dishonored 2 care package

- description

Dishonored 2 marked the zenith of Arkane's skills

in making top notch immersive sims.

Continuing on the first dishonored with the low /

high chaos (lethal vs non lethal) approach and the

option to play with different protagonists this game

is pretty much a benchmark in its genre.

3dmigoto shader tweaks:

- reduce fog density exterior and interiors

- increase presence sky dome

- remove vignette and edge fringe when crouching

- tonemap via 'upscale.hlsl'

- custom shader for a slight curve

can be disabled see 'further tweaking'

The  package has a customized shader 'upscale.hlsl' which

does some fullscreen tweaks as sharpening and color modification.

If you do not like specific tweaks please see 'further tweaking'

for disabling specific shader tweaks.

- install

Copy the contents of the zip file to the install folder of

dishonored 2, the folder which contains dishonored2.exe

- optional install

The following instructions are only needed

if you do not like using unverified dll's you can:

download 3dmigoto from:

https://github.com/bo3b/3Dmigoto/releases

download version 1. 3. 16 and place the following dlls in the install folder of

dishonored 2:

d3d11.dll (64bits)

d3dcompiler_46.dll

then copy `d3dx.ini, ShaderCache and ShaderFixes from the zip file to the same dir aka folder.

make sure to set (line 248):

the default setting is:

which sets 3dmigoto to a debug mode.

and add (@line 19):

include = ShaderFixes\upscale.ini

include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini

- verify

After running the game the folder ShaderFixes should

gradually (scene and level dependent) contain the .bin versions:

30ecfa9feab2cb9b-ps_replace.bin

3b5c3cee34ea73c9-ps_replace.bin

498e0e569a3d1172-ps_replace.bin

66e2ec7360a0c443-ps_replace.bin

7c9ce71fac45d1cf-ps_replace.bin

9b9b4536c8b991f2-ps_replace.bin

b3ad6a2f8a3716ee-ps_replace.bin

ef97c78e37adc13f-ps_replace.bin

f4515be26a6adfa5-ps_replace.bin

30ecfa9feab2cb9b-ps_replace.txt

3b5c3cee34ea73c9-ps_replace.txt

498e0e569a3d1172-ps_replace.txt

66e2ec7360a0c443-ps_replace.txt

7c9ce71fac45d1cf-ps_replace.txt

9b9b4536c8b991f2-ps_replace.txt

b3ad6a2f8a3716ee-ps_replace.txt

ef97c78e37adc13f-ps_replace.txt

f4515be26a6adfa5-ps_replace.txt

This means that the file(s) .txt have been compiled by 3dmigoto (d3d11.dll)

- tested

Tested with file version 1. 0 of dishonored 2

on win 10(1903) / nvidia 1050gtx ti

See screenshot for settings game.

- performance

3dmigoto gpu usage 1080p@ ~45fps

without - clock 1759Mhz gpu usage ~97%

with       - clock 1772Mhz gpu usage ~97%

approximately 4% increase (1050gtx ti on win 10)

max gpu: 1772Mhz gpu usage 100%

**clamped frame rate to 45fps no sync

- further tweaking

If you like you can compare the modified shader, ShaderCache contains

the original shader, to alter values.

The curve shader can be disabled by opening d3dx.ini

in a text editor and altering line 20 from:

include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini

;include = ShaderFixes\curve.ini

To disable specific tweaks open the shader from

the folder 'shaderfixes' with a text editor example:

514417E4F6BF4702-PS_REPLACE.txt

Has a remark on the top line:

// remove cartoon outline

So if you do not want that to happen

remove the shader from the folder 'shaderfixes'

514417E4F6BF4702-PS_REPLACE.txt

and if compiled remove:

514417E4F6BF4702-PS_REPLACE.bin

then restart the game.

All shaders <shadernumber>ps_replace.txt have

a similar descriptive remark.

- tips

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/dishonored_2

- shader list

---------- 30ECFA9FEAB2CB9B-PS_REPLACE. TXT

// reduce fog density A

// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1. 3. 16 on Mon Jun 03 11:54:22 2024

// reduce fog density

---------- 3B5C3CEE34EA73C9-PS_REPLACE. TXT

// haze skyline evening and night

// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1. 3. 16 on Mon Jun 03 12:52:38 2024

// reduce haze

---------- 498E0E569A3D1172-PS_REPLACE. TXT

// global fx

// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1. 3. 16 on Mon Jun 03 11:59:11