SweetFX Shader Suite release and discussion thread

Some games like Far Cry 3 look colorful enough but I still like using SweetFX for the sharpening function. I also use SMAA to enhance the existing AA or if the game doesn't use it at all.

 

@Marcel

Whats about the AlanWake Settings !?

 

Far Cry 3

http://imageshack.us/a/img515/4196/farcry32012120411290370.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img194/1210/farcry32012120411270589.jpg

 

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4469259&postcount=1918

I can not set the color of the day

Night = good but Day = Bad
Day = Good but Night = Bad

 

Holy MOTHER OF GOD

AMAZING bro..settings plz if u dont mind :nerd:

and did u enable the injector through DX 9 or 11?
cus its working for me with DX11

 

Thanks
I did remove the bluish tint actually...

 

Hum well yea but you kinda induced a yellow tint then...

 

Marcel, could you help me with the Contrast Curve?
I have tried playing around with it, but i really don´t get it.

Do you know how to set it to let a Gamma of -0.10 not letting the dark details go away, but still let the Concrete look stay?

Thanks

 

Thanks

The injector doesn't work in dx11 it show black screen only

DX9+ultra settings+2880×1620=unplayable about 20fps and less xD
DX9+optimal settings+1920×1080=playable about 45-60

Code:

   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                      Choose effects                         /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/

// Set to 1 for ON or 0 for OFF
#define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 0 //[0 or 1] SMAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines.
#define USE_LUMASHARPEN   0 //[0 or 1] LumaSharpen : Also sharpens the antialiased edges which makes them less smooth - I'm working on fixing that.
#define USE_BLOOM         0 //[0 or 1] Bloom : Makes bright lights bleed their light into their surroundings (relatively high performance cost)
#define USE_HDR           0 //[0 or 1] HDR : Not actual HDR - It just tries to mimic an HDR look (relatively high performance cost)
#define USE_TECHNICOLOR   0 //[0 or 1] TECHNICOLOR : Attempts to mimic the look of an old movie using the Technicolor three-strip color process (Techicolor Process 4)
#define USE_DPX           1 //[0 or 1] Cineon DPX : Should make the image look like it's been converted to DXP Cineon - basically it's another movie-like look similar to technicolor.
#define USE_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 0 //[0 or 1] Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights (avoids clipping)
#define USE_TONEMAP       1 //[0 or 1] Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. (may cause clipping)
#define USE_VIBRANCE      0 //[0 or 1] Vibrance : Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation.
#define USE_CURVES        0 //[0 or 1] Curves : Contrast adjustments using S-curves.
#define USE_SEPIA         0 //[0 or 1] Sepia : Sepia tones the image.
#define USE_VIGNETTE      0 //[0 or 1] Vignette : Darkens the edges of the image to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. May cause banding artifacts.
#define USE_DITHER        0 //[0 or 1] Dither : Applies dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. This lessens banding artifacts (mostly caused by Vignette)
#define USE_SPLITSCREEN   0 //[0 or 1] Splitscreen : Enables the before-and-after splitscreen comparison mode.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                  SMAA Anti-aliasing settings                /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/

#define SMAA_THRESHOLD 0.12           // [0.05 to 0.20] Edge detection threshold
#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS 16      // [0 to 98] Determines the radius SMAA will search for aliased edges
#define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG 6  // [0 to 16] Determines the radius SMAA will search for diagonal aliased edges
#define SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING 0        // [0 to 100] Determines the percent of antialiasing to apply to corners.

// -- Advanced SMAA settings --
#define COLOR_EDGE_DETECTION 1        // [0 or 1] 1 Enables color edge detection (slower but slightly more acurate) - 0 uses luma edge detection (faster)
#define SMAA_DIRECTX9_LINEAR_BLEND 0  // [0 or 1] Using DX9 HARDWARE? (software version doesn't matter) if so this needs to be 1 - If not, leave it at 0.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                       LumaSharpen settings                  /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
// -- Sharpening --
#define sharp_strength 0.60   // [0.10 to 3.00] Strength of the sharpening
#define sharp_clamp    0.035  // [0.000 to 1.000] Limits maximum amount of sharpening a pixel recieves - Default is 0.035

// -- Advanced sharpening settings --
#define pattern 2        // [1|2|3|4] Choose a sample pattern. 1 = Fast, 2 = Normal, 3 = Wider, 4 = Pyramid shaped.
#define offset_bias 1.0  // [0.0 to 6.0] Offset bias adjusts the radius of the sampling pattern.
                         // I designed the pattern for offset_bias 1.0, but feel free to experiment.
                           
// -- Debug sharpening settings --
#define show_sharpen 0   // [0 or 1] Visualize the strength of the sharpen (multiplied by 4 to see it better)


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                       Bloom settings                        /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define BloomThreshold 20.25 //[0.00 to 50.00] Threshold for what is a bright light (that causes bloom) and what isn't.
#define BloomPower 1.446     //[0.0000 to 8.0000] Strength of the bloom
#define BloomWidth 0.0142    //[0.0000 to 1.0000] Width of the bloom


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                        HDR settings                         /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define HDRPower 1.20  //[0.0 to 8.0] Strangely lowering this makes the image brighter
#define radius2  0.80  //[0.0 to 8.0] Raising this seems to make the effect stronger and also brighter


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                      TECHNICOLOR settings                   /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define TechniAmount 0.11        //[0.0 to 1.0]
#define TechniPower  2.8         //[0.0 to 8.0]
#define redNegativeAmount   0.88 //[0.0 to 1.0]
#define greenNegativeAmount 0.88 //[0.0 to 1.0]
#define blueNegativeAmount  0.88 //[0.0 to 1.0]


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                      Cineon DPX settings                    /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Red   15.0  //[1.0 to 15.0]
#define Green 15.0  //[1.0 to 15.0]
#define Blue  15.0  //[1.0 to 15.0]

#define ColorGamma    1.0  //[0.1 to 2.5] Adjusts the colorfulness of the effect in a manner similar to Vibrance. 1.0 is neutral.
#define DPXSaturation 1.0  //[0.0 to 8.0] Adjust saturation of the effect. 1.0 is neutral.

#define RedC   0.3  //[0.6 to 0.2]
#define GreenC 0.3  //[0.6 to 0.2]
#define BlueC  0.3  //[0.6 to 0.2]

#define Blend 0.3    //[0.0 to 0.1] How strong the effect should be.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                      Lift Gamma Gain settings               /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define RGB_Lift  float3(1.005, 1.005, 0.982)  //[1.000 to 2.000] Adjust shadows for Red, Green and Blue
#define RGB_Gamma float3(1.000, 1.000, 0.987)  //[1.000 to 2.000] Adjust midtones for Red, Green and Blue
#define RGB_Gain  float3(0.987, 0.993, 0.999)  //[1.000 to 2.000] Adjust highlights for Red, Green and Blue


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                        Tonemap settings                     /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Gamma 1.08        //[0.00 to 2.00] Adjust midtones

#define Exposure -0.05    //[-1.00 to 1.00] Adjust exposure

#define Saturation 0.0  //[-1.00 to 1.00] Adjust saturation

#define Bleach 0.12      //[0.00 to 1.00] Brightens the shadows and fades the colors

#define Defog 0.011  //[0.00 to 1.00] How much of the color tint to remove
#define FogColor float3(0.00, 0.80, 0.00) //[0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00] What color to remove - default is blue


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                       Vibrance settings                     /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Vibrance 0.15 //[-1.0 to 1.0] Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                        Curves settings                      /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define Curves_contrast 0.30  //[-1.0 to 1.0] The amount of contrast you want

// -- Advanced curve settings --
#define Curves_formula 7      //[1|2|3|4|5|6|7] The constrast s-curve you want to use. 


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                         Sepia settings                      /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define ColorTone float3(1.40, 1.10, 0.90) //[0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00] What color to tint the image
#define GreyPower  0.11                    //[0.0 to 1.0] How much desaturate the image before tinting it
#define SepiaPower 0.58                    //[0.0 to 1.0] How much to tint the image



   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                       Vignette settings                     /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define VignetteRadius 1.00   //[-1.00 to 3.00] lower values = stronger radial effect from center
#define VignetteAmount -1.00  //[-2.00 to 1.00] Strength of black. -2.00 = Max Black, 1.00 = Max White.
#define VignetteSlope 8       //[1 to 16] How far away from the center the change should start to really grow strong (odd numbers cause a larger fps drop than even numbers)
#define VignetteCenter float2(0.500, 0.500)  //[0.00 to 1.00] Center of effect.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                        Dither settings                      /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
//No settings yet, beyond switching it on or off in the top section.

//Note that the checkerboard pattern used by Dither, makes an image harder to compress.
//This can make your screenshots and video recordings take up more space.


   /*-----------------------------------------------------------.
  /                     Splitscreen settings                    /
  '-----------------------------------------------------------*/
#define splitscreen_mode 3  //[1|2|3|4|5]  1 = Vertical 50/50 split, 2 = Vertical 25/50/25 split, 3 = Vertical 50/50 angled split, 4 = Horizontal 50/50 split, 5 = Horizontal 25/50/25 split

 

Not sure I understand your question.

Maybe show a screenshot and describe what you want to change?

 

i often use curves 6 with contrast 10 , 11 or 12 and tonemap gamma 1,1 or 1,05 but depends on the specific game. Every game is different. Sorry if i write something bad because my english is not very good.

...I have question for all. How turn OFF HUD in Bulletstorm? Thank you for answers

 

Bulletstorm is UE3?

Have you tried the usual means? Binding keys to typical UE3 commands? It would be similar to dishonored.

It might not be possible. I know Duncan Harris (DeadEndThrills) had to use a special build from Epic to use a lot of these commands...

 

does not work any UE command in input.ini. I already tested all. Game have coded ini files but are rewritable with bulletstorm ini editor.

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"quick test" Batman Arkham City

...only DPX and curves

 

the fix is to update every Visual C++ Redists (2005-2010 SP1 both x86 & x64), DirectX Redist (June 2010) etc. etc.

 

Black Ops 2

Spoiler

 

How did you guys manage to run SweetFx with Far Cry 3?
It keeps on crashing on me after the splash screen..
Here's what I've tried:
- Disabled Uplay Overlay
- Disabled Afterburner OSD
- Disabled FXAA via GameProfile.xml
- Disabled SSAO via GameProfile.xml

I am running it in DX9.. I set Power Management in NCP to "Prefer Maximum Performance"... that's about it... Thanks

 

set uplay to "offline" mode

Here's a few so far....

Spoiler

 

^ Thanks, will try when I get home later
But wouldn't that disable the achievements or something?
I know the achievements are pretty useless, but I'm one of those "completionists", just to have more things to do in the game

 

might. might not. i really dont care. i've never cared for achievements. i miss the days when we didn't have them.

 

^So basically I can't use SweetFx in Far Cry 3 Multiplayer also?
(Just curious )