ArcaneAura

History

The game world of Hogwarts Legacy is truly magical, filled with stunning views, mysterious interiors, magical creatures and beautiful landscapes. Perhaps one of the best versions of Hogwarts we have seen so far in the Harry Potter universe. But when i started playing it all felt a bit... flat? The colour palatte is a bit too much grey- and brown-ish, the visuals a bit muddy and blurry and the light doesn't create the atmosphere a place like Hogwarts deserves. That's how i started my journey into this mod...

My preset is my way of finding a balance between atmosphere and the true visual vision the developers had with this game. I didn't want to change the whole look, i just wanted to enhance the feeling the world can actually deliver. By using a whole selection of tools from the Re-Shade library I searched for a combination of contrast, visibility, popping colours, dense and atmospheric lighting and a better visualisation of the wonders of the game, without compromising the performance...

At daytime the game looks way more atmospheric and bright, with a touch of warmer colour and magic. At night and in interiors it mostly creates a stronger contrast between light and shadow and gives the whole game a slightly more saturated and inviting look

If you want to take a look before you try it out just browse through the screenshots! I tried to create a vast showcase of all sorts of different situations and atmosheres with before and after pictures! 

ReShade

For those who care, the mod is made up of these toolsets and their settings inside of ReShade:

• []Lightroom (to create the colours and contrast)

  []FilmicPass (to create the look and feel of a mysterious world, contrast and curve adjustments)

  []Bloom (well... Bloom)

  []AmbientLight (atmosphere and dense lighting, works wonders with the HL lighting system)

  []Tint (to slightly change the overall colour palette from blue-is to a more neutral colour)

  []Colourfulness (bit more vibrance)

  []Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (greatly enhances details and textures, works so well with HL overall look)

  Installation

  []Download the current version of ReShade (I'm currently using version 6. 2. 0, so that's what i tested it with) and run the installer. https://reshade.me/

  []Select HogwartsLegacy.exe in the shown list OR browse to the folder of your game (IMPORTANT: Use the HogwartsLegacy.exe in the Phoenix-folder! The path should look something like this: "\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Binaries\Win64")

  []Select Direct3D 10/11/12

  [*]Select the needed effects: Standard effects, qUINT, SweetFX, Legacy effects (OR already select my .ini as a preset, the installer will pick effects acco