This guide is poised to walk you through downloading and configuring "Reshade", an open source shader customization tool to help correct some of the negative impact visual choices within Star Ocean: The Divine Force. We will do this through sharpening and light use of tonemapping for color correction as well as adding in artificial, yet effective HDR. After we are done you can expect to have removed the yellowish screen filter and washed out colors as well as heavily minimized or completely removed any blurriness.

To begin we need two things, my preset configuration for Star Ocean 6 and RESHADE itself.

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My Configuration File is hosted via Google Drive and can be found HERE[drive.google.com]

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Download RESHADE HERE[reshade.me]

Once you have downloaded BOTH the Config File AND Reshade we can get started!

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Find your "ReShade_Setup_#.#.#.exe" file that we downloaded earlier. By default it should be in Window's Downloads folder.

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Open the installer and find STAR OCEAN 6 in the list of installed, compatible software.
Once you have selected the game click "NEXT" towards the bottom of the window.

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Select the "Microsoft DirectX 10/11/12" option and click "NEXT"

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Select "BROWSE" on the bottom right section of the "Select preset to install" Window.



A file/folder selection window should pop-up, Find and select the "Ocean of Stars.ini" we downloaded earlier and it will close the Window.



Verify the "Ocean of Stars.ini" file path is shown in the text box next to the "Browse" button towards the bottom and then click "NEXT"

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The next window will show you what plug-ins will be needed to properly utilize my preset ReShade configuration. Make sure it looks like the below image to verify you have the correct plug-ins selected.


Verify that "Standard", "SweetFX" and "qUINT" packages are selected and click "NEXT"
The installer should then display a quick section downloading the required plug-ins and will end on a completed screen with a green check-mark once they are downloaded and set-up properly.
At this point you can go ahead and click "FINISH".

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Now that we have installed and configured ReShade with the "Ocean of Stars.ini" preset.
Let's dive in-game and confirm it is all working as intended!

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Step 1: Launch Star Ocean The Divine Force

Step 2: An Overlay will appear at the top of the screen showing the compiling of assets for ReShade.


Step 3: There is a window that should appear when you press the "HOME" Key on your Keyboard.
Step 3.5: This will start a tutorial and eventually lead you to the main config window for ReShade.

Step 4: ReShade's main window should now be displayed similar to the below image.
Highlighted in GREEN is where you can select and see which Preset is currently in use. It should be displaying "Ocean of Stars" if everything went correctly during installation.
Highlighted in BLUE is the list of available shader altering plug-ins. A selection should already be enabled if the installation process was performed successfully.


As a final little tip, I like to change a few settings in the "SETTINGS" tab at the top, for one I set my Shaders to be toggled on or off with the "END" key on my Keyboard. This setting makes switching between to see the differences easier when making changes or you simply want to see the original version of the game shaders at some point. The location of this setting is highlighted in GREEN in the below image.

Also highlighted in BLUE the below image is where you can change the UI coloring for ReShade, Mine is set to Orange via custom settings, the Default is a shade of Blue.

If you end up wanting to remove Reshade or experience any issues, just right click Star Ocean in your library, click manage, then click browse local files.

Once the file browser opens locate and delete the following folders and files:

• Reshade-shaders
  
• Ocean of Stars.ini
  
• ReShade.ini
  
• ReShade.log
  
• ReShadePreset.ini

ReShade should now be uninstalled from your game presenting you with the vanilla experience.

Please feel free to ask questions or just leave some comments! Enjoy and Good Luck out there!