mods?

[Boogaloosoup]

hi i would like to mod for better graphics there are few tutorials on youtube and it takes me to modb but crhome blocks install due to virus im assuming any good links?

[The Fifth Horseman]

1. Overriding shadow resolution and LOD. The Visual Fixups mod does trigger antivirus alerts, but the ZIP also includes Cheat Engine tables you can use to the same effect.
https://pastebin.com/16YAS42G
https://pastebin.com/9qBWkBJC
One of these will work for you.
There are also at least two ASI Loader plugins that do the same thing.

2. Better textures. Use the texture TPF from https://www.moddb.com/mods/assassins-creed-ii-overhaul-mod . There are some mods partially adding textures from the Ezio Collection but nothing complete yet AFAIK - they only started appearing late last year.
You'll also need either TexMod, OpenTexMod or uMod - https://code.google.com/archive/p/texmod/downloads
There's a gotcha though: OpenTexMod clashes with ReShade and will prevent Reshade overlay UI from working.

3. Post-processing effects. Use ReShade ( https://reshade.me/ ). Some of the mods available on NexusMods have pre-configured plugin folders (else you'll have to select the packages to download - mostly the full basic set + legacy plugins will do), there are a few different presets available - this one I found okay without looking excessively cartoonish or requiring a separate preset for every damn map: https://www.nexusmods.com/assassinscreedii/mods/7 , but if you don't mind switching then the Rebirth Reshade mod might produce better effects: https://www.nexusmods.com/assassinscreedii/mods/3
If you feel like poking around, there are also some older SweetFX presets at https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/game/1717/