Graphics Downgrade Reversal

The purpose of this mod is to edit every single model (.flver.dcx files) directly to enable specular maps on almost all surfaces, something you see in the beta footage we have of DS2, prior to it's infamous graphics downgrade in order to run well on ps3/360. Beyond the 100s of new specular maps, i've also made hundreds of new AO (ambient occlusion) maps that are stored in the normal map of surfaces. 

The player light has been altered to look closer to what you see in the beta DS2 footage where it has very pleasing hero lighting on the player, instead of directly inside the player, which I don't think looks great.

I've also enabled dynamic shadowcasting for ALL bonfires, which enables the illumination to really affect the environment around them. The maps ACB files are getting edited too to support less use of texture or model LODs, and in some case, in the msb map file, edits to drawgroups enable trees and distant objects to be rendered farther in the distance in FOFG. Will be more examples of this as mod develops. 

Improves reflections in the game by adding the environment to the planar reflections used on bodies of water.

There are also huge edits to the filterparam files that control the visuals of each area to bring back natural darkness, more contrast, corrects scholar's 110% luminance setting which really boosted the highlights too much imo. However if you'd like to not use my edited filterparams and want scholar default ones, just delete the "filter" folder from the "GDR" folder that stores the mod. Then you'll get default ones.

The main priority of this mod is the enabling and creation of 100s of specular maps to cover the entire game, which will come much closer to the DLCs level of material quality, where they featured specular maps and normals for all surfaces. The other things I'm doing beyond that are essentially everything i've learned on how to reverse the graphical downgrade at the source, as best I can.

WHAT DOES THE OPTIONAL RESHADE DO?

The reshade adds a very light RTAO and a dash of GI, plus good anti aliasing. vastly better than the built in FXAA which I recommend you disable through the in game graphics menu. Beyond that, I have everything maxed in game. The screenshots are using the reshade, but thankfully, it's so subtle that it doesn't radically alter the