This is a generic post-processing injector for games and video software. It exposes an automated way to access both frame color and depth information and a custom shader language called ReShade FX to write effects like ambient occlusion, depth of field, color correction and more which work everywhere.
ReShade can optionally load add-ons, DLLs that make use of the ReShade API to extend functionality of both ReShade and/or the application ReShade is being applied to. To get started on how to write your own add-on, check out the documentation in the include directory of this repository.
The ReShade FX shader compiler contained in this repository is standalone, so can be integrated into other projects as well. Simply add all source/effect_*.* files to your project and use it similar to the fxc example.
You'll need Visual Studio 2017 or higher to build ReShade and Python for the gl3w dependency.
- Clone this repository including all Git submodules
- Open the Visual Studio solution
- Select either the
32-bitor64-bittarget platform and build the solution.
This will build ReShade and all dependencies. To build the setup tool, first build theReleaseconfiguration for both32-bitand64-bittargets and only afterwards build theRelease Setupconfiguration (does not matter which target is selected then).
A quick overview of what some of the source code files contain:
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| dll_log.cpp | Simple file logger implementation |
| dll_main.cpp | Main entry point and test application when building for debug |
| dll_resources.cpp | Access to DLL resource data (e.g. built-in shaders) |
| effect_lexer.cpp | Lexical analyzer for C-like languages |
| effect_parser.cpp | Parser for the ReShade FX shader language |
| effect_preprocessor.cpp | C-style preprocessor implementation |
| hook.cpp | Wrapper around MinHook which tracks associated function pointers |
| hook_manager.cpp | Automatic hook installation based on DLL exports |
| input.cpp | Keyboard and mouse input management and window message queue hooks |
| runtime.cpp | Core ReShade runtime including effect and preset management |
| runtime_gui.cpp | Overlay GUI and everything related to that |
| d3d9/runtime_d3d9.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for D3D9 |
| d3d10/runtime_d3d10.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for D3D10 |
| d3d11/runtime_d3d11.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for D3D11 |
| d3d12/runtime_d3d12.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for D3D12 |
| opengl/runtime_gl.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for OpenGL |
| vulkan/runtime_vk.cpp | Effect runtime implementation for Vulkan |
Any contributions to the project are welcomed, it's recommended to use GitHub pull requests.
All source code in this repository is licensed under a BSD 3-clause license.