RE4 Visual Overhaul - Your Perfect Reshade - Custom AO and GI (AIO)

IMPORTANT!

- REFramework is recommended as it fixes Reshade crashes

- For Nvidia GPU's, it is recommended to update to the latest Geforce Drivers

- Turn off in-game Ambient Occlusion and Bloom as this preset has it's own which is better quality.

Good day to you, survivors.

Welcome to Your Perfect Reshade. My sole focus here was to create a preset that balanced the overall visuals in RE4 and then allow each user to customise the Reshade to fit their personal perspective. The preset removes the blue tint, brightens the shadows and implements bloom and sharpening.

The issues I wanted to solve with my Reshade are as follows:

1. Lack of detail and clarity in textures.

2. Shadows are slightly too dark

3. The entire colour pallet has a blue tint applied which is an artistic choice

4. Low quality light spreading and bloom to blend bright and dark areas together

I will continue to update this mod but for now, here is the 1. 0 version. I have all the instructions to install below, quick and simple, for beginners.

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PERFORMANCE

This preset should not cost any noticeable FPS compared to Vanilla (with RE4 Bloom and Ambient Occlusion turned on) as I have only included the few necessary shaders needed which replace in game shaders at a higher quality

MY RESHADE CREATION PROCESS

1. Highlight areas to improve.

2. Test available options for each area (i.e sharpening, bloom, colour pallet) and choose 1 that has the best performance and achieves the desired result.

3. Avoid using multiple FX to save on performance.

4. Avoid extremities to better balance across all users devices

5. Provide a balanced, base preset with a guide for the user to then make their own changes to achieve their personal taste

COLOUR THEORY, PHYSICS AND IT'S APPLICATION IN GRAPHICAL MODIFICATIONS

Colour theory is vital when trying to achieve correct colour simulation. Here is a simple example of how it was used.

Clouds during the day are white. Clouds during sunset are pink. Why? During the day, light follows this path:

1. Light says "bye bye daddy/mummy" to sun and travels through space. Space is a vacuum, meaning it is void of any particles. Particles are what give light it's colour. This is why space is "black" and dark.

2. Light then enters the earth's atmosphere and is greeted by 2 main particles, Mr Hydrogen and Mrs Oxygen, which make sweet sweet light love and out pops lil h20 jnr :) I re