GAMMA Illuminate v1.1  

A reshade preset optimised for the Anomaly GAMMA version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Includes ray tracing (SSPTGI), global illumination and ambient occlusion and anti-aliasing.

ATTENTION!!

Ray tracing is costly on FPS but it is well worth it visually. However some people do not understand how performance works so here is a quick explanation.
Reshade OFF = 120 FPS
Reshade ON = 90 FPS
This does not mean the reshade costs 30 FPS for everyone. It means it costs 25% of rendering power on MY GPU. On yours it could be a higher % or less. On Army Warehouses, at the main DUTY base, I get 65fps average OFF and 55fps ON depending on where I am facing. Test the mod yourself, in different areas and let me know your results and I will help you gain some extra FPS.

Below are my PC specs so you can compare and there is a video which shows the FPS I get with the reshade turned on. This reshade is purely for achieving the best visuals, not for good performance. My PC is as follows:

GPU - RTX 3060TI
CPU - RX 5600X

I get a smooth 60-90 fps gameplay except when in some bases.

COMPARISON IMAGES AT LINK BELOW:

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LUMSCALE SETTINGS

As this mod includes bounce lighting and ambient occlusion, I have rebalanced the lumscale settings to allow for extra brightening and darkening without resulting in over-contrasting.

lumscale - 2.5
lumscale_hemi - 2.0
lumscale_amb - 1.5

Feel free to change yours as you see fit to achieve your desired result

Aaaay, cheeky breekys!

Welcome to ILLUMINATE. My sole focus here over the past week has been to provide an efficient reshade preset that achieves realistic and immersive gameplay and graphics.

MY RESHADE CREATION PROCESS

1. Highlight areas to improve.
2. Test available options for each area (i.e sharpening, bloom, colour pallet) and choose 1 that has the best performance and achieves the desired result.
3. Avoid using multiple FX to save on performance.
4. Avoid extremities to better balance across all users devices
5. Provide a balanced, base preset with a guide for the user to then make their own changes to achieve their personal taste

I will continue to update this mod based on feedback and continued playthrough but for now, here is the 1.0 version. I have all the instructions to install below, quick and simple.