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Open-source SKSE core plugin for community-driven advanced graphics modifications for AE, SE and VR.

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OVERVIEW

     
  • 1.3 Update brings significant changes, new features and more, which can be read about here.
     
  • Unified Shader Cache with fast multi-threaded compilation to a Disk Cache for instant start-up.
     
  • Asynchronous shader compilation for in-game shader hot-reloading in a second.
     
  • Direct access to the game through SKSE and CommonLibSSE-NG.
     
  • In-game menu with tips, powered by ImGui.
     
  • Designed for speed and reliability.
     
  • Fixes bugs.
     
  • New features for mod authors.
     
  • VR support.
     
  • Open Source - GPL-3.0. Community can add features and maintain without worry it'll go closed source.
     

FEATURES

     
  • Significantly improved performance of rendering terrain.
     
  • Fixed incorrect normal-mapping on environment mapping and multi-layer parallax.
     
  • Fixed green reflections on water.
     
  • Fixed TAA on VR lighting shaders jittering in the right eye.
     
  • Included Sky Reflection Fix.
     
  • Fixed screenspace reflections performance issues and artefacts.
     
  • Improved screenspace reflections quality.
     
  • Fixed water refraction looking incorrect.
     
  • Fixed objects glowing in the dark. Better than Fixed Mesh Lighting.
     
  • Improved water reflections.
     
  • Improved screenspace reflections.
     
  • Improved subsurface scattering.
     
  • Improved grass and tree LOD lighting.
     
  • Fixed shadow seams.
     
  • HQ shadows.
     
  • Fixed normal map blending on characters.
     
  • Fixed water blending.
     
  • Fixed eye adaptation black screen.
     
  • Fixed double sided object shading.
     
  • Force disabled the "improved" snow shader.
     
  • Force disabled the "image based lens flares" shader.
     
  • Unlocked internal HDR rendering.
     
  • Water reflections, SSR, and Volumetric Lighting for VR.
     
  • Shadows for water shaders.
     
  • Shadows for transparent objects such as eyes.
     
  • DLAA and FSR 3.1 Native AA support.
     
  • Renderpass limit fix.
     
  • Physically Based Rendering.
     
  • Extended Materials.
     
  • Dynamic Cubemaps.
     
  • And more...
     

COMMUNITY SHADERS PLUG-INS

Features Marked as CORE are included in the download of CS main.

Anything not linked here is not supported by the latest versions of Community Shaders. Do not use features outside of this list.
Core:

     
  • Extended Materials.
     
  • LOD Blending.
     
  • Performance Overlay.
     
  • Volumetric Lighting.
     
  • Weather Picker.
     

Additional Features:

SHADER CACHE
The Shader Cache is the collection of compiled shaders which replace the vanilla shaders at runtime. Clearing the shader cache will mean that shaders are recompiled only when the game re-encounters them. This is only needed for hot-loading shaders for development purposes.
DISK CACHE
The Disk Cache is a collection of compiled shaders on disk, which are automatically created when shaders are added to the Shader Cache. If you do not have a Disk Cache, or it is outdated or invalid, you will see "Compiling Shaders" in the upper-left corner. The window will not freeze but you will be unable to interact with the game until this completes. After it has completed upon reloading the game you will not see this again, and there should be no delay.
This Disk Cache is located in Data/ShaderCache. Delete this folder to delete it, or press the "Clear Shaders" button in the top right of the UI.
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INSTALLATION & REQUIREMENTS

USAGE
To access the menu, press the END key.
COMPATIBILITY

     
  • Not compatible with ENB. This mod disables all features if ENB is present, otherwise the game will crash.
     
  • Not compatible with Shader Tools (Parallax Fix, ShaderTools Updated). Delete SSEShaderTools.dll and ShaderTools.dll.
     
  • Included and therefore redundant: Sky Reflection Fix.
     
  • If using ReShade, use the add-on support version, and rename the dxgi.dll/d3d11.dll to ReShade64.dll.
     

CONTRIBUTING
This is a community project, which means any (well, most) contributions are welcome. Check out our GitHub and Discord server to get involved.
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CREDITS

     
  • Nukem for the original RE of game shaders, rendering, and help.
     
  • aers for additional RE and help.
     
  • Jonahex for TruePBR, RE, the original shader cache, and help.
     
  • ffarrell17 for UI-related work.
     
  • ProfJac for glints in TruePBR, their UI overhaul and additional changes.
     
  • alandtse for numerous improvements and VR support.
     
  • FlayaN for UI, numerous improvements and VR support.
     
  • ceejbot for build system improvements.
     
  • LaoBro for minor contributions and ideas.
     
  • davo0411 for feature work and UI improvements.
     
  • soda for UI improvements.
     
  • sicsix for feature work and optimisations.
     
  • Duke Skyloafer for logo design & Nexus mod page updates.