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Improve graphics in any game (SweetFX and ENB). Improvement graphics in Minecraft Ready build ENB, Improving graphics

So, you want to improve graphics. What do I need to do? First you need to understand that improving graphics means deterioration of performance. So, if the computer got inheritance, it is better to be content with a standard game.

Step 1.
Installing shadermod
So, you already have client Minecraft. from . You go to the Minecraft root folder "A (most often it is.mincraft or Minecraft, is in% appdata%, on the local disk) and copy to the MODS folder Shader Mod Core (download for 1.7.2) . To continue, launch minecraft and check its performance by creating a new world.

Step 2.
Installation of shaders
Shaders There are a great set and each of them is unique in its own way. I recommend installing MrMeep, Chocapic, Cuda and Seus shaders. In order for you do not spend an extra time to search for these shaders, I made a small assembly, the archives from which you need to put in the ShaderPacks folder, which will appear in the Minikeft root folder after installing Shader Mod "a. Download this assembly can be.

Step 3.
Checking performance
After you installed Shaders, you can do quite a little bit. Run minecraft, open any world and exit graphics settings. Point will appear there shaders.


Open it and select any of the shaders that are offered in the list on the left. Confirm your choice and exit settings.

So, you completed improved graphics in Minecraft, committing only three simple steps.

Now I propose to admire the delightful screenshots that you can do with shader.

Italian villa.

Now the generation is more pleasant to the eye.

And how beautiful water!

Step 4. Additional
If you are confident in the power of your computer, you can put a textural package
I recommend installing Flowshd textures that are dedicated to us

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Preface

Progress Involim - Every year the quality of graphics in games is getting closer to the one that we see in reality and films.

Will we ever achieve the moment when the games are incomprehensible from films? Of course, yes.

But what to do with old games? The remaining on the side of the story, they can still, as they say, cling to the soul. Graphics are not important if the game is interesting, but there is no sense of regret - no, it slippages in the heart. Fortunately, there are ways to make graphics of old games better.

No, it's not a photo. The craftsmen modified the game GTA IV (published in 2008, by the way!). A significant role was played by ENBSERIES.

Developers their old games are rarely updated. If this happens, then the changes are minimum: add to the name fashion word "HD" or "Enhanced Edition" ("Extended Edition"), put more clear textures and ... all. For example, like this looks like Resident Evil. 4 Ultimate HD Edition compared with the usual version:

Improved texture (left), of course, good, but the implementation is so-so. Textures still not clear enough to hide flaws.

Even such a modification is for the better. And what to do if the HD version of your favorite game is not? Fortunately, it is corrected.

Ways to improve graphics in games

There are several ways to improve the game graphics.

1. Own game settings

In the style of the captain, the evidence is influenced: each game for the computer has its own graphics settings. This is done in order to be comfortable to play low performance computers. Who wants to see the beautiful lights of the light from heaven, reflected on the droplets of dew roadside herbs of Tamriel's roads, realistic shadows and glare from the fire, and even so that all this does not slow down, take the computer help or enter the street. If your computer "office" level will have to abandon beauty and put settings to a minimum - everything is blurred and primitive, but the game works without freezing.

Play at the maximum graphic settings Does not slow down? Congratulations - the video card and the processor cope with the load, you can improve third-party schedule.

2. Video card driver settings

Via nvidia Control Panel (in Russian "NVIDIA control panel"), Catalyst Control Center. or Intel graphics and media control panels (It all depends on the video card manufacturer) you can force some of the settings of the Games, if in the game itself they do not change or there are no such options at all. Unfortunately, the possibilities are limited. We have access to the smoothing settings of pixels, anisotropic filtering (definition of long-range textures) and MIP BIAS (also responsible for the clarity of textures, objects), some others. In practice, only the forced inclusion of smoothing is appreciated if there is no such option in the game.

3. SweetFX - a set of filters

Imagine that the picture of the game is a video on which you can impose effects. Approximately the SWEETFX.

Most amateur graphic patches for games are simply configured by this thing.

Sweetfx. (FXAA POST Process Injector, Alternative - FXAA Tool) - a set of filters (so-called shaders) imposed over Pictures of games. With the help of SweetFX, it is impossible to make water realistic or force the characters to discard normal shadows, no. But you can impose a variety of effects that improve the picture in general:

  • Include pixel smoothing even in those games that are in principle do not support this (FXAA and more perfect SMAA methods). Pixels on the screen will no longer be noticeable.
  • Make a picture clearer with sharpness filter.
  • Add the "Vignetti" effect - dimming pictures from the edges of the screen. This technique concentrates the look at the center of the screen and adds the effect of the volume.
  • Configure brightness, contrast, color gamut pictures. If the game annoys you with some touch - just remove it.
  • Add Bloom Effect (Blum) - Glow around bright light sources.
  • Make a pseudo-HDR picture - When dark and bright sections of the picture are equally detailed, which is more natural for our view with you.
  • A combination of various filters to achieve the same effects as, for example, by photographs in Instagram.

The most important thing is that all this does not brake! That is, in principle, it gives the load on the processor and the video card, but insignificant if you configure it all correctly.

Update from 6.08.2018: Now instead of SweetFX use. Opportunities more, configure easier (right in the game).

4. ENBSERIES.

  • high-quality smoothing of pixels,
  • realistic reflections,
  • believable shadows
  • light effects (beautiful light hacides around the lamps, the sun, high-quality blues, rays of light in foliage and so on),
  • the effect of adaptation to the light, imitating the reaction of our eyes - when leaving the dark room, a few seconds the picture will be bright and vice versa,
  • focusing effect - when looking at close objects, the back plan will be blurred.

All effects are configured in detail. You can add your own if you know how to create shaders.

Opportunities for ENBSERIES - wagon and one hundred carts. Unfortunately, the eNB strongly loads the computer video card, so all the effects can be turned on only on a modern computer with an expensive video card.

5. Patches for games and manual editing settings

Sometimes developers themselves turn off any effects. For example, popular watch game Dogs at the E3 exhibition in 2012 caused the real delight of his revolutionary graphics. At the exhibition E3-2013, the game got rid of part of the effects, and in 2014 the players expected an unpleasant surprise - the game looked even more fad. Here is the comparison of the game by year, from exhibitions to the final version on modern game consoles:

True, there is another opinion - they say, at the exhibitions showed the most impressive moments of the game, in the final version in exactly the same situations (coincidence of the time of day, weather, places) the game looks like the same as in 2012.

Be that as it may, enthusiasts find blocked options in the game code and include them, making graphics more realistic. I will not give a link to the patch for Watch Dogs. For quite understandable reasons, I only say its name: Theworse mod for watch_dogs.

You can always take advantage of Google to find patches and advice on improving graphics for your games. I also draw your attention to the Widescreen Gaming website dedicated to the methods of launching games on modern widescreen monitors and multi-domuclear configurations. Simply put, there is a base of patches that allow you to launch old games in modern on-screen resolution.

Sweetfx.

The easiest and most interesting method of improving game graphics is to use SweetFX.

Install SweetFx

We will proceed to improve graphics. Let's start with a simple - install SweetFX.

Perhaps since the writing of the article came out a new versionSo you can look at the official website.

Step 1. Unpack the downloaded archive SweetFX-Configurator_standalone_with_sweetfx_1.5.1.7z. to any folder. The easiest way to the "Documents" folder.

If the archive does not open, then you do not have a program-archiver. Recommend 7-zip.

Step 2. In the unpacked folder we find the program SweetFx_config.exe.We create a label for it on the desktop so that you do not have to open the folder every time.

Step 3. To implement effects in the game, finally run SweetFX_config and click Add New Game:

For clarity, I decided to improve the old, but interesting game GTA: San Andreas. . By adding it to the list, set the SweetFX button " Add SweetFX". All the necessary files are copied to the game folder, settings will appear in the window:

So that the settings are saved automatically, put the checkbox on " Automatically Save On Changes«.

Each effect turns on with a daw. Everything is configured in detail: it is enough to highlight the filter with the mouse - the list of its settings will appear below.

Several tips for setting up each effect:

  • The description presents the minimum and maximum parameter values.
  • In the description in square brackets, the standard value of the parameter is given.
  • The value is set manually, and you can enter and fractional value using point (not commas!).

You do not need to restart the game to view the change. You can minimize it, edit the settings in the SweetFX Configurator and turn again - the effect is applied immediately. If something is wrong, the keypad button "Pause / Break" manually reboots the settings. And "SCROLL LOCK" turns off and includes SWeetFX.

Description of filters Sweetfx

If you know English - fine. If not - below you will find the translation of each name.

1. Smaa Anti-Aliasing: Image smoothing using the SMAA method.

To show what smoothing pixels prepared for you a visual animation on the example of the game GTA San. Andreas (by the way, SweetFX works with GTA 5):

Separate pixels are almost not visible, sharp lines are smoothed.

Standard (and popular) MSAA smoothing method works Topoon, but qualitatively: the picture of the game is calculated by the video card in the resolution several times greater than the resolution of your monitor, then decreases. High quality - pixels are not visible, the picture is clear - it is achieved by a huge number of computing, which not every video card is capable of performing.

In order not to load the video card once again, the methods of smoothing images are invented without scaling - FXAA and more perfect SMAA. Unfortunately, SweetFX smoothes all the image on the screen immediately, so all the inscriptions are distorted slightly. If you select the SMAA line and the SMAA_CORNER_ROUNING parameter (angular smoothing force) set the maximum value 100, this distortion will be very noticeable, but the picture will become very "smooth."

To those whose fonts in the fonts in games (like me), I advise the following recipe: Turn off the standard smoothing in the game (to reduce the load on the video card and increase the frame rate), turn on SMAA, Effect parameters put at maximum:

  • SMAA_ThReshold: 0.05
  • SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS: 98.
  • SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG: 16.
  • SMAA_CORNER_ROUNING: 100.

It will save our eyes from contemplating sharp lines and protruding pixels outliers, but will make a picture a little blurred. Turn on the sharpness effect Lumasharpen. - Excessive blur will disappear.

For example, I note that immediately after installing SweetFx these effects are included. I just advise you to set the smoothing settings to the maximum and turn off the built-in smoothing in the game so that the frame rate remains high.

2. FXAA Anti-Aliasing: SMAA smoothing ancestor. Blinding the image is stronger, edges smoothes not so effectively. Forget about this item.

3. Explosion: "Burst pixels." The only parameter effect is Explosion_radius - adjusts the effect of effect.

Why need - I do not know.

4. Cartoon: The effect of hand drawn pictures. The final result is highly dependent on other effects (SMAA, CRT, BLOOM, HDR and LUMASHARPEN):

The SWEETFX BLOOM effect has three parameters:

  • Bloomthreshold - the smaller the value, the more dark areas are captured by the effect. With a zero value, the screen is almost all white.
  • BloomPower (from 0 to 8) - the power of the glow.
  • Bloomwidth (from 0 to 1) - the width of the glow.

I most often put the value of 40, 8 and 1 - the picture becomes bright, "juicy" in unnecessarily dark games.

7. HDR.: pseudo-HDR effect. The effect allows you to see the outlines of very bright and very dark items. The default settings almost do not change the image:

To strengthen the effect, I increased the HDRPOWER parameter per unit:

Theoretically, bright areas should become darker, dark - lighter. But since this is pseudo-HDR, the picture just becomes more contrasting. This effect is useful in games, which is not contrasting the picture.

8. Lumasharpen. - The effect of sharpness. Enabled by default. It has two parameters - Sharp_strength and Sharp_Clamp. The first is the strength of the effect, the second is the effect limiter. Standard values \u200b\u200bare quite optimal - a little clarity without fanaticism.

9. Levels. - Effect, adjusting the brightness of the image. It is useless because it works as an ax, in contrast to the same effect in Photoshop.

10. TECHNICOLOR.- The effect that allows you to imitate the shooting of the old chamber. It is useful if you need to make a depicting some shade. When settings, the default slightly reduces the chromaticity and gives the black blue shade.

11. Cineon DPX - The effect, similar to the previous simulating camera, but implemented otherwise. You can also give any shade to the image, but the settings are greater.

12. Monochrome. - Make a picture of black and white.

13. Lift Gamma Gain - Useful filter that allows you to separately adjust the brightness of light, dark and intermediate tones of the image. If you want to make a shade image, try this tool first.

14. Tonemap - a set of filters for setting up a gamma, exposure, chromaticity, fading (bleach) and deleting fog (defog).

15. Vibrance - SweetFX filter, enhancing the chromaticity of faded tones:

The Vibrance filter can be included in almost all games, setting the VIBRANCE parameter (effect and its parameter at the bottom of the SWeetFX Configurator window is the same) value "0.70". This is enough for the game to shine with new paints, not overbaring with bright colors.

16. Curves. - Curves. Those who use photoshop will understand what it is. Briefly is a powerful brightness and contrast tool.

17. Sepia. - Default gives the image brown tint (sepia). You can choose any other shade and adjust its power.

18. Vignette - Vignette effect. Darkens or brightens the image along the edges.

19. DITHER. - Judging by the description, the effect allows you to show more shades on the monitor than it can show. In practice, no difference is noticeable.

20. Border. - adding black strips along the edges of the screen to impart the effect of "cinematographicness". In practice, it is useless, because The player needs to see as much gaming space as possible, the Ambrazorous gap is not needed here.

21. Splitscreen. - Screen separation for comparing the picture without effects and with them. For example:

To transfer settings to another gameYou need to create settings in this window (enter a name in the field Name. and press NEW PRESET.), Select it in the list at the top and click Export Preset. - Settings are saved as a regular text document. Button Import Preset. Allows you to download such a settings file.

Where to get ready-made SweetFX settings

In the settings window, which is written above, using the button Import Preset. You can download other players settings.

ENBSERIES - Revolution Charts

Unlike SweetFX, ENB works not always. But the result is impressive:

Please note: the shadow appeared from the central palm tree, the pavement began to glisten a little.

Depending on the ENB settings and the game features, the effects will be different. For example, for skyrim games Invented many ENB variants. Some of them:

You can not mess with the settings, but simply turn on everything in a row and adjust the color gamut - even it gives an improvement in the quality of the graphics:

ENBSERIES, unlike SWeetFX, improves graphics by adding high-quality reflections, realistic shadows and generally improve the picture, changing algorithms for working with lighting.

How to install eNB.

How to install this miracle?

2. The archive is unpackled in the game folder.

3. After starting the game in the left right, the corner should appear information about the version of ENB.

How to configure ENB.

How to set this cool thing?

The first versions of ENBSERIES were configured by editing a file. eNBSERIES.INI. Using a text editor (standard notepad is suitable). The file is located in the game folder. You can do the same now, but to view changes will have to restart the game.

A more modern way - after installing ENB and start the game, click Shift + Enter. - Settings will appear on the left side of the screen. You can check the effects themselves and their options in the respective sections.

Universal version of ENB for all games and special have different sets Settings. Therefore, do not be surprised if you do not see V.ini file or menu of any points.

Information about all settings:

  • ENBSERIES for GTA 4. Documentation - There is information about setting ENB for GTA4. In my opinion, everything has been treated as much as possible.
  • How to configure ENBSERIES: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - Here is told about old version ENB, with settings via ENBSERIES.ini Edit.

Finished assemblies ENB, Improving graphics:

  • The most major storage of modifications for games - the Nexus Mods website - has a section "ENB PRESETS" for a number of games. Come on this link, choose your game (if it is there, of course), then the menu Files - Categories. And look for clause ENB PRESETS.. If the game has normal ENB assemblies - then they are there. For example, I ran away from there with fifty ENB assemblies to play Skyrim.
  • Also no one canceled Google. How to use the search, I think it is not necessary to tell. For example, on the Internet in bulk ENB assemblies for GTA series games.
  • For GTA IV lovers and The Elder. Scrolls: Skyrim Pay attention to the site A State of Trance - there the author tells (in English) about best fashion To improve the graphics of these games.

Tip: Often, the archive with the ENB settings does not contain in itself the ENB files (and this is correct - the author of the ENB prohibits the distribution of its creation in the form of assemblies). Therefore, you will have to first download and install the version of the ENB for your game from the official site (or universal, if there is no special), then unpack the same settings there for ENB. Read the instructions!

How to combine SweetFX and ENB

Both modifications work through the substitution of the same file - D3D9.DLL. Make them work together quite simple:

Step 1. Install SweetFX.

Step 2. In the folder with the game, rename the file " d3D9.DLL"In, for example," d3D9-SweetFX.dll«.

Step 3. Install the ENB (SWEETFX will not work yet).

Step 4. Open the File notepad enblocal.ini. In the game folder, correct the start of the file like this:

EnableProxyLibrary \u003d. true. InitproxyFunctions \u003d. true. ProxyLibrary \u003d. d3D9-SweetFX.dll

I allocated what you need to fix.

Step 5. You can configure ENB and SWEETFX.

ENB and SWEETFX will work together.

In which games you can improve graphics

Unfortunately, SweetFX and ENB work far from all games. To explain why this happens, you need to tell a little theory.

An image from the game that we see on the screen can be drawn in different ways. Most Popular:

1. GDI - The display method of graphics that appeared for the first time in Windows 95. It practically does not use the video card resources, so the output of three-dimensional graphics is impossible. SweetFX and ENB are not supported by simple reason - games using this method are primitive in terms of graphics (for example, cards, checkers, chess). SweetFX and ENB do not work with GDI.

2. GDI +. - A more modern method of outputting two-dimensional graphics is used in modern programs. For three-dimensional, it is still inappropriate to use, because With GDI +, any complex graphics will be drawn for a long time. SweetFX and ENB do not work with GDI +.

3. OpenGL- Method of outputting three-dimensional graphics used not only by games, but also by professional 3DS MAX programs. Games using OpenGL, a lot, especially old. SweetFX and ENB do not know how to improve the schedule in the OpenGL games, but you can snatch by transferring the schedule to the "rails" directx using Qindiegl or Gldirect. UPD: It seems like OpenGL have already learned to work.

4. DirectDraw. - Another method of output graphics. A lot of good old games work through DirectDraw. Unfortunately, SweetFX or ENB will not be able to improve graphics in them.

5. DirectX - What it is, I'm already in another article. Briefly is a set of functions, algorithms that allow you to maximize the functions of the video card to draw graphics. A similar task is solved by OpenGL, but SweetFX and ENB for OpenGL has not yet developed.

Games work with DirectX mainly through the D3D9.DLL software library located in the Windows system folder. And SweetFX, and ENB for their work, you need to track the drawing functions by changing them according to your algorithms. To do this, the D3D9.DLL file is contained in the game folder, which contains functions of improving graphics and further redirect commands in original file. D3D9.DLL. Therefore, if you suddenly decide to replace D3D9.dll in the Windows folder in such a file, instead of improving graphics in games you will get a set of glitches, in the worst - an inoperable operating system.

So can SweetFX and ENB work with DirectX games? DirectX can be different versions - from 1 to 11.1 at the moment (not counting intermediate). SweetFX and ENB can work with DirectX 9th version. There is a DirectX 8 converter -\u003e DirectX 9 from the author of ENB, but it works not always. So many games that use the older version of DirectX remain in the span (for example, a series of strategies Mech Commander).

There is also no converter from DirectDraw in DirectX 9. But there are converters from OpenGL in DirectX. I advise you to use Qindiegl and

If you do not know English and / or do not want to read the instructions - do not try to download the aforementioned converters, only spend your time.

In the future, they will probably add support and 10-11 versions of DirectX, as the games with support for these technologies are more and more.

Improvement graphics - myths and reality

Myth first: animation and other features of old games

Independed appearance Games can be. Especially remarkably when the game officially supports modifications (for example, TES4: Oblivion, Skyrim, Minecraft) is to significantly improve graphics and gameplay.

But the graphics are beautiful wrapper, no more. Inside the game will remain old, no matter how cool. The characters will have a custodized animation, you will not be able to kick / move the items where it was not provided, you will not be able to pierce the walls where they could not be pierced and so on.

Does this mean that SweetFX and ENB are useless? My opinion is - they make it possible to squeeze out of games everything that they are capable, therefore their use is justified. Just do not wait for miracles. Interactivity They will not add.

Myth second: modern games have the most "cool" schedule at the moment

Every year, developers apply more and more technologies to attract the player's attention. Wrap should be beautiful to bought it. Accordingly, sales increase, game publishers are enriched.

However, truly impressive innovations are extremely rare. Why? Firstly, this extra costs - until the technology is being implemented, the game will obstruct morally. Secondly, players still buy gamesEven if their graphic execution is a quiet horror (for example, this is famous series call games Of Duty).

To understand what technologies for strengthening realism in games are invented, I advise you to read very interesting articles:

After the knowledge gained, you will understand that the current games in terms of graphics are far from so good as they could be. Moreover, it becomes obvious - the developers are labored. They promise something unimaginable, not using the tenth stake of what can actually achieve.

Myth Three: good game must have cool graphics

If you like to play games exclusively because realistic graphicsI have bad news for you - you missed the output just a stunning game called Life.

Games are not a movie. They cling to their plot, opportunities, gameplay. Graphics plays an important role, but often negligent sketches are better than realism (a bright example is Another World).

Outcome

We play old games not because of the graphics. A strong sense of nostalgia, pleasant memories of treight of Time, interesting story Or some trifle, which will pass with a man through the year - the graphics here takes not the most prominent place.

Tip: Trying the old wardrobe to enter into a modern interior, do not forget about the Narnia in it.

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