GW2 R3MASTER - NVidia FreeStyle Graphics Upgrade

[RoyalPredator.9163]

Just wanted to share my settings. You may like it.

GW2 is 10 years old, and meanwhile it's still pretty as an MMO, I really lack some real graphic upgrades on it.
(Like tessellation, underwater camera shader, better metal shaders, so on...)
Tried so many bad reshades.... Got tired of them. Made my own ofc. 🙂

 

!! NOTE: Using NVidia FreeStyle with GeForce GPUs are totally LEGAL and won't really stress your PC, like many bad reshade injection.

!! NOTE: Settings accuracy depends on your game & monitor settings.
!! FIX: Adjust values slightly, as you wish. Brightness/Contrast & Colour settings on personal taste.

 

Open NVidia Freestyle meanwhile you run the game (Alt+F3 by default), and set the following values in order:

[Brightness/Contrast]
    Exposure: -16%
    Contrast: 15%
    Highlights: 49%
    Shadows: 39%
    Gamma: 13%

[Ambient Light]
    alDEBUG: OFF
    AlInt: 7.67
    AlThreshold: 43.89
    AL_Adaptation: On
    alAdapt: 2.8
    alAdaptBaseMult: 0
    alAdaptBadeBlackLvL: 1
    AL_Dirt: ON
    AL_DirtTex: ON
    AL_Vibrance: OFF
    AL_Adaptive: Light Dependent
    alDirtInt: 2
    alDirtOVint: 0.1
    AL_Lens: ON
    alLensThresh: 0.5
    alLensInt: 8.06

 

[Colour]
    Tint Colour: 29%
    Tint Intensity: 23%
    Temperatur: -19,6
    Vibrance: -19,6

 

[Bloom]
    iBloomMixmode: S/L/O
    fBloomThreshold: 1
    fBloomAmount: 0.8
    fBloomSaturation: 0.1
    fBBloomTint:
    Red 0.84
    Green 0.8
    Blue 1.0

    bLensdirtEnable: ON
    iLensdirtMixmode: S/L/O
    fLensdirtIntensity: 1.5
    fLansdirtStaturation: 0.77
    fLansdirtTint:
    Red 1.00
    Green 0.8
    Blue 0.8
    bAdamFlareEnable: OFF
    ...
    bLenzEnable: ON
    fLanzIntensity: 0.65
    fLenzThreshold: 0.95
    bChapFlareEnable: ON
    fChapFlareThreshold: 0.99
    iChapFlareCount: 2
    fChapFlareDispersal: 0.65
    fChapFlareSize: 0.8
    fChapFlareCA:
    0
    0.009
    0.019
    fChapFlareIntensity: 100
    bGodrayEnable: OFF
    ...

 

[Sharpen+]
    Intensity: 20%
    TextureDetails: 0%
    Invert Depth Z-Axis: OFF
    Invert Depth Y-Axis: ON

 

[DumboHungary.8970]

Nice

[Lan Deathrider.5910]

Do you have a side by side comparison?

[Apokh.7645]

Would love to see a Screenshot or video with SbS too. 

Using ReShade atm but its a bit of a struggle to get it running with ArcDPS, so I´d like to see what my Nvidia Driver can do.

[Andur.9275]

On 9/24/2022 at 9:18 AM, RoyalPredator.9163 said:

Open NVidia Freestyle meanwhile you run the game (Alt+F3 by default), and set the following values in order:

[Ambient Light]

[Bloom]

Huh, this is odd... I wanted to recreate your filters, but Ambient Light and Bloom don't show up in my list of filters. Can more filters be downloaded manually?

Which version of GForce Experience did you install? Mine is 3.26.0.131

[Xinopia.5134]

On 9/24/2022 at 9:18 AM, RoyalPredator.9163 said:

!! NOTE: Using NVidia FreeStyle with GeForce GPUs are totally LEGAL and won't really stress your PC, like many bad reshade injection.

 

Just wanted to point out that NVIDIA Freestyle and ReShade was coded by the same dude.  NVIDIA payed him to be part of the team behind Freestyle, you can actually see remnants  of ReShade dll's in Freestyle. You can also add ReShade shaders to Freestyle.

https://github.com/crosire/reshade-shaders/tree/nvidia

Edited October 8, 2022 by Xinopia.5134

[RoyalPredator.9163]

On 10/8/2022 at 1:53 PM, Andur.9275 said:

Huh, this is odd... I wanted to recreate your filters, but Ambient Light and Bloom don't show up in my list of filters. Can more filters be downloaded manually?

Which version of GForce Experience did you install? Mine is 3.26.0.131

 You may need to add ReShade filters to Freestyle's directory. 
Quick google will share you how. Pretty simple. 🙂

[Andur.9275]

2 hours ago, RoyalPredator.9163 said:

 You may need to add ReShade filters to Freestyle's directory. 
Quick google will share you how. Pretty simple. 🙂

Yeah, I figured it out after some time. Not every Reshade filter is compatible, but most of them.

Thanks for the info, though. 😊

[RoyalPredator.9163]

You're welcome 🙂

[Marikus.1875]

Seems really bright and washed out.

[RoyalPredator.9163]

On 9/10/2023 at 6:55 PM, Marikus.1875 said:

Seems really bright and washed out.

It depends on many factors. 
If you feel it too bright and washed out, adjust the corresponding sliders. 
To be honest, I don't like the vanilla dull and overcolored graphics. For first it may seem weird, but once you get used to it, you'll love it too! 😉 (Then compare to no-filters and wonder how was you able to play that way for now...)