RDRII - CLEAN LIGHT

This is no ordinary ReShade preset, RDRII - CLEAN LIGHT is a balanced custom shader preset that stays true to the game's original art direction, focusing on finely tuned color harmony, remastered atmosphere and lighting effects, and high-quality post-processing.

RDRII - CLEAN LIGHT

Red Dead Redemption is an amazing game with one of the best graphics I've ever seen, it's good enough on its own but it can be made even better with this mod.

This mod makes significant changes when needed and barely any tweaks when no fixes are needed.

I'm still in the early stages of the game and this mod may evolve over time. In the future I might even start making weather mods to change some aspects that can't be adjusted with ReShade alone.

✨ Main features

**RDRII - CLEAN LIGHT** is a custom shader I made for myself, using homemade code as a "mini ENB", for specific variations:

• **Clearer Tone Mapping** (LOG De-Tone + John Hable Algorithm) - Lossless contrast, no black crushing, no overexposed whites

• **Reduce color casts and vignetting effects**

• **Balances color and dynamically removes muddy shadows** - Intense and clean colors, but not oversaturated or disruptive to harmony

• **Improved lighting effects** - More detailed shadows, enhanced foreground textures, color and detail scattering in the background

• **Reworked sky, fog and foreground** - A more natural terrain/sky ratio, enhancing the sense of vast space and immersion

• **SSGI Technology** - Screen space global illumination and image-based lighting to add more detail to close lighting and blend shadows

• **Day and night settings switching** - Switchable with a simple keystroke, including Purkinje offset and shadow effects for low light conditions

🎮 Game optimization

Optimized for gaming experience - no paywalls - completely free!

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⚠️ Installation instructions

**Important: Do not use this mod online! **

This ReShade will deeply modify the game process and may be marked as cheating.

It is recommended to uninstall any installed version of ReShade first to be safe.

• First select the corresponding version according to the graphics API you use in the game: **DX12 or Vulkan**
• Each folder contains detailed ReadMe documentation
• The installation process mainly involves moving the content from the folder to your Red Dead Redemption game folder

**Uninstallation method**: Simply delete the same files from the installation: "dxgi.dll" (DX12 version only), "ReShade.ini" and "CLEANLIGHT" folders.

**Performance Tip**: Depending on your hardware and game resolution, there may be varying degrees of performance impact!

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⌨️ Shortcut key settings

• **INSERT key**: Toggle night time setting - a small icon will be displayed in the lower left corner of the screen when enabled
• **END key**: Switch ReShade interface
• **SCROLL LOCK key**: switch all effects
• **PRINTSCREEN key**: Take a screenshot in PNG format in the main game folder

**Depth of Field Effect** is preset but disabled by default. To enable: Press the END key to open the menu, expand the Lens category and check the Depth of Field checkbox, use the HOME key to toggle.

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❓ FAQ

**Q: How is the performance? **

A: This depends on your system configuration, resolution and game options. On my I5-13600k, 32Gb-DDR5 6000Mhz and 4070Ti configuration, I lose about 5-7 FPS at full HD at 1440p resolution.

**Q: How to get better performance without losing too much visual effect? **

A: Press the END key to open the interface, expand the ENVIRONMENT tab and uncheck SCREEN SPACE GLOBAL ILLUMINATION. If that's not enough, expand the LENS tab and uncheck ENABLE LENS.

**Q: Strange stripes sometimes appear on characters’ hair and horses**

A: This is an artifact of the SSGI shader and there is no perfect solution yet. You can disable SSGI as described above, or just ignore it like I did.

**Q: There are black spots on the game menu and map, and sometimes scenery or characters can be seen o …