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Improves picture clarity/ details, lighting, richness/ vibrancy, and adds some small effects. Pictures shown are before and afters. This version does not have immersive shadows, but is better for lower end PC's for more FPS.
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1/19/24 I improved the Reshades FPS, and added an alternative version that looks practically identical with even more FPS. Please let me know if you find any issues. Thank you!
Some specs/ Notes: I recommend enabling HDR on your display settings and monitor if you haven't already. This will provide a much more crisply detailed picture and even richer color balancing. My monitor is a Viotek GNV34DBE Curved | 144Hz, with noise reduction enabled. Dynamic luminous control can dramatically change the brightness of the picture, and is entirely preference. In game settings are all Ultra except Multisample Techniques which is set to Color 2x/ Depth 2x, (this can raise or lower FPS a lot, picture difference is negligible). In game brightness and contrast are default.
FPS Capping: FPS Cap Info from Reddit -"It is generally recommended to cap your fps to -3 below the max fresh rate of your monitor, in my case 144 Hz -3 = 141 Hz. This will give you the lowest input lag. This only applies to displays with a variable refresh rate like g sync or freesync."
Link to FPS cap info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/15hqysv/what_to_cap_fps_at_for_144hz_monitor/
- Info: The goal of this reshade was to retain and enhance the Classic look, and was done so by using many effects. The picture clarity has been improved, increasing depth on near and far objects and terrain. While this doesn't literally increase the draw distance, this does improve the appearance of anything distant within the draw making them more clear/ easier to see. Sharpening has been tweaked to get the most detail out the game without making it look too hyper realistic (characters, menus, inventories, all look more crisp). HDR and bloom light effects are designed to be balanced with the vanilla games glow effect (ffxglow), but if you prefer it disabled that looks fine too (/console ffxglow 0). Some individual colors are tweaked for a more rich and vibrant look, and lighting appears more focused now. Particles and stars pop more and moon has a new visible glow.
- Install: Install reshade to Classic.exe inside Classic_era folder. Choose Directx10/11/12 and check all effect packages in the top right. Then download and extract the zip file and place the .ini into classic_era folder.
Some specs/ Notes: I recommend enabling HDR on your display settings and monitor if you haven't already. This will provide a much more crisply detailed picture and even richer color balancing. My monitor is a Viotek GNV34DBE Curved | 144Hz, with noise reduction enabled. Dynamic luminous control can dramatically change the brightness of the picture, and is entirely preference. In game settings are all Ultra except Multisample Techniques which is set to Color 2x/ Depth 2x, (this can raise or lower FPS a lot, picture difference is negligible). In game brightness and contrast are default.
FPS Capping: FPS Cap Info from Reddit -"It is generally recommended to cap your fps to -3 below the max fresh rate of your monitor, in my case 144 Hz -3 = 141 Hz. This will give you the lowest input lag. This only applies to displays with a variable refresh rate like g sync or freesync."
Link to FPS cap info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/15hqysv/what_to_cap_fps_at_for_144hz_monitor/