What is this?

Mass FX, a SweetFX preset, is a rendering overhaul for Mass Effect, which as you have probably guessed, uses the SweetFX preset. I have recently got into the series, and when I tried to calibrate my gamma settings, I realised that no matter what, the colours in the game looked washed out. There was a ridiculous amount of ambient lighting, almost no bloom, a lack of anti-aliasing and many other problemsin which the details I will not bore you with.


What does it do?

Upon improving the colours, the main goal of Mass FX is:

• Lessening of ambient lighting
• Light source enhancement
• Deeper, darker shadows
• Nicer rendering
  

So, what's the cost? What is the performance hit?

If you have used a SweetFX preset before, you will know that the performance hit is absolutely minimal. At most a few FPS (3 - 5 frames) will be lost, but other than that, SweetFX is an incredibly performance friendly enhancement to almost any 3D rendered video game.

Credits

The Coffee Guy - Preset
CeeJay - SweetFX shader suite