Work on a Reshade

[carcer]

I've been messing with a re-shade preset I found on these forums for good effect along with the terrain textures I've been using. I'll put out both the re-shade and terrain tiles when it's more finished.

https://goo.gl/photos/kWGSej66ykgHmadZA

https://goo.gl/photos/mhHq1tSMrwdnyJiF8

[carcer]

Seems to work out for CMFB pretty nice as well (using Aris clouds). It's like a whole new game; don't even need an engine 3 anymore.

https://goo.gl/photos/os8fbTtNXhk8L7HK6

I'll have to figure out what presets I was tweaking to give proper thanks to the person that discovered them. I believe they're presets from HerrTom. I still have more adjustments to make, terrain tiles to pick, figure out a field of depth, and maybe dabble into clouds but not sure if clouds has an affect on the source lighting.

[Erwin]

A definite improvement for graphics.  Hope you get this polished and ready for use.

[carcer]

https://goo.gl/photos/mwHLWRCyC8i6fMBr7 screen shot of newest update. Took me forever to figure out how to do a mask that will protect the HUD so I can begin working on different depth of field focuses. Seems my goal is morphing into an avoidance of the go to brown outs, blooms, de-saturation, and over saturation while attempting to keep color and create decent depth.

[Ales Dvorak]

Looks good.

[DesertFox]

10 hours ago, carcer said:

https://goo.gl/photos/mwHLWRCyC8i6fMBr7 screen shot of newest update. Took me forever to figure out how to do a mask that will protect the HUD so I can begin working on different depth of field focuses. Seems my goal is morphing into an avoidance of the go to brown outs, blooms, de-saturation, and over saturation while attempting to keep color and create decent depth.

Looks like a postcard from Normandy. Me likes :-)

[c3k]

Wow. These look very nice!

[General Jack Ripper]

So is this a Movie Mode preset, or something?

[carcer]

Thanks for all the comments.

On 6/27/2017 at 1:24 PM, SLIM said:

So is this a Movie Mode preset, or something?

Love the Strange Love pic Slim. The preset is a reshade ver3 preset that goes over main graphics. Should be an easy copy and past drop for install with the tab key as activation.

I was going to include terrain textures from the game Men of War Assault squad 2 but still waiting for permission to do so. I'll experiment working on CM stock graphics to see if I can get the same affect. The reason I was moving away from stock terrain is because they reflect too much light, so maybe darkening them or something would work.

[carcer]

Carcer's Reshade and Texture Mod Release (Beta)

Finished a well usable beta release to get feedback from, found here: https://www.mediafire.com/?gb3cj7sca338x8x

Screen-Shots:

https://goo.gl/photos/CGpBPY3m19EoW5Q56

https://goo.gl/photos/7EPXpi9vVo3Qyd6t8

https://goo.gl/photos/AmYYxouE7R2nsN5E8

https://goo.gl/photos/D2XCZTs4a52ZYMUN9

https://goo.gl/photos/rsQWRVSN2gKMsdW46

Information

I've included a brief tutorial for easy installation in the ReadMe file along with all the following information in this post. You'll need to download reshade 3 found here: https://reshade.me/

I have also been using a Nvidia profile inspector found on this forum with the suggested settings: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/96330-some-performance-and-quality-tips-for-nvidia-users/?page=7. The profile inspector for Nvidia cards really helps the game's performance to the point CM plays better on higher graphical settings. Suggested in game settings found in the ReadMe. It is extremely important to turn shadows and shaders OFF or else there will be ground clipping issues among others. Hope this reshade and texture mod works for others and not just for me to enjoy.

My Rig

Windows 7 home premium

AMD FX™-6300 six core 3.5Ghz processor

16GB RAM

GeForce GTX 970 4GB

1920 x 1080, 60Hz HD monitor

 

[Erwin]

Looks amazing.  Is this designed to work with all CM2 games?

[carcer]

2 hours ago, Erwin said:

Looks amazing.  Is this designed to work with all CM2 games?

Yes, almost forgot to mention. So far though there's only terrain textures for CM normandy, CMRT/BS, and a few for CMFB to go with it. I plan to add the rest of the textures, color match with satellite images, and do CMFI as well. Any feedback is welcome especially with light levels on whether the game is too dark or too light. Originally I tried my own hand at using real life colors for foliage and terrain which failed miserably, so this was the next best thing I could go for.

Another issue that might come with this mod that I'm noticing while playing CM myself is that sometimes you have to zoom in to a direct spot for area target commands and artillery. It might just be CM because it's doing this to me even with reshade off, but still could be from the reshade. Will have to test. For now I'm going to go back to working on my Omaha Beach map .

[Erwin]

Is there a readme?  When I ran your .exe, I was promptly given options and I had no idea what to select.

You whiz kid programmer types need to give us slugs crayon-level instructions.

Edited July 6, 2017 by Erwin

[carcer]

Shouldn't be an .exe; I compressed the file folder as a winrar to be extracted to it's own folder location which would have the readme, a folder with all the files for the Z folder, and another folder for the main directory of whichever CM game. Thanks for bringing it up though I'll see if I can write up a better install tutorial later tonight and post it on here.

[Erwin]

When I extracted it I got "Reshade_setup_3.0.7.exe".  When I opened the exe it asked me to make choices I didn't understand... 

[carcer]

Oh I see, for reshade setup. Haven't had time to write up a step by step guide but the readme I was referring to is in the mediafire download. For the reshade setup exe the first option should be select game, which you'll select the combat mission exe location such as computer->local disk->program (86)->battlefront->combat mission black sea->CM black sea. Next it'll ask you to select rendering API where you'll choose openGL. Last it'll ask if you want to download a collection of standard effects where you can choose no- not necessary for the mod (or yes if you want to play around with shader effects on your own). It should then read- installing CM...succeeded/done and you can exit. After that, the mediafire download containing the mod, has the files for the main directory of the CM game and corresponding files for the Z folder. I'll still put up a better guide but maybe that'll help.

[Erwin]

As am not familiar with the process you describe a good readme would be appreciated.  I live in terror of screwing something up when my machine and all games run perfectly at present.

[carcer]

Best I can do for a readme

 

1. Download the reshade program from https://reshade.me/

The version I used for this mod was 3.0.7

 

2. Once downloaded click on the install (ReShade_Setup_3.0.7) which will lead to a pop up window asking to select game.

Select the combat mission exe location of the combat mission game you’re applying the reshade to such as computer->local disk->program (86)->battlefront->combat mission black sea->CM black sea.exe.

Next it’ll ask to select rendering API where you'll choose openGL.

Last it'll ask if you want to download a collection of standard effects where you can select no.

It should then read- installing CM...succeeded/done and you can exit.

 

3. Download the Mod from https://www.mediafire.com/?gb3cj7sca338x8x

 

4. Extract the WinRAR ‘carcers reshade and texture mod’ to its own folder location.

 

5. Open the newly extracted folder ‘carcers reshade and texture mod’, go into ‘textures for Z folders’, go into the combat mission game your applying the mod to, copy and paste the terrain bmp files found in that folder into the games Z folder. Example computer->local disk->program (86)->battlefront->combat mission black sea->Data->Z->. If a Z folder does not exist create a new folder, and name it Z in the combat mission data folder.

 

6. Back into carcers reshade and texture mod folder, go into ‘reshade for main directory’. Copy and paste both the folder ‘reshade-shaders’ and the file ‘carcers preset beta’ into combat missions main directory. Example computer->local disk->program (86)->battlefront->combat mission black sea.

 

7. set-up the reshade to work by starting up the game. Once in the main menu, f2 brings up the reshade user interface. There may be a tutorial to click through or skip. With the reshade user interface up they’ll be a tab for settings. In the settings tab you can choose which key binding turns reshade on and off. I use the tab key but I have to be careful not to press tab with the user interface up as it messes with the settings. The reshade will not work for main menu screens or loading screens so you’ll want to be able to turn it on in game. Go back to the home tab in the user interface and if not already selected, select ‘carcers preset beta’ from the reshade UI drop down menu. Press f2 to exit.

 

8. Load a CM mission to play. Make sure that shadows and shaders are turned off in the game. Hotkeys I believe are alt-w and alt-r to turn on and off. Next press the key binding to turn on the reshade such as the tab key. Enjoy.

 

Recommended in game settings:

vertical synchronization on

3D model quality best

3D texture quality better

Antialias on

High priority process on

Tree detail high

Shaders and shadows off

 

Recommended profile inspector for Nvidia cards:

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Orbmu2k/nvidiaprofileinspector/build/artifacts

Setup for profile inspector found on this forum: http://community.battlefront.com/topic/96330-some-performance-and-quality-tips-for-nvidia-users/?page=7

 

profile inspector settings used:

Frame rate limiter 40 fps (v1)

Antialiasing – combined (mode + setting) application – controlled/off

Antialiasing – gamma correction on

Antialiasing – mode override any application setting

Antialiasing – setting 32xS [combined: 2x2 SS + 8x MS]

Antialiasing – transparency multisampling enabled

Antialiasing – transparency multisampling setting Q – (default, mixed mode) uses application detection

Antialiasing – transparency supersampling supersampling

Anisotropic filtering mode user-defined/off

Anisotropic filtering setting 16x

 

To Uninstall textures and reshade:

Delete associated mod files in the z folder, delete reshade-shader folder in the main directory, and delete the file ‘carcers preset beta’ and the 3 ‘opengl32’ files from the main directory.

 

[Erwin]

After I click on the exe a window opens and gives choices for Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10+ and OpenGL.  However, I cannot select any button.  Says "Pres Ctrl while clicking to extract binaries for manual installation" - However, this doesn't work.

 

 

 

 

[carcer]

1 hour ago, Erwin said:

After I click on the exe a window opens and gives choices for Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10+ and OpenGL.  However, I cannot select any button.  Says "Pres Ctrl while clicking to extract binaries for manual installation" - However, this doesn't work.

 

 

 

 

That doesn't sound good. On the reshade main page it says that it requires a windows plateform and directX end-user runtime installed. The directX is on the reshade main page. Maybe that's why?

Could also try this tutorial that helped me figure it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H-FD7FGzTo&t=321s

 

 

[Erwin]

The shame is that I don't have the time to study and learn to be a programmer...  That's just not part of my hobby interest.

Someone else did a reshade program a few months ago and that seemed to work more easily on CM2 games.  Wish I could remember what that was about.

[carcer]

it's not really studying to be a programmer but I can email you when I get a chance for a drag and drop download and if that doesn't work the terrain tiles for the Z folder from the media fire download still look pretty good on Combat Missions movie mode if you've ever put mods in the Z folder before.

[Erwin]

Yes am good at manipulating my mods in Z folder etc. 

But, Reshade in the form you have done it seems very complex by comparison in that it seems to require installation rather than just moving files into folders(??).  It may be that I don't understand the concept of where it's supposed to go.  (How does one reverse the process and delete it btw?)

[rss334]

Hi everyone recently bought red thunder and installed reshade, I'd love to record some video possibly make a movie of ww2 and at time it looks that good.   Seems though that myrillis action or badicam won't record the shaders, the videos are missing all the lovely details.   Same with screens, what are you guys using to record video or screens that include the injectors from reshade?

[carcer]

 

13 hours ago, rss334 said:

Hi everyone recently bought red thunder and installed reshade, I'd love to record some video possibly make a movie of ww2 and at time it looks that good.   Seems though that myrillis action or badicam won't record the shaders, the videos are missing all the lovely details.   Same with screens, what are you guys using to record video or screens that include the injectors from reshade?

Fraps should work, it's what I captured the screen shots with. I haven't tried it's video capture though.

 

brief update on the reshade- seems that when installing reshade the collection of standard effects is needed and I can confirm that for whatever reason the reshade opengl file messes with selection placement and unit placement. So far just a minor annoyance but I had to temporarily delete the reshade files to place units in trenches within the scenario editor. Not sure why the reshade opengl does this.