ReShade for a more natural look for State Of Decay 2

⭐ — (67 endorsements) 📥 4,053 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 12/27/2024
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By Augenschmaus357 · Visuals

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 12/27/2024 📅 Created: 12/27/2024

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 1.7% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • ✅ Updated 66 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
  • 🏆 #10 of 29 Visuals mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

This ReShade preset removes tint and desaturates the colors a bit, without changing the style too much.

NOTE: Apparently ReShade will not work with the Game Pass version of the game. This is because Windows protects the installation folder of Game Pass games from modification.

I picked up State of Decay 2 in the steam winter sale and found the colors a bit oversaturated and i also didn't like the tint/fog. The other available presets did change too much for my taste, so I did a ReShade on my own. I just used a LUT and some color corrections to remove/defog the tint, change the lighting and desaturate the colors a bit to make it look more natural. I also added a shader, which automatically adjusts the blackpoint and colors slightly to avoid any tint occuring in different situations. As the different lighting moods have different tints, I tinkered for a while on the forest map until I thought it looked good in all situations without looking weird in others. At the beginning of Heartland it also looks as desired on that map, so i hope it works in all the other regions and their settings too. I also added a tiny bit of sharpening to bring out more detail.

To install it:

-Unzip and place the SoD2ReShade.ini in the following folder of your installed game:

\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\StateOfDecay2\StateOfDecay2\Binaries\Win64

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

-Run the ReShade Installer and select the game by browsing for the game exe (StateOfDecay2-Win64-Shipping.exe in the same folder as above) and select DirectX 11/12.

When it comes to selecting effects, select SoD2ReShade.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 few %, the other effects should barely have an impact on performance. I have ingame settings maxed out and i use DLDSR (that's a higher than native ingame resolution added via nvidia control panel, i use factor x2,25 DL).

📊 Mod Details

Game
Stateofdecay2 Mods
Author
Augenschmaus357
Version
1.0
Downloads
4,053
Endorsements
67
Category
Visuals
Created
12/27/2024
Updated
12/27/2024

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