S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 – Eye Candy Enhancements – Performance
Features:
Better visuals for night & day.
Adjusted and optimized color and lighting.
A lot of the stuttering & hitching is removed.
Eliminated some of the popping of bushes, trees, ground cutter and grass.
Slightly more load on the cpu to relieve the gpu for better performance.
Fog changed for a better view.
Better anti aliasing, better performance and less flicker through taa.
Improved textures in the distance.
Better lod removal, smooth transition and pop-up removed from models.
Improved and optimized shadows and ambient occlusion.
Screen space reflections better resolution.
Lod distance from details increased.
No more popping up details.
Grass smoother lod transition (has been increased).
True sky enabled which gives better color to the sky.
Optimized the clouds, improved both visually and in terms of performance.
Greatly increased grass distance and also eliminated some of the popping of grass tufts.
Increased lod distance from large bushes and trees.
Adjusted and optimized tonemapper.
Added sharpness filter for sharper details.
Ui size adjusted to 75% for cleaner menu and hud
Important:
Run the game once, pick your in game settings then exit!
Installation:
Engine Tweaks
Open S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 – Eye Candy Enhancements + Performance folder,
Then open the engine tweaks folder,
Copy the engine.ini
To
Windows button + r
Paste the below into the run console
%localappdata%\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows\
Click ok,
Then Put the engine.ini into that location
Installation:
Reshade Shaders
Open S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 – Eye Candy Enhancements + Performance folder,
Then open the Reshade Shaders folder,
Copy all the files + folders to: Stalker 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Binaries\Win64\