If your game performance drops, try disabling Ambient Light or Bloom effects in the ReShade menu; these are often the heaviest on your system.

Open the ReShade 5.1.0 setup. If you already have an older version, select "Modify" . Select the API: For The Sims 4, you must select DirectX 9 .

Open the ReShade menu in-game (usually the Home key), go to the MXAO shader settings, and click "Edit global preprocessor definitions." Ensure ReShade_Depth_Input_Is_Reversed is set to 0 .

by NeptuneWhims: Great for warmer, more atmospheric lighting.

One of the most common issues in 5.1.0 is the "reversed" depth buffer, which makes effects like blur (MXAO/DOF) look broken.

For depth-based effects to work, you must disable Edge Smoothing in the Sims 4 in-game graphics settings. 3. Recommended Presets

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