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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@Spitts44]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@meggen5218]

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

[@EX141FE]

I like the grease streaks from the rotary actuators!

[@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.

[@BONEZ-8]

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

[@full_afterburner]

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

[@stefanvanvuuren3931]

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

[@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.

[@rc3754]

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

[@SONICBOOM-117]

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

[@bw33511]

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

[@stratochief99]

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

[@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.

[@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!👍

[@Heroto]

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

[@MaxRank]

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

[@k.suthproductions8611]

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

[@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 🙏👌

[@tokenr1813]

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

[@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!!

[@kosmos224]

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

[@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.

[@raymondabel]

Does it work in VR?

[@DarkLordRampage]

Hi Bogey,..great addition to DCS. I do have a question,...does it work for VR as well? (depending on the VR system of course).

[@BogeyDope]

Great question! Unfortunately I haven't gotten it to work on my Oculus CV1, but I have a buddy who says it works fine on his HP Reverb. So. Not sure about vr support.

[@johne.alarcon25]

@@BogeyDope hi Guys. Thanks and agree it is a very good option. I tried this morning on my HP Reverb 2, and unfortunately it did not work. If I play without VR, it works well indeed, but I couldn’t make it work with the HP

[@DarkLordRampage]

@@johne.alarcon25 Oke that's too bad. Thx for trying,...

[@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.

[@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.

[@ZeroBombarder]

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

[@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.

[@citizenjags1309]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@King2Stone]

Really makes the PBR pop on the aircraft.

[@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.

[@michaelchen7203]

wow big different nicely done , thanking you for sharing mate

[@Pongoslice]

best mod tutorial ive ever came acrost nice job

[@ipstack]

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

[@ChooChoo2005]

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

[@UorpvxOboela]

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

[@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

[@Dartheomus]

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

[@MightyMike]

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

[@headintclouds3657]

I shall have to give that a try. Thanks 👍

[@robertspivey46]

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

[@davidschroderflip4952]

I'll definitely download this tomorrow.

[@jcbaxter_racing]

That's awesome, immediately installed. But I have to ask, what's your specs you're running? And what are your video settings to get 100+ FPS?

[@BogeyDope]

Specs in description

[@MrPhantom453]

Thanks for the heads-up on this!

[@I.t7014]

Hi it is a nice video, i would like to know what are your DCS system settings before you used reshade ?🙂

[@SpaceGaucho_]

friggin legend! thanks this is really useful :3

[@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!

[@warrencantero]

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

[@simonarcher1294]

Looks great, followed instructions, now DCS will not load.

[@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

[@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.

[@Fuzzi_Dimp]

This is so lovely!! Thanks.

[@dcspilotjeff]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Hanfkrokette]

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

[@Mightymoose02]

Less is more....

[@deranged19]

Nice! how long has been this Reshade out? Defo makes the game look better. Added some touch of my own like vibrance and the sun set/rise sure looks a lot more "real" and well, vibrant now. Turning on/off the shaders does make you realize, how DCS is shady/cloudy and less vibrant by default. Sad that they never mentioned Vulcan again, up until they do implement it tho, this is a very handy workaround. Now I realize how the hell do they make their video soooooo much better than an average DCS consumer looks like. cheers, great tutorial.

[@BogeyDope]

I think it's been around since 2014, but I'm not sure.

[@Lost_Angel_TX]

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

[@jessegromer1309]

Big Thanks for the video amazing results!

[@sh4dy49]

BOGEY DOPE, any new changes or ideas? I'd like to ask you if you can tell me what're your settings (MSAA, SSAA) in DCS and what about MFAA in Nvidia Panel?

[@BogeyDope]

I can check later and post a comment with mine here (I'm not at home at the moment), but please keep in mind. The reason I haven't done that is because it really doesn't do anyone any good to see my anti aliasing/graphics settings unless they have the same system specs as me. I was always frustrated when the bigger channels would do a whole video on their settings cause I didn't have a system that could even handle half of what they were set at. But this shader really helps with contrast and sharpness without needing to upgrade your system hardware. I can tell you I know my gamma is at 2.1. I'll post what I have when I get home tonight.

[@BogeyDope]

MSAA 4x I only use MSAA. I don't have SSAA on cause it's very taxing on hardware. I have MFAA enabled in the control panel and using Default settings otherwise. Hope that helps.

[@sh4dy49]

@@BogeyDope sorry, I meant FXAA instead of MFAA but I hope we talk about same thing.

[@caduguimaraes]

Reshade is life

[@TheSimCorner]

Hello thanks for the video , is this just for vr users or can I use this on my triple screen setup

[@BogeyDope]

I have not had much luck getting this to work in VR. I am only able to get this to work on my monitor. I haven't tried triple monitors so I'm not sure, but I wouldn't think that would be a problem.

[@TheSimCorner]

I’ll give it a go then looks like it makes a big difference Thanks for your reply and video 👍

[@stipi6996]

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

[@MeanStreakGaming]

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

[@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!

[@jamesmcdonough3155]

Just tried your settings and it's a big improvement, thanks! If you don't mind me asking, what is your gamma setting in game?

[@BogeyDope]

I leave it at the default 2.2

[@jamesmcdonough3155]

@@BogeyDope Thank you, appreciate it! Will do some further tweaking but good to have the baseline for your setup as it looks great in your vids

[@chrisbishop6928]

3:30 lookin at you Wags!

[@ilejovcevski79]

Good tips. I used Reshade for a couple of years as well. It can be made to increase the visual appeal of the game. But what is your take on the bandit visibility, especially closer to the zenith?

[@BogeyDope]

I personally haven't noticed a change in bandit visibility for me with my settings. There may be ways of doing that, but my purpose was for aesthetics only.

[@ilejovcevski79]

@@BogeyDope Roget that!

[@shapulke-debile]

can you show us your dcs settings

[@Veyron1967]

Thanks dude, worked a treat.

[@OnTarget100]

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

[@JayDKBGames]

Huge difference first time Im able to see another plane landing at Nellis without straining. Wonder what effect it has in VR.

[@marcok.9236]

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

[@nathanwailes]

thanks for making this video. to me, it just looks like it ups the contrast, like an Instagram filter. It looked more realistic to me without reshade, but I'm not a real pilot. But I agree the game looks more beautiful with reshade.

[@tsangarisjohn]

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

[@zsavage1820]

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

[@signedcarp6520]

Oh hey i saw you are using the x52 i was thinking about buying it. Do you think its good?

[@BogeyDope]

x52 is a great stick! I went through two of them over the past 13 years. When compared to the other options, I "personally" believe the x52 or the Rhino are the best bang for your buck on the lower price range.

[@signedcarp6520]

@@BogeyDope Thanks ill check out the rhino too its great to hear that i was looking in the right direction

[@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!!

[@casacasa5397]

Looks more like a video game than reality now. I’ve seen reshape in games before being used for ray tracing. AFAIK it was behind a Pay wall.

[@kiss4luna]

hi Dope, thanks for this. i have similar rig like yours, i9-10900k, 3080. My fps is good enough for me by around 80 at 4K and high preset. But there are some stutters every now and then. Your video loosk extremely smooth, so do you know about the DCS stuttering thing?

[@BogeyDope]

Yes, I am aware of the stuttering in DCS. It's a problem that plagues pretty much everyone I know. There are ways you can minimize the stuttering, but it still happens. I have Ryzen Master set to isolate a couple cores for slight over clocking since DCS still doesn't really have true multicore support. They introduced it recently, but it's still not fully integrated. So, I overclock my best cores a slight bit. Addition to that, I will use process lasso to try and limit what cores do what, and give most of the power to DCS. However, even after that, I still have stutter here and there, but it's much more limited. Hope this helps.

[@kiss4luna]

@@BogeyDope thanks. i'm looking forward to the update of vulkan api

[@calvinmulraine736]

Amazing and so simple. Thanks

[@laurentbozo6221]

PERFECT, many thanks