Make DCS Look Great!

[@pinkfloyd7572]

Five Stars for this video. I had heard of reshade before, but this video got me to actually install it. Followed your instructions, used your presets, and it's like I got a new video card. DCS looked good before, but now the picture is really crisp and tight. Cockpit metal is darker, not just greyish, and the clarity of everything is up a notch. A big fat thank you. 🍺

[@BogeyDope]

Awesome!! I'm glad it helped!!

[@johnhubbard7384]

Yep, this says it all! I couldn't be happier. Thanks a million Bogey.

[@-RudeSeagull-]

Yep, same boat for me. I've heard about reshade for years now on various game and after this vid i decided to install it. Very happy with the results.

[@nathanhatch1125]

@@vaevixis5157 I was just trying that for the first time this morning. It seems that Reshade may work with SteamVR, but DCS crashes on startup when trying to use OpenXR and Reshade together.

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Hey, now that is a decent addition to DCS! I always figure some cinematic peeps are using post-processing effects, but this snap-in is really cool. Thanks for sharing, will have to check it out, cheers BD!

[@BogeyDope]

Thanks PH! Btw if you run the installer and select DCS again, you'll get an uninstall option! It'll just delete the shaders folders in the DCS bin directiry. If you want to, you can also delete the shaders folders in the DCS bin folder location to uninstall it without the installer UI, that's an "Uninstall" as well since that's really all it installs. Hope this helps!

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

@@BogeyDope cheers, mate, appreciate that. It wasn't quite as intuitive the interface, but its certainly a really interesting system. Hey feel free to reach out to us on The Air Warfare Group too via Discord or similar. We have a small collection of peeps many of whom have some aviation backgrounds.

[@Critikal4k]

I know its one year later, i started DCS a few months back. Its now like im playing a different game, its not overboard in the graphics. Truly amazing retexture application, thanks for sharing.

[@tallll70]

The creators of these software are amazing contributors, they take their time from their life use their knowledge to make something and share it here with us... Same goes for BV's ENB... Accomplishing adding world and vehicle reflections to gta5 was big deal in later versions even it had about 10fps drop

[@stuartjames7820]

Oh my lord, what a difference! I had no idea this software existed but it's like having a new game. By far and away the best "improve my graphics" video I have ever found. Well done and thank you! If anyone else is struggling with a permissions error when shademe tries to save the preset then you need to gives "Users" modify permissions on your "Bin" folder.

[@pappyodanial]

Boom saved my ass! Thanks Stuart!! I was about to comment and I was like wait let me F3 search for the word "save" and here it is.

[@edmedellin3577]

Could you provide step by step" I can't find "Users" under the "Bin" folder

[@JamesW81]

I just started using this a couple of weeks ago and makes a hell of a difference. Would highly recommend

[@JamesW81]

@@vaevixis5157 hey, sorry got no idea. Don't have vr yet.

[@Xander2405]

i like how you went straight to the point instead of just talking about useless stuff, you had my attention span the whole video, and my attention span is short (i will click on a video and if there is an ad ill just click back to the home page of youtube) 10/10

[@Spitts44]

I just ran into this video and what a difference. Thanks man. Appreciate all your videos.

[@elias2126]

Thanks for the tutorial! Had to try it immedeatly and it is a huge improvement. At first ReShade was unable to save the .ini file in the bin folder and DCS constantly crashed when trying to load onto a map but running DCS as administrator fixed all of these issues.

[@dampsok]

Thank you for this reply, you answered my question.

[@Nick-xe2hu]

Awesome. I was already using reshade which looked btter than the stock shading but this newer version you suggested looks even better. Great job

[@MrBob6939]

I heard about this and considered it but didnt install for fear of wreaking my setup… this has given me the confidence to go for it.. thank you for sharing!

[@meggen5218]

Three oh damns for this! Feels like a whole new game and GPU! Thank you sir, outstanding stuff!

[@Z28Power95]

OMG! As many others have said, thank you for sharing this! The visuals are amazing! It's as if I'm looking at a completely new game with no decrease in performance! Thanks again!

[@drusaberg841]

been using reshade for a couple years now... its standard practice for me to reshade EVERY game i install. cant stop using it once you start

[@georgegross8358]

Outstanding video and info. I'm just starting to play DCS and stuff like this makes a big differance in my enjoyment level. Thanks for the info.

[@bw33511]

Going to try this today after work, It looks great! Just in time for the Apache release!!!

[@klofisch]

Thank you....this helped me a lot to make enemies more visible...i had a hard time the last two years when i started DCS.

[@full_afterburner]

Thankyou, this tipped me over the edge on reshade! Cant wait to make new DCS content with it.

[@EX141FE]

I like the grease streaks from the rotary actuators!

[@stefanvanvuuren3931]

I am blown away! This is getting installed tonight! Thank you!

[@ghostofreality1222]

now I am curious what other games I could use this on lol. Let the experiments begin. Big Thank you, I installed this and the game is looking so much better now, Cheers!!

[@stratochief99]

Thanks for this, man. Makes everything look much more detailed. I went ahead and subbed.

[@chriskleinhenz2090]

You released the livery! Thank you sir, I’m proudly wearing it!!!

[@julienj80]

where do I find it? I love it!

[@chriskleinhenz2090]

@@julienj80 DCS user files.

[@chriskleinhenz2090]

18Th FS Clean I believe.

[@jeeveseventynine9263]

Thanks a lot!!! I never got as far as actually trying Reshade myself. Don't know what gamma you where flying before or with reshade on, but this is amazing. I now realize how soft everything was. I used a mild version of your settings, 300 contrast, 1500 sharp with 45 limit. Great stuff Bogey Dope !

[@BogeyDope]

I use the default gamma setting in DCS of 2.2

[@Buschwick]

There needs to be an eye exam mode for this. Hear me out. You go to the optometrist to get your exam and you do your absolute best to relax your eyes and give the most honest answer you're ever given to which one looks better. You do that for each eye. You treat this very seriously because you know it's your one shot to get the right prescription for the next few years. Reshade needs a similar mode that locks out adjustments because I can't effing stop adjusting crap. Maybe not a years lockout...but a week or something. That'll make my life better. Anyway 10/10 would DL again.

[@raymondabel]

Does it work in VR?

[@rc3754]

Nvida has a similar application but you can't use it in-game that's a big plus. Very styling intro, Bogey

[@BONEZ-8]

Big thanks! DCS looks amazing now. Highly recommend everyone to check this out!

[@MrFang333333]

Excellent man, this kind of thing wouldnt normally be my bag, but I think I might try this out with my new threadripper build.

[@321fightson]

OMG! It always drives me bonkers how my videos NEVER look as clear & sharp as DCS's. Now I know why. Thanks heaps Senor bogey dope for this. Definitely will be giving this a try.

[@BogeyDope]

I doubt Eagle Dynamics uses this, but I'm fairly certain they do it in post production video editing.

[@ZeroBombarder]

Man this is amazing! i know that DCS needs some sharpening, now i look the game incredible!

[@DAPA8484]

Thanks for the video. Reshade is an awesome tool that I've used for several years now. Unfortunately, I can't use it for IL-2 Great Battles on most servers because some in the IL-2 community felt it gave too much of an advantage for spotting. The devs added it on the game's official mod list so server owners can choose if they want to allow it or not (some do). I tried Reshade a few years ago with DCS but it didn't work so well, so I'm glad to see it's working on the latest version. It really does make a huge difference in the way these sims look. It is too bad it doesn't work with VR...ah well, maybe some day.

[@live-n-loud]

And that explains why my DCS won't run. I'm using a VR headset.

[@JamesWitte]

@@live-n-loud ahh really. there goes my idea

[@k.suthproductions8611]

Thanks for sharing this great information! Always hard work! Keep it up!

[@UorpvxOboela]

Wow looks really nice. I used technicolour 2 as well to make it look less saturated. Feels more real

[@MaxRank]

Been using this for years with XP11 didn’t know it worked for DCS. Thanks

[@SONICBOOM-117]

Wow! That was a stellar opening. I love quality content.

[@sh4dy49]

Thank you. I have almost ultra settings but I was looking for sth like this. Now it looks crazy! Cool that it's not argue with NVidia settings and DCS settings. The only one thing I did now is turning off curves in Nvidia because that was too much.

[@KOLUCHIY25]

Hello. I have never used Mods and programs to improve visual perception in DCS before, but after watching your video and your explanation, I could not resist and installed this wonderful program for myself, and now the game has played with incredibly beautiful views. Thanks!👍

[@tokenr1813]

thanks for the video, I'm blown away with how I can make DCS look now

[@NeightWolf49]

This is amazing. Doing all of these steps on both rigs right now! Awesome job!

[@NeightWolf49]

@@vaevixis5157 Unfortunately I do not fly in VR just yet VAE. I am sorry that I don't have an answer for you there.

[@Dietzeeeee]

Thanks for this video. I downloaded an older version of this from well over a year ago thanks for all the set up advise the newer verison is even better.

[@Heroto]

*9:34* "I'm a Juicebox, sir." -Cadet from 2016 Encampment

[@Dartheomus]

Fantastic video. I almost skipped clicking it, but I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing!

[@GazAce]

Hey that was cool, thanks man. I never heard of this before but will surely give it a shot. A couple of days back I got myself a nice screen upgrade ( Asus XG349C ) & DCS looks spectacular but now after watching your vid.. I think there's another level of eye candy to come! Thanks again brother 🙏👌

[@citizenjags1309]

Really nice! Thanks, I installed it and WHAT A DIFFERENCE !

[@kosmos224]

Man, this is the night and day! Thank you so much.

[@Pongoslice]

best mod tutorial ive ever came acrost nice job

[@michaelchen7203]

wow big different nicely done , thanking you for sharing mate

[@johnmclean6498]

Loving the New Look DCS! The Spitfire dispersal at WW2 grass airfield in Southern England is a revelation. Just the "kick" the game needed. Thanks Bogey.

[@johnmclean6498]

@@vaevixis5157 I have no experience with VR yet, but I don't see why the game in VR would not benefit from it as well. Give it a try.

[@davidschroderflip4952]

I appreciate all your help and assistance! I appreciate it! Now if I can just take either screen shots or video while flying in VR

[@MeanStreakGaming]

So what happens when you follow the instructions PERFECTLY and reshade just refuses to start? Just doesn't work?

[@robertspivey46]

That was pretty cool. You have no idea how much I could screw up playing with that.

[@ChooChoo2005]

Lol u are using one of my old Desktop backgrounds XD Great Video i will try it out ;)

[@SpaceGaucho_]

friggin legend! thanks this is really useful :3

[@darrylcote3971]

If you want to select every reshade on install simply click unselect all at the top of the screen then click select all instead of clicking every box on multiple pages. Saves a bit of time.

[@zorbakaput8537]

This is a great demo of the product the only thing missing is a section on how to properly remove the software, if you no longer want to use it.

[@BogeyDope]

Run the executable again and go through the same procedure except when it gets to the spot where you would select install, it'll show an uninstall option. Let me know if that helps

[@ipstack]

Great video showing how to install and config reshade. Can you show a screenshot of your DCS video settings in-game?

[@OnTarget100]

Really great tutorial. Thanks for your help. I'm going to give it a go. Cheers

[@harrysmith1986]

Just followed your vid step by step inc your reshade setting. OMG... I don't think i can ever go back to default. The different is night and day. Love the way it sharpens up the terrain etc. Thanks

[@BogeyDope]

Glad it helped!!

[@Fuzzi_Dimp]

This is so lovely!! Thanks.

[@dcspilotjeff]

Amazing tutorial and software, I wish I knew this earlier!

[@King2Stone]

Really makes the PBR pop on the aircraft.

[@stipi6996]

Nice... thank you, i love my KA-50 even more now :-)

[@Lost_Angel_TX]

@BogeyDope , with running this Reshade program, what are your in-game video settings that you adjust in DCS menu?

[@headintclouds3657]

I shall have to give that a try. Thanks 👍

[@WhereNerdyisCool]

I'm trying this and I see "Unable to save current preset. Make sure you have write permissions for (path).... help!

[@BogeyDope]

Make sure you are running DCS as administrator

[@warrencantero]

Thanks so much... amazing... it feels like a whole new game to me now

[@davidschroderflip4952]

I'll definitely download this tomorrow.

[@Hanfkrokette]

thanks man,was hoping you used some fancy shaders I don´t have or tried yet. :x

[@Mightymoose02]

Less is more....

[@willy72_72]

Wow., this made an incredible difference in the quality of the rendering! Thank you !

[@shapulke-debile]

can you show us your dcs settings

[@MrPhantom453]

Thanks for the heads-up on this!

[@MightyMike]

thank you mate! that trick made this game more realistic...

[@ytdlder]

I have never considere Reshade or SweetFx; probably because mot are just overdone and default game graphics look better mostly. BUT: seeing just how much it sharpenes the textures like the metallic frame of the cockpit is simply mind-blowing. Now i HAVE to try it 🙂 thx!

[@PluckyUnderdog]

Have to say, these settings work like a bloody charm with DCS. I would even say they make 1440p look almost as good as 4K, to me.

[@jessegromer1309]

Big Thanks for the video amazing results!

[@tripodman322]

ive installed reshade, but it wont run with my DCS?? I installed the mods directly onto the .exe and all but its not doing anything. Can you help at all?

[@caduguimaraes]

Reshade is life

[@tsangarisjohn]

Wow. This is great! Works as shown. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@after_midnight9592]

Reshade is must have for VR. Added sharpening makes the cockpit perfectly readable.

[@terryteed1903]

What headset are you using? I cant get it to work with the rift s. Please help

[@after_midnight9592]

@@terryteed1903 Reverb G2

[@terryteed1903]

@@after_midnight9592 cheers chap

[@Thorntail71]

how are you getting it to work in VR? my monitor shows the change, not the headset

[@after_midnight9592]

@@Thorntail71 Did you get my comment? IDK why YT removed it... It's some dedicated VR sharpening profile found on DCS discord chanel

[@pappyodanial]

WORLD of difference wow. Wow. Thank you. I fired up the game for the first time an was playing with my monitor I was why is it so hazy... solved. Remember to give users full permissions to the BIN folder!

[@Veyron1967]

Thanks dude, worked a treat.

[@LagstheblindRIO]

Um, how do I get this for VR? It applied for the monitor of DCS but not for the headset, I also tried an VR add on for the add on but none of it worked.

[@BogeyDope]

Unfortunately I haven't been able to get it to work in vr. Some people have said they have it running in vr. So I'm not sure about vr support.

[@UWfalcin]

Doesn’t work for me in vr even though it changes the VR overlay. Anyone got any ideas? Quest 2

[@Mightymoose02]

Thanks for the video. The two filters described in the video (Curves and LumaSharpen) is really all that is needed. Personally I like the contrast value in "Curves" a little lower than the 0.750 in your video. Personally, I think 0.750 gives to much contrast and too dark areas in the cockpit. I settled for 0.600. "LumaSharpen" filter really makes a huge difference in sharpness. Kept it default as you did. Also played a little with the SMAA filter, but decided for now to leave it off. If anyone has tips regarding SMAA it is appreciated.

[@harrysmith1986]

Yes agree I also turned down curves as cockpit alittle too dark for my liking.

[@marcok.9236]

Is it possible to get your TrackIR profile, which you used in this video?

[@bg.k.7000]

What's interesting is how many vids I see that show superb vids. I can't get close to getting mine to look that good. I have a i7 with 3070 vid card, so not great but should get decent graphics. I do use VR so I know that is more power intensive. My 2D looks good, but not as what I have seen on KZbin.

[@TacticalWestOfficial]

I dont know. Without SSAA and MSAA It will still be pixelly. yes there will be better lighting but jagged edges ruin it for me.

[@BogeyDope]

Yeah Unfortunately, ReShade is only an image filter. it doesn't have control over anti aliasing. They do have an AA filter, but I haven't used it so I can't say anything about it. AA would have to be controlled by your GPU/CPU and graphic settings in game. ReShade only filters and provides blacker blacks, whiter whites, brighter colors, and sharpness, but doesn't really give you AA. That has to be configured in DCS or your Graphics Card, and will affect frame rate.

[@SuperAd1980]

Doesn't work?? (It's me, I know) Copied you up to 5:00, but not "loading textures" bar, or any indication that DCS is doing anything with it. It's downloaded and installed - to the same as dcs.exe (it added a load more files to the dcs.exe directory and has a reshade-shaders sub directory within the dcs.exe directory) I downloaded the DX10-11-12, and everything installed ok... But DCS got nothing???

[@BogeyDope]

Make sure you are running DCS as admin. Also make sure you are running the corresponding mode of DCS. If you're running default then use my installation location. However, if you are running DCS Multithread, then you need to reinstall into the Multithread file location.

[@SuperAd1980]

@@BogeyDope I found the issue - I was loading dcs from the desktop shortcut - which is technically dcs-updater.exe (or whatever it's called) Looks GREAT!!! And I'm learning a lot from your video's. Now I have the shortcut for dcs.exe - it works every time.

[@SuperAd1980]

@@BogeyDope I'm also seeing that is Turns OFF your "upscaler" (DLSS) I thought the settings went extra 'blocky'... Time to play with settings some more...

[@BogeyDope]

@@SuperAd1980 hmmm. I have not noticed that with mine. I'll have to look.

[@SuperAd1980]

@@BogeyDope after playing around for a while, I'm getting twice the FPS from uninstalling ReShade. Changing my Gamma down to about 1.8, with HIGH settings and DLSS set to Balanced... Chimney smoke to 4, pre-load 60000, and sharpening to .5 (50%), distance to Ultra, A/Aliasing to 16x. Looks 99% as clear than with ReShade Me, but with at least double the FPS... *Specs. i5-13600K (20core), RTX 2800 super, 64GB ram, Saitek x56... All running at 4k 60hz With ReShade = 30-32 (bogs down to 15fps for 1-2 seconds when on approach to a super carrier) With my settings = solid 60 (bogs down to 32-35 for 1-2 seconds when on approach to the carrier) (tested on a multi-player server "grim reapers stoneburner training") Obviously this is just my personal findings, still learning from all your videos... Thank You for the great content.

[@Ginuwine-kx2iv]

Question what is you DCS setting setup as? ReShadeMe takes your DCS setting then applies a filter so can you provide that info?

[@RogueSpecterGamingOfficial]

I tried messing with this way back and couldn't ever get it to work. I might try and mess with it again.

[@RogueSpecterGamingOfficial]

@Bogey Dope Welp thanks to you my DCS looks scarey real now. Totally worth it!

[@butcher4095]

For some reason, it is unable to take dcs screenshots now. Has anybody experienced this? "Unable to take screenshots because of an internal error (the format may not be supported)" It still makes the pictures, but without the filter applied. Is there a way to get around this?

[@chrisbishop6928]

3:30 lookin at you Wags!

[@davido1953]

'unable to save current config, make sure you have write permissions in bin folder/reshade preset'...I don't even have a bin folder in DCS...

[@aplaceinthesky82]

If I use rashade for example for antialiasing should I disable the one of my Graphic card?

[@bBrain]

Yes sir awesome

[@zsavage1820]

Great video... thanks for sharing... I just wonder why Eagle Dynamix doesn't do this...

[@Promethean_NZ]

Do you know how to get this to work for VR? It doesn't show through the VR itself

[@Hoosier7001]

Amazing and helpful video thanks

[@laurentbozo6221]

PERFECT, many thanks