
Go to the “Settings” tab to configure everything to your liking. The “Home” key is located above the arrow keys and next to the “PgUp” key. Now launch the game and press the “Home” key on your keyboard to open up the ReShade menu. Copying all of them is fine but I recommend only moving the shaders that you’re going to use. Open up the “.\game\reshade-shaders\Shader Library\Recommended\” folder and then copy the shaders you would like to use to your “.\game\reshade-shaders\Shaders folder. The files that you will moving to your “game” folder are “dxgi.dll”, “ReShade.ini” and the “reshade-shaders” folder. Mine is for example located at: “C:\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\game”. The “game” folder is a located inside your Final Fantasy XIV Online directory.
Extract the CONTENTS of the “stormshade-master/v4.X” folder in the.
zip file (with either WinZip, WinRar, or 7Zip). On the “General” tab check the “Unblock” box and press “Apply”.
After your download is complete, right click the. Press the green “Clone or download” button and then press “Download ZIP” to download Stormshade. Final Fantasy XIV will be getting a graphical update in the near future, so players might not even have to use a graphical add-on for much longer. Many players relied on GShade to make Final Fantasy XIV’s graphics better or help with disabilities, so the move back to ReShade can take some effort. Upon completing this task, you should be able to uninstall GShade properly to avoid leaving potential malware on your PC. Luckily, the community also has your back on exactly how to get this done safely. If you have yet to uninstall GShade and want to make sure that your presets work in Reshade, the easiest way is to backup your relevant GShade folders. How to backup your GShade presets for ReShade You will also find instructions on how to use the files in ReShade. A lot of other links only contain presets, which is not enough to get them to work without the proper shaders and textures. If you find yourself in this situation, the community has created a Google Drive Link that contains a pack with the various textures and shaders many popular presets utilized in GShade. This is an issue as there is no means to restore them once they are gone. What to do if you didn’t backup your GShade presets for ReShadeĬurrently, players who uninstalled GShade will find that all their preset files, shaders, and textures are removed as well.