ReShade for a less faded yet gritty look for Dying Light

Since there was a 10th Anniversary Update to Dying Light i downloaded it again, remembering i never finished the DLC The Following. I then also remembered, that this game has a strong yellow tint. So i set up a ReShade, tried some LUTs and finetuned them a bit to get a less tinted image. I tried to make it natural, yet not too bright and colorful/vibrant to keep the apocalyptic feel. So darker areas are a bit darker too, as i think they would be in reality. I also added a shader, which automatically adjusts the blackpoint and colors slightly to avoid any tint occuring in different situations. Finally i added some sharpening to bring out a bit more details.

To install it:

-Unzip and place the DyingLightReShade.ini in the following folder of your installed game:

\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dying Light

-Download ReShade from the official site: https://reshade.me/

-Run the ReShade Installer and select the game by browsing for the game exe (DyingLightGame.exe, same folder as above) and select DirectX 11/12.

When it comes to selecting effects, select DyingLightReShade.ini at the bottom of the installer.

This way the installer downloads only those effects used.

-Once you installed ReShade, start the game, press Pos1/Home to open the ReShade overlay and skip the tutorial.

The effects used should then show up and have a checked box in front of them.

You then can also hit the performance mode box at the bottom of that tab.

-If you map a key to toggle effects under the options tab, you can see the difference yourself.

Press Pos1/Home again to close the ReShade Overlay.

The auto-correct shader brings a tiny performance impact of a some %, the other effects should barely have an impact on performance. In game i have everything maxed out and turned on, except motion blur and i use DLDSR (that's a higher than native ingame resolution added via nvidia control panel, i use factor x2,25 DL).

Credits go to the respective creators of ReShade and of those Shaders, i used:

prod80_02_Bonus_LUT_pack@PD80_02_Bonus_LUT_pack.fx,Lightroom@qUINT_lightroom.fx,LumaSharpen@LumaSharpen.fx,prod80_01B_RT_Correct_Color@PD80_01B_RT_Correct_Color.fx