Reshade preset for Half-Life 2 Vanilla, increased ray tracing (SSR) and fix depth buffer flickering.
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Half-Life 2 Lambda Reshade
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This preset for Half-Life 2 Vanilla made with Reshade visually improves the game without weighing too heavily on performance. I won't hide the fact that the development was troubled as i had to compromise several times given the multifaceted nature of the game, between changes of scenery, light and time of day, finding the right balance was a real challenge, a challenge that only you will be able to tell me if I won. Enjoy.
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Features Release V.1.2:
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- bloom and hdr
- ambient occlusion
- ambient irradiance
- ambient obscurance
- dynamic depth of field
- screen space reflection
- post-processing anti-aliasing
- chromatic aberration
- dinamic god rays
- dirty lens
- grain
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Next Features:
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- chromatic lens
- UE4 post-processing
- global illumination
- ray tracing
- motion blur
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Half-Life 2 L. R. Install Tutorial:
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- Run ReShade_Setup_5.3.0.exe
- Press on the "browser" box, select "hl2.exe" and press "Next"
- Select "API DirectX 9" and press "Next"
- Press on the "browser" box and select "Half-Life_2_Lambda_Reshade_V.1.2.ini" preset
- Select and install all available shader packages and press "Next"
- Press on "Finish" box
- Place "d3d9.dll" file in your "Half-Life 2\bin" folder
- Place "autoexec.cfg" file in your "Half-Life 2\hl2\cfg" folder
- Place another presets in your "Half-Life 2\bin" folder
- Launch "hl2.exe", wait shaders compiling and press on Keybord "Home" or "Fn" + "Home"
- Select on Reshade menu next preset with the central bar or divergent arrows
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INFO & TIPS:
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- It's recommended to use this preset with the base version of Half-Life 2 with no patch or graphics mod installed.
- To allow shaders to run properly, it's strongly recommended that the built-in anti-aliasing in Half-Life 2 and in the video card control panel be disabled.
- To properly run different shaders (AO, DOF, Etc...) you need to have "Depth Buffer" enabled in Reshade, if some of these video effects are missing from Reshade menu try to go to the "DX9" box and enable "Preserve depth buffer from being cleared", "Auto preserve" and "Fix for source engine games".
- It's advisable to turn off the FGFX shader in levels like Ravenholm to reduce the brightness.
- It's advisable to turn off the SSR shader in Chapter 7 (Highway 17) and in Chapter 8 (Sandtraps).
- It's advisable to install an alternative crosshair for optimum aiming accuracy.
- For proper preset execution, don't change the order of the shaders in the Reshade menu.
- The application may not respond for 1-2 minutes while compiling shaders, don't kill the process.
- If the "autoexec.cfg" file isn't detected rename it to "modsettings.cfg".
- If you have any advice for improving this preset, don't refrain from letting me know.
ssr doesn't work with half life 2, why is it included?
ssr working with depth buffer enabled and modified directx 9 or in the new version for Mmod even without modified directx libraries, follow the instructions in the mod package.