Ashen ReShade Version 1.5

Preset for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Added May 12, 2017

Updated 23 Jul 18:02 CEST

Shader used: ReShade

Preset description:

This is a highly-cinematic ReShade for SSE. Adds lights, lens flare, darkens, adds lens dirt and shine/glow to metals. Enhances metals to look more metallic and reflective. Makes materials and surfaces look more detailed and nuanced. Maintains visibility at night and in interiors/caves, etc. Sunsets are fire. Chesko's amazing lantern mod is recommended for maximum enjoyment and visibility in all situations. This mod features many optional features, so please see the "controls" section below for which buttons turn which features off and on. When the UI or menu is blurry, it's caused by one of the depth of fields. If it bothers you a lot, you can either look into sky before pausing the game or going into a menu or press one of the two hotkeys below to disable the DoF while in the menu and reactivate upon exiting the menu. This can't be fixed because of how ReShade works. It's either have no depth of field or have a few minor inconveniences from time to time. -- Extra comparison images of version 1.5 with Vanilla Weathers here: http://imgur.com/gallery/wKo36. More images when I have time. -- Video Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekVl6SGLhfw CONTROLS: (numberpad must be enabled for numberpad controls to work. All are remappable with in-game ReShde menu) Toggle mod - "Scroll-lock" key Toggle ReShade menu - "shift+F2" Toggle close-range Depth of Field - "/" on numberpad Toggle long-range Depth of Field - "9" on numberpad Toggle Film Grain - "3" not on numberpad Toggle Sharpness - "5" not on numberpad Toggle Bloom - "6" not on numberpad Toggle Cineamtic Black Bars - "0" not on numberpad Toggle Lens dirt and some added lighting effects - "4" not on numberpad INSTALLING: 1. Download the Reshade 3.0.6 from here https://reshade.me/ 2. Scroll to bottom of page and download whatever the latest version advertised is. Run the .exe that you just downloaded. Probably best to copy it to your desktop or somewhere else first outside your downloads folder. Follow the steps it tells you selecting yes everything it asks. 3. Select your "SkyrimSE.exe" which is in the main folder of the game. Probably in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim Special Edition 4. Select the DirectX 10+ version after you select the "SkyrimSE.exe." 5. Run your game As your game loads up, you should see a grey box popup in the top of the screen saying it's loading all the reshade effects. Once it's done, hit "shift+F2" and follow the promps. The most important thing is to hit the plus symbol next near the top of the Reshade GUI and type any name you want. Follow the other prompts until the boxes turn from red to black or grey or whatever indicates you're done with the very short tutorial. You can leave your game open or close it for this next step. 6. Go back to your game's main folder, where the "SkyrimSE.exe" is and look for that file you just created with whatever name you gave. It should be a .ini file. 7. Open the .ini file and replace all the text with the text from my preset on this page. Save the file. Run your game or alt tab back to it. And then do step 7 if you your game is still running. 8. Reopen the Reshade GUI with Shift+f2 and click the click "reload". The new effects should start loading with my custom settings. 9. PROFIT! UNINSTALLING: 1. Delete the Reshade folder, dxgi.ini, dxgi.dll, and dxgi.log and AshenReShade.ini files from your game folder. That's it. Enjoy, leave comments below if you're having trouble installing or better yet youtube a Resahde 3.0+ install guide. It's extremely easy. You may notice a slight decrease in performance, but it should still be pretty similar FPS to what you usually get. The visual difference is night and day to me and I can't ever go back to vanilla. CONTACT -- Please subscribe to my YouTube channel for lets plays and demos of my upcoming and released ReShades... who knows, one day maybe you'll an ENB up there: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn5KAZuLeVmeQLXSMJNBMcA -- -- Please follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/MercsAssassin -- MY MODS FOR OTHER GAMES Exhaustive List Here, constantly updating it as I make new ReShades: https://www.facebook.com/MercsAssassin/ To save you a couple clicks, I try to keep the below list updated too: SKYRIM SPECIAL EDITION RESHADES -- Live Action Trailer Graphics, The Dragonborn Comes, a ReShade for Vivid Weathers: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9990/? -- Dovahkiin Rising ReShade for Dolomite Weathers: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9942? -- Dragon Breaker ReShade, a Bright and Bold Look for Vivid Weathers: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9991/? -- Skyrim SE Ashen ReShade: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/9060/?tab=1&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrimspecialedition%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D9060%26preview%3D&pUp=1 -- MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA RESHADES -- Cinematic Realism: http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/2/?tab=1&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fmasseffectandromeda%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D2%26preview%3D&pUp=1 -- Neon Bomb: http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffectandromeda/mods/4? -- FALLOUT 4 RESHADES -- Cinematic Realism: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/23442/?tab=1&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Ffallout4%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D23442%26preview%3D&pUp=1 -- DIRT RALLY RESHADE -- https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7323/ DIRT 4 RESHADES -- Cinematic Racing Project: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7333/ -- Cinematic Racing Project (Vibrant Version): https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7348/ MAD MAX ReShades -- Cinematic Excellence: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7434/ -- Cinematic Excellence (Bleak Version): https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7438/ GHOST RECON WILDLANDS RESHADES -- Stunning Light & Atmospherics [newest ReShade] - https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7525/ -- Cinematic Excellence 2.0 ReShade (best neutral enhancer with lots of options) - http://www.nexusmods.com/ghostreconwildlands/mods/1/? -- E3 2015 Graphics - more realistic, cold ReShade, inspired by E3 2015 trailers for the game with a more gray look - http://www.nexusmods.com/ghostreconwildlands/mods/2? -- Borderlands-style Oil Painting ReShade - https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7175/ -- Uncharted-looking ReShade - https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7115/ -- Sun Soaked Graphics Overhaul - insane lighting amplifier. Sunsets, sunrise and clear days look nuts! - https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/6992/ SQUAD ReShade -- Cinematic Shooter Project: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7474/ RAGE ReShade -- Hit Me With Your Best Shot: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/7477/ ps: I'm TheMercsAssassin on most other websites, including youtube, twitter and the nexus. Hence, the Merc thing. ps+: Do not use any part of my ReShade in your own work. Make your own through hard work and lots of time, like I did, please. Thanks.

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