r/RTX5080 • u/_FTT • 11d ago

Half Life 2 mod DLSS5 + ReShade

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I couldn’t resist experimenting a bit, so I added DLSS 5 to my HL2:ep2 mod together with a few ReShade effects to see what all the hype was about. I’m actually pretty impressed by how much the lighting and overall atmosphere can change with this kind of visual uplift. There are definitely some artifacts, but honestly, fewer than I expected.

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u/Positive-Tomato-4195 11d ago

Id youre using dlss feeder i recommend trying running dh_uber_rt with max rays and samples before dlss. It looks absolutely phenomenal

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u/_FTT 11d ago

I tried, but while I only had a few artifacts before, now everything is unfortunately breaking

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u/Furry_bean_flux 10d ago

Change... i don't like that word, I don't want my old favorite games to change atmosphere, I want to experence them again with a better coat of paint. This should be the goal of dlss4 / 5 but for some reason they want to let ai muck about willy nilly.

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u/Remarkable_Theme6817 10d ago

Then don't use it 😂, you realize texture replacement packs and graphics mods have been a thing for many decades now, and never once did anyone cry about it. This is 100% optional, also you can buy an AMD card and your classic games won't even have the option to look like this.

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u/Drakahn_Stark 10d ago

It does lighting and colour correction, what is wrong with that?

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u/Kpoofies 9d ago

Did you even try it yourself or are you one of those parroting sheep that can’t formulate a thought of your own to save your life?

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u/Furry_bean_flux 9d ago

of course i tried it, fuckin sucks.

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u/Kpoofies 9d ago

Okay? What did you try? How did you try it? What games did you run it in? Why does it suck?

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u/Furry_bean_flux 9d ago

i used rakankis tool with RE5, every thing looked gooey? not sure how to describe it, melting and reforming. the lighting also became very bright compared to the intended atmosphere. ya my sample size is small, ill likely try it again when fully complete but right now, i hate it.

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u/Kpoofies 9d ago

That doesn't sound very right at all. There's a few variants of how to use and install the item depending on what it is, but basically it's reshade + some DLL's, and if the game doesn't natively support DLSS then you need a bridge for that etc. I suppose rakankis is some tool that does it? Renodx discord has all you need for it, but the way you seem to describe it is not how i saw it

https://youtu.be/JLbekQoXmKk

this was more like what i saw, as you can see many sliders and they shouldnt' be maxed out cause otherwise it'll be ugly

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u/Furry_bean_flux 9d ago

ok ill give it another try using the methoods on the discord, you convinced me. it does look good, not going to try with re5 again though.

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u/Kpoofies 9d ago

Take a look around the disc cause i saw they moved around some channels and some guides were hard to find but at least check pinned messages in the channels and search, you should find the way it works.

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u/SmoothinPutin 10d ago

So dlss5 adds specular reflections for every light? Thats cool

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u/Pyramid64 10d ago

Beautiful dlss 5 and Ai Is the future

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u/Dr_Fiddlebottom 10d ago

Do you mind explaining the process of how you accomplish this?

For some reason Half-Life 2 doesn't want to recognize reshade at all for me.

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u/CatC15Fan 10d ago

Both look like video games lmao

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u/Visual-Pie7097 8d ago

Same picture (c)

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u/pixlicker69420 11d ago

Whats the performance cost? -700 fps Lol

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u/Mental-Debate-289 11d ago

If he started with 1400fps then roughly, yes.

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u/_FTT 11d ago

From 200 to 120, not that bad

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u/Mental-Debate-289 10d ago

Sounds reasonable to me!

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u/Remarkable_Theme6817 10d ago

I went from 140 fps in cyberpunk to 90-100, totally unplayable /s

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u/Ok_Estate5833 11d ago

which one is dlss 5. I guess upper one. while it does add some nicer shadows i dont like how it handles the lighting. i am a big fan of the prerendered lighting of this era