2.2.0 - Imcompatibility with ReShade DX11

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

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Cannot boot Radial with ReShade (and vice-versa), under DX11. NOTE:

• Similar State as when GW2 DX11 BETA has came out.
• Stable in DX9 version.
• Both ReShade and Radial works Individually, in DX11 though.

Attempted Manual Installation and Automatic Addon Modloader and absolutely nothing matched.

[Friendly0Fire]

How are you setting up Reshade?

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

Via the Installer and Selecting DX10/11/12 Once installed, either Radial OR ReShade will work.

I have try to install Radial both Manually and via the Addon Modloader. So I don't know where the imcompatibility comes from, other than the Result.

[Friendly0Fire]

If the problem arises when using SelectRenderer with Reshade correctly installed, then I don't know what's wrong. This may not be a GW2Radial issue specifically, but either way it's something that I'm not sure I'll be able to debug in the near future so you may want to turn off Reshade for the time being.

[tildebyte]

GShade + Radial (installed manually) works without issue here.

[ludwigma]

Gshade + radial works for me too ! installed via addon manager arcdps / radial / selectrenderer , install gshade in the addons/reshade folder ... in select renderer select reshade dx11

[InsaniusMax]

Gshade + radial works for me too ! installed via addon manager arcdps / radial / selectrenderer , install gshade in the addons/reshade folder ... in select renderer select reshade dx11

How did you install Gshade in the addons/reshade folder? Since it asks me for the executable upon installing, it always installs to the GW2 root folder. I've been trying different methods all noon and none of them worked. Tried to move to the addons folder manually and renaming according to the addon loader rules, tried to move without renaming, tried to leave in root... If I leave in root, it breaks all other addons. If I move to the addon folder, it doesn't get detected.

[ludwigma]

just create a dummy text file with the name gw2.exe or whatever you want ...it just searches for a exe , just fake it :-)

[InsaniusMax]

just create a dummy text file with the name gw2.exe or whatever you want ...it just searches for a exe , just fake it :-)

Might I ask what settings you selected on installation? At the moment, I have these selected and none are working:

Also, do you first install reshade and then install gshade to the same folder?

[ludwigma]

yes these settings are correct, you point at the folder /addons/reshade , but your are not installing reshade only gshade. and make sure there are symlinks in place...should be a dxgi.dll link to the gshade64.dll in your programs folder !

[InsaniusMax]

yes these settings are correct, you point at the folder /addons/reshade , but your are not installing reshade only gshade. and make sure there are symlinks in place...should be a dxgi.dll link to the gshade64.dll in your programs folder !

Thanks, this mostly fixed it for me, but for some reason, the preset settings are not showing up in the in-game GShade editor, so I can't actually change anything atm. Any idea what might cause this?

[ludwigma]

yes this is a reshade problem. before you load in example the tekkit preset. load up gshade menu go to settings and select the shaders and textures folders via hand , then everything appears if you press reload at the bottom. selecting the correct folder is easy because there is something like a browser integrated. have fun !

[InsaniusMax]

That did it for me, thanks :) Time to turn off in-game post-processing for that sweet FPS boost.

[TommyTx3]

That did it for me, thanks :) Time to turn off in-game post-processing for that sweet FPS boost.

Hey, may I reach out to you somewhere else for a little tutorial on how you fixed this? I've tried everything besides this but I'm not good enough to understand the procedure :) Either ingame or Discord is fine by me.

[InsaniusMax]

That did it for me, thanks :) Time to turn off in-game post-processing for that sweet FPS boost.

Hey, may I reach out to you somewhere else for a little tutorial on how you fixed this? I've tried everything besides this but I'm not good enough to understand the procedure :) Either ingame or Discord is fine by me.

Sure, add me on Discord. Ian#1023

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

Attempted the above methods, but still nothing conclusive except failure to make them both work together... Can someone make a detail guide to install this, because this is getting frustrating...

[TommyTx3]

Attempted the above methods, but still nothing conclusive except failure to make them both work together... Can someone make a detail guide to install this, because this is getting frustrating...

I can help you! Add me on Discord I'm TommyTx3#6538 :)

[Friendly0Fire]

Is this still an issue or has this been resolved?

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

Issue is still occuring.

[Friendly0Fire]

Did you work with either of the people who offered help?

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

I did.

[Friendly0Fire]

... And? What further steps did you try?

[WyvrnRipsnarl]

We tried the full reinstalls, with and without modloader. Fresh GW2 Installs, both DX9 and DX11. And it is still one or the other but not both at the same time.

[ExreaLz]

I think I might found the issue, both reshade and gw2radial for dx11 are using dxgi.dll, so when gw2radial work, reshade not, because dxgi.dll is now overwritten for gw2radial ? how to make them both using the same dxgi.dll or maybe make gw2radial dx11 use other renamed dxgi.dll ?

Here how I test it, install gw2radial dx11 through addon manager with working reshade installed, gw2radial works but reshade not, then close the game and reinstall reshade, it pop up a error said dxgi.dll is not for reshade, so remove it and reinstall reshade, now reshade work but gw2radial not working again, hope this explanation help to figure out how to solve it ? :)

[knoxfighter]

If you want to use reshade/gshade with gw2radial, you have to have a proper installation of the addon manager. When done correctly, only the addon loader is creating the dxgi.dll. If you have a clean GW2 installation:

Installing gShade/ReShade with the addon-manager (first setup):

1. install gShade, so the dxgi.dll is created.
2. move the dxgi.dll out of the directory (we need it later on and it is in the way atm)
3. install arcdps with the addon-manager
4. install lib_imgui and SelectRender in the addon-manager
5. create a directory called reshade inside the folder addons
6. move the dxgi.dll you moved away into the folder reshade
7. start the game (a popup of SelectRender will be opened)
8. Click on Change in that window
9. Select ReShade under the DX11 category
10. Click Apply
11. restart the game

Now you can install radial in the addon manager as well and it should work out of the box.

[ExreaLz]

If you want to use reshade/gshade with gw2radial, you have to have a proper installation of the addon manager. When done correctly, only the addon loader is creating the dxgi.dll. If you have a clean GW2 installation:

Installing gShade/ReShade with the addon-manager (first setup):

1. install gShade, so the `dxgi.dll` is created.

2. move the `dxgi.dll` out of the directory (we need it later on and it is in the way atm)

3. install arcdps with the addon-manager

4. install `lib_imgui` and `SelectRender` in the addon-manager

5. create a directory called `reshade` inside the folder `addons`

6. move the `dxgi.dll` you moved away into the folder `reshade`

7. start the game (a popup of SelectRender will be opened)

8. Click on `Change` in that window

9. Select `ReShade` under the `DX11` category

10. Click `Apply`

11. restart the game

Now you can install radial in the addon manager as well and it should work out of the box.

Thanks for the guide, really appreciated it, seems working but there's a issue.

Installing gw2radial dx11 with the addon-manager + Reshade:

1) Install Reshade.
2) Move dxgi.dll in guild wars 2 game folder to somewhere else, I moved mine to desktop.
3) Install lib_imgui and SelectRender in the addon-manager.
4) Create a folder called reshade inside guild wars 2 game folder named addons.
5) Now, move the dxgi.dll you moved away earlier into the folder in addons named reshade.
6) Start the game and SelectRender menu will pop up.
7) Click Change in that window to select ReShade under the DX11 category and click Apply.
9) Exit the game.
10) Now, reopen addon-manager to untick lib_imgui and SelectRender to install gw2radial dx11.
11) Start game again to setting reshade shaders and textures to the right path/folder.

Note: have not tested playing the game in long period yet, seems to be no problem during play but every time I exit the game, there's a error pop up for Gw2-64.exe asking me to send crash report to Arenanet.

Edit: Found another issue, seems like only basic shaders and textures works, other extra ones aren't even in the list but after removing lib_imgui, SelectRender and gw2radial dx11, the extra shaders and textures shows up as normal ...

[Vetkiin]

Just wanted to comment that I'm having the exact same issue as ExreaLz.

Running Reshade 5.4.2 with custom shaders like RTGI and unable to get GW2Radial to fully cooperate since I'm missing some shaders that return when uninstalling GW2Radial.

Unfortunately that stops me from using GW2Radial for the moment until a hotfix is released since I value reshade more than GW2Radial but love both.

Hope this helps and wish you a great weekend!

[d10n4t4n]

Same problem, waiting for a fix.

[Friendly0Fire]

This issue is marked as off-topic. It will not be fixed because I have nothing to fix, but remains open for people to look for solutions.

[plopek]

To resolve issue with ReShade Version 5.9.1 and ArcDPS (20230823-025443) do the following.

1. Install Reshade.
2. Rename dxgi.dll to d3d11.dll in game folder and move it to /bin64/cef.
3. Install ArcDPS.
4. Rename now d3d11.dll to dxgi.dll
5. Start the game. Both Configuration overlays will pop up :)

[Friendly0Fire]

Please don't do that, you're breaking the addon loader by doing this.