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Old 12-20-15, 06:59 AM   #1
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Default SweetFx - Basic Setup For SH3 & GWX

Greetings from lovely, frosty Canada Eh ...

I've been working with SweetFX & several of my games lately
and am happy to say that SH3 is far & away the most dramatic
example of how much you can improve an old classics appearance.

This is all you need to get SweetFX up and running ...
http://reshade.me/sweetfx

This is all you need to get started customising SweetFX' settings ...
http://sweetfx.thelazy.net/?p=91

Here are some rather dramatic screenies that I took,
Demonstrating what can be done with a basic clean install + GWX Mod.

( Vanilla / SweetFX )
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Old 12-20-15, 07:24 AM   #2
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Greetings from lovely, frosty Canada Eh ...

I've been working with SweetFX & several of my games lately

and am happy to say that SH3 is far & away the most dramatic

example of how much you can improve an old classics appearance.

That being said, I'll try to make this as simple as possible ...

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This will provide info for what I'm getting you into.
http://reshade.me/sweetfx
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The zip file i am providing was created with:
ReShade 1.1.0 with SweetFX 2.0.7z
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I simply re-created the file SweetFX/SweetFX_settings.txt
with my own custom settings ala SweetFX
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Installation: Place the attached .txt file in the SweetFX folder,
Rename as: SweetFx_settings.txt ( Backup the original, silly pants )
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I can not make any claims other than,

I have personally installed and played:

SH3 with a clean install + GWX + ReShade 1.1.0 with SweetFX 2.0

Using my custom SweetFX_settings.txt file

And I submit myself to the court,
for punishment or execution,
On those terms,

Signed: KarlVonSchlong - December, 20, 2015

Here are some rather dramatic screenies that I took to

demonstrate my guilt for your perusal.

( Vanilla / SweetFX )
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do u know that sweet fx will conflict with wide screen resolution patch ?
so players must decide what they wanna use wide or sweet fx and i think that almost all players will use wide screen ...
d3d9.dll will overwrite the d3d9.dll from wide screen that's why sweet fx is not used with sh3
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Old 12-20-15, 08:45 AM   #3
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Default RE: Conflict With High Res Patch

The reason I play SH3 with SweetFX in 4:3 Resolution on my 32" LG monitor
is clearly demonstrated in the screenshots I included with my original post.
IE: It looks absolutely gorgeous.

Given a choice between beauty and utility,
I shall choose beauty every time.

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Old 12-20-15, 02:07 PM   #4
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The reason I play SH3 with SweetFX in 4:3 Resolution on my 32" LG monitor
is clearly demonstrated in the screenshots I included with my original post.
IE: It looks absolutely gorgeous.

Given a choice between beauty and utility,
I shall choose beauty every time.

Yours Respectfully,
KarlVonSchlong
i use sweet fx and enb from really long time so i know what i say and how it's work and btw i have made before u a sweet fx settings for silent hunter

read here
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Old 12-20-15, 11:20 PM   #5
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I'm so confused.
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Old 12-21-15, 02:29 PM   #6
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Given a choice between beauty and utility,
I shall choose beauty every time.
Not a married man, I'm guessing (just joking )
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Old 12-21-15, 10:03 PM   #7
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Default Heh :-)

Good One ...

Actually given the subject , high res ( 16:9 ) vs high quality ( 4:3 ),
I feel compelled to mention that the rendering our video cards are capable
of now makes a choice like mine seem to make sense.

Every minute of gameplay in every interface of Silent Hunter III,
has me saying wow, that looks' " SO GOOD " .

And that makes me very happy with my Sweet - GTX 960 ...

Anyhoo,
I salute you !
Oh Captain, My Captain
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wait until you play in 1920 x 1200 resolution with full anti aliasing! I use sweet FX in arma3 and love it, but cant use in SH3 or I loose hi-res, not worth it! But thatnks for the post and info!
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Old 01-10-16, 02:17 PM   #9
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wait until you play in 1920 x 1200 resolution with full anti aliasing! I use sweet FX in arma3 and love it, but cant use in SH3 or I loose hi-res, not worth it! But thatnks for the post and info!
Well.. that is not really the truth.. just a few weeks ago seeadler (the creator of the resolution fix, I think) made a version which is compatible with the WS fix. Have a look: http://www.marinesims.de/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=15367
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Old 01-10-16, 10:51 PM   #10
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ok thanks hans solo i will give that a try and see if it works!
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Old 10-22-16, 11:18 AM   #12
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With sweetfx SH3 looks really great but only in 1024x768 resolution.


I was trying to fix this, there are tools that can merge 2 dll files into one but i was not successful, every time i try to merge them i get error. HanSolo says there is a fix for that on internet, anyone know how to get it?

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Old 10-22-16, 11:23 AM   #13
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There used to be a Sweetfx version that allowed you to load a second d3d9 dll after the Sweetfx is loaded, however I've tried that version (I use it for GT Legends) and it doesn't work with SH 3, it goes to a black screen as though it's loading, but then just CTD's.

GEMFX (which also uses Sweetfx and I use for GT Legends) also allows loading of a secondary d3d9.dll, but alas again that also doesn't work for SH3.
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Old 10-25-16, 06:14 PM   #14
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Here are some rather dramatic screenies that I took,
Demonstrating what can be done with a basic clean install + GWX Mod.

Interesting - but I don't quite see... what's the advantage of using SweetFX / ReShade vs. using a widescreen mod AND tweaking SH3's 3D graphics quality settings (AA, Anisotropic filtering, directly in your gfx card control panel?

Here's some screenshots I took using the LSH3 built-in widescreen mod plus my custom 3D settings for SH3 that I set with the nVidia control panel:

http://s27.photobucket.com/user/VikingG/slideshow/LSH3
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Old 10-27-16, 10:11 PM   #15
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Really we need a way to set Nvidia cards for high AA without lost the sun halo. Nothing more than 4x4 works. Looks great in WS HD but an higher AA will be better.

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