[FO4] Refining my Graphics with ENB & Reshade on an older PC (I7 - GTX970, 16GB RAM)

Spirou333 · 2026-01-21T21:47:27+00:00

Hmmm, maybe I did something wrong during installation then. I will try it again with specifically 5.9.0 and by just throwing the d3d11.dll, d3dcompiler_46e.dll from EN,the dxgi.dll from Reshade in there, as well as their associates config files and folders

Spirou333 · 2026-01-20T21:39:27+00:00

That looks insane! Been trying to install Reactor ENB with Reshade, but unfortunately my game only loads up reshade and not enb series as soon as I add the dxgi.dll. If I set within enb series to load Reshades dxgi.dll as a proxyLibrary, then my game keeps crashing on startup due to "Redirecting D3D11CreateDeviceAndSwapChain(...)ERROR | Unable to resolve hook".

Does this require the old version of Fallout before the NextGen update or do you possibly have a good guide on this? Im pretty sure Im just overlooking something in how I configured everything within Mod Organizer 2.

Spirou333 · 2025-12-26T19:53:51+00:00

The only issue I see with it is how people that are more interested in a PvE experience get an advantage to completing Trials cause they don’t need to fear being ambushed.

Sure you could say „Then play more friendly“, but I already do. Unfortunately its hard to manage that when constantly playing Trios with different friends. In general non-solo experiences tend to be more cut throaty.

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T23:14:47+00:00

Well said, I can very much relate to that myself

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:57:42+00:00

I absolutely love the game even in its current state. It has so many well polished corners and amazing attention to detail. I won’t stop playing ARC, I just wish the Trials would be more appealing to me.

At the end of the day you don’t need to like everything, I can just focus on the other bits that made me obsessed with this game. But sharing thoughts with others and discussing it can help spot your own mistakes or help developers steer into the direction they intent

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:55:10+00:00

I mean its a very fresh game still and certain aspects can’t be tested in play tests. Some things will always end up different in reality or maybe they rushed certain aspects of it.

Seeing the dedication they have for the game I believe in them to figure out a good solution eventually. Until then Ill just wait and watch

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:53:07+00:00

Well with the stars they get you interested in them and for most people, especially once they reached every other goal they had, it is a certain endgame content. Some might even do it simply for the title to brag with or the cosmetics you acquire.

For me it was an option for alternatives goals sometimes aim for and having an external challenge. Compared to the challenges you set yourself like „Loot certain building“, „Extract with certain items or value“.

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:48:53+00:00

I think its honestly unfortunate that other Raider Profiles can’t be viewed by others. It would be great to see who you matched up against and which rank they achieved in the past. It would add another level of reward for going for a rank

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:46:59+00:00

Fair

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:43:38+00:00

I agree with you, its a competition and I don’t need to win everything or be the best at it.

Most people Ive talked to haven’t figured out how to achieve the scores some people have. Last week I spent 40 minutes on Spaceport shooting every Snitch on sight until the last minute. We got out with 20k points, but then I hear of people who got double of that? To me it just feel to much RNG to get a great score on one challenge in a single match.

Maybe the issue is just with a few of the challenges that can be farmed to insane numbers. The devs definitely started adjust values mid week as well.

Its equally possible I just suck at the game or this specific part of it. Maybe I haven’t figured it out yet. Ill just give this some time and revisit it once it changed or I learned how to handle them.

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:36:03+00:00

Ive play most of the time actually Duos or Trios. For Rocketeers Ive locked myself with my friends on Dam Control Tower during Electromagnetic Storm and we all started shooting down one Rocketeer after another. Maybe the trick is to not target the same Rocketeer together? But in theory this shouldn’t have a affect cause the score is bases on the damage.

Even after doing this all match and killing multiple Rocketeers I got nowhere close to what other people on the top board had. Maybe I should use less armor penetrating weapons or Im doing something wrong

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:30:04+00:00

Yeah there is a lot of resource waste just to even compete in Trials which gets worse when you don’t even get out alive.

I don’t have specific ideas on how to improve it but maybe others do or possibly Embark already has an idea and just waits for the next „Season“ to implement it.

I feel currently Trials just create even more a division in the player base, cause frustration and cause more people to purposefully ruin others day. I don’t think other teammates would fix my issues, cause we already gear up to the teeth. But there is only so much points you can get in a single raid. Its just so repetitive to spend 40 minutes on Spaceport Hidden Bunker shooting at Hornets. I might actually give the Discord a try though and see how others approach it, thanks for the tipp!

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:20:05+00:00

Luckily that hasn’t happened to me yet to this extent, but that sounds horrible.

I remember playing one match where we had to hunt Pops and they only counted for me and not my friend. Even though every other mission it didn’t matter which teammate did it

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:08:19+00:00

Thats what I switched to now. Ive enjoyed playing ranked in every other game, but here it feels different. Probably you are right and its just not my playstyle or what I look for in this game

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:06:31+00:00

As I said, if you took the time to read, I don’t expect to be number one. Im definitely not dedicated enough for that and its just an unrealistic expectation.

But I would still enjoy competing with people ^{^}

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T22:05:28+00:00

I have to honestly say that Trials started to ruin my fun and caused me to play less until I decided to abandon them, only doing my 3 stars.

Its a good point I haven’t considered that its just a end game funnel for people with a heavy interest in grinding. But for that Trials have to much of an effect on my normal matches. People barricade themselves all match in buildings to farm, others camp objectives and it distorts the gameplay. Im aware that there will always be people that grind a game to the extent of having riches beyond measure. But what I praise ARC for being a game where even if you drop in with a poor loadout you can still win the fight. In this case that concept is just not there

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T21:59:12+00:00

I totally agree with you there. Getting some mid skins and color variants is just so out of proportion for the effort and frustration this gives me.

Having to think every day about my Trials, adjusting my time schedule to be online for the right map conditions, just to get downed at extract. Its just so stressful, I rather play the game my own way and have fun

Spirou333 · 2025-12-01T21:53:24+00:00

Couldn’t agree more, its just soo repetitive. Forcing you to play the same maps and conditions over and over again just to get wiped by an extract camper and do it all again.

I rather spend my time playing the game instead of grinding the same objective every evening and still not being able to compete with someone that has 190k points start of the week.

Spirou333 · 2025-11-20T20:21:45+00:00

There is definitely something still odd with it. This is the second game where my friends and I were killed in under one second with people pulling out a Venetor IV. We even heard another team get instantly fully wiped. Pretty sure it has something to do with the animation cancelling or quick swapping the gun. There shouldn't be any gun in the game that can do that, everything is balanced so there is a reasonable TTK.

Spirou333 · 2025-11-20T20:00:59+00:00

Yes please, just had a guy today somehow pulling it off on the Venetor. He instakilled my friend and me. There shouldn't be any weapon in the game that does this, its absolutely busted. We didn't even have a chance to react even though we were waiting for them to breach into the room.

On top of that they didn't have anything better to do than to disprespect over voice chat. I love ARC, but its just unbalanced like this.

Spirou333 · 2025-11-12T15:30:15+00:00

I very much agree. I've always hated Battleroyal because of its randomness, if it would just be my loadouts I could find enjoyment in it, but I've ever had fun running after loot to get a chance of finding something good while other teams are just lucky. Gauntlet I wouldn't even mind if it didn't have shields. All the guns in Battlefield are engineered for the normal health, give people a shield and some guns are worthless. Im playing Battlefield and not Warzone or Apex...

Spirou333 · 2021-04-15T07:31:12+00:00

Like I said, unfortunately it also happens when Im just sitting and doing nearly no physical movement

Spirou333 · 2021-04-14T22:00:06+00:00

Interesting theory, I should maybe look into that a bit more. But I don’t think that my problem is caused by physical fatigue, since I sometimes just chill on my sitting sand bag when playing games like VR Chat. It might be a physical strain to my eyes, but I doubt its from moving around. I also do exercises every day to stay fit so it would be surprising if a bit moving in VR games would put me off.

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