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Pure Light for FFXV
Preset description:
Pure Light is a Reshade preset created to make FFXV look more cinematic while also giving a bit of a "photorealistic" feel.
Some of the features of this preset:
* Slightly altered color palette (less yellow) for a more cinematic feel (and a deeper blue sky on sunny days).
* Darker shadows & improved ambient light (e.g. darkens places which are not well lit) for a more realistic feel.
* Sharper textures. This preset reduces the blurriness FFXV has due to antialiasing.
* Higher luminance of the sun: the sun feels more powerful and objects which are illuminated by the sun are brighter.
* The nights are slighty darker, light sources during nights appear slighty brighter.
* Enhanced reflections on objects like rocks.
* You can toggle the border with F3 in case you don't like it.
Comparison video & short gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u67eIqa3Kw
Installation:
1) Download Reshade https://reshade.me/
2) Install Reshade to the game.
In order to do this, open the Reshade Setup.exe and click "select game" and search the ffxv_s.exe (located at ./Steam/steamapps/common/FINAL FANTASY XV). It suffices to select the effects listed below (or just click "yes" to install all effects).
3) Run the game and click "Shift + F2" in order to open the Reshade menu (for some strange reason you have to run FFXV in Borderless Mode and tab out and in again after opening the Reshade menu in order to access your mouse when the Reshade menu is active). Add a new preset (by clicking the "+") and name it "PureLight".
4) Close the game and go to the directory where the ffxv_s.exe is located. Open the file "PureLight.ini". Download the preset by clicking the link below. Copy paste the content of the txt-file into the „PureLight.ini“ file.
5) Start the game, open Reshade and activate the preset by selecting it from the drop down list. You can assign a toggle key in the Reshade settings if you wish.
6) I recommend setting "filtering" to low in the graphics settings. My full graphics settings are listed below under "performance".
Uninstall:
Delete the files "dxgi.dll", "dxgi.ini", "PureLight.ini" and the folder "reshade-shaders" from your FFXV game folder (where the ffxv_s.exe is located).
Performance & Graphics Settings:
The hit on performance depends on the hardware. On my system (GTX 1080, Intel i7 6700, 16 GB Ram) the fps-hit varies between 5 and 15 fps. Here are my graphics settings for FFXV with which I created the preset and took the screenshots:
* Resolution: 100%
* Assets: On (primary because of the increased grass density that comes with the texture pack)
* Model LOD: High
* TRAM: Highest
* Anisotropic Filtering: High
* Geomapping: Off (there are only a few places where I even notice the effect so I turned it off for better performance)
* Lighting: High (Highest doesn't look better IMO but slightly decreases performance)
* Shadows: Highest
* Ambient Occlusion: High
* Anti-aliasing: TAA
* Motion Blur: Off
* Filtering: Low (this just adds filters to the image which I don't like and which costs fps)
* NVIDIA HairWorks: On
* NVIDIA VXAO: Off (some places appear too dark with VXAO and this preset activated at the same time)
* NVIDIA TurfEffects: On (I really like the look of the grass with this effect activated)
* NVIDIA ShadowLibs: Off
Used effects:
AdaptiveSharpen, AmbientLight, BloomAndLensFlares, Border, Clarity, Curves, DPX, GaussianBlur, HighPassSharp, LiftGammaGain, Technicolor2, Tonemap, Vibrance
Techniques=AdaptiveSharpen,AmbientLight,Tonemap,Technicolor2,Clarity,DPX,Curves,GaussianBlur,HighPassSharp,LiftGammaGain,Vibrance,BloomAndLensFlares,Border
TechniqueSorting=AdaptiveSharpen,AmbientLight,Tonemap,Technicolor2,Clarity,DPX,Curves,GaussianBlur,HighPassSharp,LiftGammaGain,Vibrance,BloomAndLensFlares,Border,HDR
Effects=AdaptiveSharpen.fx,Curves.fx,Tonemap.fx,AmbientLight.fx,DPX.fx,Technicolor2.fx,HighPassSharpen.fx,GaussianBlur.fx,Clarity.fx,LiftGammaGain.fx,Vibrance.fx,Bloom.fx,Border.fx
KeyBorder=114,0,0,0
[Clarity.fx]
ClarityRadius=2
ClarityBlendMode=4
ClarityOffset=1.000000
ClarityDarkIntensity=0.500000
ClarityBlendIfDark=50
ClarityBlendIfLight=205
ClarityViewBlendIfMask=0
ClarityStrength=0.350000
ClarityLightIntensity=0.500000
ClarityViewMask=0
[GaussianBlur.fx]
GaussianBlurRadius=2
GaussianBlurOffset=0.300000
GaussianBlurStrength=0.300000
[HighPassSharpen.fx]
HighPassSharpRadius=1
HighPassSharpOffset=1.000000
HighPassViewBlendIfMask=0
HighPassBlendIfDark=0
HighPassBlendMode=1
HighPassBlendIfLight=255
HighPassSharpStrength=0.400000
HighPassDarkIntensity=1.000000
HighPassLightIntensity=1.000000
HighPassViewSharpMask=0
[AdaptiveSharpen.fx]
curve_height=0.400000
L_compr_low=0.169000
D_compr_low=0.253000
curveslope=0.400000
L_overshoot=0.003000
D_overshoot=0.009000
L_compr_high=0.337000
D_compr_high=0.504000
max_scale_lim=0.100000
pm_p=0.750000
scale_lim=0.100000
scale_cs=0.056000
[LiftGammaGain.fx]
RGB_Lift=1.000000,1.000000,1.060000
RGB_Gamma=0.960000,1.000000,0.880000
RGB_Gain=1.019000,1.019000,1.159000
[AmbientLight.fx]
alDebug=0
alAdaptBaseMult=1.000000
alInt=2.200000
AL_DirtTex=0
alThreshold=15.000000
AL_Adaptation=4294967295
alAdapt=2.080000
AL_Dirt=0
alAdaptBaseBlackLvL=3
alLensThresh=0.500000
AL_Vibrance=4294967295
AL_Adaptive=2
alDirtInt=0.720000
alDirtOVInt=2.000000
alLensInt=2.000000
AL_Lens=0
[Curves.fx]
Mode=2
Formula=1
Contrast=0.300000
[DPX.fx]
RGB_Curve=8.000000,8.000000,8.000000
Strength=0.090000
RGB_C=0.360000,0.360000,0.340000
Contrast=0.100000
Saturation=2.320000
Colorfulness=2.500000
[Technicolor2.fx]
Saturation=0.405000
ColorStrength=0.784314,0.784314,0.784314
Brightness=1.290000
Strength=0.660000
[Tonemap.fx]
Defog=0.010000
Bleach=0.000000
Gamma=1.000000
Exposure=-0.000000
Saturation=0.200000
FogColor=0.041955,0.336052,0.950980
[Vibrance.fx]
Vibrance=0.150000
VibranceRGBBalance=-0.600000,0.000000,0.000000
[Border.fx]
border_width=0.000000,20.000000
border_ratio=2.350000
border_color=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000
[Bloom.fx]
bGodrayEnable=0
iBloomMixmode=1
fBloomSaturation=0.820000
bAnamFlareEnable=0
fBloomThreshold=0.811000
fBloomAmount=0.100000
fLensdirtSaturation=0.000000
fBloomTint=0.999990,0.999992,1.000000
fLensdirtIntensity=0.780000
bLensdirtEnable=4294967295
fFlareLuminance=1.000000
iLensdirtMixmode=1
fLensdirtTint=0.048299,0.544355,0.985294
bLenzEnable=0
fAnamFlareThreshold=1.000000
fAnamFlareWideness=1.000000
fAnamFlareAmount=20.000000
fAnamFlareCurve=1.870000
fAnamFlareColor=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000
fLenzIntensity=2.860000
fLenzThreshold=1.000000
bChapFlareEnable=0
fChapFlareTreshold=0.990000
iChapFlareCount=20
fChapFlareDispersal=0.257000
fChapFlareSize=0.800000
fFlareIntensity=0.200000
fChapFlareCA=0.000000,0.010000,0.020000
fChapFlareIntensity=35.650002
fGodrayDecay=1.002000
fGodrayExposure=1.004000
fGodrayWeight=0.998000
fGodrayDensity=0.992000
fGodrayThreshold=0.999860
iGodraySamples=600
fFlareBlur=1.000000
fFlareTint=0.000000,0.000000,0.000000
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