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!

• Info: This reshade is built from the base foundation of my last reshade (HD Clarity). By utilizing immersive shadows effects, new realistic shadows are added within the players radius making 3D elements in the world pop more, as well as enhancing existing shadows and lighting. Picture clarity has been improved increasing depth on near and far objects and terrain. While this doesn't increase the draw distance, this does improve the details and clarity of anything within the draw. Sharpening has been balanced to get the most detail out of world, characters, and panels. HDR and bloom light effects are designed alongside 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: Go to Reshade.me and scroll down to the very bottom. Choose Reshade with Full Add-On Support. This is completely safe to use in online multiplayer games. Install reshade to Classic.exe inside the 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. (If you see flickering in game you did not install the necessary version of Reshade).
  

Issues: Some shadow elements will be visible through UI, water, fog, and tall grass, but it is generally not noticeable (due to the nature of the immersive shadows unfortunately, see Undercity Canal Picture for example). The only solution would be to offer a version with a lower valued shadow effect, which I am willing to do if anyone is interested, just ask. Lower end PC's may experience a significant FPS drop from added shadows, try adjusting your graphics settings (view FPS in-game by pressing ctrl+r).

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). Turning this off entirely may cause flickering with the reshade. 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/