Enhanced Dark Souls II SweetFX Preset

DESCRIPTION This preset is designed to enhance the natural color found in Dark Souls II while staying true to the core vanilla aesthetic. That means subtle, yet definite improvements.

INSTALLATION GUIDE 1) Download "Enhanced Dark Souls II Preset AND SweetFX" or "Enhanced Dark Souls II SweetFX Preset ONLY" if you already have SweetFX 2) Extract the file (either one) into "C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonDark Souls IIGame" or wherever "DarkSoulsII.exe" is located. 3) That's it!! You're good to go! Just make sure you use "ScrLk key" to toggle preset on or off while in-game

PRESET DETAILS This preset changes the following SweetFX settings: Increases Vibrance This allows for colors to "pop" but not over-saturate. Sunset in Majula looks like "magic hour" and the skies by Tower of Flame are a rich cerulean blue. Increases Sharpness This brings out subtle texture detail in armor and buildings. Increased minimally so as not to introduce artifacting. Changes Gamma This changes gamma slightly across RGB spectrums uniformly to eliminate the washed out look in vanilla DSII. Does not change black or white points. Should not crush blacks on properly calibrated monitor. Dark game areas such as The Gutter and Shrine of Amana look accurate without being overly dark. You can still see drop-off points in Amana. In-game gamma setting should be OK at default.