Elite: Dangerous - How to get the Best Graphics with Mods and Tweaks

[@skyhijinx]

I just bought this game yesterday and...just...WOW. It's quite amazing. I bought Horizons and I was TOTALLY lost for a while but your vids have been very helpful. I decided to get into some mods before getting too far. Thank you very much for this. Subbed for sure.

[@TheTeoras1]

This is outdated ;-; Could you make an updated one please? The links dont seem to work anymore on the actual forum page.

[@digitalbios]

+ObsidianAnt thanks to you and your BBC documentary-style vids, I'm on the Elite train as well. Keep up the good work.

[@ObsidianAnt]

+HazmaT Thank you so much for the comment! :)

[@digitalbios]

+ObsidianAnt You are welcome.

[@RustEZZEProductions]

+ObsidianAnt Ok so I used to have the Blue hud like you but then I guess this update came out and it went away. I cannot for the life of me seem to get it back. Is this video of all the tweaks and mods that make Elite Dangerous look so beautiful still relevant or useful? The SweetFX and stuff?

[@ObsidianAnt]

Hi Norbert, I can't reply to your message directly for some reason. Sometimes Elite installs into the AppData folder. Have a look there to see if you can find it, I've listed the location of that in the video description.

[@Daddyduck88]

ObsidianAnt Thank you!!

[@Daddyduck88]

ObsidianAnt So that's where i should install Sweetfx... Damn it... Thank you for enlightening me, good sir!

[@Mikeyspud]

ObsidianAnt I have the same problem as Norbert. The SweetFX mod that was mentioned. Should the whole mod be copied over into the C:\users ame\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Options\Graphics directory? Im having trouble getting the SweetFx to work, because I have no idea where to put it!

[@Osti67]

+Michael Forret Hi Michael, the sweerFX goes into the folder where Elite is installed as mentioned in the video, either your programms folder or your steamapps/common folder. The AppData section is only for the UI Graphics overrride...

[@nume1981]

Great video and some great tweaks. Only started yesterday with the game but i am really looking forward to some stunning space exploration! Thx

[@airjamin8tor]

Excellent "How To" video. Gonna make some changes and I subbed. I've watched a few of your vids. I'm running 2 GTX760's in SLI so I shouldn't have a problem. I was curious what graphics you have. Thanx again! PS I've done some similar type of res modding to Lock On...a game I used to play way to much.

[@tripnoticstudio]

Ant, I love you videos man. Thanks so much for posting this. I will be trying this out later today! :)

[@ObsidianAnt]

Trip75 Thanks. :) And you're welcome!

[@TheLostez]

You're videos are the best when it comes to elite dangerous. Thankyou for you awesome work & time. :)

[@Osti67]

Hi Obsidian, thanks again for an awesome video. Please keep them comming :) The easiest way to the AppData folder to change the override file is to type %appdata% into your windows file explorer. Have a great time regards

[@JypsonGTS]

A lot of good information to pour over, thanks for the heads up!

[@snoppsliquid]

very nice compendium of tweaks, cheers!

[@ObsidianAnt]

Buuky Shades You've very welcome! :)

[@bellotriggerfish]

+ObsidiaAnt Thanks for the video. I stepped through this last night (it's March 2016) and there were of course a few hiccups. As someone in the comments of this video pointed out, if you are using the 64-bit version of E:D, you need to copy the extra 2 dlls from the SweetFX_64 folder into the product folder. The only mod that worked for me was the first one. I did not try the Gem mod because I thought the comparison images didn't show much of a difference, but Reshade looked ok yet didn't work at all. Also probably 64-bit related. On a different note, I tried increasing planet texture size to 8k and 4k. I wanna say that I do not see a difference. Could be my age, though. And I followed the rest of the video where you mess around with the Galaxy background setting. After all that, my game became very juddery indeed. It's probably safe to say that a card with 2GB VRAM will not be able to handle the increased texture size gracefully. As it is, my GTX 750 Ti is already using 99% of VRAM using the standard E:D settings on Ultra. So that would explain the extreme frame drops that I noticed inside a Coriolis station (Travel Training mission) as well as when jumping into hyperspace (extrem lag). In the end, I uninstalled all the modifications and went back to vanilla E:D, which I think still looks really great. Maybe when I have a better card in the future with more VRAM and horsepower, this mod will work better. You videos are always awesome. Keep on trucking. P.S.: Kerimov Dock in LTT 9810, which is where I hang out right now for trading, has one of those Orbis stations. Using the mods and the super wide angle: absolutely LOVELY!!!

[@JohnDoeL337]

I see you explaining stuff after stuff. I think: " Jezus, I hope he puts the download link down below " After each feature you've commented you've put the link. Kudos to you, man ! Subscribe just for this video!

[@wildanS]

Only problem I have with ReShade is how for EVERY game the red color is washed out, especially if the red has lot of light in it. This doesn't come from any of the settings but is a fundamental shader flaw, which happens even if you have ALL parameters disabled - all on/off options in all configs to 0. You can cleary see it in 3:57. Notice how the star in the upper picture (ReShade) has alot of weaker red compared to vanilla. The author tried to correct it with "vibrance" setting by saturating the red more but it never works in a linear way - the dark reds get more saturation (that's why the ship in GUI is strong red) but light red colors still remain dull. Additionally this also makes all reds a bit lighter (less dark).

[@CarvellFenton]

That's great info! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@galagism]

I wanted to thank you for this video, going to be picking up ED:H in about a week so this is exactly what i need to get the best graphics right out of the gate! Really curious, what was the music in the first two minutes of the video?

[@Claude-Eckel]

_"Digital Goddess"_ from SmartSound's Royalty Free Album _'Ambient Pulse'_ www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/Ambient+Pulse/Digital+Goddess

[@TNTastrophe]

Great Video! What software do you use to record Elite? I tried recording Elite with Fraps (what I generally use) and I got some lag spikes, even though settings in-game were on medium! I have a powerful PC (980ti, i7 5930k, 16GB ddr4 ram) so it can't be because of that. I will check some fraps settings again, but I was just curious. Thanks!

[@ObsidianAnt]

+TNTastrophe The Nvidia drivers come with a program called Shadowplay (it's a part of the Nvidia Experience software), this is what I use to record the game with. It has almost 0% overhead on the recording. Give it a try. :)

[@TNTastrophe]

Thanks. Ya I tried it way back when it first came out, but I wasn't quite happy with the compressed video quality and bitrate. But It looks great in your videos so I guess they did some good tweaks. I will check it out again. :)

[@cacarey01]

Great video. I've been wondering how you get your HUD right. I too use an Ultra wide screen and will never go back to 16:9. I came here looking to make things better in the vive, do you know if the vive looks better with a particular colour HUD? I remember on my Rift DK2 things were easier to read with a green HUD. something about the screen in the Rift having more green pixels? I don't know if this applies to the Vive though. Any ideas? P.S this is the best ED channel out there. Thanks again

[@loicfave9680]

Great vid Ant! Thanks a lot. Which settings do you use in your SweetfxSettings file? Did you edit it yourself or are you using a preload?

[@ObsidianAnt]

Loïc Fave Thanks. :) I use the default SweetFX settings.

[@TheReeperShadow]

hey man thanks for this the game looks amazing as is but looks so much nicer now. thanks again.

[@zulicurah9414]

I use GEMFX where ever possible. And ere is a tip to get the best out if it. Use the realistic shader preset and disable clearvision and you HUD will have a greater fidelity to it in the lighting department.

[@antwan1357]

I have been watching you for months and am finally ready to buy the computer disk version of the game I feel that having a hard copy feels better then a digital copy call me old fashioned.

[@marshallSGM]

Hey i got sweetfx to work and i changed the same setting you did in your video, witch by the way looks great man. i would like to know what setting are you using in your seetfx settings file? do you have them posted anywhere?

[@stevenwisniewski1]

Love the music in your videos!

[@Attekah]

I've really been enjoying your videos but am curious if the information in them still valid? I would imagine the same base concept is the same maybe just the mechanics have changed? Also... do you still get a bonus out of using this graphic mod/tweak?

[@terbentur2943]

Hey there! Thanks alot for the upload. Any chance to get the title of this beautifull ambient song running in the background? Cheers :)

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

I'm currently using a pre-tweaked version of ReShade+SweetFX for Elite Dangerous, it looks pretty good :D And I sometimes get stuttering when approaching planets in SC, do you think increasing the texture size of planets would make that worse? I've seem more people complain about it while having pretty good hardware, like myself.

[@ObsidianAnt]

BowGunner Increasing the texture on planets is likely to cause more stutter if you are already getting some. That said, I didn't have a problem with that and still don't...I have a GTX 780.

[@MilkBreakMinecraft]

ObsidianAnt I've read somewhere it's the load distance causing it. It's odd though, I'm using a GTX 970 which is about as powerful as a GTX 780. I know it's not the infamous VRAM problem though as E:D doesn't use that much according to RivaTuner. I guess I'll just try and see for myself. :P

[@ObsidianAnt]

There's something odd going on with the stutter for sure. Seems Frontier are still really struggling to deal with it.

[@thething4763]

ObsidianAnt Procedural textures is the reason. The whole galaxy (stars and planets) are procedurally generated from a random seed. (note: some are not random i.e. well known stars and occupied space for example) The textures are done the same way. Procedural generation for those who would like to know is a process where you set up a set of rules (mathematical equation) then "feed" that equation with a "seed" where the seed is the variable, and so when you change the variable (seed) the end result is different. I many case as with textures there are many variables within a single equation. So in fact several seeds must be retrieved from the server for each different texture. The hiccup that results that causes the stutter is the acquisition of that seed from the sever, which is then fed to an applet that is on your local drive, the CPU then runs that applet to get the result to generate the texture which is then sent to the graphics card. Unless the seed library is local (on the client computer) this will always be a problem. (The seed library is to large to store on your computer) i.e. thousands of Gigabytes. If it were local it would be possible to anticipate the need for the new texture and run the process ahead of time of the demand, so that the texture set for the location you are approaching would be ready before it's needed. Why do it this way? It is the only solution, other than hand texturing 400 Billion + planets.... .not possible. And the variation is nearly limitless. . Pretty cool, but a little lagy.

[@ObsidianAnt]

Very interesting The Thing! :) My understanding is that the server is there to generate the systems but that the seed database itself doesn't have to be large at all. Space Engine has many more star system than Elite: Dangerous. In fact it has thousands, upon thousands of galaxies. And it also has far more variety in planetary texture than Elite: Dangerous does. Yet all of this is stored locally within just a few gigabytes. So whilst it makes some sense that the galaxy generation occurs on the server, it would seem very odd if that seed database is thousands of gigabytes in size, because that would be the opposite of what procedural generation is all about.

[@LOOKINVERTED]

I am extremely glad you posted this, I was aware of sweetFX a while back but until now didn't feel a reason to justify using it, but since the recent "changes" let's call them I am most inclined to try now. Until I got to the part in this guide of yours concerning the dreaded fog, I was tempted to ask if there is a setting to adjust this with a tad of sarcasm, but I have a question though... Have you not adjusted this yourself for any particular reason or are you being diplomatic considering recent events? None the less, thanks for showing us the main details/elements to change in the Graphics Config file, I will endeavour to try and reclaim some of the glory that seems to be have been lost since 1.3. I wholeheartedly agree, still what we have in this game is a testament to Frontier, really a glorious looking game even now, I simply hope they find a solution to suit all and their hardware and recreate what we had beforehand. Thanks again for this Ant.

[@ObsidianAnt]

Look Inverted I tried changing the Fog setting since the video, and couldn't see that it made any difference. I have head some people say it does make a difference, so perhaps it depends on the location or perhaps it depends on the PC. There does seem to be a bug in the rings though, I have recorded that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGrdgnVnrZKeoMk Frontier confirmed they have changed the fog, and they also confirmed that in some locations it now looks worse. But it also seems there may be a glitch causing certain areas to look far worse than they actually should.

[@LOOKINVERTED]

ObsidianAnt Very interesting that link (was that posted on your thread, I must have missed that if so), it's clearly more than just a case of an 'amount' of fog isn't it, it's how this fog interacts with and it diffuses the light, so when the light is very low the fog almost seems to dissappear completely. It clearly is a bug of some sort, at least frontier have acknowledged the existence of problems, at one point and as much as the reply we/you got on the thread you started was something of a explanation I was a little disheartened with this response, but it would seem, and I'd hazzard a guess, that they aren't exactly sure what the problem is as yet and how to fix it, so no wonder they can't really tell us the reasons or what the fix might be. Still watching this space intently, I'm not so bothered about the lack of detail in the cockpits for instance amongst the other apparent downgrades... it's mainly the draw distance having to be reduced by quite a value simply because of, and as a consequence of, this fog bug. It looked sooo amazing before, now it just looks amazing, but I'm sure in time Frontier will configure a solution. Again thanks Ant, very informative thread as we've come to expect from you, you have brightened my Elite space adventure day no end with this guide, tmrw beckons when I will be having a good "experiment" in the GraphConfig and using this Sweetfx. Cheers mate :)

[@LOOKINVERTED]

ObsidianAnt Just a quick one, but rather interesting(ly), the standard/default value under the (Ultra) for fog is only "1", where the other values in that group are 2's or even 3's for quality. Most of each set are similar values in all categories (or what ever they're called), this fog quality value of 1 in Ultra is a rogue. I haven't tested it yet but am about to, perhaps I'll get lucky :) _edit: sorry meant not , but a rogue none the less_

[@GnomeChomskyOG]

Awesome video. Thanks Obsidian

[@toshibavoodoo]

Love your videos, but this one is GOLD!!!! Can't wait to increase my graphics

[@ObsidianAnt]

toshibavoodoo Nice, let me know how it goes! :)

[@matthewwagner4042]

Is there anything new or different that you are using now? ... or is pretty much everything the same with your new rig?

[@uglitor]

The xml format and structure has changed. Any chance to get an updated version?

[@secretspy711]

Can you share what sort of PC specs you have? I'm considering switching from xbox to pc, your videos showing the graphics and lighting that are possible are half of the reason I'm considering it. I don't do a lot of gaming, I built a PC for video editing but I'd think it should be great for gaming as well?

[@ObsidianAnt]

+secretspy711 These are my PC specs: i5 2500k GTX 780 8gb RAM If you PC is good enough for video editing, then it is likely the ram and CPU are good enough for Elite, the only thing that might be an issue is the graphics card. Do you know what GPU you have?

[@secretspy711]

I believe it's a Sapphire Radeon HD 7790, 1GB. other specs: AMD FX6350 3.9 GHz 6-core 16GB RAM ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ mobo

[@Anonymouspock]

+secretspy711 Be warned that AMD has shitty performance in single threaded tasks. Not sure what ED does in that way.

[@benparent9864]

You will easily run this game on PC. Just make sure your drivers are updated and you should be all good to go

[@lennyswe]

Hey obsidian which sweetfx preset are you using? Thanks!

[@paulm.7967]

Is it at all possible you'd be willing to release a playlist of music you listen to during your expeditions? Found you when I found Elite Dangerous-- absolutely wonderful channel. Check on the daily for new content.

[@p0iuytr3wq]

Very nice! Since you've mentioned that a fairly powerful pc is needed; I got to ask you about yours pc specs. Can you post it here please, to give others some idea about how powerful it should be?

[@ObsidianAnt]

p0iuytr3wq My PC is as follows: i5 2500k GTX 780 8gb RAM Not a super-specced PC by any means - but still fairly powerful. :) I will add the specs to the video description.

[@p0iuytr3wq]

ObsidianAnt It is certainly fairly powerful, and much more powerful than mine. Cheers!

[@AniSky759]

Will a GTX 550 Ti suffice? And if not, which is the more likely scenario, what GPU would you recommend? I'm on a fairly tight budget, so I'm thinking somewhere in the $100-$200 range. I prefer Nvidia, but I'll consider AMD as well. I've been looking at the 750 Ti, which seems fairly powerful and is within the stated price range, but I like to keep my options open.

[@ObsidianAnt]

LukeDude759 My laptop has a Nvidia 750m inside of it, which is a fair amount weaker than your 550 Ti. I can run the game on my laptop with good performance with all the settings on low. So, theoretically you should be good to go.

[@Randyh9]

What about the Rift? Would you recommend these changes as well? Thanks

[@ObsidianAnt]

Randyh9 The game works perfectly with SweetFX and the Rift. I haven't tried it yet with the high res textures.

[@lazytube99]

Brilliant! Thanks. But boy do I need a new graphics card.

[@ObsidianAnt]

MAIN SEQUENCE You might be able to adjust some of these tweaks to get them running on your PC at a decent performance! :) There's a few guides on Google that run through how to edit SweetFX settings, it might be possible to reduce to load performance somewhat.

[@JackJoff]

Quick question, when using your blue HUD, how easy is it to distinguish enemies? Thanks for the videos also :)

[@ObsidianAnt]

+Jack Jofre Scott On my HUD the red enemy shows as dark blue. Neutral are the light blue. So it's not that easy to distinguish.

[@JackJoff]

+ObsidianAnt Thankyou! had a go at making my own blue HUD a while back and didn't have much luck with it. I think until we get that level of customisation in game many of us will have to stick to the defaults if we do a lot of combat...

[@Michael12111983]

Thank you for the guide :)

[@singularecertamen3570]

hey Obsidian, as always thanks for your Elite coverage. I have a question. I followed your instructions to change the HUD colour but in the process I lost my character portraits in missions and passengers. So I'm asking if there's any way to change the HUD colour mid game without this happening?

[@ObsidianAnt]

The colour codes in this list are compatible with the portraits: forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/259311-NO2O!-The-Definitive-List-of-1-7-2-2-Compatible-HUD-Colour-Color-Configs-(please-add-yours!)

[@singularecertamen3570]

Thanks Obsidian : )

[@HardBoiledBanana]

When you say you got a drop in FPS, what was your initial framerate? I have an IPS so my FPS caps at 60 anyway, would I see a significant drop from that? Just as a side note, I am using a 780ti as opposed to your 780, so maybe I'd just not see so much change anyway?

[@ObsidianAnt]

Srsly Generic The FPS drop averaged out 5 to 10 fps, depending upon area. But usually my frame rate is well over 80fps anyway.

[@markpaterson6024]

Excellent video, very informative and helpful sir. But a curse on you! :-p Now I will "have" to upgrade my tired old graphics card, it just keeps up on ultra settings but tends to bog down in asteroid belts. I'm just about to head off into uncharted space soon and would love to have my experience all nicely tweaked and running smoothly.

[@patrickgillilan3014]

Hey ObsidianAnt, what're your computer's specs?

[@AceStrife]

The irony I'd find this just after commenting on the newest video about the recorded background footage.

[@helge5982]

Hi, i've tried to achieve the same look as you have. But using reshade or sweetFX or EDFX doesnt hit it Your's looks much... smoother or its something with the bloom. Cant tell it exactly... Have you made some tweaks other than those in the vid?

[@helge5982]

+Jack Ace ok i did it. since i couldnt get the Reshade download of the linked Thread to work, i used the \SweetFX\SweetFX_Settings.txt of that download. By downloading Reshade from its website i used the "Mediator"-executable and entered the data of the \SweetFX_Settings.txt file there. now its working and is locking great :)

[@cmdrflint9115]

hi, may I ask, what fov do you have set? I've set mine to the widest possible from the in game menu but the field of view still seems very narrow compared to yours.

[@ObsidianAnt]

tris clark I have an ultra widescreen monitor, with a resolution of 2560x1080. FOV is set to 68 via the config file.

[@DFrabbit]

do you know if they downgraded the graphics of the pc version lately? thx

[@Daddyduck88]

I don't have the GraphicsConfiguration.xml file. My Elite folder looks like this: Program filesx86/Frontier/EDLaunch and there is the exe file and some other files. There are only 4 folders in there, 3 language folders: de; fr; ru. and the redis folder. That's all. Any ideas?

[@doesntreact2941]

West Colt if you have Horizons, you need to look for a folder called elite-dangerous-64

[@SokolMehmeti]

hi obsidian ant. i did as you showed in the video but i could not get it to work. i pasted the files in the folder and booted the game and pressed page up. nothing happend. though page up and down where set to sensor scale or something. i removed it but i still dont get anything :(

[@CMDRBlueeagle66]

Couldn't you add the relevant root elements to the GraphicsConfigurationOverride.XML and modify the values in that? That way, the settings wouldn't get wiped out after an update. Or wouldn't these settings work in the Graphics Override file?

[@johntrueblue]

THIS NEEDS AN UPDATE.

[@Gaardian]

Overwolf now has an add on that automatically injects sweet fx with a ton of presets.

[@TheHaters112]

Thank bro awesome video. what's the name of the song at the end?

[@mhill311]

can I ask for your layout was for the color scheme that you are using

[@kneejo-tube]

+ObsidianAnt how do you get the antialiasing so good man? what settings are you using for that?

[@ObsidianAnt]

Some of this footage is from older versions of the game, and the anti-aliasing was much better back then. :/

[@kneejo-tube]

ObsidianAnt Ok, yeah. I was mainly looking at those grids in front of the station entrance in the first 5 seconds or so. With EDFX i'm getting most artifacts gone on planets, but stations are still like christmas trees with twinkling texture edges so to speak.

[@MAJESTICshark]

I want to try running sweetfx. Is the r9 290 powerful enough to run the game on higher settings with sweetfx?

[@tornados1000]

i Wonder if there are live links on these settings because i really like the look of your game :/

[@Humza1]

Amazing video, Love your stuff, u have been subbed :)! now that song, please i must know the name of it in the intro!!

[@ObsidianAnt]

+Silly Goose Thank you! :) Song is "Digital Goddess"

[@simplydoz]

Is there a new directory to use with Horizons? The FDR folder doesnt exist. Or should I inject this into the old folder and hope horizons updates from the older folder.

[@ollobrains1234]

very nice

[@Kero_81]

Can we still use this method to get better textures on planets?! i tried it a few minutes ago, but i relly dont see any difference. =(

[@moonbird78]

Try as I might, I cannot seem to get Sweet FX to work for me on Steam 64 bit.

[@jamesplusfive7095]

does you have to 're-mod' everytime there's an update/patch? thanks.

[@Paincraze]

I like your Voice :) pretty good video,hope to see more of u :)

[@CMDR_Phreedom]

Is this still valid? The reason I ask is that I saw some CMDR's discussing on reddit and ED forums that SweetFX & ReShade no longer work with ED since last update. Thoughts? Thanks!

[@ObsidianAnt]

CMDR Phreedom Yes this is still valid. However there are some problems with some of the injector mods. ReShade used to work for me perfectly, but it stopped working on the 1.3 update. However SweetFX works fine for me. For other people SweetFX stopped working, but they can still use ReShade. So it's a case of experimenting to find out which one works for you.

[@CMDR_Phreedom]

Understand. Thank you!

[@phillstanyo237]

Hi ObsidianAnt, I don't have "C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch\Products\FORC-FD­EV-D-1001"?. All I have is either "C:\Users\phill\AppData\Local\Frontier_Developments\EDLaunch.exe_Url_ak1duqxhyrlwikgqdt52wyjnbej0mmcp\0.4.4347.0" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous Horizons\Products\elite-dangerous-64". No matter where I put the sweet fx files, it doesnt work?

[@80468046]

Do you use this mods with the oculus rift?

[@bladewraith]

Is this still relevant in 2019?

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Tried the graphicsconfiguration tweaks in the Horizons beta and it looks like that crashes my drivers or something when I jump to another system. Could be a bug in Horizons too but it happened twice before I reverted the changes and was able to jump without a problem. Just as a fair warning when using them in Horizons.

[@duckormaybegoosley]

Do you think Elite would run on an Hp Envy 15 on med-low settings? :/ Please help!

[@GateCrasherVI]

Are any of these great tips antiquated?

[@KGAnims]

Quite strange to see mountain ranges overlaying on top of city lights on atmospheric planets :P

[@sinkpissersupreme]

When i use sweetfx, works fine. But when i sue sweetfx + reshade i get black screen... any help would be greatly apreciated!

[@Otaner142]

more realistic than NASA pictures !

[@Otaner142]

are this shaders better than the gForce experience from nVidia ?

[@Amunra861]

So i dont have a graphicsconfigurationoveride.xml file.. Is there a reason I don't have that file in my Graphics folder for ED?

[@Nanonuke1]

I've tried multiple times to get any sort of SweetFX working with no avail. I have roughly the same PC specs as Mr Ant but I also have windows 10 64X. is this an issue?

[@ezecoo]

+ShaDOW_FlaYRE Yes, none of the SweetFX modifications to the game work with Windows 10

[@Nanonuke1]

I have since discovered that EDFX works wonderfully and has a good installer, go check it out.

[@marshallSGM]

what sweetfx version should i be using? i'm using windows 8.1 64

[@wudimusic]

+ObsidianAnt amazing as allways.. wheres that spacey music from ?

[@danielflynn5999]

Never knew this ! I have a Gtx1080 but no 4k monitor yet can i change the graphics to 4k without hurting my card i'm new to all this and this PC is a few days old :)

[@thorstendinkelmeier8274]

I can modify my GUI colour in the data files but it doesn't work ingame unfortunately. The game issn't broken and still works with normal settings.

[@GD-zu3ch]

Hi, Do you still use this HUD colour? Thanks.

[@primeHeretic]

Getting "procedure entry point CreateDXGIFactory2 could not be located in the dynamic link library c:\windows\\system32\d3d11.dll" Googling suggests it's because I'm on Windows 8.1... hmmm.

[@ObsidianAnt]

primeHeretic Try one of the other mods. It's possible one of the three will work. Otherwise try EDFX, that may work.

[@maxfoos5268]

Hi ObsidianAnt, I dont wanna write a long text, so... can i install all of them simultaneously?

[@ObsidianAnt]

+max foos EDFX, GemFX, ReShade and SweetFX all pretty much do the same thing, but in a different way / style. They should not be installed together.

[@maxfoos5268]

+ObsidianAnt ok, thanks... but now I have the problem, that when I press ste Start button the game says (in german) Der Prozedureinsprungpunkt "CreateDXGIFactory2" wasnt found in the DLL "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll" what should i do?

[@EricMalette]

Are these mods still contemporary?

[@toniheikkila5607]

I just wonder how his videos look sooo much better and realistic compared to my game in ultra settings, especially when seeing his specs are lower than mine. Would love to know all settings.. I have bad AA, even though i use edfx etc, and my game looks nowhere as realistic and space so black. I play 1920 x 1024

[@homebrewalchemist1014]

any chance of a vid on how to install this stuff in steam there are no vids showing how to install it

[@maxfoos5268]

Hi ObsidianAnt. I have another problem now... when I press the Start button the game says (first 2 words in german) Der Prozedureinsprungpunkt "CreateDXGIFactory2" wasnt found in the DLL "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\d3d11.dll"

[@ObsidianAnt]

+max foos Are you using Windows 10?

[@maxfoos5268]

Yes... I upgraded to windows 10 a few weeks ago

[@ObsidianAnt]

That would be why. None of the graphics mods related to SweetFX work with Windows 10. :/

[@maxfoos5268]

ObsidianAnt So... tell me if you have a solution

[@ObsidianAnt]

I don't unfortunately. But if I ever hear of one I will post about it.

[@lcmattern]

Either I am doing this wrong or the game has a problem with sweet FX. I press play but it does not launch, after about 15 seconds the play button appears again and the same thing happens when I press it again. Have reverted the game to default for not, rather annoyed at that problem.

[@Downsider24]

+lcmattern If your using W10, unless it's been fixed? Not sure, but it just won't work with ED. I have no issues using ReShade with anything else.

[@jacobveretto5321]

What was the music at the end of this video?

[@shagohodds]

Did every thing exactly as mentioned installed put sweetfx files into the elite dangerous-64 folder but it doesn't do anything. page up or down don't activaty anything.

[@ObsidianAnt]

It might be that this is now out of date. This guide might work better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmfVlZ2VjbeUgsk

[@infinityarts2763]

I like the music in the video, what are the names ?

[@cmdrflint9115]

Great vid. It's honestly never occurred to me to look for any sort of mods for ED! Will give these a try as they look awesome, especially your texture tweak for the planets. no idea if my pc will handle the extra effects though. i7 4790 / 16Gb ram / gtx 970, should work ok if I drop the res I guess.

[@mr5yy]

I can't edit the code for some reason. It keeps saying that i don't have a program associated with it.

[@MedBrato]

Hey, I have a problem i cannot find the folder *products* B:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch its just not there any one know where to find it?

[@CullenTheDuck]

I have an Intel GPU (sadly). Can I change the aspect ratio to a 21:9 still? I have a 16:9 monitor.

[@ObsidianAnt]

Necro Gaming I don't know how to do this myself. I just looked on Google very briefly and couldn't see anything. If you want to take a look, search for Intel GPU downsampling.

[@shiner421]

I have my game installed to a custom directory, followed the instructions exactly, and it doesnt work. Page up for sweetfx has no effect and there is no difference in game graphics quality. Does sweet fx work with windows 10? I can absolutely guarantee that I have installed the files in the correct directory according to the instructions in this video.

[@shiner421]

did some investigating, sweet fx is not compatible with windows 10, will not work without a whole lot more work and other program.s not worth it imo.

[@JohnDoeL337]

+shiner421 Glad I stuck to windows 7, then Btw, it's not that ok to upgrade (security wise, yes it is ok) But a lot of programs don't have updates for new O.S. I produce music and I won't upgrade until all my plugins are Win 10 compatible.

[@1Three8Fiver]

Is there an opportunity for an updated version of this?