Lights and Shadow Rebalance

SHADER USED

• [] Clarity

  [] Lumasharpen

• []Detailsenhanced

  []Rebalanceof lights and shadows, using a custom LUT

  []A touchof color correction and color grading

  []Performancefriendly

  INSTALLATION

   

  1.  Download ReShade here: https://reshade.me/

  2.  Launch ReShade, click on browse andlook for the location of the game exe. Then click on next

  3.  Click on DirectX10/11/12 and clicknext, then click next again

  4.  In the shader download list, put a check markto AstrayFX by BlueSkyDefender and click next

  5.  Wait for the download, and uncheck all but Lumasharpenand click next. Then uncheck all but Clarity and click next andfinish (if you find confusing this step,          you may leave everything checked)

  6.  Download my preset from the provided link. Unpack the archive, copy and paste its content in the game folder. Click on

  overwrite. Now you can launch the game.

  7.  Press the home key, to open ReShade. Now click on skip tutorial, and then in the drop-down menu (where itsays: ReShadePreset). Scroll down until you find            Lights and Shadow Rebalanceand double click on it. Lastly, in bottom right corner of ReShade, check markthe: Performance Mode.

  8.  Activate the effect by pressing the SCRLLOCK key.

  DETAILS & INSTRUCTIONS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

  • []Thepreset is meant to work at 1440p. Is not tested at 4k. Feel free to try =)

    []Irecommend to leave the in game gamma at default (50)

    []Keep in mind that setting the light quality to LOW, makes the game SUPER DARK

    []If youdon't get the same look as mine, consider to calibrate your monitor

    [] Keepupdate your gpu always with latest drivers

    []If the game shouldn't start, turn off overlaysofts like msi afterburner, evga precision and such (included steam overlay),

    []before launching the game

  FURTHER DETAILS ON GAMMA

  By default the gamma, is set at a value of 50. On my monitor MSI OptixMAG274QRF-QD, set on the sRGB  mode,  I don’t need to set the gamma. But after some tests I found out that, putting the gamma at a value of 62, make the game brighter while still dark enough, to be appreciated. In this

  scenario, a darker preset (as my previous one, in the optional download), set like in this pic:

  Enhance the scary vibe of the game, and it’s a better in dark areas. On the other hand, my test with a gamma value of 75, makes the

  game super bright and kills the scary vibe. So I wouldn't suggest to play like so.

  Wrapping up: those who wants a brighter but balanced experience,should use my main preset leaving untouched the gamma. Those who wants a darker

  experiece, should use my Optional Dark Preset, setting the gamma at a value of 62, and the LUT as shown above.

  EXTRA NOTE: If you want to tweak the effects, uncheck PERFORMANCE MODE (bottom right corner in ReShade).

  PERFORMANCE

  I run the game, on an i7 11700k, paired with 32gb of ram and a RTX 2080. Based on the game’s performance, on my PC the preset might drop from 1 to 2 frames. Mostly it doesn’t. On the other hand, Dead Space has, traversal stutter problems, expecially when entering a new zone (as shown by Digital Foundry in their analysis). Noticeable stutters happens frequently (but less than the day one, thanks to the patches). In some cases after several hours of

  playing, FPS dropped hard on the big elevator, in the mining area (vanilla game: ReShade off). I reccomend using the Optimized Settings from Alex

  Battaglia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvQl7EDPRC4 (skip to 18:15 min). For those who have 3. XX Nvidia card or above,  you may want to try Resizeable Bar. Other than that, only patches can make the game run better.

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