Hello community,
Fresh and crispy update just dropped in the Zone for the ultimate immersion. This time I made some really bold changes to presets for the sake of realistic pov gameplay. You can turn the additional shaders off if you dont like them.
Additionally I decided to put the install instructions here in the post.
Enjoy, and a huge kiss for your support!!! <3UR 2.1 changes:
New LUT and shaders for better colors, lighting, shadows
Immersive moving aim (can be disabled)
Cinematic DOF added for ultimate realism
New updated Engine.ini
Ray Reconstruction not needed (big fps impact)
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### INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS ###
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EDIT: If you experience crash to desktop delete the ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.addon64 file.
Video guides for install and setup:
(old) https://www.patreon.com/posts/s-t-l-k-e-r-2-141038281
https://www.patreon.com/posts/setup-guide-for-145075307
ATTENTION: My Engine.ini is not compatible with other performance or visual mods, engine.inis or pak files.
1. Put the Nvidia dll files into the corresponding folders (check video guide).
2. Ray Reconstruction is optional, I don't use it anymore bcs of big fps drop for almost unnoticeable gains.
3. Put the Engine.ini into /AppData/Local/Stalker2/Saved/Config/Windows folder or...
4. If you have Engine.ini file already copy-paste mine content into yours.
3. To open /Appdata/Local folder, type %localappdata% into your Windows search bar.
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### RESHADE SETUP ###
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My mod contains 4 reshade presets and two RenoDX presets.
You must adjust the renoDX presets manually: HDR if you play with HDR and SDR if without it.
I also attached a picture about my in-game HDR settings.
Reshade Presets:
Every reshade preset uses an immersive moving aim shader and fisheye + sharpening as you can see on the attached pictures these are the last tree shaders. These can be disruptive for some ppl so turn it off if you don't like it.
- UR_Stalker_2.1: SDR preset with base color correcting shaders + noise blur for minimal dof effect. Doesn't need depth buffer. (check picture: depth_buffer_off)
- UR_Stalker_2.1_DOF: SDR preset with base color correcting shaders + cinematic DOF for realistic dof effect. Need depth buffer and tick one depth draw line. (check picture: dof_depth_settings)
- UR_Stalker_2.1_HDR: HDR preset with base color correcting shaders + noise blur for minimal dof effect (hotkey: PageDown). Doesn't need depth buffer. (check picture: depth_buffer_off)
- UR_Stalker_2.1_HDR_DOF: HDR preset with base color correcting shaders + cinematic DOF for realistic dof effect (hotkey: PageDown). Need depth buffer and tick one depth draw line. (check picture: dof_depth_settings)
Reshade Installation:
1. If you plan on playing with the DOF presets, you must turn off any kind of Frame Generation, make sure Depth Detection is enabled and you must tick one depth draw line. (check picture: dof_depth_settings)
2. If you choose to play with the lighter noise blur presets you can turn off Depth Detection so you can get more fps. (check picture: depth_buffer_off) You have to restart the game for this.
3. I binded the "PageDown" hotkey for both Cinematic DOF and Noise Blur to quickly turn them off in-game in case of need.
4. RenoDX is necessary for the full visual experience which requires the Add-ons version of Reshade. I made two separate RenoDX presets for SDR and HDR.
5. Download the add-on version of the latest ReShade from here: "https://reshade.me" The game may crash with older versions.
6. Install ALL the shaders by clicking twice on the "Check/Uncheck all" button.
7. Do NOT install any add-ons from the setup, finish the install.
8. Copy the contents of the "reshade_renoDX" folder into your main folder where your ".exe" is located. (Stalker2/Binaries/Win64)
9. It should look like this: "Stalker2-Win64-Shipping.exe", "reshade-shaders" folder, "UR_Stalker_2.1.ini", "renodx-stalker2.addon64"...
10. Launch the game and press "Home" to bring up the Reshade interface, you can Skip Tutorial.
11. Choose the preset in the upper bar on the interface then press "Select".
12. Manually configure the RenoDX presets in the RenoDX window according to the pictures: I use Preset #1 for SDR, and Preset #2 for HDR.
13. I recommend binding a toggle key to quickly turn on/off the preset. You can set this in the Settings tab.
14. Check the attached pictures and the video guide on how your reshade should look like.
!!! If you play with HDR, don't forget to turn on Preset2 every time you launch the game, it loads preset1 by default. OR if you only play in HDR set Preset1 your HDR preset.
MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS SELECT THE LATEST UPDATED PRESET!
Feel free to ask any question on Patreon, will try my best to answer them ASAP.