- description

Beautiful debut of Australian developer uppercut games.
Game play predominantly traversal by boat sprinkled
with some basic climbing meager on paper but
absolutely captivating if you give it a chance.

3dmigoto shader tweaks:
- reduce glow, bloom and dof
- increase light global illumination
- reduce distance fog general weather

Note(s):
The  package has a customized shader 'upscale.hlsl' which
does some fullscreen tweaks as sharpening and desaturating.

- install

Copy the contents of the zip file to the install folder
submerged\Submerged\Binaries\Win64\,
the folder which contains Submerged-Win64-Shipping.exe.

- optional install

The following instructions are only needed
If you do not like using the bundeld dll's you can:

download 3dmigoto from
https://github.com/bo3b/3Dmigoto/releases
download version 1.3.16 and place the following dlls in the install dir of
Submerged:
d3d11.dll (32bits)
d3dcompiler_46.dll
d3dx.ini
then copy ShaderCache and ShaderFixes from the zip file to the same dir aka folder.

note: if you choose to use the d3dx.ini contained in the github package
make sure to set (line 248):
hunting=0
the default setting is:
hunting=1
which sets 3dmigoto to a debug mode.

Also add at line 19:
include = ShaderFixes\upscale.ini
include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini

- verify

After running the game the folder ShaderFixes should
gradually (scene and level dependent) contain the .bin versions:

26bcff963e799dcf-ps_replace.bin
62f2442bb73f24dc-ps_replace.bin
63fa2c0019a0bd72-ps_replace.bin
7a8156fb29e3f7f4-ps_replace.bin
8b9bb420b374b0de-ps_replace.bin
990658acf40efb84-ps_replace.bin
b8c1b65873f11178-ps_replace.bin
bbf65f21e5a3ec1b-ps_replace.bin
d8ba1b694877c7eb-ps_replace.bin
e039cff28f55bb4d-ps_replace.bin

of

26bcff963e799dcf-ps_replace.txt
62f2442bb73f24dc-ps_replace.txt
63fa2c0019a0bd72-ps_replace.txt
7a8156fb29e3f7f4-ps_replace.txt
8b9bb420b374b0de-ps_replace.txt
990658acf40efb84-ps_replace.txt
b8c1b65873f11178-ps_replace.txt
bbf65f21e5a3ec1b-ps_replace.txt
d8ba1b694877c7eb-ps_replace.txt
e039cff28f55bb4d-ps_replace.txt

This means that the file(s) .txt have been compiled by 3dmigoto (d3d11.dll)
* see 'shader list' for more details per shader

- tested

Tested with file version 4.21.2.0 of Submerged
on win 10 (1903) / nvidia 1050gtx ti
See screenshot for settings game.

- performance

3dmigoto gpu usage 1080p@60 fps
without - clock 1746Mhz gpu usage ~70%
with       - clock 1746Mhz gpu usage ~71%
approximately 1% increase (1050gtx ti on win 10)
max gpu: 1772Mhz gpu usage 100%
**frame rate 60.0 fast sync

- further tweaking

If you like you can compare the modified shader, ShaderCache contains
the original shader, to alter values.

The curve shader can be disabled by opening d3dx.ini
in a text editor and altering line 20 from:
include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini
to:
;include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini

To disable specific tweaks remove, by example,
the following shader from the folder 'shaderfixes'

bbf65f21e5a3ec1b-ps_replace.txt
// fx bokeha

and if compiled remove:

bbf65f21e5a3ec1b-ps_replace.bin

then restart the game.

Most shaders <shadernumber>ps_replace.txt have
a descriptive remark at top of the file (see shader list).

- tips

See for details:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/submerged

- shader list

---------- 26BCFF963E799DCF-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce iterations fx blur only?
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 12:12:53 2025

---------- 62F2442BB73F24DC-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// fx bloom and blur C
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 11:28:15 2025

---------- 63FA2C0019A0BD72-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// remove fx dof specific camera angles mostly zoomed back
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sun Apr 27 12:45:56 2025

---------- 7A8156FB29E3F7F4-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce iterations fx bloom blur A
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 11:23:37 2025

---------- 8B9BB420B374B0DE-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce fog
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 11:30:30 2025
  // reduce fog density lower hemisphere

---------- 990658ACF40EFB84-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce iterations fx bloom blur B
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 11:25:45 2025

---------- B8C1B65873F11178-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce brightness fx clouds
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 12:09:27 2025
  // reduce overbright clouds

---------- BBF65F21E5A3EC1B-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// fx bokeha
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 12:37:49 2025
  // reduce bokeha

---------- D8BA1B694877C7EB-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce iterations fx bloom and blur D
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sat Apr 26 12:07:35 2025

---------- E039CFF28F55BB4D-PS_REPLACE.TXT
// reduce intensity fx god rays night only?
// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1.3.16 on Sun Apr 27 13:25:24 2025
  // reduce intensity

---------- SHADERLIST.TXT