I have essentially cannabilized my entire last weekend, and all my data trying to wrestle with this software to get it to do what I got it doing before but there are so many different versions, and other factors that make this insanely difficult unless you are basically recording the process and being super meticulous with order and placement.
I wanted to fix FF XV AND incorporate raytracing which I succeeded in, then removed the files to see what would happen since I noticed broken behavior doing so with FF X another game on my to do list. I did so so I could see what it would do for other peoples benefit.
If im making a step by step guide on how to do it, and I still cant recreate what I did thats incredibly frustrating. How do I get special k, and my reshade-shader effects to actually work together again?
Also how do we get the same thing with FF X texture injection and raytracing working? Is that just not going to happen? I would hate to have to jump through all the hoops in vortex if that would even work.
If you look around the internet im not the lone ranger. A lot of people are having trouble with this so it needs to be made less confusing for people. Honestly I have been finding dirty workarounds for ancient games on windows 10, but ive never had this level of problem before where it was so damn stubborn. Im exhausted and burned out trying to figure it out.
This is about 3 months of effort so far and doesnt include CPU optimization specifics as they are found on my channel itself on youtube by the same name as below.
https://github.com/Yodasraytracedretrostudios/Yodasraytracedretrostudios
Its been such an obtuse process that special k with reshade at the same time has dethroned everything I have come across in difficulty for what should be just 2 games. Its eating whats looking like weeks if I even bother. The idea was to get the easier pickings mapped out, mass texmod everything that I can, and learn C++. The simpler for people the better. No rubics cubes. No disasters. It just works.
“I’ve always wanted to be a giant space crab.”
– Gabe Newell
Evil we sworn tattoo P.H.’ SHY’HIGH ends pace grab.
Evil=Good, Times
We=The PC Master Race
Sworn=Enemies
Tattoo=Mark, Historic
P.H.'=D, Grade, Mediocre
Shy=Obvious
High=Performance
Ends=Begins
Pace=Frame, STUTTER
Grab=Claw, Hook
I tried to stick up for you but honestly ive grown to hate how hard it is to use your software alongside my ambitions. Its so ridiculous it communicates that its almost on purpose. If its not, please make it to where you dont have to be a software developer to get it playing nice with modern reshade functions. Seriously man. Our Divine Leader Gaben clearly cares about performance, but he doesnt seem to care that much either or he would fix his honestly GARBAGE iteration of this product on his store. I dont care how he does it, but he needs to do it.
Maybe being diplomatic will yield some sort of response. Usually im ignored even when im magnitudes less eccentric by modders just in general. I get the idea they arent motivated for the same reasons I am from this experience.
My goal here is simple, make guides that actually work so other people can use them. I dont care about the limelight, I just want to get work done and ideally get more people onboard to help me in essentially restoring 1995-2015ish high caliber art. So far the response from the community has been abysmal. Im on the spectrum. Its why im so dedicated. So bothered.
"but it’s possible that traces of the old method still remain on the system and can cause issues even with newer versions of the mod.
Remove the path to the Special K DLL files from these registry keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs
HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs"
-Aemony
Bro if its complicated for me, I feel sorry for legitimate children just wanting to enjoy the game without the stutter and pure rasterization who bought the steam version. Now I get to go registry diving because reasons. Im so demoralized. Is that the purpose?
Like I find modders who make mod files you can actually download called Doom 3 Direct X RT, and you open the readme, and it literally says the name of the file you just downloaded. Is that like the culture? Repulsive. What made mankind a superintelligence was our capacity to share information and libraries should keep the signal to noise ratio in check or it starts looking like internet forums. Lots of questions, scattered answers, no coherent singular place for information. It almost doesnt respect this fact of life how often I will find this sort of thing in the community.
Does pretty please mean a thing? It should be obvious I have OC"D". Although I respect the effort, its definitely very broken. Like if I install it fresh on a new OS, it will pop up this ancient version of reshade, but dont you dare drag that reshade-shaders folder to the generated ReShade folder or you apparently better know whats up in regedit. I have so much other work to do and this is a wild goose chase id like to actually successfully request and receive help solving.
Im not here to be a jerk, but this problem has caused me lots of pain. My tolerance for that sort of thing is why what I have done has exploded from basically nothingness out of nowhere.