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Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 5:50am

Enhancing the Graphics with Reshade

I am using reshade to enhance the game, i do really see a diference. Grab reshade at https://reshade.me/ . I am using Clarity @ default setting, and Lumasharpen @ 1.5. Reshade is really easy to use. You just open the reshade exe that you downloaded, find the game exe, then at the bottom it shows 3 different options, choose dx10+ option then just check the visual addons you want to use. When you open the game you will see reshade at the top left corner. Shift+F2 opens reshade, at the top right you click the plus sign, make a profile, i just called mine Evil. Then on the bottom click on the effects you want to use, further at the bottom it has a continue button, press that, then you can click where lumasharpen is, double click the 0.0650 number and type in 1.5, then left click away from the reshade box and you are all done.

Let me know if you see the difference. I noticed the main characters gun belt fine textures just popped out, looking way better, and basically all fine textures coming out more, instead of being blurred.

Last edited by Stragedy; Oct 13, 2017 @ 5:51am

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Jansen

Oct 13, 2017 @ 5:52am

Before and after pictures are usually a good sell.

mooner

Oct 13, 2017 @ 6:21am

Thanks the game looks much better with Reshade, I had similar success with Alien Isolition and Bioshock Infinite making both look much sharper.

Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 8:55am

I dont think reshade shows up on screenshots done by steam.

Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 8:57am

Originally posted by Jansen:
Before and after pictures are usually a good sell.

It would literally take you 3 minutes to download , run the program set it up and play to see for yourself.

Ritchey#228471 has The Evil Within 2

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:18am

Reshade is dll induced, it therefore shows up on screenshots of steam. Also "good" is up to the person.

Me personally, I see a game as a vision of a person. Someone wanted to present something to me in a certain way, to create an experience. I am open to experiencing a game the way the creator wanted me to see it. They add black bars, so you feel claustrophopic, 30 FPS so you feel like you do not have full controll of the situation. They add blur, so you cannot see clearly, they add super dark regions so you cannot know what is there.
I played the first game at 30 FPS with black bars and I enjoyed it. It was the way, the creator wanted me to experience it and it worked out for me.

Some people want super crisp, highly saturated games. It is okay, but it is a personal taste.
I just want proper black levels. I think the first game did badly at black levels, but thisone is just fine, if you tone down the brightness. I think the looks are great. They are not "realism"-level great, but they create an impression, that I do enjoy.

Most console ports do wrong on the blacklevels, because most developers even nowadays seem to create games at 16-235 and they fail at transporting it to the full black level spectrum, that PCs are capable of. Capcom for example ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up every single PC game regarding that up until RE7, which had perfect color space setups for any kind of device.

I think The evil within 2 does a pretty good job. They definitely had picture artists who knew their job.

Kleerex

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:27am

OP should also mention that ReShade dramatically tanks performance. You've been warned.

Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:31am

Originally posted by Reloaded:
OP should also mention that ReShade dramatically tanks performance. You've been warned.

Reshade has never changed a single fps for me ever.

RandalMcdaniel Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:33am

Originally posted by Stragedy:
I am using reshade to enhance the game, i do really see a diference. Grab reshade at https://reshade.me/ . I am using Clarity @ default setting, and Lumasharpen @ 1.5. Reshade is really easy to use. You just open the reshade exe that you downloaded, find the game exe, then at the bottom it shows 3 different options, choose dx10+ option then just check the visual addons you want to use. When you open the game you will see reshade at the top left corner. Shift+F2 opens reshade, at the top right you click the plus sign, make a profile, i just called mine Evil. Then on the bottom click on the effects you want to use, further at the bottom it has a continue button, press that, then you can click where lumasharpen is, double click the 0.0650 number and type in 1.5, then left click away from the reshade box and you are all done.

Let me know if you see the difference. I noticed the main characters gun belt fine textures just popped out, looking way better, and basically all fine textures coming out more, instead of being blurred.

95% of people are trash with reshade, tew doesn't need reshade

Ritchey#228471 has The Evil Within 2

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:33am

Even on my old GTX 660 reshare took about 2-3 FPS when set up heavily. At least on a GTX 1080 it does drop your frames for about 1-2 FPS.

@Randal You are right. It does not need it. But picture is up to preference. I have friends, who have their TV set up in dynamic mode. I get serious eye cancer when watching that. But then again, that is not my TV and not my experience. No need to bash people for their opinion.

Last edited by Ritchey#228471; Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:35am

Kleerex

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:34am

Originally posted by Stragedy:
Originally posted by Reloaded:
OP should also mention that ReShade dramatically tanks performance. You've been warned.
Reshade has never changed a single fps for me ever.

Then we must be talking about different ReShades. Try enabling Bloom, RBM, AO and a bunch of sharpening shaders, and see your framerate take a dive.

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Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:38am

Originally posted by Reloaded:
Originally posted by Stragedy:
Reshade has never changed a single fps for me ever.

Then we must be talking about different ReShades. Try enabling Bloom, RBM, AO and a bunch of sharpening shaders, and see your framerate take a dive.

Why would i do that? The games Bloom is fine everything else is fine i just wanted a charper image.

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Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:38am

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1167580033 Before Reshade

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Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:39am

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1167580033 Using Reshade

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Stragedy

Oct 13, 2017 @ 9:51am

Well for whatever reason steam will not allow me to copy and paste any more pictures in this thread. But from the two i posted you can see the sharper picture.

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