HOW TO INSTALL GSHADE TUTORIAL 2024 FOR THE SIMS 4 | SERENITY Preset🌙

[@MissLollypopSims]

For anyone having issues with the CLEAN UI addon not working try using the other version: 1.2.1 and remember to download the 1.2.1 ini file too. It's installed the exact same way

[@lluxena]

My game works completely fine with Gshade and all of my mods until I add the CLEAN UI addon, I've tried both 1.2.3 and 1.2.1 versions, but no matter what my game gets stuck on loading screen if I have CLEAN UI added in. Thought I should let you know as I think it might be the same for others? ❤

[@zoefrancis5713]

When I press pause/break the list doesn’t show up

[@aylinduran9835]

my game isn’t loading now

[@lluxena]

@@aylinduran9835 delete clean ui all together

[@SN-ig2ml]

​@@aylinduran9835mine is OK 21/05/24 maybe try again make sure u did it right.

[@MissLollypopSims]

Sorry for the VERY overdue tutorial! It's finally here 🥳 I hope you enjoy my new preset, lemme know what you think!❤

[@mkayjada]

When installing GShade, it says it was not able to install symlink and it is saying my filesystem does not support symlinks. How do I fix this?

[@Koanana_008]

Hi, the bat thats supposed to show up when I'm in the main screen doesn't pop up. What do I do??

[@arquive8579]

Woah, talk about timing. I'm literally watching your 2023 tutorial to install reshade, and this was just posted 6 minutes ago!

[@MissLollypopSims]

I saw so many comments on the previous video about it not working anymore so I had to post this ASAP!😂

[@arquive8579]

@@MissLollypopSims Oh no! Then I better follow this tutorial haha

[@jogn5425]

@@MissLollypopSims is gshade safe now?

[@jogn5425]

@@2Byorhax tysm 😄

[@donnisbutterfly]

so wait the instructions here are the same as reshade or?? im lost sorry

[@MrKio3057]

For the people who couldnt start Gshade on game launch - install Gshade puting tick on DVXK Experimental, not DX9 as video shows. This helped for me.

[@shadowkitty5891]

Did not work for me at all..

[@neizer2768]

OMG TYYY YOU SAVED ME T_T

[@Kane_the_Fae]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! literally saved me T-T I've been following so many different tutorials for the past week just for me to get stuck at the game launch

[@HidingFromJax]

im struggling

[@sha23410]

It worked but the screen is not complete like i can press the x button and remove the sims game by one press

[@TheAntiquatedGam3r]

OMG Lauren!!! this literally is fate - im sat here making a list of everything im going to need to do when my new PC arrives either tomorrow or Tuesday (switching from iMac to PC) and i thought oooo i need to go and watch Laurens video on how to install and mess around with g-shade and low and behold theres a new video with your beautiful preset! i cant wait to get it installed and have an amazingly beautiful colourful game! im so excited now! i watched the video even before ive got my new pc and youve made something that i was thinking was going to be really difficult and overwhelming to set up seem simple and easy! you are an absolute QUEEN! thank you my love

[@luvk4yy]

IF YOUR GSHADE ISNT WORKING: make sure edge smoothing is OFF. If that doesn’t work, try opening the app from files meaning program files/ EA games/ sims 4 / game / bin / TS4x64 ! this should work - it’s the only thing that worked for me after hours of trying Also make sure u pressed DX9 and none of the other options when installing!

[@luvk4yy]

@@shaiilaa_ It’s in game options! After you press game options, go to graphics, then edge smoothing is towards the bottom right it’s the first option and turn it off, then press apply changes. I reccomend. If it still doesn’t work uninstall then reinstall gshade but make sure edge smoothing is definitely off!

[@shaiilaa_]

@@luvk4yy tysm! it’s finally working

[@luvk4yy]

@@shaiilaa_ i’m glad :)

[@Aubreejones-i1s]

none of thus has worked either😣

[@luvk4yy]

@@Aubreejones-i1s it should, try uninstalling and reinstalling and make sure u have all the right gshade and sims 4 settings

[@kimosumiko]

I always find it more helpful to keep the version numbers on any mods I download so I know which last version I already have installed when I go to redownload and update the mods, so for that reason deleting the "1.2.3_" from the ReShade .ini seems like an unnecessary step that just comes down to personal preference, but doesn't have any real effect. Just commenting it because I see a lot of people say 'oh just delete this version number from the file name' but they don't mention it's just an optional aesthetic preference for your file names. Also at the Presets timestamp, around 11:10, I got really confused seeing the Off.ini file originally start off inside the Custom folder and then you quickly move it outside the Custom folder but don't say anything about moving it lol. I reloaded my game a few times after following this tutorial to see if the Off.ini file placement (inside or directly outside that Custom folder) matters and it does not seem to have any effect. So this seems like another optional aesthetic preference for how people want to organize their files. The GShade menu didn't have any automatic pop-ups for me when I loaded the game with it for the first time, so if anyone else has difficulty figuring out how to get the menu to initially open for the first time, try pressing the [Shift] plus [Backspace] keys on your keyboard and that should open the GShade menu. Then you can change the hotkey to your liking in the menu's settings. Lastly (sorry for the long message, geez lol), thank you sooooooo much MissLollypopSims!!! This tutorial is so helpful and easy to follow. I've tried watching a few other tutorials on how to install GShade and ReShades, and they all left me so frustrated or confused I nearly gave up hope of ever trying to install this, but your video helped me. I could cry, my game looks so pretty now, like I literally feel close to tears from happiness, this is gamechanging, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!

[@zaiyana260]

Thanks for this! i noticed it quickly when i didnt see the off file outside but a quick comment scroll took to you and it reassured me that it's not a big problem then i thought it was :]

[@BRATwilight]

YOURE A LIFESAVER😭

[@Luvvvari]

Thank you sm I was struggling so bad w this😭😭

[@xadoreu]

my game wont load in, it stops at the blue loading screen with TS4 logo and freezes and then closes itself every time... i did everything right in the video but im not sure why it wont work uugghh

[@BRATwilight]

@@xadoreu are you sure it’s the files? Sometimes discord in the back does that to my game, but you might have to redownload it and follow this persons instructions 😞

[@CosyJaney]

Thank you so much Lauren for this amazing tutorial! I’ve used reshade for years (which I also followed your tutorial for that as well) and today I finally made the change to gshade! The clean UI thing wasn’t working for me at first but then I tried what you suggested in your pinned comment and now it works great and it’s so nice not having my UI all messed up looking from the shadow effects! I also love your beautiful preset as well! I recently got back into playing Sims 4 so this is really going to enhance my experience! 🥰

[@Hello_Honey_Sweetie]

OMG, this is awesome! I just got into reshade a few months ago and I've been watching and rewatching your old tutorial as a base and guideline. It's really helpful! I'm psyched about this as RIGHT NOW I was about to update and get some new presets! Thank you so much, your tutorials are so clear and easy to follow!

[@harasnicole]

Ah, I'm so glad I saw this video in my sub feed. Installing GShade is fine; it's when I try to add presets that I get lost, so this is perfect. Also, for those who use Microsoft Edge browser like me, when downloading the reshade effect shader toggler and get denied, if you over the warning in downloads, three little dots will show up to the right, so just click that and it'll give you the option to "keep" the .ini file regardless. 😊

[@Kenibus]

you are a SAINT omg. the only tutorial that made ANY sense and actually worked for me

[@malixa]

lauren coming through with another amazing tutorial!! thank you for this especially the clean ui tutorial!! 💗💗

[@taniasearancke9104]

OMG! I have never had a windows pc until recently and i have just followed your steps for your Gshade preset. All i can say is THANK YOU and BEAUTIFUL xx

[@meikesartwork]

thank you for explaining it so well, it didnt work anymore since i had the ea app and couldnt figure out why not. the game looks so much better with it and i loooovee your preset!

[@tayplayssims]

i started watching your joy of life LP, bored one day and needing something to do, and now I am down a massiveeeee rabbit hole of downloading mods, CC and now g-shade!! I am so in love with my game now, thank you so much!

[@gabriellerain4]

This was soooo helpful. I was honestly always intimated by gshade or reshade so I never downloaded it, but was always jealous of how everyones game or screenshots looked with it. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!!

[@olivianyt]

when i load up the game and then click the button (shift+backspace) go get the set up up it just keeps loading??? every other tab but home loads !!!

[@ty_whatt]

hey this happened to me and i just waited 2 minutes and it gave me an option to skip the tutorial or not, then once u've pressed that u have to wait another 2 minutes and it should load. it takes about 5 minutes but definitely worth it

[@olivianyt]

@@ty_whatt yeah!! i got it fixed thank you so much !!

[@luvk4yy]

@@olivianyt how did you fix it?

[@KeyysKorner]

@@luvk4yyYou have to just wait. It took mines 2 hrs 😅

[@Sully.SvD1]

@@KeyysKorneri cannot wait that long omg!

[@emiliaeltawey4538]

If you follow the instructions to the T and find your UI Mod is still not working, try the 1.2.1 version! That worked for me ^^

[@Theluckwehave]

I may have to do this. I’ve started my game but now the box to set up everything isn’t loading

[@syd_the_syd]

For me the box isn’t loading still 😭

[@Theluckwehave]

@@syd_the_syd I ended up doing the 1.2.1 and it worked, but the shading wouldn’t stay on. It was glitching and flashing on and off. I decided to just remove it.

[@HaleyShell968]

@@syd_the_syd I was facing that same issue. I thought maybe I did something wrong so I restarted my game. As I was doing that, other comments here said to just let it keep loading. One person said it took them like 2 hours. Well when my game booted back up, it worked immediately, so maybe try that: restarting the game

[@wikt0ria364]

@@HaleyShell968wdym restarting the game ?

[@bloocheezedip]

THANK YOU!! oh my i've been looking for a clean UI solution for so long, everything i've tried hasn't worked until now!!! ugh thank you thank youuuuuu

[@tamia-]

Everyone else I’ve watched made this seem difficult you were the only clear one thank you so much!! I am excited to try your shader on my sims game

[@ThePrincetonFamily]

I saw online Gshade is not working right now. Probably because of the DX11 updates. You can revert back to Direct X 9 afaik and some people haven't been switched over because their computers aren't compatible. So some people might have to leave the experimental box checked at 6:05

[@lvdyhollywood]

How do we go back to do so

[@MrKio3057]

Yep, totally helped me, now its working @Ivdy just install once again, no need to delete anything

[@iloveeblckmen]

@@MrKio3057how to do that pls?

[@aureliesaid111]

@ThePrincetonFamily I switched to DX11 so do I have to tick the DXVK and as hooking I tick “Normal mode”?? Please I need help, my gshade overlay doesnt load when I launch the game

[@mariammostafa2279]

if u use the anadius dlc unlocker make sure to choose the path of the cracked game or else it wont show up :>

[@Meelahsway]

I did that and it still didn't work😥

[@shaznaymaherdugg4494]

i honestly was never going to install gshade because i didnt think it was a need for me but oml its stunning

[@jessmoyers3746]

Omg Lauren so I changed my game to the DirectX11 and retried to Gshade and your preset and it works!!!! im so happy thank you 🥰🥰

[@yuzamagi6256]

The best Gshade tutorial I had ever seen. Thank you so much!

[@MissLollypopSims]

Wow, thank you!🌟

[@BrianaS19]

Yesss Lauren! Queen the overdue is a understatment because you CANNOT rush perfection!❤❤❤

[@lourdez.francis]

This tutorial is a LIFE-SAVER!! I have never been able to get the whole installation process and thanks to you I have been able to download different game shades ! THANK YOUU !

[@Haylee.D]

finally!! i followed ur reshade tutorial awhile back and i updated reshade without thinkin about it it broke my whole game and ive been stuck with basegame grahpics

[@yourlocalenby3096]

same here:(

[@hheroley]

This was great! Thank you! The clean UI was great to didn’t know about it. Love the preset! ❤

[@Jassibeanx]

THANK YOU!!!!! I've been trying to get a shader to work for ages but I always manage to f something up. this was so easy and helpful and I'm in love with your preset

[@majjkanz]

I still can´t get the gshade to open up in the game, doesn´t show up at all but everything is installed as it should and the graphics settings are as they should.. Someone else having these issues?

[@loveyouxnaf]

sameeeee, i need help

[@loveyouxnaf]

I got it, soooo you have to download the directx11 version instead of the 9, it worked for me

[@nhyl111]

i have the same problem

[@miriamplayroblox5082]

⁠​⁠@@loveyouxnaf How do I download it?

[@wiktoria0987]

@@miriamplayroblox5082 its in the tutorial 6:10

[@Shishmish6]

If anyone is experiencing the problem of not being able to enter the gshade menu no matter what combos they try, here's what I ended up having to do (I switched to reshade tho, I tried gshade cuz I had the same problem with reshade, but ended up going back to it, since I couldn't make gshade to work no matter what) I noticed my game is running on DirectX11 instead of DirectX9 (what I've been installing the game on following the tutorial). I wasn't able to select DirectX11 when installing for some reason, so maybe try switching the game to DirectX9 and it might work that way then (settings, game option, graphics) If you do want to switch to reshade, just install the program with DirectX 10, 11, 12 selected (second option) and I had no problem with the reshade bar showing up for me (thank god cuz I spend 3 hours trying to make this all work)

[@yeonjikim5623]

how to switch the game to directx9?

[@divanthesimmer]

Thank you! My first time installing GShade and everything went smoothly and the tutorial was easy to follow. Your presets look great! ❤

[@smlyx]

Thank you so much for this updated video

[@sunbiome]

thank you for such a clear tutorial ❤ will save this for when i have access to a pc

[@toniiPlays]

Wow, What a Perfect Tutorial. and what a beautiful preset, I loved it!😆😍

[@MissLollypopSims]

Awh thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it ❤️️

[@Olivveeeee]

This was sooooo helpful, thank you so much!!!! And I love your shader!

[@Yesche.]

Omg such a good video best tutorial ever!!!

[@MissLollypopSims]

Glad you think so!

[@annakotalova9]

The ubytovna on opening the thing fn+shift+f2 doesnt work for me id doesnt open 😢 13:25

[@rena_lunarcat]

Thank you so so much. Your tuts are always so helpful and easy peasy to follow. i appreciate, that you include the installation of clean ui mod. I never figured out how to do that. 🖤🖤🖤

[@missym877]

**IF YOUR GSHADE MENU DOESN’T SHOW UP** Make sure your sims 4 game matches the DX setting selected @6:11. In the tutorial @MissLollyPopSims selected DX9 but if you did like me and selected DX11 (most compatible with newer computers) then you will need to enable DX11 in the sims 4. You can do this by going to the EA App and right click the sims 4 icon, under the menu tab you should see manage and then click properties. Under properties you should see a text box. Type inside “-dx11” (no quotation marks, keep the negative/minus sign ahead of dx11). Then hit save. Open up game and voila! The gshade menu should appear. Unless you change the corresponding hotkey (tutorial here @ ) its default should be shift + backspace, which you can use to open and close the menu whenever playing or taking screenshots. For those who want to revert back to dx9 or disable dx11. You simply follow the steps above to get back to the EA App and delete “-dx11” in the text box. Hit save, and now your game no longer has DX11 enabled. Hope this helps ❤

[@missym877]

If my instructions still aren’t clear EA Answers HQ has a great tutorial on this. Honestly, it’s really easy and can be changed in 3 small steps. But still if you need help, a quick Google search on “how to update sims 4 to DX11” should pull up the tutorial.

[@user-zr6ek6dv5q]

you are an angel, i finally found the bar.. i love you

[@Hannah-wv5zg]

It says it installed successfully but now my game crashes when loading in

[@vav-zy1hl]

Hey, when my game was loading I didn’t see the button to make the gshade thing appear (13:48)

[@izzypoo12222]

for me it happened really fast so you may wanna just keep your eye on it!

[@Leah_48927]

I LOVE YOU GIRL! I I'VE BEEN AGES SERCHING FOR A STEAM TUTORIAL 💕

[@airelplayz2681]

i had looked at so many other videos on how to install it and none of them helped me i am so thankful i clicked on this video i am definitely following you

[@vk208]

Could it be that this is not compatible with the new EA app update? My ea app keeps crashing since the June update, and now I’ve installed Gshade and my game just keeps crashing once I’ve opened the gshade menu :( going to try again after the next update I guess!

[@maddy.g01]

hi! my game got stuck on the loading screen, and the bar that’s supposed to show up won’t show up on my screen.

[@user-mr8mt6gq4o]

This happened to me, it turns out mine was just trying to download and it wasn't done yet, press shift and back space not the one in the middle of your keyboard depends what you're using

[@maddy.g01]

@@user-mr8mt6gq4o Thank you so much! it worked but my game has been very glitchy

[@user-mr8mt6gq4o]

@maddy.g01 Same! Mine got very glitchy as well but I'm sure somewhere in the video it explains how to help with the lag, I had a massive problem with interacting with my sims for some reason! If you ever run into this problem like me just press shift then click your sim while you do it.

[@NIXSER]

Its doesn't work for me

[@va2897]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! well explained + i can’t wait to download ur preset it looks beautiful! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@pastelpinkbarbie]

In another video I just watched you said that Gshade had malware, is this the same thing or something different?

[@Fleur0_]

My GShade no longer works, reinstalled it like you told me too but now the bar doesn't even show up. The new update has really ruined my game and made it impossible to play with shaders and I'm not understanding how to fix it.

[@dekira0mi]

same:c

[@Fleur0_]

@@dekira0mi Good to know its not just me then :(

[@bilahmara]

@@Fleur0_ Same for me! Tried Reshade too - EA def broke something with the last update, i guess

[@Fleur0_]

@@bilahmara Yeah I can't even play the game right now because of all my broken mods. 18,000 mods & CC now unusable because EA broke the game.

[@bilahmara]

​@@Fleur0_ Wow! That's really unfortunate(( i'm trying to find some solution to this - will update if i find any

[@imanimcqueen2527]

ngl im so glad u said it didnt work for Mac instead of giving us the runarounds like other content creators, I had to subscribe❤

[@LuvArmy]

thank you so much, it works for me I was trying to install reshade and didnt work in my computer, but your tutorial really helps me and now I can use it

[@solong_goodnight]

thank you for updating! unfortunately my game either keeps crashing or when i try to go to settings, it just freezes up and i can't click anything. do you have any idea why? i had the same issue with reshade too, although that software USED to work fine

[@Ardsa579]

Mine is doing the same thing. Crashes after I choose Serenity. I've never used any of this before so IDK.

[@aleciagrant447]

Did one of yall get this issue fixed? Im having the same issue

[@hannah_0302]

I’m having the same issue and have no clue what to do

[@carneshacarroll8925]

I'm having the same issue it's annoying

[@hannah_0302]

So far the only preset I can get to work is boho dreams by neecxle. All of neecxle’s presets work for me but boho dreams is my favorite.

[@kursed6699]

I’ve put off doing this for so long as every tutorial I watched made it look so complicated, you made this so so easy and simple to follow I’m obsessed✨ - immediately subscribed 🤍

[@jakob_is_somewhere]

When I do this it doesn’t pop up when I load the game?? I’ve seen this happento other people but nobody has given an answer to why.

[@dinda4437]

mine didn’t pop up too but after researching the solution is to click DXVK instead of DirectX9 when installing, you can delete installation on the Gshade control panel app, then add new, do the same file direction as the video says, then click DXVK, the tab should open now

[@DZ-vf5gj]

@@dinda4437thankyou for commenting this 😭😭😭 worked for me

[@elsaananta7508]

where should i click the DXVK? bcs i didn't see it anywhere@@dinda4437

[@koukeisuke8239]

You described everything BEAUTIFULLY.

[@lifewjazz4893]

My presets doesn’t off have the off ini

[@idrinkmilk09]

hi i installed gshade and loaded my game but when i try and choose the preset for my game it just freezes and then shuts down the game??

[@elladaloisio2949]

i have the same problem :(

[@kayla-ig1nx]

mine is doing the same I go to press skip tutorial and it freezes

[@Miivax]

hi! had a similar problem, try being on windowed screen and not fullscreen, u can change that option in the game graphics in settings

[@wonubee]

thank you so much for this! hopefully i’ll be getting my first PC soon! 😭 btw you’re so pretty 😭

[@istoleyournan6010]

Thank you so much for this information! I just got a PC a month ago lol and you've helped me enhance my Sims 4 Addiction.

[@jessmoyers3746]

the perfect person to follow a tutorial from so easy! but once i did everything my game wont load :( gutted i had to uninstall

[@anniyahbrown7898]

Same happened to me! I had to delete my entire game… did you ever figure out how to do it?

[@jessmoyers3746]

@@anniyahbrown7898 yes i just changed my game to Direct X11 and it wokred perfectly :)

[@MissEnvyX]

So helpful, Thank you ❤

[@MissLollypopSims]

You're more than welcome! So glad it was helpful ❤️️

[@mandersdcc]

WOW thank you so much , i didnt know about the ''UI'' thing , this changes everything thanks so much :)

[@stevdelros9912]

YOU ARE GODSENT!!! Thank you for this girl!!!

[@mia-kama6014]

I'm loving this tutorial, thank you so much! Also , REALLY would love to use your gshade preset, but for some reason the mxao doesn't work for me? All my other presets work with the mxao, but yours is the only one that doesn't 😢 and it's enabled, edge smoothing off, post processing on and all that.

[@Remysexts]

Yall when my game loads uo i dont get the popup what do i do?

[@evaramos7136]

I have the same problem

[@helgadebacker4556]

Thank you for the very clear step by step guide I needed. Very easy to follow!

[@monehernandez209]

omg thank you so much your preset is free a lot of people gatekeep

[@MissLollypopSims]

Never gatekeeping here lovely!🫶

[@stxrlqtt]

ty! This helped a lot, just wondering when i turn on my shaders theres a shadow like glitching out a bit and its like the outline of the character but when i move my screen its like right next to thewem which bothers me any idea how to fix it?

[@emiliaeltawey4538]

So super cool, and what great timing ☺️ I’ve downloaded the Addon for the UI, it shows in my Add Ons when in game, it’s check marked, but, my UI is still affected. Would you have any ideas how I could fix? ^^’

[@user-ig7hl5ym6e]

Did you solve it? I struggle with this too(

[@BEAUTYBAKERYxTLI]

Thank you so much🎉 because of you and your g shade my game is 10x better

[@ArtSmartSvcs101]

Why GShade won’t open on the Sims 4 Home Screen… I updated my game a while ago to DX11 via the Origin app, so when you install GShade now, you needed to tick DirectX 11 under graphics API. NOT DirectX 9 & not DXVK ! Great video though!

[@destinyberg3283]

I clicked dx11 and nothing pops up I click the dx9 and it pops up but the home tab won’t load all the other tabs will

[@missym877]

@@destinyberg3283just because you clicked dx11 doesn’t mean your computer is compatible. You will need to open your diaxg box. There’s a tutorial if you google “how to enable dx11 on sims 4” but basically you need to figure out if your computer can run dx11. If it can you’ll then need to make sure the sims 4 is configured to also run DX11 and to do that, you’ll need to enable it via the ea app. Which is what the person above is talking about. Again, the tutorial can be found if you google what I wrote. Or scroll up and see my most recent comment on here, I left a step by step guide ❤

[@Mymusicscassandra]

Hi there so i watched the whole thing and i had reshade installed but wasnt working idk why so i just went with your tutorial i followed each step since the last time i installed reshade was with your tutorial from last year the thing is everything went according to what you showed except when i opened the game the bar that usually shows up didnt show up i tried to click on the button that opened it that for me was home button when i had reshade and nothing happened, idk what to do do i unistall reshade and just stay with gshdae? pls help and always thank you cause you are very detailed in your tutorials

[@tunazzinatawhid7328]

same problem here.

[@Mymusicscassandra]

@@tunazzinatawhid7328 apparently if you have the pirate version of the game it wont work at least thats what i noticed. cause i installed the original version and everything worked

[@joXtea-]

for some reason gshade home wont load for me

[@IBeSimmerz]

Great tutorial. Love your work and your content. 😇

[@abbie1989shaw]

Thank you so much! This video was very helpful, very detailed!

[@maliamolck8635]

Awesome tutorial! I followed it all the way through and got it all in. My only issue is it appears the Reshade Effect Toggler isn't working. I still see shadows behind the UI. Any tips?

[@MissLollypopSims]

Thanks so much❤️️ When you go into the addons section does the ReShade toggler show up there with a tick next to it?

[@maliamolck8635]

@@MissLollypopSims yup!

[@MissLollypopSims]

@@maliamolck8635 Oh that's even more weird.. these are some of what could be the issues according to the creators post: So far here are the things that can cause the issue: > Post processing Effects is disabled (must be enabled). > Edge smoothing is enabled (must be off/disabled). > Selected Vulkan/DXVK API during Reshade/Gshade installation (must select DirectX 9). Maybe you could check these options and see if any of these apply to you?

[@maliamolck8635]

@@MissLollypopSimsSorry for the late reply! I checked all of the settings and I’ve got everything right.

[@uugnea]

@@maliamolck8635 Yeah same problem for me too

[@nicolereyes3481]

the presets are not working with the latest version😭

[@leinetterivera3719]

Thank you! It’s a great tutorial, but my game crashes with both versions… My Laptop cannot use any shaders :c I’m sad. I hope I get a PC soon so I can use them well… 😢

[@Matrona.Goddess]

Omg thank you ! My game look sooo beautiful now 🌸💞

[@yorigomes1744]

I''ve followed your tutorial to a T but I'm still having some trouble. I don't get the banner when I load up the game and none of the buttons seem to work! I have this issue with reshade as well so I'm not sure if it's conflicting with a mod but I use the same mods as many popular creators. :(

[@Stonewall-br4cz]

same, and idk why it does that!

[@rayis2821]

😭 help plss For some reason after clicking the “install” for gshade I get this message that pops up saying “ Gshade was not able to install a symlink to your selected game. This usually means that your drives filesystem dose not support symlinks “ Then it says “please note that if this not the only game use gshade with you may need to install or readd gshade to your game saying the gshade installer or gshade control panel after any future gshade updates “

[@HeyitsBritSimz]

Mine too

[@destinyberg3283]

Mine too

[@wisewillowgames]

iv always wanted to do do gshade but felt it was to difficult but your tutorial really helped.

[@toppeahoundet5925]

please, somebody know why gshade make the game crash? i've downoald the new version but it make my game buggy and crash it's the first time it does that

[@charlitax]

what happens when off.ini isn’t in the folder

[@Allaboutbrea.]

Yeah girl mine too and my presets done download as ini ni don’t have an off.ini

[@jastheace8077]

Same

[@HaleyShell968]

So mine was doing the same thing, but I proceeded with the rest of the steps anyway just to see if it’d still work. Sure enough, it works. Now I don’t know if this will be an issue later on, but as of rn, following the tutorial and booting up the game, everything works pretty well!

[@HaleyShell968]

@@Allaboutbrea.^

[@r______t9517]

@@HaleyShell968 Does it still work?? I have the same problem Aswell.

[@angeljazz22]

I saved most of ALL of your tutorials! Thank you so much!!! You just don’t know how hard I was struggling when I saw the “failed to compile” lol. I figured it out, but yours was so easy. Thank you so much! I love your LPs as well! 🤍

[@shintagabriela1865]

i have the same issue of some shaders not compiling. do you have the solution? please share :)

[@angeljazz22]

@@shintagabriela1865 I just right clicked on the ones that were showing red to delete. I think it’ll say show in folder, and then you would just delete it. It doesn’t mess up the game or anything

[@0zzyxox]

i havent even watched the whole video yet and i just got to say youre amazing im only 50 seconds in and i can tell this video is going to be a lot of help! ill update on how i manage to do with this haha

[@stvrlightt_0]

Thank you sm girl I love this tutorial!!!

[@stock4lpaca845]

Hey, I just installed this and its absolutely stunning. It is, however, making all of the text in the UI very blurry and hard to read.. Has anyone else found this or know how to fix it?

[@evindiahna892]

Yes, same here. Did you figure out how to resolve?

[@stock4lpaca845]

@@evindiahna892 nope. Just got used to it 🫣😂

[@SevenofLein]

Did you turn off edgesmoothing in the game settings?

[@ERigers]

Me too!! did you ever fix it? I might try uninstalling the Clean UI add on see if that makes a difference

[@soclassy12]

i followed the exact steps but for some reason none of my preshades show in cas, only in game :/ i had reshade before i'm rather new so i followed your new tutorial so i can update it. it worked perfect the first time, idk what happen this time around. is there anything i could change to fix this?

[@lillieberry9460]

I'm having the same exact problem :( last years tutorial worked fine but I just can't get this one to show up in cas. Pls let me know if you figure out the problem 😭

[@soclassy12]

@@lillieberry9460 hey! it’s been a week since i’ve had that problem but it’s somehow working now. i think exiting out the game, loading back in and toggling the reshades on and off may have helped. i didn’t do anything major to get it working so that’s the only thing i can think of.

[@skycastleshay]

Thank you so much for this! I just built a computer and I'm coming over from Mac so I finally get to use shaders! This made it less scary!

[@miserybizzniss]

this was soo helpful and easy to follow tysm!!

[@Arryette]

Hi, so, I followed the tutorial as explained in the video, but when I'm going to enter my game, and when I click on the button to open the gshade options screen, nothing happens. I don't know what else to do, I've already uninstalled and installed it again, and I've also tried to change direct x 9 to DXVK, but nothing happened. Would anyone have any resolution to my problem? (Sorry for the bad English)

[@veckati]

same for me, its like i never downloaded it. nothing shows up. ive been trying to find an answer but no help

[@luvk4yy]

@@veckati same! it has something to do with sims 4 update, it prevents all shaders (reshade and gshade) from working. As of right now I don’t think there is a fix

[@maliawilson1257]

@@veckatisame and I’ve been scrolling through these comments tryna find answersss

[@veckati]

@@maliawilson1257 i solved it!! idk if its the same problem you have but i had multiple sims 4 locations in my pc. i deleted all files i could find and restarted my pc. i also deleted all reshade files and redownloaded it. lastly i went to amoebae's reshade troubleshooting page on tumblr and downloaded the directx they linked. if you try these and still couldn't solve it i'm sure that troubleshooting page could still help you find the problem.

[@Siren9]

I did all this, step by step and when i tried to load up sims 4 I saw the bar up top that said the install was successful but my game froze, i couldn't even bring up task manager to force close, i had to restart pc, happened twice so i just uninstalled the game because i don't know how to uninstall gshade itself

[@TabbyWithMittens]

I had to figure this out, but you have to open the app itself and click on the sides where it has different tabs/settings. The uninstall will show up. Not sure if that makes sense, but you have to open the app/desktop app itself.

[@HaleyShell968]

I don’t know how to help with the issue of your game freezing, but to uninstall, you’re going to click on the Gshade app. For me, it’ll pop up with a yes or no option… click yes if it does for you and then it’ll pull up the home page. Go to the “Tools” tab and at the bottom it’ll say launch Uninstaller. Idk about the next steps because I haven’t tried uninstalling, but hope that helps!

[@Siren9]

@@HaleyShell968 this is great! Thank you so much, been wanting to try installing again but didn't wanna have to uninstall sims 4 again if I get the issue again

[@Siren9]

@@TabbyWithMittens thank you! I might be trying to get reshade again now that I know there's an easier way to uninstall

[@prettypoisonsimming]

This is awesome, thank you for sharing!! 💖💖

[@brittanypatterson3147]

thank you so much for this, I wanted a real looking game feel and this helped me achieve it. I will be watching more of your videos thank you so much.

[@doart._.withmee]

i did everything here, but my gshade menu still doesn’t start up when i open the game. i quadruple checked and i did everything correctly, done this more than 5 times. anyone have this same issue and know how to fix it?

[@rahmaabdullah2923]

i have the same problem and i dont know how to fix it T-T. Please help @MissLollypopSims

[@marapereira920]

Same here 😢

[@bloop3319]

I followed everything, but my gshade simply wont appear in my game..?

[@chloeluvvu]

try the home button on your keyboard some of the newer versions use that key

[@mariasancheznavarro7381]

@@chloeluvvu With the latest update the game opens in direx11, if you installed gshade with the direx9 option it will not appear in your game. But be careful, I tried configuring gshade to work with direx11 and the game started crashing every time I traveled with my sims.

[@bloop3319]

😔 it won't even let me choose direct x11​@@mariasancheznavarro7381

[@kawaiic4586]

Thank you for making this video! This helped mme a lot getting me started!

[@real1tysvcks777]

ok this is super weird for me because i own sims 4 on both steam and ea, yet use it on steam. but when i open sims4 it opens with EA. do i uninstall EA? as well as when i opened my game, that bar at the top left didnt appear for me at all

[@Vesperity82]

You need to keep EA installed. The steam version will not run without the EA launcher. It is very silly in my opinion. I recently redownloaded the sims 4 and was so confused on why it wouldn't run. I forgot that I uninstalled the EA launcher. Once I put it back the steam Sims 4 loads up and yes the launcher pops up too.