HDR monitors.

*Important note to everyone who get to feel a headache or eyes hurting, you should disable cas and use lower color values because these effects can create pixel corruption by oversharpening the picture. Using this reshade config it is fine for me, but i had this in other games, even without reshade.
So be carefull when using sharpening and color effects, thank you.

*Feel free to change my reshade settings and upload your own reshade.

If you are a game developer: This is the kind of graphics are what gamers realy want. Full colors, straight textures and clear sight ! Look at the screenshots or test the reshade file by yourself. When you create a new game think about putting some kind of colorcorrection into your new developed game for 8 bit monitors or add something like this in the settings menu for being able to toggle the colorcorrection on and off.

What is reshade exactly ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/sweetfx/comments/8jq6a0/what_is_the_different_between_sweetfx_reshade_and_enb


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