Horizons Horizons Detail FX

Malek

Malek
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UPDATE 24/12/15 : Horizons Detail FX v2.0 added to this page.

Hi all,

I've been playing around some with Reshade in the Horizons beta. I wanted to add some detail to the planets surface without going overboard on the effects. What I ended up with might not work for all but I am pleased with the overall results and thought I'd share.

Overall this Reshade preset makes the universe a little darker, but adds some vibrancy to the colours and mainly reduces the often "blurry" look of the surface textures on planets to appear more "detailed" :)

Not sure how well the screenshots will show it but I tried to do some comparisons. I would say you need to try it and see to get the full effect!

Horizons Detail FX

Is my original preset. Make the game, slight darker but more vibrant in colours, with a heavy adjustment to the sharpening effects.

Horizons Detail FX v2.0

This is a modified version of the original. The game isn't as dark, the colours more in line with vanilla but still more vibrant. The main adjustment is the level of sharpness, this helps with certain over sharpening of rocks for example when on a planets surface but still offering more detailed compared to the Vanilla settings.

Some Screenies :)

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Vanilla (left) Horizons Detail FX v2.0(Right)

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Vanilla (left) Horizons Detail FX (Right)

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And an amateur video...

Again vanilla is left, Horizons Detail FX right.
This is my first video recording and upload so please dont expect anything to exciting! A little SRV driving, takeoff, system jump and planetary approach.
Tried to move the screen left and right over the same areas so you can see the difference. Best viewed in fullscreen HD

[video=youtube_share;Dnyt3t3OgBU]https://youtu.be/Dnyt3t3OgBU[/video]

Installation

Horizons Detail FX : Download the following ; https://www.mediafire.com/?ba40rg9h3lcdy0x
Horizons Detail FX v2.0 : Download the following ; http://www.mediafire.com/download/ek6lin8d5z77kkr/Horizons_Detail_FX_v2.0.rar
Extract to a location of your choice
Make a backup copy of your GraphicsConfiguration.xml (incase you wish to revert back to your own UI colours etc)
Copy the 3 files and the Reshade folder from inside the extracted folder
Paste into your game install directory, should be something like C:\Frontier\EDLaunch\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1010\ or, D:\Games\EDLaunch\Products\elite-dangerous-64
To switch On/Off in game press the "Scroll Lock" Key

To Uninstall

Simply delete the files you pasted into the game directory.
Replace your backup of GraphicsConfiguration.xml if you used mine.

OR

Run validate game files from the ED launcher

Notes

I have included my GraphicsConfiguration file, which includes some tweaks to the way the milky way looks (not my settings, credit to whoever came up with these originally :) ) and my HUD colours. If you prefer not to copy this over, Horizons Details FX will still work.
I mainly use a projector for gaming so the overall brightness may not be suitable for some, you could try using the ingame gamma slider to compensate.
I have no noticeable FPS drop when using this preset (even around planets), I run on Windows 10 with an i7 processor 16GB of ram and a GTX 970. Apologies but i have not tested how this effects lower end PC's

Final Thoughts

If any CMDR does get around to trying it I hope you enjoy!
 
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Jon flint

Jon flint
Thanks for sharing. Will give it a try :)

Hopefully the fps holds up. Im on a similar spec to you, i7/gtx970/16Gb ram/win10
 
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Ghastous

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does this work with the steam version?. looks awsome aswell

EDIT: yes just tried it with the steam version and it works a charm.
 
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Knightshark

Knightshark
You say:
To switch On/Off in game press the "Scroll Lock" Key
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(this part of your post was written in black on black background, something's off with the forums lately)

Is it possible to rebind, how? I am using Scroll Lock for other purposes.
 
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vermu

vermu
Sorry that these screens ain't from Malek's config. I tweaked Malek's config abit cause for some reason I hate that green in stations. And I like abit less saturated images. I raised the resolution in background and planets. And there's a minor tweak for galaxy background.

Btw. How I can get my original hud color back? This hud color is from Insomnias files and I was not using horizon when I installed it. After I installed horizon, hud color tweak was still in place. Even if I mess with matrix colors in xml which is in horizon_64 folder then hud color won't change. Seems that it's now hard coded for me :) If I change planet and galaxy stuff in that same xml things change. So I am using the right xml file.

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Halafay

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Thanks for this. I was missing my SweetFX not working with Horizons and the orange tint was sickening. Things look good again.

Though I prefer my vanilla GraphicsConfiguration file. It's wayyyy to bright and blueish with the one included. I'd maybe tone down the sharpening just a little bit but it looks good and no FPS hit for me.

Cheers
 

Malek

Malek
Knightshark said:
You say:
(this part of your post was written in black on black background, something's off with the forums lately)

Is it possible to rebind, how? I am using Scroll Lock for other purposes.
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It can be done yes, need to change a value in the common.txt file located in the base Reshade folder.

Look for this line..... #define RFX_ToggleKey VK_SCROLL

Thats what needs to be changed but will have to search for the key codes and change accordingly.

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vermu said:
Sorry that these screens ain't from Malek's config. I tweaked Malek's config abit cause for some reason I hate that green in stations. And I like abit less saturated images. I raised the resolution in background and planets. And there's a minor tweak for galaxy background.

Btw. How I can get my original hud color back? This hud color is from Insomnias files and I was not using horizon when I installed it. After I installed horizon, hud color tweak was still in place. Even if I mess with matrix colors in xml which is in horizon_64 folder then hud color won't change. Seems that it's now hard coded for me :) If I change planet and galaxy stuff in that same xml things change. So I am using the right xml file.
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Check the following location. This likely has values init that are over riding your graphicsconfiruragtion.xml.

C:\Users\(YOURUSERNAME)\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics

GraphicsConfigurationOverride.xml

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Halafay said:
Thanks for this. I was missing my SweetFX not working with Horizons and the orange tint was sickening. Things look good again.

Though I prefer my vanilla GraphicsConfiguration file. It's wayyyy to bright and blueish with the one included. I'd maybe tone down the sharpening just a little bit but it looks good and no FPS hit for me.

Cheers
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Fair enough :) the galaxy background tweak isnt for everyone, like you say if you prefer the vanilla just dont use my graphinsconfiguration.xml :)
 
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Malek

Malek
Nice Victoria! :) is that your own preset or this one? Never seen that green hue on a planet before!
 
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Cryten Jones

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vermu said:
Sorry that these screens ain't from Malek's config. I tweaked Malek's config abit cause for some reason I hate that green in stations. And I like abit less saturated images. I raised the resolution in background and planets. And there's a minor tweak for galaxy background.

Btw. How I can get my original hud color back? This hud color is from Insomnias files and I was not using horizon when I installed it. After I installed horizon, hud color tweak was still in place. Even if I mess with matrix colors in xml which is in horizon_64 folder then hud color won't change. Seems that it's now hard coded for me :) If I change planet and galaxy stuff in that same xml things change. So I am using the right xml file.

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Can you tell me what you adjusted and how ?

Thanks
 
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