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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - RTX ON - 2022 Graphical Upgrade

By Madmonkey68

This guide will show you how to make use of RTX Ray Tracing graphical improvements using ReShade software to play "Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning".

The RTX mod used in this guide is very performance heavy and recommended to be used on newer high end systems (further tweaking of ReShade settings may be required by user).

It's important to note that Ray Tracing support IS available for Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB cards and up, but with less ray casting done by the card compared to RTX series cards with dedicated RTX cores. On GTX 10 series cards Ray Tracing is processed by using regular cuda cores instead of dedicated RTX cores. The performance hit is certainly there and heavier on cards that have lesser cores to spread the load. Although you might get playable frame rates, even running ray tracing on lower settings instead of Ultra with a GTX 1070, 1080 or 1080Ti could end up severely hurting your FPS.

Tested with the following at 4K (3840x2160) resolution:

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080TI
OS: Windows 10

Performance: 30 FPS

I am not the creator of any of the mods/fixes found in this guide, all rights go to their original creators sourced below.
I cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage that may arise as a result of the use of this guide, use at your own risk.

UPDATED: 05/03/2022

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Guide Index

Overview

Getting Started

Installing ReShade

Tweaking ReShade - RTX ON

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Getting Started

Install a fresh copy of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning and run the game at least once making sure to customize the video and graphical settings to your liking.

Installing ReShade

Visit the following link: https://reshade.me/
Download the file by clicking on "Download ReShade 5.1.0" and copy the file "ReShade_Setup_5.1.0" to desktop.

Run the file named "ReShade_Setup_5.1.0" and follow along with the photos and instructions below:

Find and click your game executable file named "koa.exe".
Path should be: X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning

Proceed to test launch the game.
Once it has done loading you should get a notification at the top of your screen showing ReSahde has installed, press "Home" key to bring up the menu or to make it go away and press "Skip".

Tweaking ReShade - RTX ON

Now we will get RTX working in ReShade.

Due to legal reasons I cannot post where you can find this ReShade RTX mod for free.
Visit the creator's Patreon here if you want to buy the mod: https://www.patreon.com/mcflypg

Once you have this RTX mod, close the game if its running and open the RTX mod folder.
There are two sub folders located in there named "Shaders" and "Textures".
In order to install it, copy and replace both folders to path: X:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning\reshade-shaders

Proceed to launch the game, once in-game bring up the ReShade menu by pressing "Home" key and match the presets listed below.

To enable Ray Tracing support and achieve similar results, match these same settings.

In ReShade, check-off the following:

✔️Vibrance [Vibrance.fx]
✔️MXAO [qUINT_mxao.fx]
✔️Curves [Curves.fx]
✔️DELC_Sharpen [qUINT_sharp.fx]
✔️Bloom [qUINT_bloom.fx]
✔️RTGlobalillumination [qUINT_rtgi.fx]
✔️Tint [Sepia.fx]
✔️SSR [qUINT_ssr.fx]
✔️Lightroom [qUINT_lightroom.fx]

Some options were turned off for certain scenery and screenshots, it may be necessary to further tweak these settings to achieve optimal results.

As mentioned above, Ray Tracing support IS available for Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB cards and up, but with less ray casting done by the card compared to RTX series cards with dedicated RTX cores.
On GTX 10 series cards Ray Tracing is processed by using regular cuda cores instead of dedicated RTX cores. The performance hit is certainly there and heavier on cards that have lesser cores to spread the load. Although you might get playable frame rates, even running ray tracing on lower settings instead of Ultra with a GTX 1070, 1080 or 1080Ti could end up severely hurting your FPS.

Those who do not have a RTX series card can still try to make use of the graphical fidelity this Ray Tracing guide offers. If performance becomes a big issue you can disable "RTGlobalillumination [qUINT_rtgi.fx]" and you should still benefit graphically.

I am personally using a newer version of the RTX mod but I have tested with multiple and visuals are nearly if not identical.

RTGI/Ray Tracing/Global illumination ReShade mod by Marty McFly/Pascal Gilcher, GTX/RTX Ray Tracing info by Rene from TechJunkies

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XXLLRRTT 3 May, 2023 @ 3:56am

You forgot to post your settings.

Vrakyas 6 Feb, 2023 @ 6:11pm

continued because of 1,000 chars limit:

BUT:
The so called "RTX on" filter (RTGI) IS NOT a RTX flter!! It's just a global illumination filter, but it doesn't magically make your game "RTX On".
It works great on lights and shadows, but it doesn't magically create realistic water textures or shiny metallic surfaces, like advertised in many videos.
The filter is very ok, it makes KoA look very good (together with the other filters). But is it worth $5,50 on patreon? Probably not!

You also have to connect your Patreon account with Discord and join McFly's Discord to get the latest RTGI filter - the one on patreon is outdated.

Vrakyas 6 Feb, 2023 @ 6:11pm

You really should provide a preset file, because with default settings it's just not playable because it's too bright and has aweful reflections and its Ambient Occlusion is just too dark.
So I kicked the following filters from the list:
-MXAO (issues with strange shadows on the world map and other UI elements)
-Bloom (just too bright)
-Lightroom (seems to do nothing at all)
-Tint (don't like the red touch / sepia)
-SSR (aweful reflections on small objects/foliage like grass - SSR should not be used while playing, only for screenshots))

I also had to adjust Curves, RTGI and DELC_Sharpen to fit my personal preferences. (Now I have dark nights and caves with almost realistic lighting in interiors and really very ok light in exteriors.)

SlaughterX 8 Oct, 2022 @ 5:22am

money for a mod, what a shame

Bag of crabs 11 Aug, 2022 @ 5:07am

Could you attach the preset file?

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