tomb raider shadow care package

- description

Shadow of the tomb raider the last episode of crystal dynamics

second tomb raider trilogy takes it's predecessors high standards

in terms of game play, level design and production values

and elevates it to dizzying heights as with previous games

modding wise this is hallowed ground, never the less...

This package contains some subtle tweaks realized with 3dmigoto

and can only be used in dx11 (dx12 is not supported).

3dmigto tweaks contain:

- modify lut increase blue

- reduce vignette

- remove fx waterdrops on camera lens

- reduce brightness skydome

- bypass gamma enhancer

Further a 3dmigoto tone map re-balances brightness plus

a little bit of luma sharpening gives the assets

(characters, environment, etc) a bit more definition.

update 14/10/2024 v1. 1

- tweaked tonemap a bit more contrast

and saturation

- tweaked 'modify lut increase blue'

- add a little blue shifted to

'reduce bloom intensity'

- tweaked 'reduce brightness skydome'

preserve intensity clouds

- added some shaders the affect fx

like bokeah, etc (see shaderlist)

- install

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

shadow of the tomb raider, the folder which contains sottr.exe.

- optional install

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 (64bit) and place the following dlls

in the install dir of shadow of the tomb raider:

d3dcompiler_46.dll

then copy 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.

- verify

After running the game the folder ShaderFixes should

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

005fab71dfc44471-ps_replace.bin

0c1604ed303613ae-ps_replace.bin

16e44fded89ecd8b-ps_replace.bin

1ee6d5e66b89bcbb-ps_replace.bin

2794d29405139e13-ps_replace.bin

3d7dbbfc3558c596-ps_replace.bin

3e8df674020e4dba-ps_replace.bin

5db28ca57cb5d4ba-ps_replace.bin

83b0abe4b9d15cb6-ps_replace.bin

adc8b879fba81b4a-ps_replace.bin

upscale.hlsl

upscale.ini

005fab71dfc44471-ps_replace.txt

0c1604ed303613ae-ps_replace.txt

16e44fded89ecd8b-ps_replace.txt

1ee6d5e66b89bcbb-ps_replace.txt

2794d29405139e13-ps_replace.txt

3d7dbbfc3558c596-ps_replace.txt

3e8df674020e4dba-ps_replace.txt

5db28ca57cb5d4ba-ps_replace.txt

83b0abe4b9d15cb6-ps_replace.txt

adc8b879fba81b4a-ps_replace.txt

upscale.hlsl

upscale.ini

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

- tested

Tested with version 1. 0. 237. 6 (dx11) of shadow of the tomb raider

on win 7 / win 10(1903) / nvidia 1050gtx ti with 3dmigoto (64bits) 1. 3. 16

- performance

3dmigoto gpu usage 1080p@40fps

without - clock 1772Mhz gpu usage ~94%

with       - clock 1772Mhz gpu usage ~96%

approximately 2% increase (1050gtx ti on win 10)

max gpu: 1772Mhz gpu usage 100%

) Game is capped to 40fps sync forced off through nvidia inpsector

- further tweaking

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

the original shader, to alter values.

To disable specific tweaks open the shader from

the folder 'shaderfixes' with a text editor example:

16E44FDED89ECD8B-ps_replace.txt

Has a remark on the top line:

// modify lut increase blue

So if you do not want that to happen

remove the shader from the folder 'shaderfixes'

16E44FDED89ECD8B-ps_replace.txt

and if compiled remove:

16E44FDED89ECD8B-ps_replace.bin

then restart the game.

All shaders <shadernumber>ps_replace.txt have

a similar descriptive remark.

- tips

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

If needed...:

make sure to unmark collectable items on

map before picking them up otherwise

the game freezes.

- shader list

---------- 005FAB71DFC44471-PS_REPLACE. TXT

// remove bokah effect lights

// ---- Created with 3Dmigoto v1. 3. 16 on T