ReShade alternatives?

[Rich]

Figured I'd replay this for the first time in several years. Always used a reshade/sweetFx preset, but reshade no longer works (tried several versions, can either not extract the archive or it cant recognize a correct preset as a preset). Is there any alternative to ReShade? IIRC there was some other, similar things (preferably not an enb because cba) but I forget what it was called. Also, judging from the ReShade official website, it's nothing I want to support or have any involvement with again.

[Hitokiri-X]

With ReShade, it should work just by using the Reshade with Add-on installer and clicking on the .ini preset that you placed in your Skyrim folder and it will automatically select the effects and let you download them. Press the "Home" key in-game to make sure the preset is selected.

An alternative is using Doodlum's suite of tools based on Community Shaders, Grass Lighting, Screen-space Shadows, etc.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/users/28038035?tab=user+files&BH=0

I'm currently using all of his plugins with Dareni's Reshade
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/87376

I threw on Gameplay Performance ENB SE AE on top without his ReShade files
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37397

Dareni's Reshade looks good by itself and using a ENB will disable Doodlum's plugins, but this combination gives me the colder look that I was seeking. Plus with this setup I can always delete the ENB .dll and go back to Doodlum's effects.

There is also just a ENB by itself which there are plenty to choose from.

[Catalyst]

nope, it's either enb or reshade. both if your system can handle it. basic computer literacy is required so you may need to do some reading beforehand

[Rich]

Originally posted by Hitokiri-X:

With ReShade, it should work just by using the Reshade with Add-on installer and clicking on the .ini preset that you placed in your Skyrim folder and it will automatically select the effects and let you download them. Press the "Home" key in-game to make sure the preset is selected.

An alternative is using Doodlum's suite of tools based on Community Shaders, Grass Lighting, Screen-space Shadows, etc.

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/users/28038035?tab=user+files&BH=0

I'm currently using all of his plugins with Dareni's Reshade
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/87376

I threw on Gameplay Performance ENB SE AE on top without his ReShade files
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/37397

Dareni's Reshade looks good by itself and using a ENB will disable Doodlum's plugins, but this combination gives me the colder look that I was seeking. Plus with this setup I can always delete the ENB .dll and go back to Doodlum's effects.

There is also just a ENB by itself which there are plenty to choose from.

Thanks for your suggestions - I actually managed to resolve this by simply checking an older pc - sure enough, TESVSE was still installed and with reshade and the preset that I wanted right there. Simply copying it over to current pc worked