euro truck simulator 2 care package

- description

For euro truck simulator 2 v1. 48. 1 and up

The saying goes there are many ways to Rome in this

game quite literally and figuratively when it comes

to modding this game.

Basically this mod shifts the color palette, reduces

the quite pronounced darkness gamma wise and adds a

little sharpening in the mix this is based on an unmodded

game so if you are using other mods that alter the light

or weather you might not get quite the same effect as shown

in the screenshots.

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

for disabling specific shader tweaks.

3dmigoto shader tweaks:

- reduce intensity sun shafts

- reduce light lower hemisphere time day and night

- reduce distance fog

- darken mie or raleigh effect horizon

- slightly decrease lights buildings night also effects

dashboard cabine lights and light in rear view mirror

- reduce secondary glow light sources is frame based

update 18/08/2023 v1. 481

- added a slight curve with custom shader curve.hlsl

- some slight tweaks to the tonemap shader (upscale.hlsl)

*see 'further tweaking' to disable curve

update 15/02/2022 v1. 2

- a custom shader upscale.hlsl (3dmigoto) replaces reshade

- no longer use smaa by reshade switched to smaa internal of game

- tested on windows 10 (v1903)

- reworked distance fog, mie / raleigh effect horizon is preserved more accurately

- reworked global illumination day and night environment added fake light

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

does some fullscreen tweaks as sharpening and color modification.

- updating

if a older package (1. 1 or older) was installed remove the following

folder(s) and file(s) in the folder which contains eurotrucks2.exe

shadercache

shaderfixes

d3dcompiler_46.dll

ReShade.ini

Then copy the contents of the zip file to the install folder of

euro truck simulator 2, the folder which contains eurotrucks2.exe.

- install

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

euro truck simulator 2, the folder which contains eurotrucks2.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 dir of

euro truck simulator 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.

Also add at 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:

024c100f26cb5995-ps_replace.bin

253c19c80724faa9-ps_replace.bin

c13a1011424bea38-ps_replace.bin

ec2dbe1651eb5218-ps_replace.bin

f9c3201cb125959a-ps_replace.bin

upscale.hlsl

upscale.ini

024c100f26cb5995-ps_replace.txt

253c19c80724faa9-ps_replace.txt

c13a1011424bea38-ps_replace.txt

ec2dbe1651eb5218-ps_replace.txt

f9c3201cb125959a-ps_replace.txt

upscale.hlsl

upscale.ini

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

- tested

Tested with file version 1. 48. 1 of euro truck simulator 2

on win 10 / nvidia 1050gtx ti

See screenshot for settings game.

- performance

3dmigoto gpu usage 1080p@ ~60fps

without - clock 1080hz gpu usage ~70%

with       - clock 1120hz gpu usage ~72%

approximately 4% increase (1050gtx ti on win 7 / win 10)

max gpu: 1772Mhz gpu usage 100%

- 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