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[coldform]

DISCLAIMER

YOUR RESULTS MAY VARY. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

 
now that I have that out of the way, I also want to tell folks that this process is a little bit involved - as usual, the user must be careful when downloading software from the interwebz - make sure that you're downloading the right stuff. I'll provide links for as much as I can.
 
first, I would like to present some before and after shots:

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after - 
 

 

first, you'll need to locate hawken. it's usually in /yourSteamLibrary/steamapps/common/hawken/binaries/win64.
be sure to make a note of this, as you'll be needing to go back there a few times during this process.
 
 
next - download an install reshade 3 ->
https://reshade.me/

 

reshade will walk you through the installation process, where it will ask for the location of the game. it will then offer some other shaders by default. it will then create another folder named reshade-shaders in the same location as the game.

 

reshade basically injects a shader into the exe when it runs, which is configurable. shaders do a lot of visual stuff, but I mostly wanted to brighten up the game.  I didn't see anything I wanted in the defaults, so I grabbed a custom one off the web, and it does the trick.
 
https://drive.google...ew?usp=drivesdk

 

save that file and drop it into the reshade-shaders folder.

 

finally, settings - 

 

by default shift-f2 brings up the GUI for reshade.

 

also, I didn't see any performance drops while using this on an RX 480 8GB.

Edited by coldform, 12 July 2017 - 11:56 AM.

[DingdongJR]

Time to take things into our own hands, mods ho!

[ArchMech]

call me when we can hijack the UI

[WillyW]

WOOOOAH!!!

The 'HDR.fx' shader is awesome! It makes nepacaka's newest low quality config for High FPS on low power PCs look soo awesome. 

Edited by WillyW, 18 July 2017 - 01:59 AM.

[Morquedeas]

Wouldn't this count as 3rd party software or something? I meam I don't know if would be detectable but you are sort of messing with the game files.

Looks nice though, like how the colors were before the update when they got all washed out for some stupid reason (unless you have dof enabled??).

[Silverfire]

WOOOOAH!!!

The 'HD.fx' shader is amazinggggg! It makes nepacaka's newest low quality config for High FPS on low power PCs look soo awesome. 

 

Any screenshots? I'm curious to see how they turned out with reshade enabled.

[Zavier_]

After one looks ugly imo , thats what i get after maxing Nvidia color from control panel.

[WillyW]

Any screenshots? I'm curious to see how they turned out with reshade enabled.

[3rd Person]

 

Normal:

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HDR:

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Shift:

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HDR + Shift:

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[1st Person]

 

Normal:

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HDR:

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Shift:

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HDR + Shift:

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[WillyW]

 

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before - 

 
after - 
 

 

 

Just for reference's sake, here is a direct comparison to coldform's configuration. Please note, in all screenshots, I changed the 'Saturation' to 1.4 instead of 2.0 for the shift.fx.

 

 

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- before

- after

 

Edited by WillyW, 14 July 2017 - 04:40 AM.

[StubbornPuppet]

I like the muted colors better myself.

Of course, I liked Hawken better when it had all the haze in the air and a real "Cold War Era" look to it.

[Yummi_Kitteh]

Wouldn't this count as 3rd party software or something? I meam I don't know if would be detectable but you are sort of messing with the game files.

Looks nice though, like how the colors were before the update when they got all washed out for some stupid reason (unless you have dof enabled??).

ReShade works by hooking into the rendering pipeline to apply effects AFTER the game has already rendered the frame, hence why ReShade is purely post processing. It does this by hooking into dxgi.dll (for D3D11) and putting it's post process shaders into the render pipe, never touching game files or executables. Essentially ReShade tells your GPU "HEY WAIT, do this before displaying the frame please!", hence why ReShade can be altered and turned off in real time.

 

I'll drop a few of my cinematic preset shots here for map exploring purposes.

 

Effects used: HSV, RBM, Cineon DPX, Vibrance, Curves, HDR, Spherical Tone Map, UI Mask.

 

Uptown

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Origin

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Last Eco

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[StubbornPuppet]

^Ugly.  It looks hyperreal... almost cartoony.

[WillyW]

^Ugly.  It looks hyperreal... almost cartoony.

 

I agree. Hence why I lowered the saturation. I wanted to enhance the colors, contrast, and detail as best as the shaders could, without making it look 'editted'.

Edited by WillyW, 17 July 2017 - 05:08 PM.

[WmMoneyFrmMissouri]

Reshade with plastic Hawken.... sounds like soft HACKS !

[claisolais]

I like the muted colors better myself.

Of course, I liked Hawken better when it had all the haze in the air and a real "Cold War Era" look to it.

With the Post-Ascension HUD, that's not gotta happen...

[Yummi_Kitteh]

^Ugly.  It looks hyperreal... almost cartoony.

That's actually with Vibrance used in a negative offset. All my settings are to give the most color neutral effect as possible, some maps, namely Prosk, Bazaar, and Uptown have a very strong predominant color mask over them that's hard if not impossible to compensate for. Prosk can be compensated for, but gives everything a purple haze, Bazaar and Uptown, it can almost be removed but you get a very strong blue effect like you're underwater in Minecraft.

[Gueber]

Anyone have some good screenshots of this oldhawken you speak of, I can try to replicate that.

[StubbornPuppet]

Anyone have some good screenshots of this oldhawken you speak of, I can try to replicate that.

 

I'll give you a really lazy attempt at providing reference through random YouTube vids.

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=VqbTI3OhfFA

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=LEqSfuwmnX4

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=LEqSfuwmnX4

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=ApXPcqqr1JI

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=sM3BTDXCmsM

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=_7a7agBw8I0

Edited by StubbornPuppet, 19 July 2017 - 05:38 AM.

[DieselCat]

Good stuff...sigh, that should be the game we are playing now.

[Gueber]

Tips: Don't enable to many filters at once if you value FPS, and try to stick to 1 pass filters they have little to no cost.

 

Just plain Hawken.

 

A more subtle enhancement.

 

Close match of colors/brightness like when depth of field is on minus the visual impairments of depth of field actually being on.

 

Just normal Hawken with Depth of Field On

 

If you just tired of the normal look and to change it up a bit.