Decorating black borders via ReShade

[Zefir]

Hi everyone!

As a newbie Σ-player and "rare" (https://forum.median-xl.com/viewtopic.php?p=61076#p61076) owner of widescreen (16:9) display, I was confused of black borders at left and right sides.
The deeeeepest search showed that developers don't care that it looks ugly, so I did what I could to keep my esthetic feelings in safety

I found Diablo II works perfect with ReShade. Therefore, in addition to forming my own preset, I used the Layer.fx shader with photoshopped placeholder (collage of multiple parts of Diablo III pre-releases & actual screenshots to be consistent with Σ 1.2 GUI). Also – because of expanding viewport – I added new overlayed panel figures.
So, there is some...

Screenshots:
- 1st version -

o Before (ReShade is fully disabled):

► Screenshot

o After (with some other shaders):

► Screenshot

o The perfect remastering made by duysir0:

► Screenshot

- 2nd version -

Is made in 4 different color schemes:

1. "Classic" banners [▮▮] for brave wanderers
2. "Heroic" banners [▮▮] for valiant paladins
3. Completely gray [▮▮]
4. "Monochromatic" banners [▮▮]

Preview with Layer.fx only is turned on:

► For conservatives

Instruction:

Important!
ReShade works with Diablo II in any screen modes - with - disabled WGL_ARB_render_texture in Glide settings (in "Extensions" section)!
Glide-settings screenshot:

► Where it is

1. Download and install ReShade.
2. To enable this overlay, (re)place the "layer.png" file* into "reshade-shaders\Textures" directory (it creates by ReShade installer in your Diablo II folder).
3. After that, edit your "DefaultPreset.ini" by changing variable Layer_Scale in [Layer.fx] section; set value 1.2**. Make sure there is the Layer in the Techniques list.

- or -

Use an in-game ReShade control panel:

► Toggles by pressing the Home key

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Download the "DefaultPreset.ini" from the link below and place it into your Diablo II directory.
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* Make sure the file has the exact name "layer.png". If not, rename it.
** My display has 1920×1080 screen resolution; in other cases the scale factor may be different, I actually didn't experiment with that.

Links:

o ReShade:

o Download ReShade 4.3.0 (installing with selection "OpenGL" as rendering API)
o Old preset (used on my first attempt)
o 1st decorator:

o My attempt
o duysir0's remaster

o 2nd decorator (full package with all 4 variants + preset settings)

Any suggestions are welcome :^)
Have a good game!

[Primarch]

Kinda love it, tbh.

[Gzeno]

Pretty cool, I think ill use it.

[Rishab]

looks sexy, not gonna lie

[boozek]

cool, well done.

[DacianDraco]

I don't like it (don't take it personally), still i'll give you +1 for the voluntary effort, others surely can enjoy, and i will stick to window borderless and all is good.

[duysir0]

Thanks OP, having a blast with all the shader fxs
Also, godray fx makes the intro screen majestic af. Now I couldn't even log in to play the game
Here's a pic of my UHM glowing on this dark canyon

[Zefir]

Thanks OP, having a blast with all the shader fxs
Also, godray fx makes the intro screen majestic af. Now I couldn't even log in to play the game
Here's a pic of my UHM glowing on this dark canyon

Wow, I basically imported my preset's config from D1 (with a bit of changes) and godrays doesn't have such effect there
Anyway, mana orb looks cooosmic with it. It's a pity that is not possible to enable the mask for a separate shader to avoid visual artifacts

[Ekital]

Are we allowed to use this on sinwar?

[Minh]

Thanks OP, having a blast with all the shader fxs
Also, godray fx makes the intro screen majestic af. Now I couldn't even log in to play the game
Here's a pic of my UHM glowing on this dark canyon

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