visual enhancement

by WhyEm·v1.1.3.9·Updated 2025-09-21

"If a slap doesn't work, you chop them or pay them, but you keep the receipt because this is not the mafia."

Screenshots 8 screenshots

About this mod Machine translation

"If a slap doesn't work, you chop them or pay them, but you keep the receipt because this is not the mafia."

Visuals

🎬 **Immersive visual experience module**

Overview

This mod completely changes the visual presentation of the game! It is not about pursuing a realistic style, but about creating a unique visual effect that meets my personal aesthetic standards.

📹 **Video Show**

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✨ Version 1.1.3.9 and subsequent functions

🌤️ Additional weather variants

As rich as my DLC! These weather variants will appear dynamically in the game, and future updates may adjust the selection:

  • **Heavy Clouds** [Most Areas]
  • **Extra Sunny** [most areas]
  • **Mist Predator from Online** [Swamp Area]
  • Foggy Predator from Online [Swamp Area]
  • **Shower Predator from Online** [Swamp Area]

🎯 Built-in "no glow" effect

Guns and hats no longer have a glowing effect when dropped, making the game experience more realistic.

🎥 Movie Black Border [Optional Version]

Use a vignette effect to simulate cinematic black borders to avoid obscuring minimaps and icons while maintaining playability - because I like to do things differently!

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🎨 Visual enhancement features

  • **Light Adjustment**: Optimize artificial light, prevent it from being too bright or too dark, and simulate ray tracing effects
  • **Reflection Optimization**: Further refine the reflection effect
  • **Color Expansion**: Expand tone mapping for a wider color range (HDR exclusive)
  • **Brightness Boost**: Per-channel brightness complements expanded color range
  • **Light Improvement**: Increase the light projection range
  • **Sunrise and Sunset**: Adjust the sunrise and sunset colors to match the disc size
  • **Cloud Rework**: Completely improved various cloud effects
  • **Sandstorm overhaul**: comprehensively improve the effect of sandstorm
  • **Performance Balance**: Edit VRS to strike a balance between quality and performance
  • **Shadow Optimization**: Edit shadows from various sources
  • **Ambient Occlusion**: HBAO refined settings
  • **Grass Enhancement**: Enhances grass alpha and variation to improve visual fidelity
  • **Particle Effects**: Add various particle adjustments to the game world
  • **Local Light**: Increase the intensity and coverage of local light sources
  • **Star System**: add constellations for multiple periods and edit it
  • **SHARPNESS UP**: Increase sharpness (reduce in-game sharpness settings after installation)
  • **Sun Size**: Increase the size of the sun at dusk and dawn
  • **Moonlight Effect**: Enhance the moonlight effect
  • **Water Reflection**: Improved water reflection
  • **Water Adjustments**: Edit water blends and puddles
  • **Fog Improvement**: Improved fog and volumetric fog accuracy
  • **Raindrop Effect**: Makes raindrop particles translucent and reduces light emission
  • **Raindrop Collision**: Make the raindrop collision effect translucent and reduce light emission
  • **Rainfall System**: completely improved rain and drizzle effects and behavior
  • **Drizzle Effect**: Added missing drizzle ground effect
  • **Depth of Field Effect**: Enable DOF for movie version
  • **Weather Type**: Edit various weather types

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📝 Instructions for use

General Advice

  • This is not a Reshade, so there is no before and after comparison.
  • Edits better on HDR, but looks good on SDR too
  • A suitable HDR monitor is required to see the full potential of this mod
  • If using SDR, try warmer tones and adjust as needed
  • The module will increase sharpness. After installation, remember to reduce sharpening through in-game settings.
  • Need to reconsider settings as there are some performance impacts

HDR settings

-Set Nvidia Control Panel Resolution to RGB - Full Range - 10 Bit

  • Try to achieve a white color close to the iPhone OLED display
  • It is recommended to use this tool from the Microsoft Store

-The industry standard is usually WARM 2 on TV

  • Use HG …

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
WhyEm's Visuals Standard Edition
File size
1.0 MiB