Does anyone here regularly use an Injector? (SweetFX Etc)

mxoagentjohnson · 29 Dec 2013 at 11:45

Hey guys.

So in recent times i've taken to using an Injector to sort out certain games i find lacking in certain areas, and lately i've noticed i've had to use it on a fair amount of modern games.

I've noticed myself using it for games like Skyrim, Darksiders II, Dishonoured and Bioshock Infinite, mainly LumaSharpen as it picks up so much more detail from scenes but some games with Skyrim i notice have rediculously washed out colours and terribly bland feelings to them so i need them at times.

I've found these three to be a big problem but most games are usually fine, i could pop on Half Life 2 and not need to make a single adjustment because the game looks and feels great out the box.

I just wondered, is this natural for these games in particular? Skyrim seeming washed out even at max settings, Bioshock Inifnite being rediculously blurry and Darksiders II essentially being all of that in one? I recently get a new Monitor but i doubt it's that as the colours are fantastic on other games.

(BenQ XL2720t 120hz is my monitor)

Just wondered, i felt that using this tool too much and relying on it would end up a bad thing but lately i've not been able to play certain games without using LumaSharpen and Dither and kind of dont want to end up having to rely solely on using an external injector to make games look decent.

arc@css · 29 Dec 2013 at 15:56

I don't think there's anything to concern yourself about if you just happen to prefer the addition of sweetfx in games. I did go through a brief phase where I applied it to most of the games I was playing, though my stance now is a little different. Some games look very nice with imo, while some lose more than they gain from it. My main issue is that some areas become too dark, so I often found myself tweaking settings which broke up the game flow too much. It's still something I'll use now and again I guess. And, in fact to a certain extent, it reminds me of the image quality / colour contrast of previous generations of ATi cards, which is something I liked a lot (in recent generations I think there's been more emphasis with performance vs IQ, so it's not like it used to be imo).

Suarez7 · 29 Dec 2013 at 15:58

I find injectors usually create very fake colours, I cba spending hours to adjust tiny details either to get it just right.

mxoagentjohnson · 29 Dec 2013 at 18:13

Suarez7 said:
I find injectors usually create very fake colours, I cba spending hours to adjust tiny details either to get it just right.

Yea some people go mental with the HDR/BLOOm settings, i keep it simple, a simple 0.75-0.80 on Lumasharpen and i'm good to go, picsk up the detials and is easy on the eye imho.