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QuoteDisplay MorePLEASE READ ORIG POST & THE IN GAME SETTINGS + RESHADE SECTION BEFORE COMPLAINING ABOUT ISSUES.
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Original Link (MeowShader 3.7)
Installation:
Simply drag and drop the contents of the MeowShader folder into your SPT directory.
A successful installation should have your user folder and the reshade-shaders folder in the same directory.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS IN YOUR LIVE EFT DIRECTORY. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BANS THAT MAY HAPPEN SHOULD YOU DO SO!!!
SPT directory should look like this:
Requirements:
Although not a hard requirement, this preset is made with Amand's graphics mod and will not look as intended without it.
I strongly recommend installing it. It's great!
You do not need to install ReShade. It comes with the mod. More on this below.
Notes on Amand's Graphics mod settings and in-game settings in Waras old 3.7 post
LICENSE NOTICE!
The preset itself is under MIT license. However, ReShade, which comes prepackaged with the mod (no external download and installation required) is under the BSD-3-Clause license. For all intents and purposes, the two licenses are practically the same. However, do keep in mind that the licenses differ in certain aspects. As such, a license file under the BSD-3-Clause is included in the mod files. You do not need to place the license in your SPT folder, but do read it if you intend to redistribute at all!
Keybinds:
Home - Open reshade interface | this conflicts with configuration manager, so either change reshade key or config manager key
End - Toggles Reshade on/off. | Useful for comparing OR for turning off in case you start lagging etc
Now, before we dive in the sauce... let me make sure everyone understands that ReShading is a SUBJECTIVE experience. There is no "best" or "perfect" preset you can download off the internet. The perfect preset is the one YOU create. ReShade may look intimidating, but it is an incredibly simple tool.
The purpose of this preset is to give you either: a pain free visual enhancement OR to give you a base on which you can build your own perfect preset.
This means don't go commenting "I THINK THIS IS UGLY!!!
because I do not care, and you don't understand ReShading.
In-game graphical settings
My specs --- Nvidia 3080 10gb | intel i7 12700K (cpu is not as important for reshade)
I play with grass shadows and this preset was designed with this in mind.
Grass shadows shouldn't be necessary for the preset to look good, but I highly recommend it if you can run this setting.
High-quality Color is also a must have, as I think turning it off can cause Amand's Graphics to have some bugs.
I run every settings on highest except shadows.
if you can run TAA High, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT
This is what I run, but you do not necessarily want to use these settings either. Use settings that give you the best performance to visual fidelity ratio.
No post effects from the post-fx tab in the game settings were enabled when creating this preset.
Using post-fx can be a good way to quickly adjust some color/contrast/brightness stuff to fit your monitor without deep diving into the shader settings.
I highly recommend playing WITHOUT any sharpness in the post-fx tab. This preset comes with two different sharpness techniques that greatly enhance visual fidelity that aren't simply adding a grainy filter over your game.
For Amand's graphics, I HIGHLY suggest enabling mystical glow, as this preset was designed with it in mind.
I suggest not touching any of the tone mapping options, but the rest should be completely fine.
Quick Reshade notes
Shaders are compiled on top of each other, the first being the bottom most, and the last being the top most. Changing the order of the shaders may change the intended result.
As stated above, 99.9% of the time your fps is bottlenecked by your CPU if you have a decent CPU and GPU. Therefore ALL [PERFORMANCE] sections WILL vary depending on your GPU and should not be taken as fact on most medium to high end systems.
You can enable and disable any of these shaders whenever you want. Don't like the changes to color? Take it off. Don't like how bright your game looks? Change it! As I said before, ReShade is a PERSONAL experience where YOU are the arbiter of your perfect preset!
Every monitor is different. This preset looks great on my monitor, but might not on yours.
If it does, great! However, if you want to have a visual overhaul that looks best on your monitor, some tweaking may be required.
All these settings are calibrated for a 2k monitor. You may have to adjust some stuff for 1080p, IDK
