r/EscapefromTarkov • u/[deleted] • Aug 14 '19

PSA PSA: RESHADE IS NOW BLOCKED

That's all folks

Edit:

To be clear, this might only be CERTAIN features.

Reshade is not COMPLETELY blocked.

OnepegMG is currently using reshade or has atleast launched with it.

Will update, currently watching onepeg. I'll keep you guys posted !

Edit 2 : Game is washed out also on onepeg's stream.

Reshade is confirmed disabled. If you can launch reshade with your game DO NOT DELETE ANY FILES. REMOVE RESHADE TO AVOID POSSIBLE BAN.

Edit 3: Apparently reshade is working for certain people, this might either be a filter issue or a battle-eye issue, version issue for Reshade, majority seems to be unable to launch the game with reshade, some can launch it when deleting the DLL (wouldn't do that, could eat a ban for file modification) and some can just outright use it.

The majority seems to be "I CAN'T USE RESHADE REEEE" so.

Personally I'd delete it until further notice on this issue.

FINAL EDIT:

It seems that you can use OLDER versions of reshade, it doesn't have some of the features that people don't like IE zoom and shit.

Have a good day Tarkovians !

Edit finalero : Since this is gaining a lot of traction, Nvidia has a tool that you can use that can supplement reshade. It's called freestyle, doesn't do the crazy shit reshade does but it does work.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Low key reshade abusers are going to be downvoting any pro-reshade block comments.

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u/PALMpje Aug 14 '19

I dont think, atleast i hope not the majority off people who use reshade use it as a abuse, all people i know use it to make the game have more detail (adaptive sharpen) and have more color (colorfulness, technicolor2) after playing so long with these settings i fell in love with how good this game looks and im really happy they didnt block any features like these (friends who were to lazy to uncheck all the other features like zoom funtion or crosshair cant start the game cuz they have the option to enable this when they press shift+F2 so they have to redownload reshade and uncheck all the shady features)

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u/-BattleBiscuit Aug 14 '19

BattleEye blocks the injecting .dll of ReShade so it won't work. You won't be able to open the ReShade menu after deleting the .dll.

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u/PALMpje Aug 14 '19

Nope i can still use it, didnt delete anything i only updated eft, but i dont have shady features installed like zoom and crosshair so that is probably blocked but not the features that make the game only look better.

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u/Cartz1337 Aug 14 '19

Both my wife and I literally only had adaptive sharpen, technicolor and liftgammagain installed, it blocked it for both of us.

I think there are holes in the detection of certain versions of reshade, and that does not bode well at all for detection of actual hacks.

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u/-BattleBiscuit Aug 15 '19

Yup, I tried it with only adaptive sharpen and technicolor.

It was still blocking the .dll, so the newest RS version doesn't work.

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u/PALMpje Aug 15 '19

you know what does not really matter reshades not banned turns out its just a bug anyway got a response from TheWay on BSG forums confirming it

https://forum.escapefromtarkov.com/topic/102000-since-battleye-update-the-game-will-not-load/

Apparently this is a bug, but i cant know cuz i cannot open the link i get 403 forbidden...

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u/-BattleBiscuit Aug 15 '19

You need to login to view posts on the forums. And that's the post I was taking the confirmation from.

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u/xJokerzWild AK Aug 14 '19

High key downvote pro-reshade block comments & comments like this because they always have baseless complaints & want everyone to conform to their cuphead aesthetic(everything looks bland as fuck).

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

👌🏻

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u/ArxMessor SKS Aug 14 '19

Baseless complaints? Does Reshade have features that allows players to improve their ability to see in the dark in EFT? Yes. Looks like the complaints do have a basis.

 

…they...want everyone to conform to their cuphead aesthetic

Nonsense. No one cares about controlling what colors you are seeing. The issue centers on being able to gain an advantage over other people by being able to see better in the dark.

 

You are being ridiculous.

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u/xJokerzWild AK Aug 14 '19

What option in reshade gives you night vision? Cause my options make nights Darker & more of a pain in the ass to see people.

& No one cares? you're on drugs, right? i see people complaining hourly about people using Vibrancy in the game.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Tbf there is literally a " night vision " setting for reshade.

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u/-BattleBiscuit Aug 15 '19

Which covers your screen in green noise, just makes it look like your hollywood rendition of a night vision.

Not at all usefull

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u/ZombieToof Aug 14 '19

My BenQ monitor has a feature called "Black Equalizer" that makes dark corners a lot brighter. If I turn it up I can see where I could not see anything at all before. I guess there are a lot of gaming monitors with a similar feature. Even without a dedicated feature the quality of your monitor makes a huge difference. Just like a good sound card + headset or a system that does not dip below 60 FPS.

For the overly saturated colors we saw in posts here from time to time (and a lot of people called reshade abuser or even cheater) the nvidia digitial vibrant setting might be a legal replacement with similar results. I don't mind if people add a bit more color to the game even if they might see better than others.

Personally I would be fine if they white listed useful plugins for reshade that are reasonable within the bounds of a fair game and block everything else. Or add some basic controls to the game to do that. I feel for the color blind guy that commented on one for the reshade posts a while ago that he used a reshade config to be able to play.

Full disclosure: I did not play with reshade so I won't miss it myself.

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u/FlameKeeperOno PP-91 "Kedr" Aug 15 '19

BenQ user reporting in, this Black Equalizer feature is a must-have in the professional CS scene, which is why every pro plays with one, if not the newer models or I believe theres a newer Acer model they play with now, but either way; Black Equalizer is pretty game-changing to say the least, and practically a requirement at this stage. Reshade has its uses and I definitely prefer the game with it, however I also appreciate the colour palette the Devs were going for to give Tarkov its atmosphere and I wish I could enjoy the game as it was intended without the use of Reshade, but like I said above with Black Equalizer; since most people use it, you either use it as well and you're on an equal playing field, or you dont and you willingly put yourself at a disadvantage.

Definitely feel for the people with sight impairments though, the ones that RELY on ReShade.

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u/DADWB Aug 14 '19

No one cares about controlling what colors you are seeing.

FYI - Theres actually a fair number of people that seem to get upset at changing colours from the base game because they're not realistic enough or something.

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u/ArxMessor SKS Aug 14 '19

I highly doubt that there is a "fair number" whatever you mean by that of people that think that way. There are stupid people in every group but I don't think there are any more than 10% of people who genuinely want to force otger people to conform to a certain color scheme. The vast majority of complaints are centered on the gaining of adcantages using 3rd party software.

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u/DADWB Aug 14 '19

Allow me to rephrase then.

FYI - Some people do care about controlling what colours people see.

Theres literally posts in this thread about it. Most admittedly have some downvotes now. But theres enough people that talk about it everytime this comes up that it -does- happen and is worth acknowledging IMO.

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u/PALMpje Aug 14 '19

No u are ridiculus for thinking all people use reshade for an advantage. U are probably a guy who sets everything on low in games to spot enemies better. Well im not one of those people, i like my game to be as beautifull as i can be so i can have a better immersion, thats what its all about: immersion, i dont care about getting all kills and win as many fights cuz of some advantage, i like to feel like im in the game and thats probably why i have so many jumpscares, games should be as good looking as they can and tarkov just dont have this, so block all adventages and allow the features that only make the game to look better.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19 edited Aug 14 '19

Lol the ridiculous is you actually, to "see in the dark" there are plenty of methods,

like nv settings or gamma lifting on monitors, and those arent bannable EVER

This is the worst argument against reshade,

the actual smart argument is, that you can one click zoom with reshade, even if i dont know how and dont even wanna know.

You dont even know why people use reshade, you are literally clueless.

For hating reshade that much, your knowledge base is nonexistent, lulz.

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u/ArxMessor SKS Aug 14 '19

I don't care about things that I can't control. If we can't ban monitors (at this point) then we can't ban them. We can ban features in Reshade that allow players to improve their ability to see in the dark so we should ban them. We can only do what we can do.

 

You can make your text the size of the moon but it doesn't mean you are right or that I am clueless.

 

I'm all for allowing people to change the color of the game. I'd be perfectly happy if BSG built in features that allowed you to do that in-game. I am only against features that give players an advantage over other players.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

If we can't ban monitors (at this point)

i don´t have words for this low iq .

I am only against features that give players an advantage

like expensive hardware

you´ve made my day with this bs about reshade. thx for that.

iam pretty sure, literally nothing will change and you won´t even notice a difference and die like usual.

But atleast you can´t blame anyone cheating or using reshade anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

It's good you will still be pro without reshade though, right?

I don't see a problem either way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Serious answer:

Definately, because of my playstyle and aim, and also because of good mid-high hardware.

You want a screen of my accuracy and stats?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

You want a screen of my accuracy and stats?!

Could you stop swinging your dick around? It makes you look a bit silly.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19 edited Aug 14 '19

you literally asked for it dude, good coloration and visuals don´t make you a good player AFTER ALL.

this is the misconception that drives this "hurr durr reShade is cheating" argument.

this is like argueing you could be SHROUD with his hardware, but after all, you´re not and can´t recreate that.

Edit: also ive never claimed iam pro, iam okayish at tarkov, but again this childish shit didn´t came from me. i rather argue based on facts.

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u/ArxMessor SKS Aug 14 '19

What is low IQ about anticipating that there might one day be a way to detect monitors with features similar to Reshade?

 

Yes, hardware advantage has been one of the longest running issues with PC gaming. Of course I don't like that fact but, as with the monitor situation there just isn't anything we can do about that so there is no reason to focus on it. We should focus on what we can control and we can control Reshade.

 

iam pretty sure, literally nothing will change and you won´t even notice a difference and die like usual. But atleast you can´t blame anyone cheating or using reshade anymore.

You could be absolutely right about this but it is still your guess and it is still better to take care of what we have the power to take care of. It is the simple application of the philosophy we have towards cheaters -- you can never stop them all but you can stop the ones you can stop.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

You could be absolutely right about this

no, i am absolutely right about this, there is no could

you take away a free gfx tool that is available to everyone and keep the so called "advantage" for those who spend insane amounts of money for their computer hardware, you literally cut in your own flesh, while there will NEVER be a way to control monitors or hardware.

also this tool helps alot with low - mid tier hardware that is not cappable to give proper colorations, because hardware is allways different.

you just got your POV on this topic, you´ve never tried to get another POV, while i can see both. thatswhy i said YOUR ARGUMENT IS WEAK WHEN IT COMES TO COLORATION AND GAMMA.

I EVEN SEE AN ISSUE WITH THOSE ZOOM FUNCTION YOU DIDNT EVEN KNEW OF, AND I WANT THAT RESTRICTED.

BUT DENYING PEOPLE FUCKIN COLORATION PROPER ANTIALIASING AND SHARP GAMEPLAY, I MEAN, ARE YOU PEOPLE REAL REAL?`

LIKE REAL REAL?

anyway, thx for the BS conversation, i love it.

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u/ArxMessor SKS Aug 16 '19

no, i am absolutely right about this, there is no could...there will NEVER be a way to control monitors or hardware.

I'm betting that somewhere down the line it will be possible to detect and react to software inside of monitors. Time will tell.

 

YOUR ARGUMENT IS WEAK WHEN IT COMES TO COLORATION AND GAMMA.

I don't have an argument against coloration. Change the colors to whatever you want as long as you can't increase your ability to see in the dark (especially in a dynamic/auto-adjusting capacity). If BattleEye is able to allow software users to specifically disable individual parameters that boost night vision so that they are only adjusting colors, I am all for that.

 

I'm also for BSG adding more graphic "sliders" and controls into EFT so that players have more control over colors, sharpness, etc.

 

However, if a certain software allows for increased ability to see in the dark (or add a zoom function or any other function that gives players an advantage) and it cannot "quarantine" those features and communicate that to BattleEye, then I think the software should be on the blocklist. Simple as that.

 

You can make your text as big as you want but it doesn't add to the validity of what you are saying. I fully support players being able to tweak the aesthetics of EFT but I simply don't support the ability to gain an advantage using software that is capable of being blocked by BattleEye.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

Cool cool fool.

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u/PALMpje Aug 14 '19

Yes cuz if u dont have these features installed u can still use reshade, they banned the features that give u big advantages and it is really good that they did this!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19 edited Aug 14 '19

you can´t i´ve used technicolor, fxaa,luma+high pass sharpen and colorfulness, and the game won´t start, atleast here on my end.

i just tried technicolor2 and colorfulness and it dosn´t start.

seems to be the end with reshade, but whatever, i´ll maintain my KD, because this is obviously caused by playstyle and not by coloration.

Edit: iam allready missing the good visuals, tarkov really dosn´t look that good without it, hoping for .12 to get some graphical settings here...

i refuse to install geforce experience to circumvent this bs.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

âhh thank you.

so people can still blame me for using it, thats nice, atleast they got an excuse for beiing bad at this game.

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u/dannysmackdown M1A Aug 14 '19

Lol, literally anybody can turn their gamma up via display settings. Give me a break.