Depth of Field

Son-of-the-Desert · May 2017

I have been using reshade for a while but the thing I can't get working is depth of field. It always flickers on and off whenever I move. Does anyone know a fix for this?

Athymhormia · May 2017

Is dof flickering in general or sometimes only? If flickering happens in instanced locations where are no players around, it could be just dof setted wrong, like auto mode turned on with focus point located 0.5-0.5 by default instead of your character position (if you want char centered dof) and so on. I would recommend to go with manual depth and MatsoDOF, right now I'm using smth like this and turn it on and off by pressing a setted key, so I could have all the reshade glory for screenshots and no flickering during gameplay.

Bokeh dof also works this way with some settings adjustments.

My dof setting for reshade version 3.0.6+ below:

More screens with this dof can be found on my tumblr.

[DOF.fx]
DOF_FARBLURCURVE=4.800000
fADOF_ShapeCurvatureAmount=0.300000
DOF_AUTOFOCUS=0.000000
DOF_MOUSEDRIVEN_AF=0.000000
fGPDOFChromaAmount=0.150000
DOF_INFINITEFOCUS=1.000000
fGPDOFBiasCurve=2.000000
DOF_FOCUSPOINT=0.500000,0.800000
bADOF_ShapeApertureEnable=0.000000
DOF_FOCUSSAMPLES=6.000000
DOF_MANUALFOCUSDEPTH=0.017000
DOF_NEARBLURCURVE=99.000000
fGPDOFBrightnessMultiplier=2.000000
bGPDOFPolygonalBokeh=1.000000
fRingDOFFringe=0.500000
DOF_FOCUSRADIUS=0.100000
DOF_BLURRADIUS=3.000000
fADOF_BokehCurve=4.000000
iRingDOFSamples=6.000000
iRingDOFRings=4.000000
fGPDOFBrightnessThreshold=0.500000
fRingDOFThreshold=0.700000
bADOF_ShapeCurvatureEnable=0.000000
fRingDOFGain=27.000000
fRingDOFBias=0.000000
bADOF_ImageChromaEnable=0.000000
iMagicDOFBlurQuality=8.000000
fMagicDOFColorCurve=4.000000
iGPDOFQuality=6.000000
fADOF_ShapeChromaAmount=0.125000
fADOF_ShapeRotation=0.000000
iGPDOFPolygonCount=5.000000
fGPDOFBias=10.000000
fADOF_SmootheningAmount=1.000000
bMatsoDOFChromaEnable=1.000000
fMatsoDOFChromaPow=1.200000
fMatsoDOFBokehCurve=11.000000
iADOF_ShapeQuality=17.000000
iMatsoDOFBokehQuality=2.000000
fMatsoDOFBokehAngle=0.000000
bADOF_RotAnimationEnable=0.000000
fADOF_RotAnimationSpeed=2.000000
fADOF_ShapeWeightAmount=1.000000
fADOF_ShapeApertureAmount=0.010000
bADOF_ShapeAnamorphEnable=0.000000
fADOF_ShapeAnamorphRatio=0.200000
bADOF_ShapeDistortEnable=0.000000
bADOF_ShapeChromaEnable=0.000000
fADOF_ShapeWeightCurve=4.000000
fADOF_ShapeDistortAmount=0.200000
bADOF_ShapeDiffusionEnable=0.000000
fADOF_ShapeDiffusionAmount=0.100000
bADOF_ShapeWeightEnable=0.000000
iADOF_ImageChromaHues=5.000000
iADOF_ShapeChromaMode=3.000000
fADOF_ImageChromaCurve=1.000000
fADOF_ImageChromaAmount=3.000000

If you know how to tweak reshade and set dof correctly, got it working like a charm in instanced locations but found it flickering in populated areas - unfortunately there is no fix, since it't not exactly a bug, but more of a code feature in online games. So when reshade detects another active player nearby, this flickering happens. As I've understood from Reshade forum, all depth buffer based feathures like DOF, SSAO and so on are not suited for online gaming, meaning - they could have worked, but then it could be considered a sort of a cheating. Not that you would want to go into Cyro with max game settings + reshade ssao + bokeh dof at max anyway (when fps is jumping like crazy even in vanilla game), but with just the right settings some advantage could be achieved otherwise.

The other question though - why we don't have ingame dof option? Outside of a dialog, I mean. With lods like these...

Son-of-the-Desert · May 2017

Thanks I'll try this out as soon as I can. As you said in populated areas like cities it flickers on and off, now I know why. I wish this was a part of the vanilla game but I don't see it being added as this game is missing far more important features