ReshadeEffectShaderToggler-BG3
REST config for Baldur's Gate 3
Requirements
- REST v1.2.7
- ReShade >= 5.9.1
- Baldur's Gate 3 running in DX11 mode
- Have the "Subsurface Scattering" Video option enabled
- Use TAA or DLSS
What does it do
- Applies effects before the UI is rendered by default.
- There is a group for applying effects before the game renders things like fog and water.
- If you're using DLSS, effects are applied before the game upscales the image, resulting in a performance boost for some heavier effects.
- Effects making using of known formats reading motion vector and normal data will see a benefit of having the game's resources accessible directly (Launchpad/DRME style formats provided by
bg3_crashpad.fx).
What does it not do
Provide a perfect solution. Since effects are, by default, applied onto a render target that has yet to be clamped, many effects are simply going to produce garbage colors.
Batteries included
Some example effects using game data provided by REST
bg3_common.fxh
If you know your way around shaders, you can use this header file to access some game engine data in your ReShade effects. Including:
- Perspective projection matrices
- Normal buffer
- Albedo
bg3_xegtao.fx
A port of Intel's XeGTAO AO shader to ReShade making full use of bg3_common.fxh. Applied before fog by default.
bg3_xegtao_gi.fx
My poor, barebones attempt at using visibility bitmasks hacked into XeGTAO for AO and GI. Requires bg3_crashpad.fx running before it. Applied before fog by default.
bg3_crashpad.fx
A helper shader providing the game's normals and motion vectors in known formats. Executed before fog by default.