By default, this option will be set to “false”, which you can then change to “true”. You can then press the ‘Home’ key to open the Configuration menu and from then choose your installed preset and tweak the various shaders that go along with it (below is a picture of ReShade’s configuration overlay in-game).ĥ.2 Playing Online (START.exe - w/ EAC)To play online with mods, all you need to do is tweak the ‘xv2patcher.ini’ file one more time, specifically the option “excessive_air_contamination”. When opening the game, an overlay will appear on the top of your screen. There are various ReShade presets for Xenoverse 2 out there, especially on VGM, so you may choose the one you like the most to install. After that, the installer will give you the option to either choose your own shaders or install them based on a pre-existing preset. It will prompt you to select its respective rendering API, and you shall select ‘Direct X 10/11/12’. To install it, open the executable and select the ‘DBXV2.exe’ file then click on ‘Next’. ReShade can be downloaded through their official website and consists of a single executable file. In contrast to other modifications, ReShade can be used without the patcher and the installer, as well as online, with no issues at all. If you want to give Xenoverse 1 anime-like graphics or maybe even filmgrain, this is the tool to do it. Note: 3D Vision triggers the Easy Anti Cheat protection as well, so you will need to run it as you would with any other mod.Ĥ.2 ReShade (better post-processing)ReShade is a tool for giving (almost) any 3D game advanced post-processing, which means improving the visuals with shaders and other visual effects. To do so, download this file, extract it and paste all of its contents into the ‘bin’ folder and it will be automatically installed.
The installation in this one is pretty simple and does not require any of the previously mentioned mod installers. A full explanation of its contents or how it works can be found here. As such, this tutorial will only cover 3D Vision, which is by far more likely to work on the PCs of the vast majority of people.ģD Visions offers many different visual fixes for the game, including (but not limited to) reflections, refractions, wave effects, light shafts, lens flare etc, as well as optional additions such as the options to disable the HUDs and lobby NPC names, tweaking cel shading strength or just disabling the black outlines altogether, texture sharpening and bloom toggling (below is a picture of how the game looks like with the character outlines disabled). Geo-11, however, is not actually compatible with the 30 or 40-series Nvidia graphics cards or certain modern GPU drivers, while 3D Vision is. Do not open the game yet though, as you may need to follow certain additional steps first, which will be explained further in this guide.Ĥ.1 Helix Mod 3D VisionHelix Mod offers two different visual fixes ‘mods’ for DBXV2, the newer Geo-11 and the older 3D Vision. If you wish to install multiple mods at the same time, the installer will ask you if you want to install them through the 'silent mode', meaning the ones alraedy installed will be updated and all news mods will be installed in their own unique slots, and you'll probably want to do this in the vast majority of cases. After it is done, it should look something something like this:įrom here, you can close the installer and your mods will be installed.
Each mod will be installed into its own respective ‘slot’, which you can then manually uninstall if you so desire. Select the ones you wish to install and click ‘open’. Click on the icon for the folder with the green ‘+’ in the upper left corner and locate the mods’ respective.
x2m files, which will be read and installed by the program. The other programs are for mod creators, so we won’t be using them in this tutorial.ĭuring your first time opening the program, it will look just like this: Copy and paste both of them into the game directory and open the installer. įor this part of the tutorial, I will be using Eternity’s Pack of Internal Stages, specifically the Toki Toki City Ruins, Earth from an Unknown Time and World of Mind Control stages.įor the installer, the only things you will need are the ‘xv2ins.exe’ file and the ‘Internal’ folder. You can find and download the installer here. 3.3 Method 1 - X2M InstallerThe most traditional way of installing mods is through the X2M Installer, but some newer ones, such as Revamp, may only be installed with Lazybone’s.