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About this mod
Natural Photorealism Preset: Designed for a realistic look in every game region while maintaining the original style. It removes the yellow tint to create a more natural appearance without making the game too blue. The main focus is on rebalancing colors, especially nature and foliage, for a more photorealistic appearance.
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Through forests deep and valleys wide,
A hunter roams with fate as guide.
Silver whispers, steel does gleam,
Chasing echoes from a dream.
A child of stars, both lost and found,
Bound by threads where none are bound.
Past and future, blood entwined,
A shadow flees, a wolf must find.
Through forests deep and valleys wide,
A hunter roams with fate as guide.
Silver whispers, steel does gleam,
Chasing echoes from a dream.
A child of stars, both lost and found,
Bound by threads where none are bound.
Past and future, blood entwined,
A shadow flees, a wolf must find.
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General Info
Simply Cinematic Reshade preset enhances the game's realism with a darker, more photorealistic look. It intensifies ambient elements for a more dramatic effect while keeping the game's original atmosphere balanced.
preset was created on Reshade version 6.3.3 on the Next-Gen version of the game. It comes in two visually similar versions, made for high-end and medium systems, each with varying performance impacts. Every aspect has been mostly balanced to ensure the best possible in-game experience, it might be not perferct at times but preset is still in development at the moment any visual issues will be fixed in the future.
Recomended Perfect Match Lighting Mod: IMMERSIVE LIGTNING
Simply Cinematic Reshade preset enhances the game's realism with a darker, more photorealistic look. It intensifies ambient elements for a more dramatic effect while keeping the game's original atmosphere balanced.
preset was created on Reshade version 6.3.3 on the Next-Gen version of the game. It comes in two visually similar versions, made for high-end and medium systems, each with varying performance impacts. Every aspect has been mostly balanced to ensure the best possible in-game experience, it might be not perferct at times but preset is still in development at the moment any visual issues will be fixed in the future.
Recomended Perfect Match Lighting Mod: IMMERSIVE LIGTNING
Full version is balanced enough to use everywhere (we are not talking about caves and ruins here, just drink your potions)while Vanilla style have some slight brigthness issues with whites
Everything you need to know about reshade performance is at the very bottom of the page dont forget to endorce it if you like my work ^3
Preset works with the latest 6.4.0 version.
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Installisation
1) Go to the official ReShade website and download latest full addon support version
2) While installing Reshade make sure you install it in DX12 folder by checking the patch looks like \The Witcher 3\bin\x64_dx12
3) Install FULL Reshade library
4) Download preffered presate version and put the .ini file in \The Witcher 3\bin\x64_dx12
5) In-Game press "Home" button to open reshade menu and select the preset
6) Wait for it to load and enjoy :3
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FEATURES
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A story unfolds without a sound,
In colors and shapes where meanings are found.
Yet without the words that came before,
The shift is hidden—just like before.
In colors and shapes where meanings are found.
Yet without the words that came before,
The shift is hidden—just like before.
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Metal Render
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I found the way the game renders metals, especially on NPCs, to be somewhat flat and unrealistic. A lot of effort went into making the metal feel more real, colder, more detailed, and with distinct imperfections.
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Ambient
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Some tweaks was made for overall ambient, natural light will appear more dramatic and distinctive within the scene. Additionally, shadows are now deeper and more pronounced.
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Individual Light Sources
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With the reshade turned on, certain light sources will stand out more in the scene, while the appearing grimmer with reduced spread,leaning for a dark fatasy feel.
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Nights
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Night time was heavily rebalanced to give it more realistic feel making it darker and better suited to the updated lighting for the best possible experience in cities and dark parts of the map.
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Interiors
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Many interiors will be noticeably darker and more realistic while maintaining a well-balanced scene, unfortunatelly you would need a torch or potions inside caves or ruins if you want to play with Reshade turned on
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Textures
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The textures have been heavily rebalanced to appear with more accurate colors, enhanced photorealism, sharper details, and improved depth perception.
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Combat
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The overall combat experience remains the same. ReShade does not use lens-distorting effects or excessive bloom or contrasts, ensuring a balanced combat environment. However, the darker and desaturated colors may make it easier to lose sight of enemies when they move off-screen.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
The previously shown GIFs may not fully show all/individual changes due to GIF optimization. Additionally, the intensity of certain effects will vary depending on the ReShade version you are using.
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PERFORMANCE
Using this ReShade version typically results in a performance drop of around 15 FPS, though certain areas may see a loss of up to 20 FPS. It is designed for high-end systems to run smoothly, and performance should remain stable if your base FPS is around 70. The most significant performance impacts will occur in specific areas, such as parts of Novigrad, forests, Kaer Trolde, and Beauclair.
Vanilla Style Version:
This ReShade version is optimized for performance, sacrificing some ambient effects and additional color balancing to ensure smoother gameplay. It is designed to run on any system with minimal performance impact, averaging a loss of around 5 FPS. Recommended for general gameplay and cutscenes, it provides a balanced visual upgrade without significant frame rate drops.
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The chill draws near, the world stands still,
A frozen fate, a bitter will.
The swallow soars, yet ice may claim,
Unless the flame withstands the same.
A bond must prove both strong and true,
Or frost shall weave what none undo.
The path is set, yet threads may turn,
If wisdom’s light is sought and earned.
But seek not here what must be known,
For higher still the truth is shown.
A frozen fate, a bitter will.
The swallow soars, yet ice may claim,
Unless the flame withstands the same.
A bond must prove both strong and true,
Or frost shall weave what none undo.
The path is set, yet threads may turn,
If wisdom’s light is sought and earned.
But seek not here what must be known,
For higher still the truth is shown.