
You can turn on FXAA or SMAA Anti-aliasing by typing a boolean value (1 for “on”, 0 for “off”), but make sure to turn Anti-aliasing off in the game visual settings, as SweetFX will replace it. Opening the SweetFX_Settings.txt file will reveal a host of options. You can personalize your games further by creating your own SweetFX profiles, or editing existing ones. After installing the SweetFX preset, and using the in-built SMAA, performance improved to 58 fps average, along with a boost in visual quality. With the game settings set to Ultra and TXAA turned on, we averaged 52.3 fps. The preset used was “| ULTRA TXAA | NO BLUR” by Sp00ky. By disabling the Anti-aliasing processing in-game and using SweetFX’s SMAA instead, in conjunction with a sharpening filter, we can achieve not only better graphics but also improved performance. With that, ReShade is officially installed, and when you boot your game up next the ReShade software will give you a quick rundown on how to change or inject various visual aspects of the game.Some games that are poorly optimized like Dishonored 2 can greatly benefit from certain SweetFX profiles. Wait until you see "Succeeded!" in the top-left corner of the installer.When prompted, select Yes to download a set of standard ReShade shaders.For the Master Chief Collection, this is DirectX 10+. In the ReShade installer, select the version of DirectX that your game uses.For the Master Chief Collection, this is MCC-Win64-Shipping in the Binaries folder. Find and open the executable file that launches the game.


Go to this page and download the ReShade installation software.For this guide, I'm going to show how to install it for Halo: Reach on PC (technically, the Master Chief Collection) but the process is identical for all other PC games. Before starting, find out which version of DirectX the game you want to install ReShade on uses, as this is important to know. To get ReShade working, you're going to need to download the installer from the ReShade website and then use it to install the software on your game.

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