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[Squashman]

I've tweaked my settings a bit more to make the colour balance a bit more neutral, the previous version had a redder tint.
I'm really happy with how this has turned out.

I must say I like the effect you have achieved but I have never used ReShade before.

Where exactly does the profile go???
I see there is a folder called "Profiles" inside the "Personal Files" folder -
Do I just drop the text file into "Profiles" ?
How about naming ?

Thanks in advance.

[TheOligopolist]

I've tweaked my settings a bit more to make the colour balance a bit more neutral, the previous version had a redder tint.
I'm really happy with how this has turned out.

I must say I like the effect you have achieved but I have never used ReShade before.

Where exactly does the profile go???
I see there is a folder called "Profiles" inside the "Personal Files" folder -
Do I just drop the text file into "Profiles" ?
How about naming ?

Thanks in advance.

No, that has nothing to do with Reshade.

Download the Reshade installer from here:
https://reshade.me/

Run the installer, click the big button and then point it to il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder, then select OpenGL.
The installer will place a shaders directory and a couple of .dlls into your IL-2 folder. When it asks if you want to download all the shaders, click yes.

Next, download my preset from pastebin; https://pastebin.com/hX0ZWLKH by clicking the download button. Rename the text file that downloads something like technicolor.ini
Place technicolor.ini in the same place as il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder.

Before running IL-2, open up your conf.ini and edit the line:
mouseUse=2

Change it to:
mouseUse=1

This will allow you use the Reshade ingame interface with your mouse when you start up the game.

Now fire up IL-2. Reshade should just find the technicolor.ini preset file we just made and load it automatically, but if it doesn't just follow the little tutorial and you will find a drop down menu on the home tab of the reshade interface that will let you select it. Use the interface to setup a reshade on/off key and make sure to check "Performance Mode" when you're done.

Once you have it setup you can set mouseUse=1 back to mouseUse=2 in your conf.ini and you're all done.







Enjoy!

[Squashman]

Thanks for the quick reply and for the very clear and concise instructions.
I can't wait to get started - Thanks once more!
Squash

[D.Rasta]

Run the installer, click the big button and then point it to il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder, then select OpenGL.
The installer will place a shaders directory and a couple of .dlls into your IL-2 folder. When it asks if you want to download all the shaders, click yes.

When I tried to do that, process was failed...

Unable to download archive. The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

What should I do...

[TheOligopolist]

Run the installer, click the big button and then point it to il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder, then select OpenGL.
The installer will place a shaders directory and a couple of .dlls into your IL-2 folder. When it asks if you want to download all the shaders, click yes.

When I tried to do that, process was failed...

Unable to download archive. The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel

What should I do...

Here is someone with the same problem and the solution:
https://reshade.me/forum/troubleshooting/4287-unable-to-download-archiv

But, if you don't want to deal with that, I've uploaded the necessary components so you can just extract the archive into your IL-2 install folder:

https://mega.nz/#!ktNiVQhJ!56asN4P21dTbva0kgE3K1tXybR0BwvWoxLJ8O6GJ7g0

[D.Rasta]

But, if you don't want to deal with that, I've uploaded the necessary components so you can just extract the archive into your IL-2 install folder:

https://mega.nz/#!ktNiVQhJ!56asN4P21dTbva0kgE3K1tXybR0BwvWoxLJ8O6GJ7g0

Thank you very much for upload!
Should I overwrite opengl.32dll file?

[TheOligopolist]

But, if you don't want to deal with that, I've uploaded the necessary components so you can just extract the archive into your IL-2 install folder:

https://mega.nz/#!ktNiVQhJ!56asN4P21dTbva0kgE3K1tXybR0BwvWoxLJ8O6GJ7g0

Thank you very much for upload!
Should I overwrite opengl.32dll file?

Overwriting should be fine, but back it up just in case.

[Squashman]

I've tweaked my settings a bit more to make the colour balance a bit more neutral, the previous version had a redder tint.
I'm really happy with how this has turned out.

I must say I like the effect you have achieved but I have never used ReShade before.

Where exactly does the profile go???
I see there is a folder called "Profiles" inside the "Personal Files" folder -
Do I just drop the text file into "Profiles" ?
How about naming ?

Thanks in advance.

No, that has nothing to do with Reshade.

Download the Reshade installer from here:
https://reshade.me/

Run the installer, click the big button and then point it to il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder, then select OpenGL.
The installer will place a shaders directory and a couple of .dlls into your IL-2 folder. When it asks if you want to download all the shaders, click yes.

Next, download my preset from pastebin; https://pastebin.com/hX0ZWLKH by clicking the download button. Rename the text file that downloads something like technicolor.ini
Place technicolor.ini in the same place as il2fb.exe in your IL-2 folder.

Before running IL-2, open up your conf.ini and edit the line:
mouseUse=2

Change it to:
mouseUse=1

This will allow you use the Reshade ingame interface with your mouse when you start up the game.

Now fire up IL-2. Reshade should just find the technicolor.ini preset file we just made and load it automatically, but if it doesn't just follow the little tutorial and you will find a drop down menu on the home tab of the reshade interface that will let you select it. Use the interface to setup a reshade on/off key and make sure to check "Performance Mode" when you're done.

Once you have it setup you can set mouseUse=1 back to mouseUse=2 in your conf.ini and you're all done.

Enjoy!

Thank you very much for your help. I am delighted with the results 
It's almost like a new sim
Your preset is excellent - I will be sure to keep a look out for more of your work

regards
Squash

[hadji4]

Greetings. When installing any version of ReShade_Setup_4__ I have a black screen, it is worth returning the version of ReShade_Setup_3.4.1 everything works. Although earlier, before installing ReShade_Setup_4.02, everything was fine with me, now it’s worth installing any version from version 4 of a black screen I don’t know what can be done with it ???.

[TheOligopolist]

Greetings. When installing any version of ReShade_Setup_4__ I have a black screen, it is worth returning the version of ReShade_Setup_3.4.1 everything works. Although earlier, before installing ReShade_Setup_4.02, everything was fine with me, now it’s worth installing any version from version 4 of a black screen I don’t know what can be done with it ???.

If you are using a preset from an older version you might have some effects enabled that cause the screen to go blank.

[Squashman]

Oligopolist

Is there any benefit to using SweetFX alongside ReShade 4.2.1?

Do you know if they are compatible?

[TheOligopolist]

Oligopolist

Is there any benefit to using SweetFX alongside ReShade 4.2.1?

Do you know if they are compatible?

Reshade incorporates parts of SweetFX along with other things, so no. Reshade is kind of like SweetFX+other gubbins from my understanding.
Besides, once you start adding too many effects it starts to look like a J. J. Abrams movie.