VERSION 2.0 OF THE ReShade TOOL IS REQUIRED, DOWNLOAD IT HERE.

ReShade

Quote: ReShade is an advanced, fully generic post-processing injector for games and video software. Imagine your favorite game with ambient occlusion, real depth of field effects, color correction and more...ReShade exposes an automated and generic way to access both frame color and depth information and all the tools to make it happen.

Filters

Hotkeys

Known issues



- The in-game screenshot tool will not capture any of these effects. Instead, use an external capture tool like FRAPS.



- ReShade will have to reload every time you tab into the game, this can take a few seconds.



- There is a small chance that ReShade does not recognise the right key for toggling a filter. If that's the case, it will be bound to one of the other two keys.



Suitable GPUs



Listed below are a number of graphics cards that are definitely powerful enough to handle TS3 at high settings with this preset applied.



Unfortunately, ReShade is not compatible with most laptops that have dedicated NVIDIA cards.



- Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 980

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

- AMD Radeon RX 480

- AMD Radeon RX 470

- AMD Radeon R9 Fury

- AMD Radeon R9 390

- AMD Radeon R9 290



Listed below are a number of graphics cards that are definitely powerful enough to handle TS3 at high settings with this preset applied.- Nvidia GeForce GTX 960- Nvidia GeForce GTX 970- Nvidia GeForce GTX 980- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070- Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080- AMD Radeon RX 480- AMD Radeon RX 470- AMD Radeon R9 Fury- AMD Radeon R9 390- AMD Radeon R9 290

Setup

I cannot guarantee that ReShade works as well for you as it does for me

MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT VISUALLY ENHANCING THE SIMS 3. SEE THE SECOND HERE. There's a fair chance that you want your video games to be pretty, and The Sims 3 should absolutely not be the exception to that rule. Those new titles can have advanced lighting effects, and TS3 can too! However, no matter how easy it might sound, configuring those effects can take a very long time. I'd like you to spare yourself the effort, and that's exactly what this preset is for. I've put the last few months into setting up a profile that looks good and works well in all of TS3.If you post any screenshots with this preset on, I'd love to see them! Just tag me @GrijzePilion on MTS, @ThePisStuff on Simblr, or /u/GrijzePilion on Reddit.You can download the ReShade tool at reshade.me Because not everything can be in focus all the time. Blurs whatever you're not looking at, and leaves what youlooking at. Makes for beautiful screenshots. If it gets in your way, press the F8 key.Adds lovely shading to everything to create a more convincing image without hard edges. Also takes a significant toll on the framerate and bleeds through the UI at times. If it's bothering you too much, try pressing the F6 key.Softens the image around quick movement, for nicer transitions between scenes. Takes a small toll on the framerate with fast camera movements, but let's face it - those weren't gonna be smooth anyway.Adds a bit of haze to the image, because that's how light actually works in real life. Apparently. It looks convincing, and isn't that good enough?Smoothens jagged edges, since the game itself cannot do that with ReShade enabled. Not as good as the game's built-in anti-aliasing, but close.Makes very bright objects emit subtle flares. Those of us with greasy glasses have had this since day 1. Turns out that life is actually a J.J. Abrams movie.A thing that you will see when looking through a lens of any sort. This will be awfully familiar to those who've seen a lot of VHS tapes. It's a subtle effect, and at first you might not even notice it's there.Grain adds a bit of definition to the image. It's thing that cameras tend to do. Your eyes do it too, actually.Subtle color changes, because The Sims 3 doesn't always get it's colors right. This filter doesn't either, but that's less obvious.depth of fieldambient occlusionmotion blur, depth haze, FXAA, lens flare, chromatic abberation, graindepth overlayAfter you've created a profile for The Sims 3 (eitheror), extract the .zip archive found in thefolder in your main ReShade install directory.Alverdine for the tutorialCrosire for the toolAll of you for the feedback