Until Nvidia Filters work again, a temporary solution using ReShade

Like many others, I’ve been disappointed to see that the Nvidia filters that I used in MSFS 2020 don’t seem to work in 2024. I was originally using the Nvidia App with 2024; that kept telling me ‘must use a supported game’ (or whatever the wording actually is); I saw in a video one guy claim that by switching from the Nvidia App back to GeForce Experience it could fix this issue, but for me it did not. No matter what I do, I simply cannot get the Nvidia Filters to recognize MSFS 2024.

In the meantime, I’ve found a simple ReShade setting that seems to ‘fix’ most of what I would’ve wanted to change via the filters.

Here’s a shot without the filter:

And here’s with the filter:

Start the ReShade installer (note that, at least for the Windows Store version of MSFS 2024, it seems you have to select the ‘gamelaunchhelper.exe’ executable rather than the ‘FlightSimulator2024.exe’); when it prompts you to choose which effects to install you choose the ‘Zentient Shaders by Zenteon’:

And then once in-game, hit ‘Home’ to open the ReShade settings and turn on the ‘ZL_LocalContrast’ filter:

By default it was too bright on my monitors, washing out the whites, so I dropped the ‘Bloom Intensity’ parameter down to 0 (I think it was around 0.3 by default).

Hope this helps others who can’t get the Nvidia filters working.

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Thank you! Works fine for me.

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WOW, what a difference! Thanks a lot!

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Hi GregP7617,
I would like to install the ReShade shaders as you indicated above. My problem is, that I own the Windows store version of FS2024 and none of your advices is working. The “gamelaunchhelper.exe” is pointing to FS2020 and “FlightSimulator2024.exe” is a zero byte file and cannot be accessed. Do you know anything else that makes ReShade working in FS2024 ?
Thank you
Bruno

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Thank you, no reply necessary, i searched wrong directories.

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Home key does nothing. Cant launch reshade in game.

I got it! Thanks!