Version 4.5.4 or later and don't forget enable global vulkan.
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Reshade, basic shader package
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Version 1.0
I cannot believe its not real butter.
The Tin Doesn't Lie! Expect Space to be Space
This project has been superseded by my new mod RealSpace for GemFX however there is nothing wrong with this preset for Reshade. I just moved to use GemFX for X4 as this uses the game engines built-in shaders thus has near no additional overhead.
About Choice of Three Flavours via Optional Preset
Minimal FPS impact compared to most others, very light on shader count.
Dark Ambiance. Not another Christmas tree like some shaders with totally broken colour grading
Colour Pops where it should, and emulates HDR.
Did I mention Dark Ambiance already? this is space after all
Looks best with in-game shader set to Photo, your choice of AA I did not include one.
Instructions 1. Run Reshade.exe and enable Vulkan Global Shader, just enabled it and then exit program zero need to install into a game location or download shader pack! 2. Extract contents of this mod into the root of your X4 foundation directory it should look like this. 3. Start X4 Foundations and Press the 'Home' key skip tutorial and from the drop-down above select Real Space and smash the performance tick box in the bottom right of the Reshade menu then press 'home' key again to close reshade menu.
If you are looking for newer modern option using the games official shaders (near zero perf impact) I have created this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2435371990