PhotoKinetik

PhotoKinetik

Introduction and Info

First of all, thank you for your support! This preset has been featured on PC Gamer, RockPaperShotgun, PCGamesN, and Gamer Zakh's YouTube channels. A huge thank you to everyone for supporting it, and a huge thank you to everyone at ReShade who has spent thousands of hours developing various iterations of ReShade, as well as the various people who have written shaders for it, like Marty McFly, Ganossa, CeeJay, Crosire, etc. Enhancing the game the way we do wouldn't be possible without the hard work you put in.

There are two types of this preset, each with many performance options. All options are combined in two separate downloads. The first is ReShade 2.0.3 with Framework 2.0, which I'm only providing as a courtesy because the version of ReShade used for this preset is no longer available on the original website as the creator tried to move people to Reshade 3. XX. The other download includes a preset file I created, a global configuration file for ReShade, and a fixed version of Ganossa's UI Mask Shader that wasn't working properly.

What does this MOD do?

This really doesn't qualify as a true "mod". This is a ReShade ejector preset that desaturates and modifies the game's original color palette, as well as adding a depth of field effect similar to that seen in tilt-shift photography. Screenshot below:

How to do it?

Reshade is an advanced, fully versatile post-processing injector for gaming and video software. It allows the user to manipulate various values ​​via "shaders". A shader is a generated computer program or (set of) files used to tint or modify appropriate levels of color in an image, or in the modern era, to produce special effects such as depth of field or tilt shift, or to perform video post-processing such as anti-aliasing.

v1.4：

v1.3 (Westeros version):

Details, quality and performance

Depth of field can be toggled in all presets with it enabled by pressing numpad 0. Currently, not all effects can be toggled using the default scroll lock button. If you have a less powerful machine or laptop, using depth of field is not recommended. FPS hits with depth of field ENABLED can be high, especially at 4k (2160p). I had no framerate issues running 4K using the Titan X Maxwell with SLI and 32GB DDR4. Mileage may vary.

Install

Updates for existing installations:

• Download file VI PhotoKinetik Presets.zip (Link to download readme file here.)

• Open "Civ VI PhotoKinetik.zip" and copy the Reshade folder inside to the original Reshade location.

New installation (recommended):

• Download ReShade 2.0.3 using Framework 2.0.7z (link available here

Download the readme file. )2. Download Civ VI PhotoKinetik preset file.zip. (Link to download readme file here.)

• Open "ReShade 2.0.3 with Framework 2.0.7z" and unzip it to any location you like and open it.

• Open "Civ VI PhotoKinetik.zip" and copy the Reshade folder inside to the folder you just opened, covering all files.

• Open Reshade Assistant.exe and on the Profile screen, click the "+" button above "Default".

• Reshade will open the navigation window. Navigate to "\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Binaries\Win64Steam\" and select "CivilizationVI.exe" and click "Open".

• Now, resizing will display five options. Click to select "dxgi". Windows will open a UAC authorization window, click Yes.

• Navigate to the Presets tab and select the preset you want to use (see below for preset version instructions). After selecting the desired preset version, click Save and then Confirm. Your installation is now complete. If the game crashes, repeat steps 5, 6 and 7,

• If you like this mod, please rate it!

Default VERSION description

CIVVIPK_13_1080P_DOF - For 1080p monitors with depth of field ENABLED, less saturated and less colorful.

CIVVIPK_13_4KDOF - Same low saturation and fewer colors for a 4K display with depth of field ENABLED.

CIVVIPK_13_NO_DOF - Same low saturation and fewer colors as above, for …