How to Improve the Image Quality of Old Windows Games with ReShade

When we install games on a Windows PC, we always want to have the best display type to enjoy it to the fullest.

In the case of older games, this is not always achieved as, as usual, the level of visual finish we have today is far from what it was many years ago.

That’s why, being able to improve visuals playthey will make us enjoy more and with more pleasure all the possibilities that it offers us.

But to achieve everything we’re talking about, we’ll need software that allows us to change the game’s graphics, achieve more realistic visuals, and therefore one that’s easier to enjoy.

Program for Window The one we are talking about is called ReShade and today we are going to tell you about all the benefits they bring us in addition to how you can make it work with all games which you see fit.

What is Reshade?

The software, developed almost entirely by the user Crosire, is primarily intended for improve game graphics like post-processing.

This is a program that can also be used to other types of applications these are not games, since thanks to this software we will be able to select several visual effects in order to get the most correct visualization.

But what’s for sure is that the vast majority of users use it for games, especially older ones that don’t have the graphical level of the current ones.

His work is quite simple, but effective, because what he does, mirror reflectionput all those changes that we made and then return the render as you understand that one of our favorite games.

Moreover, another of the great powers, as we shall see later, is the power switch between different types of effects in real timeso that we can choose the one that is most suitable for our fun games.

How do we install it?

In order to improve the graphics, we must follow certain steps, among which are first downloading, installing and then working with the software itself.

It is very easy to download and run, since we only have to enter its web page, click where it says dismiss and see how it redirects us to at the bottom of the site.

We will see a green button where it says Download ReShadeand then the version of the moment where we are going to click.

Now just wait for the download .exe filewhich we will run to open the program, so we must save it in a special folder for it.

As soon as it requests its execution, we will see different windows and this is what we will need to do:

• First we will see how it automatically detects the games we have on the Windows computer, so all we have to do is mark the one on which we want to show its effects and click next.. If the game does not appear in this list, we can always click “Browser” and find the executable.
• Now we must choose what is api one of our Funny Games, of the options we have Volcano, OpenGL and DirectX 9/10/11/12. When we have it click Next.

• At this time he points to a series effect packs and we have to select the ones we want, being able to select them all and even download the one we have on the computer. We press Next.

• Next show you the API effects which we chose as the github source. It’s okay to take them.
• From here we already have it installed, and we only need to click on finish.

How it works

Once installed in one of our favorite games, we only have to launch said video game in the usual way.

The moment it loads we will see what the top looks like, a message will appear informing us that the program started successfully.

This will mean that for it to work, we have to press the button Home key (Home on some keyboards) so that the program shows us all its capabilities,

Older versions of ReShade had an issue with this home button which has been fixed in recent versions. But even in this case, if we see that the message does not appear, we still press this key, since the next screen will still appear.

Once we press this button, we will see how options panel is displayedwhere we’re going to select display options that we can try until we get the one that works best for us and what we’re looking for visually.

It’s good that they can combine different types of effectssince there will be cases where the specified union will cause the best rendering type,

With everything you’ve just read today, you should be able to fix the graphics of those Windows games that are older and don’t have the sharp visuals they have today.