Skyrim Special Edition

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Almost ENB is a ReShade preset made to look almost like an ENB. It uses HDR to produce an impressively realistic image where lights and shadows are given the upmost importance!

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It has been tested with 5 different weather mods + vanilla, so it should be compatible with most if not all weather mods out there.
It is not compatible with Haze Weathers 2 though.

It has been tested with 8 different ENBs, it can be loaded on top of ENBs to enhance them greatly.



HDR provides ambient occlusion with a strong emphasis to lights and shadows. The result is vibrant but darker. 

With some clicks you can change "presets" on the fly. Available "presets" are:
Default: Disable Technicolor, Technicolor2 and Vibrance
Bleaker: Enable Technicolor
Lighter (Realistic): Enable Technicolor + Technicolor2
Lighter (Vibrant): Enable Technicolor + Technicolor2 + Vibrance

Ambient Occlusion:
 HDR already provides ambient occlusion. If you want stronger ambient occlusion, enable MXAO.
Note that Ambient Occlusion is a complex shader that requires a lot of performance power.
Also note that ReShade's Ambient Occlusion affects the moons also and makes them look unrealistic/buggy at times, so I don't recommend it at all.

Do not change, disable/enable effects because you will ruin it and destroy the overall experience.
This mod has been extensively tested to make sure it is quality-consistent and bug-free.
Changes and alleviations from the provided setup may look good at one place but will most certainly look bugged in another situation such as weather/lighting/location changes.




INSTALLATION
If you have another ReShade preset installed, remove it completely before this step!

- Download AlmostENB from the "FILES" section and unzip it into your Skyrim folder.
- Download ReShade from reshade.me
- Run the ReShade installer
- Select "Skyrim (SkyrimSe.exe)" from the list of games
- Click on Direct 3D 10/11/12
- Select with a full checkmark the following effects (check image below...):
SweetFX by CeeJay.dk
Color effects by prod80
FXShaders by luluco250
Legacy standard effects

- When installation is finished, close the installer and launch the game.
- When the game has been loaded, press "Home" and select "AlmostENB Reshade.ini" from the drop-drown menu on the top of the ReShade window.

ENJOY!

For ReShade installation reference:


CREDITS
Crosire for ReShade
Nicoroshi for Lucid-Icrous Lightweight Reshade
This all started as a tweaking trial and error on Nicoroshi's preset, so big kudos to him!

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