Realistic Graphics for Arma 3

[]Removed blue haze

[]Improved shading using multiple ambient occlusion techniques

[]Point cloud global illumination adds more realistic lighting to the scene

[]Accurate amount of in-engine post processing bloom

[]Accurate amount of in-engine post processing depth of field adds distant blur based on depth to simulate how things far away become less sharp and focused to add more realism to the scene. Not at all the same as traditional depth of field effects. This effect is more of a realistic but very subtle distant blurring

[]Large scale perceptual obscurance and irradiance improves the lighting in bright and dark areas

[]Debanding reduces color banding and helps the sky and clouds appear more natural especially during night time

[]Denoising reduces noise and artifacts such as discoloration in the image to provide a more crisp and cleaner appearance

[]Bump mapping makes rendered surfaces look more realistic by simulating bumps, wrinkles, and small displacements to give textures on 3D model's more realistic detail by manipulating the way light interacts with the surface

[]Colors are more vibrant and realistic using multiple different color shaders

[]Optical flow vectors help calculate objects in motion more accurately which helps certain shaders (RadiantGI, MXAO, GloomAO, vort_Motion) appear cleaner and more accurate

I have provided 8 different quality presets to choose from both with and without ambient occlusion to offer more flexibility and optimization especially to those with older systems. Each preset has a gradual change in quality and performance.

Performance will vary depending on hardware, in game graphics settings, resolution, and which quality preset is selected. So try out different quality presets and adjust graphics settings accordingly to see what works best for you. Enabling performance mode located at the bottom right corner of the reshade window can also slightly help with performance.

Note that if you do not want to use a certain shader you can disable it by clicking on the checkmark next to the name of the shader. Active shaders will be highlighted with a checkmark next to their name. Shaders that aren't active will be grayed out and have no checkmark.

Set your brightness, saturation, bloom, and depth of field to what is displayed above for accurate color corrections and post processes to match what is shown in the screenshots. These settings were used when capturing the sceenshots.

[]Download ReShade

[]Open ReShade

[]Select the target game's .exe (arma3_x64.exe) and click on next

[]Select the rendering API Microsoft DirectX 10/11/12 and click on next

[]At the top right click on uncheck all and then check all and then click next

[]Click on finish

[]Download the latest version of the Arma 3 ReShade Presets v4. 0

[]Once downloaded open the Arma 3 ReShade Presets v4. 0.zip file and drag the Arma 3 ReShade Presets folder into the Arma 3 installation directory located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3

[]Load Arma 3 and hit the home key on your keyboard to open the ReShade menu

[]Follow the on screen tutorial by clicking on continue. Once you're finished with the tutorial click on finish

[*]At the top of the ReShade menu click on the bar that says ReShadePreset