RenoDX - HDR Mod - Color Grade - Effects

RenoDX rewrites the game's DX11 shaders to add HDR and user controls for the game. It uses the Reshade Add-on API to hook into the game, NOT RESHADE EFFECTS.

Vanilla screenshots are gamma corrected for comparison purpose.

Features

General:

• []Graphics engine rewrite for HDR support

  []Based on Reshade's Addon system to avoid needing to constantly patch after game updates

  []3 customizable presets

  []"Off" Preset

  []Realtime sliders

  []Gamma Correction to emulate 2. 2 when in HDR or sRGB Mode (on by default)

  []Uses BT. 2446a to convert SDR videos to HDR for the few pre-rendered cutscenes

  Tone Mapper:

  • []RenoDRT Tone Mapper - A custom tonemapper configured to replicate the original look, but with HDR support and hue preservation.

    []No tonemapper (unclamped)

    Color Grading:

    • []Exposure Slider

      []Highlights Slider

      []Shadows Slider

      []Contrast Slider

      []Saturation Slider

      []Blowout Slider - Modern tonemappers blow out highlights whereas vanilla is more conservative.

      []LUT Strength Slider - Choose the blending strength of the game's color grading LUTs

      Effect:

      • []Bloom Slider

        []Auto Exposure Slider

        []Vignette Slider

        []Film Grain Slider - Includes a custom film grain that closely resembles perceived film grain.

        Installation

        • []Install latest Reshade with addon support (link). No Reshade effects are required.

          []Copy renodx-anvilnext2.addon64 into your installation folder (next to ACS.exe and the same folder you installed reshade to)

          []Run game

          []Press <HOME> on your keyboard to access Reshade UI.

        Known Issues

        • []Requires Anti-Aliasing set to MSAA or TXAA for now (only applies to Syndicate).

          []Original film grain is (broken) not available for now, replaced with custom one (can be disabled).

          []Auto-Exposure slider behaviour can be inconsistent, gonna look into it.

          FAQ

          • []The game appears dull. Is this even HDR? - By default, RenoDX is configured to match Vanilla SDR. From there you can

            tweak to your liking. For a more "HDR" appearance, try one of the color grading templates or switch to ACES tonemapper.[]How is this any better than (insert other HDR processs)? - The engine has been rewritten and resources upgraded from 8-bit SDR to

            16-bit HDR. The source to create the image is not the SDR image, but the raw image before the game converts it to SDR. This allows information that was completely blown out by the game's original SDR tonemapper to show through. This is not a post-process of an SDR image, but a reprocessing of the native one.[]I don't have HDR. Can I use this? - Yes, you can still reconfigure game's visuals with the tonemapper, only you

            would have to add just Gamma Correction to Off (unless your monitor is in SRGB mode). Peak nits and Game nits should be set to 80 which is Window's default for SDR.

          Note: you can find RenoDX mods for more games here.

          About RenoDX

          RenoDX, short for "Renovation Engine for DirectX Games", is a toolset to mod

          games. Currently it can replace shaders, inject buffers, add overlays,

          and write user settings to disks. Because RenoDX uses Reshade's add-on

          system, compatibility is expected to be pretty wide. Using Reshade

          simplies all the hook necessary to tap into DirectX without worrying

          about patching version-specific exe files. The source code is available

          on GitHub.

          About me

          You can usually find me over at #renodx channel in the HDR Den Discord

          Credits

          ShortFuse for creating the RenoDX framework.

          Lilium for the analysis shader used in comparison pictures and even more while making the mod.

          RenoDX and Luma devs for the help.