SweetFX Preset help

[KillingJoke]

Hi all,

It's been a long time since I have tried to use SweetFX/EnB and even then I used to use pre-made presets which saved the aggro of trying to set it up manually yourself.

I was looking at using this preset: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/666/ however I don't have a clue how to set it up. I was hoping someone here may be able to assist me with this.

I did have a look at other presets but the only other one which took my fancy was the "Director's cut reshade" by piratefromvoid but it created a graphical issue where approximately 1/3rd of the screen was out of focus and the lighting overpowered any objects present.

Thank you in advance, it's greatly appreciated.

[Vepar]

SweetFX is kinda, well, i think obsolete now?
If you want to mess with those, then install ReShade, and maybe do your own preset, but if not, i think ReShade can read SweetFX presets...

If the preset doesn't work, it's probably because you lack the required shader that the preset is using.

Same with director's cut preset. Probably uses some shader or something that the provided one doesn't have or whatever.

Plus, if you're using the provided SweetFX/ENB thing, that's there to not be changed. It's a combination of SweetFX with ENB added on top of it, so whatever preset you're triyng to apply is clashing with the ENB (which would explain your graphical glitches. You use that "as is".

Delete the SweetFX/ENB completely, then install ReShade (https://reshade.me/).
It's easy to use, it has an ingame overlay, you don't have to mess with text files if you don't want to, and easy to install. Just point it to the .exe, choos Dx9, and dowload the shaders you want to use. If in doubt, just download all.

Then you can hit "home" (i think) in game to pull up the overlay and tweak everything. ReShade also can do presets, but i haven't tried to use SweetFX presets on it. I think they work, but how to do that, you'll have to google or something...

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by Vepar:

If you want to mess with those, then install ReShade, and maybe do your own preset, but if not, i think ReShade can read SweetFX presets...

The SweetFX version included with the patch already uses ReShade. It's just an older text based version because I am not allowed to include the latest versions with the patch!

[Vepar]

Originally posted by wesp5:

Originally posted by Vepar:

If you want to mess with those, then install ReShade, and maybe do your own preset, but if not, i think ReShade can read SweetFX presets...

The SweetFX version included with the patch already uses ReShade. It's just an older text based version because I am not allowed to include the latest versions with the patch!

Yes we talked about that, I remember. :)
I just meant that there's also an ENB applied to thay, isnt it? Or can you use those separately?

[Wesp5]

Originally posted by Vepar:

I just meant that there's also an ENB applied to thay, isnt it? Or can you use those separately?

ENB is an alternate shader suite, you can install both at the same time but I never tried.

[Vepar]

Originally posted by wesp5:

Originally posted by Vepar:

I just meant that there's also an ENB applied to thay, isnt it? Or can you use those separately?

ENB is an alternate shader suite, you can install both at the same time but I never tried.

Hmm, interesting, i thought they were the same package.
What about OP's issue then? What would be causing that?
Cause i'm out of ideas...

[Wesp5]

I never created a preset myself so I don't know. I only use it for AA...

[KillingJoke]

Originally posted by Vepar:

Originally posted by wesp5:

ENB is an alternate shader suite, you can install both at the same time but I never tried.

Hmm, interesting, i thought they were the same package.
What about OP's issue then? What would be causing that?
Cause i'm out of ideas...

I've been going through it trying to figure out why the preset is having issues and I'm at a bit of a loss still. I suspect it's changes between the current reshade version and the preset itself (it's rather old now) but I'm still uncertain.

I think I'm going to hold off until the weekend and do some reading about how to use reshade properly and have a play with the settings, hopefully I can get a similar result.