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PineappleForest
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#26 Old 17th May 2022 at 12:55 AM
Quote: Originally posted by PacMani
Just dropping by to say 5.1 works fine for me

What system and graphic card do you have?
Does 5.1 run more smoothly compared to 4.9.1?
supra107
Test Subject
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#27 Old 28th May 2022 at 9:53 AM
Quote: Originally posted by PineappleForest
Reshade 5 is out now - IT WON'T WORK for TS2. Edit: it seems to work sometimes.
I couldn't make it work at all and I know other ppl also have issues with it, so I still I recommend version 4.9.1

It took me a while to figure out how to make DoF (depth of field effect) and AO (ambient occlusion) in Reshade work, so I though I'd share what I've found.
(It won't work for everybody, that's for sure )

I'm on Win10, Geforce GTX 1050 Ti, UC (that one particular version of UC that's missing IKEA files ;P ). I've installed Reshade using Vulkan & DXVK without issues,
even though I should've read this documentation first !.
And if you're about to install DXVK, you should read it (author of this tutorial didn't stress it enough IMO).

I applied all tweaks that were supposed to make DoF work properly, but no, it didn't work. When I tried to tweak Reshade buffer settings, I got some patchy, random blurriness.
Then I dropped Pine's custom post effects mod (SSAO version) ) in my Downloads. Both DoF and AO in Reshade started working.
You don't need to enable their mod via console, you just need to have the files. And also: read the instructions!
Unfortunately, as I discovered, Pine's mod has the potential to cause pink flashing. That's pretty clear in my case, I never got pink before I dropped that mod in my Downloads.
But it can give me DoF, so I'll keep using it . I'm usually able to take a whole bunch of pretty screenshots before I start getting pink.
When it happens, I remove the mod. Sometimes I still get a bit of pink when I run the game again (and that's weird) but eventually my game goes back to normal.
(If you're still getting pink after removing Pine's mod, you might try to delete .dxvk-cache file )

To make Reshade's DoF work, I needed to edit global preprocessor definitions. Here's my configuration.


And here are Vulkan buffer settings that work for me.
I only need to tweak it for Hood view.


Maybe somebody will find that useful.

ReShade 5.2 came out recently and the way it gets injected to Vulkan applications got changed again, this time it's once again global like in 4.x with the difference that it won't inject into a Vulkan program if in the location of it's executable there's no ReShade.ini file. So it means that if you have a ReShade.ini in your Sims 2 installation it will inject without an issue if you're using DXVK.
PineappleForest
Lab Assistant
#28 Old 1st Jun 2022 at 3:38 PM
@supra107
Thanks for the info!
Good to know that it works, but I'd love to know if it's actually better for TS2 than 4.9?
The main issue I have with 4.9 is that transparent textures like thin grass leaves basically disappear when I zoom out.
MajinKitty230
Field Researcher
#29 Old 6th Aug 2022 at 6:04 PM
I notice when I do that seti & Dirty Rect thing it makes my game flickr.
PineappleForest
Lab Assistant
#30 Old 3rd Oct 2024 at 12:27 PM Last edited by PineappleForest : 9th Oct 2024 at 6:30 PM.
So I was forced to install Reshade 6.1.1 because after I installed if for another game / and updated Vulkan/,
that completely disabled depth buffer access in my Reshade 4.9.1 TS2 installation

Lo and behold, depth shaders now work properly for me

A few notes:
-if you play with RTGI shader, you may discover thin bright outlines on sharp edges at some angles,
you need to turn off in-game antialiasing to get rid of those.
(interestingly that wasn't an issue for me when I used Pine's SSAO mod)
-I had to adjust RTGI settings, set number of rays to 20 otherwise light reflections looked kinda splotchy
I guess ReShade 6 built-in depth detection is a bit less nuanced than what Pine's SSAO has to offer?
- Might be obvious but I know some ppl are not aware of this: if you'd like to temporarily turn off reShade for TS2,
all you need to do is rename d3d9.dll to d3d9.dllOFF /or something/
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letiziaa
Lab Assistant
#31 Old 19th Oct 2024 at 3:51 AM
Good morning, I followed all the steps but rashade does not work. When I start the game no bar comes up.
Please help me because I really don't understand.
I downloaded the available rashade, the new one,



letiziaa
Lab Assistant
#32 Old 19th Oct 2024 at 12:11 PM Last edited by letiziaa : 19th Oct 2024 at 12:22 PM.
Okay, I solved that.
However, how come on the game with f12 + shift doesn't open the settings for me?
Tigerreesepieces
Test Subject
#33 Old 14th Dec 2024 at 9:09 PM Last edited by Tigerreesepieces : 14th Dec 2024 at 9:23 PM.
I have tried both methods and can't get reshade to work any tips I have graphics rule maker and the 4 gb patch and I have Mr Dj version but I have Ikea installed. Nevermind it's working now but I'm using reshade 4.6.1 the newest one wouldn't work for me at all. I dont know how Ive been trying for 4 hours. But it works.
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