Sharp and SSAO Reshade
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🔍 Analysis
- 🏆 #35 of 83 Visuals mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Vanila like visual for gaming. Fixed glowing and red tint. Features: sharpness, SSAO, auto exposure, fish eye.
DirectX11 only.
Requires:
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[]Have the "Subsurface Scattering" Video option enabled[/]
[]Use TAA or DLSS[/]
The old preset gone wrong with new patches (immersive realism). So here is lightweight version to play the game. The color balance can be subjective free to adjust settings in reshade. I have made REST settings for AO shaders that will not be seen in dialogs when DOF is on. REST has problems with Vulkan so this reshade only for directX11. On Vulkan it will not launch.
You have two options for installation. First is copy and forget. This archive has all dll's, shaders, textures, addons needed. Can be usefull for easiest installation process and sometimes when something is updated it can break compatibility but not in this archive. The second optional installation needs reshade exe to setup all needed dll's shaders and textures. It can be used to install more cleaner and faster loading experience.
The main installation file: from the archive copy content to bin folder and forget (the first archive contains all shaders and dll's needed).
Optional alternative setup: download reshade with full addon support from reshade.me site;
- choose directX11 and shaders based on preset (Sharp_and_SSAO.ini);
- In the addon select REST (reshade_effect_shader_toggler) and Shader Toggler.
In game controls : to Open reshade UI (can be changed in reshade)
to turn on/off effects
Uninstallation - delete the following files:
dxgi.dll - DirectX11 file, Vulkan may be different, probably adds to register
ReShade.ini
ReShade.log
ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.addon64
ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.ini
ShaderToggler.addon64
ShaderToggler.ini
ReShadePreset.ini
sharp_and_ssao.ini
Feel free to use this preset in other mods, presets with provided credentials.
FAQ:
1) Can it be installed with mod manager / vortex / etc ?
2) What if I use Vulkan?
--- It will not launch. The REST addon has problems with Vulkan.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Baldurs Gate 3 Mods
- Author
- Vetrogor
- Version
- 1.2.3
- Downloads
- 317
- Endorsements
- 7
- Category
- Visuals
- Created
- 1/2/2026
- Updated
- 8/4/2026
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