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About this mod
Designed for both gameplay and screenshots, True ReShade offers a hyper-realistic, richly cinematic look that brings every scene to life — without sacrificing the spirit of Baldur's Gate.
True ReShade enhances shadows, lighting, and colour depth while remaining faithful to the game's original art direction.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
This is still a Work in Progress!
✨ List of Enhancements
- Subtle colour tinting for enhanced tone balance.
- Bloom and lens flare enhancements to create soft highlights around bright objects.
- High-quality ambient occlusion for deep, realistic shadowing around objects.
- Subtle outline enhancement to increase visual clarity.
- Cinematic adaptive depth of field for focused conversation and scene shots.
- Real-time global illumination simulation.
- Dynamic contrast stretching to deepen tone separation.
- Ambient light simulation for richer scene lighting and glow.
- Dual colour matrix adjustments for natural yet vivid colour grading.
- Slight edge enhancement for cleaner separation between elements.
- Large-scale perceptual obscurance and irradiance for realistic lighting bounce and softness.
- Soft Orton bloom for natural-looking light diffusion across bright areas.
- Layered volumetric fog for added atmospheric depth and mood.
- Fake HDR simulation to boost contrast and highlight range.
- Professional shadow, midtone, and highlight grading to polish the visual balance.
- Filmic tonemapping for a refined, cinematic contrast curve.
- Sharpened contrast to increase image clarity without harshness.
- Dynamic eye adaptation that reacts to scene brightness in real time.
- Fast anti-aliasing for smooth edges with minimal artifacting.
- Subtle chromatic aberration for a faint lens effect.
- Artistic vignette for a soft darkening around the edges of the screen to enhance focus.
🛠️ Performance
True is built with maximum visual fidelity in mind and is performance intensive.
Due to the number of advanced post-processing effects in use — including ambient occlusion, global illumination, complex bloom, and depth-based techniques — it is recommended for high-end systems if you wish to maintain smooth gameplay.
For players who prioritize visuals over raw framerate, True ReShade delivers a breathtaking upgrade to every scene.
⚠️ To Stop the Preset Affecting the UI
I recommend using Reshade UI Masker by dmc99
🎞️ Installation and Setup Video
(this is for another of my presets but the instructions are the same for this one... just a different .ini file)
✅ Preset Installation
1. Download the Preset File:
- Download the preset from the files section.
2. Place the Preset File:
- Extract the downloaded file into the the game's bin folder.
- Typical Steam path: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\bin`
⬇️ ReShade Installation
1. Download ReShade:
- Visit reshade.me and click on the "Download" button.
2. Setup ReShade:
- Start the setup and select a version of Baldur's Gate 3 for ReShade.
- Select `bg3.exe` if you run the game with Vulkan, or `bg3_dx11.exe` if you run with DirectX 11.
- Note: If you're unsure which one to pick, launch the game. On the Larian Launcher, you can see which rendering API you use under the play button.
3. Select Rendering API:
- Choose either Vulkan or DirectX 11, based on your game settings.
4. Complete Installation:
- When selecting effects to install select a preset file (.ini) to install only the effects it uses.
- Select 'True_0.0.2.ini'
5. Launch the Game:
- Open Baldur's Gate 3, wait for the shaders to load, and then open the ReShade menu.
- From the dropdown menu, select 'True_0.0.2.ini'.
6. Fix Depth:
- In the 'Home' tab click the 'Edit global preprocessor definitions' button from the bottom pane.
- Set RESHADE_DEPTH_INPUT_IS_REVERSED to 1.
- In the 'Add-ons' tab under Generic Depth toggle 'Copy depth buffer before clear operations' to be selected.
❌ Uninstallation
1. Delete Loose Files:
- Navigate to the game's bin folder.
- Typical Steam path: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\bin`
- Delete the following files
True_0.0.2.ini
ReShade.log
ReShade.ini
2. Delete the ReShade Folder:
./reshade-shaders
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