#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS .EXE#
#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS INSTALL#
#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS ARCHIVE#

We will have to completely turn off anti-aliasing, as it blocks off the access to the depth buffer. There, you will find the intProp dynamicRenderStrategy parameter, of which we will change the value from 1 to 0.Īnother tweak we will have to do will be in the in-game settings. Then, locate the option DirtyRect section, in which you will find another section called setting $Low. Search for the seti Low parameter, and change it's value from 1 to 2. In it, we will have to locate the following values and adjust them accordingly.

#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS .EXE#

exe folder, going up once, and then going into 'TSData/Res/Config' folder. We can find it by going back to our main. We can fix it by doing the following tweaks to the 'Graphics Rules.sgr' file. Note that Sims 2 is a coding mess, and the depth buffer will act weird, which will make shaders utilizing depth buffer useless. Depth buffer tweaks (thanks to for showing this)

We now have to rename it to 'd3d9.dll'.Īfter that, ReShade should be properly injected every time we run the game.

#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS ARCHIVE#

Download the latest archive called 'Ultimate-ASI-Loader.zip', and extract the 'dinput8.dll' file into the same folder where the game's.

#THE SIMS 4 RESHADE INSTRUCTIONS INSTALL#

Then, we will have to install Ultimate ASI Loader. For ease of installation, choose 'Direct3D 9'.Īfter you've finished installing it, you will have to rename the 'd3d9.dll' file to 'ReShade.asi', so that it will get loaded by the Ultimate ASI loader Start off by installing ReShade to Sims 2. exe file by peeking at the Sims 2 shortcut settings. You will need to download Ultimate ASI Loader and ReShade.Īs with the first method, we will have to locate the game's. This method is more clunkier, and should be used only if your system is too old to support Vulkan. After that, Sims 2 should run through the Vulkan API, and have ReShade injected into it. To do it, we will simply run the ReShade installer and press the 'Enable/disable ReShade in Vulkan globally' button. You will easily find it by peeking at the Sims 2 shortcut settings.Īs a sidenote, DXVK helps with stability of older, buggier games, such as Sims 2 or GTA IV.Īfter that, we will have to install ReShade for all Vulkan based games. We will have to extract the 'd3d9.dll' file found in the 'x32' folder of the DXVK archive to the same folder where the Sims 2 executable is located. tar archive, which contains a folder, in which we will find the binaries for all kinds of DirectX versions. You will need to download DXVK binaries, as well as the ReShade installer.įirst, download the newest DXVK binary archive, the one that has the. This method is best suited for modern systems with proper Vulkan API support. In this tutorial I will show two ways of successfully installing ReShade in Sims 2 without using any sketchy DLL injectors that have to be run every time you run the game. Tutorial - Installing ReShade for Sims 2 UC

The sims 4 reshade instructions