#reshade update

[simspaghetti]

Grabbing a bite on Betty's first night in the Big City!

📸 Also, I switched up my reshade preset again - I'm now using Tawhay by Windslar

[pictureamoebae]

RESHADE 5.0

ReShade 5.0 has been released, after 467 years of production (or so it seems).

It’s [MAYBE NOT*] safe to update, your presets should all still work.

* In-game shadows seem to be broken with 5.0. I’ve finally been able to update and test them. I asked over at the ReShade discord and they know the new version works strangely with TS4. They don’t know why, and don’t know if it’ll be fixed. If you’re having problems, revert to 4.9.1 - this is why we make backups.

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As always, MAKE BACKUPS of your current installation, along with all your current shaders and dll and ini files, keep them labelled with the version number, just in case you want to revert with minimal pain.

The biggest change end users need to worry about at the moment (apart from the shadows) is to the installation process. The installer has been redesigned to be more familiar, and what’s especially interesting is you can choose a specific preset when installing and it will attempt to work out which packs you need to download for that preset to work. If you’re using a preset by some absolute awkward weirdo like me, there are probably still going to be extra steps because I add in extra shaders and so forth, but it’s a cool new feature nevertheless.

What’s particularly exciting about 5.0 is it now incorporates an Add-Ons system. For the moment, you don’t need to worry about that. But eventually people will be producing all sorts of add-on modules that can tap directly into the game engine and do some cool stuff, like replacing game textures, etc. I’m not knowledgeable enough to fully understand what’s possible yet, and I very much doubt I’ll ever be in a position myself to create any add-ons, but over the next few months I expect lots of fun things will be happening and I’ll try to keep myself abreast of it in case any of it is useful for TS4.

Note: The main ReShade download has disabled all add-ons apart from generic depth buffer detection. This is because add-ons can be used to cheat in online games. There is a version that enables add-ons (you can dl it from the bottom of the release post in the forum) but if you use it be aware you may be banned from some online games (the regular version is whitelisted on game servers). Use at your own peril. If in doubt, stick with the official version - it’s all you need.

Some things you may need to be aware of if you’re using 5.0:

→ The shadows bug as per above (I'll update if a fix is found).

→ There is no longer any option to download the Legacy Pack as part of the installation process. GOOD! So many people encountered problems because they were downloading it alongside other packs when expressly advised not to. Now you have to follow the advice I’ve been giving: download the Legacy Pack manually from github, and only install those shaders you need (and all the textures).

→ If you’ve ever needed to access the d3d9 tab in the ReShade menu to troubleshoot the depth buffer, that has now moved. You can find the same screen in Add-Ons > Generic Depth.

→ For those who have updated to 5.0 and kept some of their older 3.x or 4.x shaders, they should still work as before, but if you do get any RED errors the offending shaders will be listed at the top of your shader list so you can easily identify them and decide if they’re worth keeping. If not, just go ahead and delete them from your shader folder. If you do need them, check to see if there are updates post-5.0 from their respective repository (usually found somewhere on github - if you google the name of the pack they’re part of you should find them). You can download the whole new pack, or just the relevant shader, and replace it in your shaders folder. There is also a list of popular shader packs here.

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I haven’t spent a lot of time with 5.0 yet, but if you encounter any problems I’ll do my best to help. As always, try to give me as much information as possible (saying ‘it’s not working, help me’ tells me absolutely nothing - how do I help you with that?), and screenshots are often a huge help. I have a discord server with a dedicated ReShade channel - I check that more frequently than I check my asks here, so it can be easier to get in touch that way. And there are lots of other people there who’ve been around the ReShade block a few times who can also help in my absence.

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I’ve also posted this over at Patreon, if you prefer to be able to refer to it without dealing with my tumblr theme.

[simspaghetti]

Hey @elisaveta87 I'm answering your ask here as a WCIF in case anyone else was wondering!

I bounced around reshades a bit at the beginning of this generation (using tau1tvec's Clarity for a few of the earlier posts)

But I've currently settled on kindlespice's GIA preset - which is what I was using in the post you asked about! :)

[simspaghetti]

Hey! What gshade or reshade do you use? It's really pretty

Hey lovely, thank youu 🥰🥰

I use reshade rather than gshade - it took a while to get my head round and gshade is definitely easier but now I've worked it out I'm wayy too lazy to switch lol

The preset I’ve been using for my most recent posts (most of Gen 3) is clarity by intramoon - the OG post was taken down but you can find it here!

[simspaghetti]

Your screenshots are so pretty! What ReShade preset do you use?

Hi love, thank you so much! :)

For my completionist LEPacy I've switched to a new preset by @erasabledinosaur - it's the 'Chaitea Brewed' preset from this omnibus collection, although I've tweaked it a little bit so it may not look exactly the same

For my Random Legacy I was previously rotating between Bumblebee by modestpixels / Wintermelon milk tea by malixacc / Ambrosia by Peachyfaerie - Mainly using Ambrosia (I think!)

Hope that's helpful 💗💗

[simspaghetti]

May i ask what reshade preset are you using currently? I love the way your game looks!!

Thank you so much!! 🥰🥰 And of course!

All my recent posts have been using bumblebee by modestpixels as their reshade preset! I mess around with the settings depending on the environment though to get the effect I like

Full disclosure, I also edit my screenshots in photopea so they're not direct from the game, some require less tweaking than others, here's some examples below...

The way I edit is to use a combination of this preset by Strangecowplant and this action by Sterinasims, (you can see I've literally combined them both into one preset lol) I toggle around with hiding / unhiding the editing layers until I get the result I want!

Hope that's helpful, I'm happy to do a more in-depth guide if anyone wants one 💕

[vyxated]

[Reshade] Shader Toggler & REST Updates

A quick update to my settings for the 2 Reshade add-ons mentioned above, fixing some issues and adding new features for my upcoming.. thing :D

If you're new to this, then I recommend checking out my original posts for more information on how to install the add-ons and their settings. I've updated the og posts & links to reflect the new changes :]

Shader Toggler update [see original post]

🆕 Hide CAS BGs (minus mirrors) entirely with Alt + ]

🆕 Hide CAS mirror reflection with Alt + [

Replace the existing .ini file with the new settings.

REST update [see original post]

Updating REST to v1.2.3 fixes the crashing issue when using the add-on & SRWE (or by changing in-game resolution) at the same time. High resolution pics & a clear UI now works well together :D

Remove existing files (.addon & .ini) before downloading the new add-on & settings.

[simspaghetti]

Your game looks phenomenal, do you use reshade?

Ahh thank you so much!! 🥰🥰

I used to use reshade but I've recently switched to GShade because I find it easier to use and it's less buggy with sims 3 :)

If you want reccomendations, the main presets I use are:

Bumblebee by modestpixels

Wintermelon milk tea by malixacc

Ambrosia by Peachyfaerie

Hope that helps!!