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GTA 5 Looks Jaw Dropping With This PC Mod

Toddyhancer takes the presentation of Rockstar's open-world to the next level.

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An industrious Grand Theft Auto V PC player has overhauled the game's visuals with a home-made software mod, and the results have left fans captivated.

Posting on Reddit, Martin 'Toddyftw' Bergman described the Toddyhancer mod as a "work in progress" that uses a whole range of tools to introduce new visual effects. The software includes ReShade, a generic post-processing injector, which is used to add "ambient occlusion, bokeh depth of field, and colour correction."

Meanwhile, the middleware ENB, which has previously been used for games including Skyrim, Oblivion, and Deus Ex, allows greater control over post-processing effects and high dynamic range lighting. Along with those, Bergman has made a few "simple tweaks and some tonemapping with class."

It's important to note that the mod is in the early stages of development and, much like with GTA 4's iCEnhancer, is likely to evolve and improve the realistic visual style over time.

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GIVE THIS MAN A JOB! at rockstar

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This is just the beginning, it will only get more real!

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The salt in this thread is out of charts.

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WOW! lots of salty people out there...

like its a surprise that PCs are more powerful...why because they cost more and don't argue that you can pull those graphics off with a budget PC because you cant that's why a PS/Xbox cant handle such

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yesterday someone tried to tell me that no PC game could hang with Uncharted 4 on the ps4 (lawlz0rz), I hope he looks at this.

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@joegrizly: They probably mean from devs though. This is just a mod not a new game.

It's impressive but we'll rarely see this attention to detail in a PC game because unfortunately the devs wouldn't make enough money from it to go to all this effort.

A shame though as this does look stunning.

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don't feel like dealing with modders, you can keep your shiny pc version

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@beuneus12: you deal with modders? i thought you only really downloaded the mod and followed the simple instructions to install it?

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@xtne: SOME PEOPLE LOL

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@beuneus12: to each their own.

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Looks awesome

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Filters and higher contrast = "jaw dropping".

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Those screenshots look weird... like as if they're photos taken of a screen.

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**** ps4 and xbox one

pc for the win with epic mods like this

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@erothium: pc gaming has been dead since 2004. if graphics are all anyone cares about then fine, pc is king. but pc hasn't had a triple a exclusive since 2004. and if you think you'll ever get one you won't. best you will get is an indie crowdfunded bag of shit that you'll be bored of before release because you've hammered the early access. there is no money to be made on pc and even competitions and championships have moved to consoles. if playing console games with better graphics is enough to bring you here and gloat about it, i'd say you were over compensating.

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@Gankstar_VX84: seriously you are a magnificent troll. there are countless pc games that are not available on console i cant even name all of them and pc has an endless supply of indie games that still never make it to console. pc gaming right now is honestly king and i am a console owner for like 12 years now. besides that you cannot get 2k or 4k gaming on consoles at all. and pc will do it right now even with older games. pc also has games from 3 game generations ago.

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@rarerichz: yes, pc is king, it's the best way to definitively play any game availiable right now. but you and all the others can't seem to wrap your little head around one simple truth.

pc's are capable of graphical fidelity 100000000x more then what is actually used in current games, they're simply console games upscaled to the highest level of ****, the engines are BUILT around console hardware. even the engines built around pc hardware are designed in such a way that a console could run a dumbed down version, because THAT is where the money is.

i'm not here dissing pc's, I love pcs, pc's have been my definitive way of gaming since fucking half life 1. I'm simply dissing the stupid morons that think they're better then everyone else just cuz they game on a pc, simply because every pc game that don't suck is on a console. and they look practically identical. compare crysis to a benchmark console game of it's time, hell compare HL2 or stalker to a console game of the same era of the pc game engine. you'll see.

4k is totally inpractical at this time, and indie games are shite. I remember after playing crysis, upgrading my rig to smash it, I remember worrying that crysis would be the best game pc users got for a very long time. that developers will simply upscale their console engines to run at better fidelity on pcs, instead of designing an engine specifically for pc games that would be 10x better. n guess what, the next major multi platform release was cod 4. and the pc version was graphically awful... and they only actually got better as newer cods came out pushing console boundries that little bit more and then being introduced to pc.

the point? 10 years ago pc's could match the graphical fidelity of now. and now they can match graphical fidelity of a PS5 or PS6 but it will NEVER be used, because there's no money in it.

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@lonesamurai1that would be because total war is total shite. problem solved.

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@Gankstar_VX84:Mr. Troll, here the list:

-Guild Wars (2005)
-Guild Wars 2 (2012)
-Crysis (2007, timed exclusive)
-Starcraft 2 (2010)
-Half-Life 2 (end of 2004, timed exclusive)
-Divinity: Original Sin (2014)
-XCOM2 (2015)
-Civilization 5 (2010)
-Company of Heroes (2006)
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2009)
-Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason (2009)
-Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (2008, timed exclusive)
-Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013)
-Heroes of Might and Magic V (2005)
-Might & Magic Heroes VI (2011)
-Might & Magic Heroes VII (2015)
-The Witcher (2007)
-The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2012, timed exclusive)
-ARMA: Armed Assault (2006)
-ARMAII (2009)
-ARMAIII (2013)
-The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006, timed exclusive, I think?)
-Diablo III (2012, timed exclusive)

And the list can go on and on and on.

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@asmoddeuss and how many of those games pushed boundries? maybe the first stalker, or half life 2. crysis was the last time a PC's limits was pushed. I upgraded my pc for crysis then again for BF3 and bf4 and there has been absolutely nothing over the years to justify the money spent. all you get now is the exact same game console players get just at ultra high instead of high and 1440p instead of 1080p. and just for the record i wouldn't even consider an rts to be a game.

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@Gankstar_VX84: RTS is a game, maybe you don't consider it, but it is. Justification of money spent on a PC doesn't mean PC gaming is dead. Also nice graphic doesn't mean the game is good.

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@Gankstar_VX84: I see you trollin'. Stop hatin'.

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@Gankstar_VX84: starcraft 2? CS:GO? Any e-sport game?

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@Gankstar_VX84: "pc gaming has been dead since 2004"

lolz@you

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That really doesn't look that much different....

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@Leeric420 said:

That really doesn't look that much different....

I beat 30 fps and 60fps don't look that different to you either.

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@Gamer_4_Fun: Since I play it at 4k 60 fps, I think I can tell the difference moron.

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@Leeric420 said:

@Gamer_4_Fun: Since I play it at 4k 60 fps, I think I can tell the difference moron.

It is really easy to put yourself on a high platform to cement your argument in the internet, reality is it sounds pathetic.

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@Gamer_4_Fun: I don't know what you are talking about. I simply said it didnt look that much different. You are the one that commented, sounds like you are upset because you assumed something and were wrong, ya, you are pretty pathetic, I am glad you pointed it out. Next time maybe don't be a fool and you wont get called out.

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@Leeric420 said:

@Gamer_4_Fun: I don't know what you are talking about. I simply said it didnt look that much different. You are the one that commented, sounds like you are upset because you assumed something and were wrong, ya, you are pretty pathetic, I am glad you pointed it out. Next time maybe don't be a fool and you wont get called out.

Others are labelling you as 'blind' I tend to agree. Anyways, enjoy your mythical 4K/60fps gaming.

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@Gamer_4_Fun: Lol its hilarious that when you are made to look like an idiot, you think I am making things up, ya dude, grow up, sorry it doesn't look that much different, maybe you should quit assuming things and that wont happen.

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@Leeric420: are you blind?

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@joegrizly: Run the game at max setting on 4k, It doesn't look that much different, calm down noob.

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@Leeric420: I doubt that. You are just talking out of your ass as usual.

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@joegrizly: Sorry I know from experience and you feel the need to argue because you are wrong, just accept it.

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@joegrizly: you're blind, it looks starkly different!

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@tr4newreck: it looks photo realistic to me, almost life like!

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@joegrizly: people say that each gen

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@Leeric420: Spoken like a true peasant. Seriously though, get your eyes checked.

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