Reshade & MSFS

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

57 minutes ago, CFIJose said:

Nice utility.

Message sent 🙂 

[Gerwil 177]

1 hour ago, CFIJose said:

I also have the Microsoft Flight Simulator Digital Ownership with MSFS 2020 official and community folders in drive D. Easy to back up and restore.

I'm still baffled by how you managed to get reshade into the main folder.

Here is to show that I have the 'real' exe visible and unencrypted on my E drive. Not a symbolic file in app data. Folder size is 1.18 Gb

Edited July 15, 2022 by Gerwil

[CFIJose 5,485]

21 minutes ago, Gerwil said:

Here is to show that I have the 'real' exe visible and unencrypted on my E drive. Not a symbolic file in app data. Folder size is 1.18 Gb

It's something I'll certainly consider if I ever need to re-install. I'm actually happy that I found the hack and can be ran with add-on linker.

Thanks for your contribution to the thread.

[ThrottleUp 630]

On 7/14/2022 at 7:51 PM, Beardyman said:

would u mind to share ur preset?

I just use simple preset to desaturate green channel.

Sure. Mines not the best, as always these things are very subjective. I ramped up the color, vibrance and a little bloom to make sun glare during dawn/dusk more real. You are welcome to it, have fun tweaking it to your taste 🙂

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/08e286b5-0506-4d8b-b969-56fae460e1dc

Just drop into the main MSFS folder then use ReShade UI in-game to select the preset.

Some screenshots I took:

Edited July 17, 2022 by ThrottleUp

[CFIJose 5,485]

8 minutes ago, ThrottleUp said:

Sure. Mines not the best, as always these things are very subjective. I ramped up the color, vibrance and a little bloom to make sun glare during dawn/dusk more real. You are welcome to it, have fun tweaking it to your taste 🙂

https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/08e286b5-0506-4d8b-b969-56fae460e1dc

Just drop into the main MSFS folder then use ReShade UI in-game to select the preset.

Some screenshots I took:

Looks good. Thanks for sharing.

[Adamski_NZ 960]

Is there any way you can use the -fastlaunch parameter in the Reshade startup batch file?

[David Roch 1,982]

36 minutes ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Is there any way you can use the -fastlaunch parameter in the Reshade startup batch file?

Very interested as well.
I've tried adding the parameter to the batch file but it doesn't work.
I hope some genius folk will find the solution 😉

[Cpt_Piett 4,776]

1 hour ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Is there any way you can use the -fastlaunch parameter in the Reshade startup batch file?

Just finished reading through this thread. The way I do it is to start MSFS with a .bat file with Addon Linker. But then I don't get the fastlaunch option. This is the contents of the .bat: 

cd C:\ReShadeUWP-MSFS2020
inject.exe "FlightSimulator.exe" | powershell Start-Process -filepath explorer.exe  shell:appsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App

[Adamski_NZ 960]

Thanks! My .bat file works fine (without FastLaunch), but I can't seem to get it to work from Addon Linker. I suspect it's because the .bat needs admin rights - which I set in the "Properties" of the desktop icon.

[MrBitstFlyer 3,883]

On 7/17/2022 at 1:55 AM, ThrottleUp said:

Sure. Mines not the best, as always these things are very subjective. I ramped up the color, vibrance and a little bloom to make sun glare during dawn/dusk more real.

Very nice! First picture has a lovely natural tone and colour.  I’ll have a look at a bit of bloom to my setting.

[Cpt_Piett 4,776]

Just updated to FinalLight's latest version, no issues. Haven't tried with DX12 yet but it's supposed to work. On my way north along the west coast of Canada as part of my world tour, and I'd really like to get replacement mod high lod working. But I think I have to throw in the towel on that one. Normal lod works fine. 

@MrBitstFlyer you mentioned some sharpening settings in Reshade, and that you disabled sharpening in usercfg, right? Can't seem to find your post on that one. And could you remind me what ReShade settings you're using for sharpening?

Just want the best visuals possible as I'm about to venture into the great wilderness and will spend many many hours overlooking spectacular nature 🙂 

Oh yeah, note to self: go back to SU9 as HDR in SU10 is not yet working as it should. 

7 hours ago, Adamski_NZ said:

Thanks! My .bat file works fine (without FastLaunch), but I can't seem to get it to work from Addon Linker. I suspect it's because the .bat needs admin rights - which I set in the "Properties" of the desktop icon.

I can't see any way of getting FastLaunch to work when starting from the .bat file. 

EDIT: Someone posted a question about this to the author yesterday and he said he'll look into it. 

Edited August 25, 2022 by Cpt_Piett

[MrBitstFlyer 3,883]

12 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

@MrBitstFlyer you mentioned some sharpening settings in Reshade, and that you disabled sharpening in usercfg, right? Can't seem to find your post on that one. And could you remind me what ReShade settings you're using for sharpening?

I am using Lumasharp.fx in Reshade.  I turned off ALL other  sharpening in NVCP, UserCfg.opt and MSFS.  LumaSharp settings are very straightforward so you'll quickly get the setting just right for your setup.

I have just read an article about Radeon image sharpening which did well in test on this page.  There is a Reshade port of this sharpening technique at Github here.  Just about to give this one a go in MSFS.

Loving Reshade - I have my default profile I use and don't touch, but I also have a couple of testing profiles to check out alternative techniques, great fun!

[Adamski_NZ 960]

13 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Just updated to FinalLight's latest version, no issues. Haven't tried with DX12 yet but it's supposed to work.

@MrBitstFlyer you mentioned some sharpening settings in Reshade, and that you disabled sharpening in usercfg, right? Can't seem to find your post on that one.

EDIT: Someone posted a question about this to the author yesterday and he said he'll look into it. 

I'm on SU9 +Reshade and DX12 worked well (surprisingly, as it didn't used to!). However - I went back to DX11 just in case!

The UserCfg.opt entry is under Graphics, then PostProcess ... Sharpen 0.

The FastLaunch option would be great. I restart the sim many times (as I fiddle about) and going through all those intros gets really irritating!

 

 

[MrBitstFlyer 3,883]

Just been watching the comparison landings video in this thread. 

Oh boy, the MSFS used in those comparisons would look so much better with the Map Replacement tool for extra detail,  plus a Reshade profile!

I am using the real life video to put my MSFS in exactly the same spot to have a good session in Reshade 🙂 

[Cpt_Piett 4,776]

21 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

I am using Lumasharp.fx in Reshade.  I turned off ALL other  sharpening in NVCP, UserCfg.opt and MSFS.  LumaSharp settings are very straightforward so you'll quickly get the setting just right for your setup.

Just got around to doing the same. Looks great! This really brings out those tiny details, like the rivets on the aircraft exterior. Using the default LumaSharp settings for now. 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Cpt_Piett