For anyone having issues with the CLEAN UI addon not working try using the other version: 1.2.1 and remember to download the 1.2.1 ini file too. It's installed the exact same way
My game works completely fine with Gshade and all of my mods until I add the CLEAN UI addon, I've tried both 1.2.3 and 1.2.1 versions, but no matter what my game gets stuck on loading screen if I have CLEAN UI added in. Thought I should let you know as I think it might be the same for others? ❤
**IF YOUR GSHADE MENU DOESN’T SHOW UP** Make sure your sims 4 game matches the DX setting selected @6:11. In the tutorial @MissLollyPopSims selected DX9 but if you did like me and selected DX11 (most compatible with newer computers) then you will need to enable DX11 in the sims 4. You can do this by going to the EA App and right click the sims 4 icon, under the menu tab you should see manage and then click properties. Under properties you should see a text box. Type inside “-dx11” (no quotation marks, keep the negative/minus sign ahead of dx11). Then hit save. Open up game and voila! The gshade menu should appear. Unless you change the corresponding hotkey (tutorial here @ ) its default should be shift + backspace, which you can use to open and close the menu whenever playing or taking screenshots. For those who want to revert back to dx9 or disable dx11. You simply follow the steps above to get back to the EA App and delete “-dx11” in the text box. Hit save, and now your game no longer has DX11 enabled. Hope this helps ❤
If my instructions still aren’t clear EA Answers HQ has a great tutorial on this. Honestly, it’s really easy and can be changed in 3 small steps. But still if you need help, a quick Google search on “how to update sims 4 to DX11” should pull up the tutorial.
It wasn't working for me, but I figured out that with the new patch, which automatically opens the game with directx11 depending on your graphics card, I just had to uninstall and reinstall Gshade and leave directx11 checked (instead of changing it to directx9 like in the video), during installation. Also, the CleanUI addon has a version for directx11 linked at the top of the page so I followed the instructions on their page for that version and now everything's working perfectly! Nevertheless, this video was still SUPER helpful!! Tysm for making an updated video!!
@@breneithegemini5110 I didn't have any issues with it. Maybe try restarting your computer and if that doesn't work, you could try opening the game from the folder (the ts4x64 file) instead of the EA app. Otherwise, I'm not sure why it would be doing that. :/
i did all of this but the controls/bar on loading just won’t show up? i’ve re-downloaded gshade and clean ui 3 times and it won’t work. i even updated my computer.
If you are having a problem with white screen after pressing alt+tab this might be the source of the problem. I could not figure out how to fix the white screen until I delete 2 files for Clear UI. Do not download the Clean UI T.T
OMG Lauren!!! this literally is fate - im sat here making a list of everything im going to need to do when my new PC arrives either tomorrow or Tuesday (switching from iMac to PC) and i thought oooo i need to go and watch Laurens video on how to install and mess around with g-shade and low and behold theres a new video with your beautiful preset! i cant wait to get it installed and have an amazingly beautiful colourful game! im so excited now! i watched the video even before ive got my new pc and youve made something that i was thinking was going to be really difficult and overwhelming to set up seem simple and easy! you are an absolute QUEEN! thank you my love
Thank you so much Lauren for this amazing tutorial! I’ve used reshade for years (which I also followed your tutorial for that as well) and today I finally made the change to gshade! The clean UI thing wasn’t working for me at first but then I tried what you suggested in your pinned comment and now it works great and it’s so nice not having my UI all messed up looking from the shadow effects! I also love your beautiful preset as well! I recently got back into playing Sims 4 so this is really going to enhance my experience! 🥰
THANK YOU SO MUCH! literally saved me T-T I've been following so many different tutorials for the past week just for me to get stuck at the game launch
This was soooo helpful. I was honestly always intimated by gshade or reshade so I never downloaded it, but was always jealous of how everyones game or screenshots looked with it. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!!
This is the ONLY tutorial that has worked FLAWLESSLY. I had literally zero problems following this tutorial and my game looks amazing! Definitely earned a sub and will be checking out other videos. TYSM
@MissLollypopSims Can you help me? I have done everything correctly, but when I join the game it showed once the right keys to press, but I didn't know what to do at first and I left... then when I joined back it didn't show me the keys!!!
@@CouConeYT It shouldn't take away the keys, you most likely either installed wrong by accident or you have conflicting CC. For me I had conflicting CC and it was my UI mod, so if you have that try removing it from your mods folder. :)
@@pretty_babez ohh thank you! It's ok, I just needed to change a bit the gshade settings... but I kind of regret doing the whole thing, because my laptop is like 10 years old, and when I put the shaders it is really laggy and not that pretty-
OMG, this is awesome! I just got into reshade a few months ago and I've been watching and rewatching your old tutorial as a base and guideline. It's really helpful! I'm psyched about this as RIGHT NOW I was about to update and get some new presets! Thank you so much, your tutorials are so clear and easy to follow!
I always find it more helpful to keep the version numbers on any mods I download so I know which last version I already have installed when I go to redownload and update the mods, so for that reason deleting the "1.2.3_" from the ReShade .ini seems like an unnecessary step that just comes down to personal preference, but doesn't have any real effect. Just commenting it because I see a lot of people say 'oh just delete this version number from the file name' but they don't mention it's just an optional aesthetic preference for your file names. Also at the Presets timestamp, around 11:10, I got really confused seeing the Off.ini file originally start off inside the Custom folder and then you quickly move it outside the Custom folder but don't say anything about moving it lol. I reloaded my game a few times after following this tutorial to see if the Off.ini file placement (inside or directly outside that Custom folder) matters and it does not seem to have any effect. So this seems like another optional aesthetic preference for how people want to organize their files. The GShade menu didn't have any automatic pop-ups for me when I loaded the game with it for the first time, so if anyone else has difficulty figuring out how to get the menu to initially open for the first time, try pressing the [Shift] plus [Backspace] keys on your keyboard and that should open the GShade menu. Then you can change the hotkey to your liking in the menu's settings. Lastly (sorry for the long message, geez lol), thank you sooooooo much MissLollypopSims!!! This tutorial is so helpful and easy to follow. I've tried watching a few other tutorials on how to install GShade and ReShades, and they all left me so frustrated or confused I nearly gave up hope of ever trying to install this, but your video helped me. I could cry, my game looks so pretty now, like I literally feel close to tears from happiness, this is gamechanging, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks for this! i noticed it quickly when i didnt see the off file outside but a quick comment scroll took to you and it reassured me that it's not a big problem then i thought it was :]
my game wont load in, it stops at the blue loading screen with TS4 logo and freezes and then closes itself every time... i did everything right in the video but im not sure why it wont work uugghh
@@xadoreu are you sure it’s the files? Sometimes discord in the back does that to my game, but you might have to redownload it and follow this persons instructions 😞
OMG! I have never had a windows pc until recently and i have just followed your steps for your Gshade preset. All i can say is THANK YOU and BEAUTIFUL xx
IF YOUR GSHADE ISNT WORKING: make sure edge smoothing is OFF. If that doesn’t work, try opening the app from files meaning program files/ EA games/ sims 4 / game / bin / TS4x64 ! this should work - it’s the only thing that worked for me after hours of trying Also make sure u pressed DX9 and none of the other options when installing!
@@shaiilaa_ It’s in game options! After you press game options, go to graphics, then edge smoothing is towards the bottom right it’s the first option and turn it off, then press apply changes. I reccomend. If it still doesn’t work uninstall then reinstall gshade but make sure edge smoothing is definitely off!
The new 9/18 update make it so you have to choose Direct 11 now. My Gshade stopped working that day. I remembered as I was following this tutorial to get it back. Thank you
This tutorial is a LIFE-SAVER!! I have never been able to get the whole installation process and thanks to you I have been able to download different game shades ! THANK YOUU !
thank you for explaining it so well, it didnt work anymore since i had the ea app and couldnt figure out why not. the game looks so much better with it and i loooovee your preset!
i started watching your joy of life LP, bored one day and needing something to do, and now I am down a massiveeeee rabbit hole of downloading mods, CC and now g-shade!! I am so in love with my game now, thank you so much!
hey this happened to me and i just waited 2 minutes and it gave me an option to skip the tutorial or not, then once u've pressed that u have to wait another 2 minutes and it should load. it takes about 5 minutes but definitely worth it
Ah, I'm so glad I saw this video in my sub feed. Installing GShade is fine; it's when I try to add presets that I get lost, so this is perfect. Also, for those who use Microsoft Edge browser like me, when downloading the reshade effect shader toggler and get denied, if you over the warning in downloads, three little dots will show up to the right, so just click that and it'll give you the option to "keep" the .ini file regardless. 😊
THANK YOU!!!!! I've been trying to get a shader to work for ages but I always manage to f something up. this was so easy and helpful and I'm in love with your preset
For people who have it cracked make sure its in both game and cracked game and what i found that worked is putting it in Game and since i heard gshade got updated i put mine to dx11 and not (Notdx9) like op did you i don't know if there is an easier way but i had go though all my files to redo it you'll might have to mess around if you get frustrated chill have brew and come back to it it took me a few tries but it does work and i must say its game changer Also good luck to everyone is going to do this and thank you for the help to install it coz i had no clue
for mine to be shift & backspace is crazy , i use those excessively LMAOOOO. thank you so much for this tutorial ive been wanting reshades for so long!!
This is an incredible tutorial. Thank you for putting it together and making it so easy to follow. I've always wanted to use gshade but had no idea where to begin. I am happy to say it's working for me and I love it ! 💖
@@syd_the_syd I ended up doing the 1.2.1 and it worked, but the shading wouldn’t stay on. It was glitching and flashing on and off. I decided to just remove it.
@@syd_the_syd I was facing that same issue. I thought maybe I did something wrong so I restarted my game. As I was doing that, other comments here said to just let it keep loading. One person said it took them like 2 hours. Well when my game booted back up, it worked immediately, so maybe try that: restarting the game
ok so everything was fine until i went into sims 4.. and i didn't see that little box in the corner? at: 13:07 and then it didn't work when I pressed key & shift & f2 or shift & f2. sooo AHHH... someone please help me!😅 I hope deep down I didn't do any step wrong. I'm pretty sure I did everything I was supposed to..
Same is happening to me rn😭I google and stuff I also clicked home on my pc keyboard nothing works I'm gonna try shift + backspace and also try to switch the directx9 to directx11 to see if that then works maybe try fn + home maybe that will work I'm also gonna try💕😭
I saw online Gshade is not working right now. Probably because of the DX11 updates. You can revert back to Direct X 9 afaik and some people haven't been switched over because their computers aren't compatible. So some people might have to leave the experimental box checked at 6:05
@ThePrincetonFamily I switched to DX11 so do I have to tick the DXVK and as hooking I tick “Normal mode”?? Please I need help, my gshade overlay doesnt load when I launch the game
i had looked at so many other videos on how to install it and none of them helped me i am so thankful i clicked on this video i am definitely following you
finally!! i followed ur reshade tutorial awhile back and i updated reshade without thinkin about it it broke my whole game and ive been stuck with basegame grahpics
thank you so much, it works for me I was trying to install reshade and didnt work in my computer, but your tutorial really helps me and now I can use it
I still can´t get the gshade to open up in the game, doesn´t show up at all but everything is installed as it should and the graphics settings are as they should.. Someone else having these issues?
My GShade no longer works, reinstalled it like you told me too but now the bar doesn't even show up. The new update has really ruined my game and made it impossible to play with shaders and I'm not understanding how to fix it.
I didn’t bother doing the dx9. I did the dx11 and it worked perfectly. On her link for the Ui if you read it’ll have a link to Dx11 setup. I didn’t have to manually change anything with steam or ea games. I just loaded in and thankfully my game was already running dx11. No issues whatsoever
hi. I did the same but my UI is still "blurry" from her shade. I have the ReshadeEffectsShaderToggler_DX11 in the ghshade addons folder and the reshadeEffectsShaderToggler.addon . Is there smth else???
This happened to me, it turns out mine was just trying to download and it wasn't done yet, press shift and back space not the one in the middle of your keyboard depends what you're using
@maddy.g01 Same! Mine got very glitchy as well but I'm sure somewhere in the video it explains how to help with the lag, I had a massive problem with interacting with my sims for some reason! If you ever run into this problem like me just press shift then click your sim while you do it.
I’ve put off doing this for so long as every tutorial I watched made it look so complicated, you made this so so easy and simple to follow I’m obsessed✨ - immediately subscribed 🤍
Thank you so much! I ran into your channel trying to find some really good custom content as I am a new Simmer who's experiencing with custom content. This video was very informative with very well detailed instruction. Your channel is very helpful for newbies to CC like myself. 💗💗
Tysm this is the most piece by pieced tutorial I've gone through, very easy to follow through so thank you because I've been watching so many videos that are complicated to follow through ❤
please, somebody know why gshade make the game crash? i've downoald the new version but it make my game buggy and crash it's the first time it does that
Thank you so so much. Your tuts are always so helpful and easy peasy to follow. i appreciate, that you include the installation of clean ui mod. I never figured out how to do that. 🖤🖤🖤
Why GShade won’t open on the Sims 4 Home Screen… I updated my game a while ago to DX11 via the Origin app, so when you install GShade now, you needed to tick DirectX 11 under graphics API. NOT DirectX 9 & not DXVK ! Great video though!
@@destinyberg3283just because you clicked dx11 doesn’t mean your computer is compatible. You will need to open your diaxg box. There’s a tutorial if you google “how to enable dx11 on sims 4” but basically you need to figure out if your computer can run dx11. If it can you’ll then need to make sure the sims 4 is configured to also run DX11 and to do that, you’ll need to enable it via the ea app. Which is what the person above is talking about. Again, the tutorial can be found if you google what I wrote. Or scroll up and see my most recent comment on here, I left a step by step guide ❤
if gshade menu is not popping up for anyone make sure you completely uninstall gshade first so that it doesn't conflict then when you re download first deselect dx 11 and select dx 9.
thank you for updating! unfortunately my game either keeps crashing or when i try to go to settings, it just freezes up and i can't click anything. do you have any idea why? i had the same issue with reshade too, although that software USED to work fine
I had to manually go into the gshade control centre and click "enable in game overlay" In case anyone is having an issue with it not showing up in game!
I did all this, step by step and when i tried to load up sims 4 I saw the bar up top that said the install was successful but my game froze, i couldn't even bring up task manager to force close, i had to restart pc, happened twice so i just uninstalled the game because i don't know how to uninstall gshade itself
I had to figure this out, but you have to open the app itself and click on the sides where it has different tabs/settings. The uninstall will show up. Not sure if that makes sense, but you have to open the app/desktop app itself.
I don’t know how to help with the issue of your game freezing, but to uninstall, you’re going to click on the Gshade app. For me, it’ll pop up with a yes or no option… click yes if it does for you and then it’ll pull up the home page. Go to the “Tools” tab and at the bottom it’ll say launch Uninstaller. Idk about the next steps because I haven’t tried uninstalling, but hope that helps!
@@HaleyShell968 this is great! Thank you so much, been wanting to try installing again but didn't wanna have to uninstall sims 4 again if I get the issue again
Is the Softerhaze's Sunblind still good/safe to use? It seems really outdated and doesn't have all the packs ^^' WARNING FOR EVERYONE: GSHADE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN MALWARE SO USE RESHADE
So super cool, and what great timing ☺️ I’ve downloaded the Addon for the UI, it shows in my Add Ons when in game, it’s check marked, but, my UI is still affected. Would you have any ideas how I could fix? ^^’
Thank you! It’s a great tutorial, but my game crashes with both versions… My Laptop cannot use any shaders :c I’m sad. I hope I get a PC soon so I can use them well… 😢
I saved most of ALL of your tutorials! Thank you so much!!! You just don’t know how hard I was struggling when I saw the “failed to compile” lol. I figured it out, but yours was so easy. Thank you so much! I love your LPs as well! 🤍
@@shintagabriela1865 I just right clicked on the ones that were showing red to delete. I think it’ll say show in folder, and then you would just delete it. It doesn’t mess up the game or anything
ty! This helped a lot, just wondering when i turn on my shaders theres a shadow like glitching out a bit and its like the outline of the character but when i move my screen its like right next to thewem which bothers me any idea how to fix it?
i did everything here, but my gshade menu still doesn’t start up when i open the game. i quadruple checked and i did everything correctly, done this more than 5 times. anyone have this same issue and know how to fix it?
There is a setting in game in Graphics where you have to press x9! Thats why a lot of peoples gshade isn’t loading up! Make sure in game setting it’s on x9 because if not your game will try and launch x11 instead of x9 !!!
I''ve followed your tutorial to a T but I'm still having some trouble. I don't get the banner when I load up the game and none of the buttons seem to work! I have this issue with reshade as well so I'm not sure if it's conflicting with a mod but I use the same mods as many popular creators. :(
Could it be that this is not compatible with the new EA app update? My ea app keeps crashing since the June update, and now I’ve installed Gshade and my game just keeps crashing once I’ve opened the gshade menu :( going to try again after the next update I guess!
For anyone having issues with the CLEAN UI addon not working try using the other version: 1.2.1 and remember to download the 1.2.1 ini file too. It's installed the exact same way
My game works completely fine with Gshade and all of my mods until I add the CLEAN UI addon, I've tried both 1.2.3 and 1.2.1 versions, but no matter what my game gets stuck on loading screen if I have CLEAN UI added in. Thought I should let you know as I think it might be the same for others? ❤
When I press pause/break the list doesn’t show up
my game isn’t loading now
@@aylinduran9835 delete clean ui all together
@@aylinduran9835mine is OK 21/05/24 maybe try again make sure u did it right.
**IF YOUR GSHADE MENU DOESN’T SHOW UP**
Make sure your sims 4 game matches the DX setting selected @6:11. In the tutorial @MissLollyPopSims selected DX9 but if you did like me and selected DX11 (most compatible with newer computers) then you will need to enable DX11 in the sims 4. You can do this by going to the EA App and right click the sims 4 icon, under the menu tab you should see manage and then click properties. Under properties you should see a text box. Type inside “-dx11” (no quotation marks, keep the negative/minus sign ahead of dx11). Then hit save. Open up game and voila! The gshade menu should appear. Unless you change the corresponding hotkey (tutorial here @ ) its default should be shift + backspace, which you can use to open and close the menu whenever playing or taking screenshots.
For those who want to revert back to dx9 or disable dx11. You simply follow the steps above to get back to the EA App and delete “-dx11” in the text box. Hit save, and now your game no longer has DX11 enabled.
Hope this helps ❤
If my instructions still aren’t clear EA Answers HQ has a great tutorial on this. Honestly, it’s really easy and can be changed in 3 small steps. But still if you need help, a quick Google search on “how to update sims 4 to DX11” should pull up the tutorial.
you are an angel, i finally found the bar.. i love you
Does the addon for clear UI still work for DX11?
This helped me out so much thank You !!!
OMGGGG!!! THANK U SO MUCH u saved me😆🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼💞
It wasn't working for me, but I figured out that with the new patch, which automatically opens the game with directx11 depending on your graphics card, I just had to uninstall and reinstall Gshade and leave directx11 checked (instead of changing it to directx9 like in the video), during installation. Also, the CleanUI addon has a version for directx11 linked at the top of the page so I followed the instructions on their page for that version and now everything's working perfectly! Nevertheless, this video was still SUPER helpful!! Tysm for making an updated video!!
Wait I think you just helped me (edit: it worked)
u just saved my life xx
Did you have issues with turning the edge smoothing off? My game freezes when trying to.
@@breneithegemini5110 I didn't have any issues with it. Maybe try restarting your computer and if that doesn't work, you could try opening the game from the folder (the ts4x64 file) instead of the EA app. Otherwise, I'm not sure why it would be doing that. :/
i did all of this but the controls/bar on loading just won’t show up? i’ve re-downloaded gshade and clean ui 3 times and it won’t work. i even updated my computer.
Sorry for the VERY overdue tutorial! It's finally here 🥳
I hope you enjoy my new preset, lemme know what you think!❤
When installing GShade, it says it was not able to install symlink and it is saying my filesystem does not support symlinks. How do I fix this?
Hi, the bat thats supposed to show up when I'm in the main screen doesn't pop up. What do I do??
what if I use directx 12?
i honestly was never going to install gshade because i didnt think it was a need for me but oml its stunning
Woah, talk about timing. I'm literally watching your 2023 tutorial to install reshade, and this was just posted 6 minutes ago!
I saw so many comments on the previous video about it not working anymore so I had to post this ASAP!😂
@@MissLollypopSims Oh no! Then I better follow this tutorial haha
@@MissLollypopSims is gshade safe now?
@@OMGKangelx tysm 😄
so wait the instructions here are the same as reshade or?? im lost sorry
If you are having a problem with white screen after pressing alt+tab this might be the source of the problem. I could not figure out how to fix the white screen until I delete 2 files for Clear UI. Do not download the Clean UI T.T
so that means clean UI is not a compulsory download? i want to know because i dont want it.
OMG Lauren!!! this literally is fate - im sat here making a list of everything im going to need to do when my new PC arrives either tomorrow or Tuesday (switching from iMac to PC) and i thought oooo i need to go and watch Laurens video on how to install and mess around with g-shade and low and behold theres a new video with your beautiful preset! i cant wait to get it installed and have an amazingly beautiful colourful game! im so excited now! i watched the video even before ive got my new pc and youve made something that i was thinking was going to be really difficult and overwhelming to set up seem simple and easy! you are an absolute QUEEN! thank you my love
Thank you so much Lauren for this amazing tutorial! I’ve used reshade for years (which I also followed your tutorial for that as well) and today I finally made the change to gshade! The clean UI thing wasn’t working for me at first but then I tried what you suggested in your pinned comment and now it works great and it’s so nice not having my UI all messed up looking from the shadow effects! I also love your beautiful preset as well! I recently got back into playing Sims 4 so this is really going to enhance my experience! 🥰
if u use the anadius dlc unlocker make sure to choose the path of the cracked game or else it wont show up :>
I did that and it still didn't work😥
Can you give me a tutorial on how to download it to the cracked game?
still not working huhu
my current issue rn
@@dianawest6450 try the directx 11 in the install instead of 9 and run in admin. some combo of that might do the trick.
For the people who couldnt start Gshade on game launch - install Gshade puting tick on DVXK Experimental, not DX9 as video shows.
This helped for me.
Did not work for me at all..
OMG TYYY YOU SAVED ME T_T
THANK YOU SO MUCH! literally saved me T-T I've been following so many different tutorials for the past week just for me to get stuck at the game launch
im struggling
It worked but the screen is not complete like i can press the x button and remove the sims game by one press
This was soooo helpful. I was honestly always intimated by gshade or reshade so I never downloaded it, but was always jealous of how everyones game or screenshots looked with it. Thanks so much for the great tutorial!!
This is the ONLY tutorial that has worked FLAWLESSLY. I had literally zero problems following this tutorial and my game looks amazing! Definitely earned a sub and will be checking out other videos. TYSM
Thank youuu!! so glad it worked out for you ❤️️❤️️
@MissLollypopSims Can you help me? I have done everything correctly, but when I join the game it showed once the right keys to press, but I didn't know what to do at first and I left... then when I joined back it didn't show me the keys!!!
@@CouConeYT It shouldn't take away the keys, you most likely either installed wrong by accident or you have conflicting CC. For me I had conflicting CC and it was my UI mod, so if you have that try removing it from your mods folder. :)
@@pretty_babez ohh thank you! It's ok, I just needed to change a bit the gshade settings... but I kind of regret doing the whole thing, because my laptop is like 10 years old, and when I put the shaders it is really laggy and not that pretty-
OMG, this is awesome! I just got into reshade a few months ago and I've been watching and rewatching your old tutorial as a base and guideline. It's really helpful! I'm psyched about this as RIGHT NOW I was about to update and get some new presets! Thank you so much, your tutorials are so clear and easy to follow!
I always find it more helpful to keep the version numbers on any mods I download so I know which last version I already have installed when I go to redownload and update the mods, so for that reason deleting the "1.2.3_" from the ReShade .ini seems like an unnecessary step that just comes down to personal preference, but doesn't have any real effect.
Just commenting it because I see a lot of people say 'oh just delete this version number from the file name' but they don't mention it's just an optional aesthetic preference for your file names.
Also at the Presets timestamp, around 11:10, I got really confused seeing the Off.ini file originally start off inside the Custom folder and then you quickly move it outside the Custom folder but don't say anything about moving it lol. I reloaded my game a few times after following this tutorial to see if the Off.ini file placement (inside or directly outside that Custom folder) matters and it does not seem to have any effect. So this seems like another optional aesthetic preference for how people want to organize their files.
The GShade menu didn't have any automatic pop-ups for me when I loaded the game with it for the first time, so if anyone else has difficulty figuring out how to get the menu to initially open for the first time, try pressing the [Shift] plus [Backspace] keys on your keyboard and that should open the GShade menu. Then you can change the hotkey to your liking in the menu's settings.
Lastly (sorry for the long message, geez lol), thank you sooooooo much MissLollypopSims!!! This tutorial is so helpful and easy to follow. I've tried watching a few other tutorials on how to install GShade and ReShades, and they all left me so frustrated or confused I nearly gave up hope of ever trying to install this, but your video helped me. I could cry, my game looks so pretty now, like I literally feel close to tears from happiness, this is gamechanging, thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks for this! i noticed it quickly when i didnt see the off file outside but a quick comment scroll took to you and it reassured me that it's not a big problem then i thought it was :]
YOURE A LIFESAVER😭
Thank you sm I was struggling so bad w this😭😭
my game wont load in, it stops at the blue loading screen with TS4 logo and freezes and then closes itself every time... i did everything right in the video but im not sure why it wont work uugghh
@@xadoreu are you sure it’s the files? Sometimes discord in the back does that to my game, but you might have to redownload it and follow this persons instructions 😞
OMG! I have never had a windows pc until recently and i have just followed your steps for your Gshade preset. All i can say is THANK YOU and BEAUTIFUL xx
IF YOUR GSHADE ISNT WORKING: make sure edge smoothing is OFF. If that doesn’t work, try opening the app from files meaning program files/ EA games/ sims 4 / game / bin / TS4x64 ! this should work - it’s the only thing that worked for me after hours of trying
Also make sure u pressed DX9 and none of the other options when installing!
@@shaiilaa_ It’s in game options! After you press game options, go to graphics, then edge smoothing is towards the bottom right it’s the first option and turn it off, then press apply changes. I reccomend. If it still doesn’t work uninstall then reinstall gshade but make sure edge smoothing is definitely off!
@@luvk4yy tysm! it’s finally working
@@shaiilaa_ i’m glad :)
none of thus has worked either😣
@@Aubreejones-i1s it should, try uninstalling and reinstalling and make sure u have all the right gshade and sims 4 settings
The new 9/18 update make it so you have to choose Direct 11 now. My Gshade stopped working that day. I remembered as I was following this tutorial to get it back. Thank you
lauren coming through with another amazing tutorial!! thank you for this especially the clean ui tutorial!! 💗💗
This tutorial is a LIFE-SAVER!! I have never been able to get the whole installation process and thanks to you I have been able to download different game shades ! THANK YOUU !
thank you for explaining it so well, it didnt work anymore since i had the ea app and couldnt figure out why not. the game looks so much better with it and i loooovee your preset!
THANK YOU!! oh my i've been looking for a clean UI solution for so long, everything i've tried hasn't worked until now!!! ugh thank you thank youuuuuu
Everyone else I’ve watched made this seem difficult you were the only clear one thank you so much!! I am excited to try your shader on my sims game
i started watching your joy of life LP, bored one day and needing something to do, and now I am down a massiveeeee rabbit hole of downloading mods, CC and now g-shade!! I am so in love with my game now, thank you so much!
when i load up the game and then click the button (shift+backspace) go get the set up up it just keeps loading??? every other tab but home loads !!!
hey this happened to me and i just waited 2 minutes and it gave me an option to skip the tutorial or not, then once u've pressed that u have to wait another 2 minutes and it should load. it takes about 5 minutes but definitely worth it
@@ty_whatt yeah!! i got it fixed thank you so much !!
@@olivianyt how did you fix it?
@@luvk4yyYou have to just wait. It took mines 2 hrs 😅
@@KeyysKorneri cannot wait that long omg!
Ah, I'm so glad I saw this video in my sub feed. Installing GShade is fine; it's when I try to add presets that I get lost, so this is perfect.
Also, for those who use Microsoft Edge browser like me, when downloading the reshade effect shader toggler and get denied, if you over the warning in downloads, three little dots will show up to the right, so just click that and it'll give you the option to "keep" the .ini file regardless. 😊
this didnt work :(
THANK YOU!!!!! I've been trying to get a shader to work for ages but I always manage to f something up. this was so easy and helpful and I'm in love with your preset
For people who have it cracked make sure its in both game and cracked game and what i found that worked is putting it in Game and since i heard gshade got updated i put mine to dx11 and not (Notdx9) like op did you i don't know if there is an easier way but i had go though all my files to redo it you'll might have to mess around if you get frustrated chill have brew and come back to it it took me a few tries but it does work and i must say its game changer Also good luck to everyone is going to do this and thank you for the help to install it coz i had no clue
wym make sure its in both game??
@ your cracked game and normal game files 🎂
for mine to be shift & backspace is crazy , i use those excessively LMAOOOO. thank you so much for this tutorial ive been wanting reshades for so long!!
Yesss Lauren! Queen the overdue is a understatment because you CANNOT rush perfection!❤❤❤
ngl im so glad u said it didnt work for Mac instead of giving us the runarounds like other content creators, I had to subscribe❤
you are a SAINT omg. the only tutorial that made ANY sense and actually worked for me
thank you !! my game looks so much better like … it’s unbelievable. you made everything easy and fast. i’m glad i found your video first 👏🏾👏🏾
The best Gshade tutorial I had ever seen. Thank you so much!
Wow, thank you!🌟
This is an incredible tutorial. Thank you for putting it together and making it so easy to follow. I've always wanted to use gshade but had no idea where to begin. I am happy to say it's working for me and I love it ! 💖
If you follow the instructions to the T and find your UI Mod is still not working, try the 1.2.1 version! That worked for me ^^
I may have to do this. I’ve started my game but now the box to set up everything isn’t loading
For me the box isn’t loading still 😭
@@syd_the_syd I ended up doing the 1.2.1 and it worked, but the shading wouldn’t stay on. It was glitching and flashing on and off. I decided to just remove it.
@@syd_the_syd I was facing that same issue. I thought maybe I did something wrong so I restarted my game. As I was doing that, other comments here said to just let it keep loading. One person said it took them like 2 hours. Well when my game booted back up, it worked immediately, so maybe try that: restarting the game
@@HaleyShell968wdym restarting the game ?
Thank you for the tutorial! Also, this preset is AMAZING. I don't think my game has ever looked so good
ok so everything was fine until i went into sims 4.. and i didn't see that little box in the corner? at: 13:07 and then it didn't work when I pressed key & shift & f2 or shift & f2. sooo AHHH... someone please help me!😅 I hope deep down I didn't do any step wrong. I'm pretty sure I did everything I was supposed to..
Same is happening to me rn😭I google and stuff I also clicked home on my pc keyboard nothing works I'm gonna try shift + backspace and also try to switch the directx9 to directx11 to see if that then works maybe try fn + home maybe that will work I'm also gonna try💕😭
Heyy soo I tried everything and it finally worked I switched it over to directx11 and it worked💕!!!
@@Just_anothergirly_799 how do you switch it to directx11 ?
@@heartz4chanwhen installing it you click either directx9 or directx11 out of all of them, reinstall it and instead click directx11 instead of 9
omg me too ive tried everything im gunna tweak
I saw online Gshade is not working right now. Probably because of the DX11 updates. You can revert back to Direct X 9 afaik and some people haven't been switched over because their computers aren't compatible. So some people might have to leave the experimental box checked at 6:05
How do we go back to do so
Yep, totally helped me, now its working
@Ivdy just install once again, no need to delete anything
@@MrKio3057how to do that pls?
@ThePrincetonFamily I switched to DX11 so do I have to tick the DXVK and as hooking I tick “Normal mode”?? Please I need help, my gshade overlay doesnt load when I launch the game
i had looked at so many other videos on how to install it and none of them helped me i am so thankful i clicked on this video i am definitely following you
finally!! i followed ur reshade tutorial awhile back and i updated reshade without thinkin about it it broke my whole game and ive been stuck with basegame grahpics
same here:(
So this tut is the same for reshade?
@@yourlocalenby3096 ?
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thank you so much, it works for me I was trying to install reshade and didnt work in my computer, but your tutorial really helps me and now I can use it
I still can´t get the gshade to open up in the game, doesn´t show up at all but everything is installed as it should and the graphics settings are as they should.. Someone else having these issues?
sameeeee, i need help
I got it, soooo you have to download the directx11 version instead of the 9, it worked for me
i have the same problem
@@loveyouxnaf How do I download it?
@@miriamplayroblox5082 its in the tutorial 6:10
There is no way I would have figured this out without this video. Thank you so much!
My GShade no longer works, reinstalled it like you told me too but now the bar doesn't even show up. The new update has really ruined my game and made it impossible to play with shaders and I'm not understanding how to fix it.
same:c
@@dekira0mi Good to know its not just me then :(
@@Fleur0_ Same for me! Tried Reshade too - EA def broke something with the last update, i guess
@@bilahmara Yeah I can't even play the game right now because of all my broken mods. 18,000 mods & CC now unusable because EA broke the game.
@@Fleur0_ Wow! That's really unfortunate(( i'm trying to find some solution to this - will update if i find any
You're the only one that I've seen that has gone this deep in showing us how to add gshade to the sims 4
TY UR THE FIRST TUT TO ACTUALLY WORK
Thank you! My first time installing GShade and everything went smoothly and the tutorial was easy to follow. Your presets look great! ❤
I didn’t bother doing the dx9. I did the dx11 and it worked perfectly. On her link for the Ui if you read it’ll have a link to Dx11 setup. I didn’t have to manually change anything with steam or ea games. I just loaded in and thankfully my game was already running dx11. No issues whatsoever
hi. I did the same but my UI is still "blurry" from her shade. I have the ReshadeEffectsShaderToggler_DX11 in the ghshade addons folder and the reshadeEffectsShaderToggler.addon . Is there smth else???
Thank you. i was struggling trying to figure out how to use gshade. Other videos were too hard to follow. Your tutorial was successful for me 😅
thank you for such a clear tutorial ❤ will save this for when i have access to a pc
Super helpful tutorial, loved the demonstration, thanks for uploading. I'll be trying out your shader!
hi! my game got stuck on the loading screen, and the bar that’s supposed to show up won’t show up on my screen.
This happened to me, it turns out mine was just trying to download and it wasn't done yet, press shift and back space not the one in the middle of your keyboard depends what you're using
@@Notalyeshia Thank you so much! it worked but my game has been very glitchy
@maddy.g01 Same! Mine got very glitchy as well but I'm sure somewhere in the video it explains how to help with the lag, I had a massive problem with interacting with my sims for some reason! If you ever run into this problem like me just press shift then click your sim while you do it.
Its doesn't work for me
I’ve put off doing this for so long as every tutorial I watched made it look so complicated, you made this so so easy and simple to follow I’m obsessed✨ - immediately subscribed 🤍
Thank you so much! I ran into your channel trying to find some really good custom content as I am a new Simmer who's experiencing with custom content. This video was very informative with very well detailed instruction. Your channel is very helpful for newbies to CC like myself. 💗💗
13:42 when it's already in the main screen, there's no button on the top bar, can help me how tp add the button?
Same for me
Same what should I do
Do u choose it to be DX9 or DX11?
Mine only works when im choosing dx11
@@katz2043how do i change from dx9 to 11?
When I do this it doesn’t pop up when I load the game?? I’ve seen this happento other people but nobody has given an answer to why.
@@dinda4437thankyou for commenting this 😭😭😭 worked for me
where should i click the DXVK? bcs i didn't see it anywhere@@dinda4437
Thank you so much I’ve been wanting gshade in my game for the longest. You were very detailed and helpful. It helped me install better.
I didnt get the pop up when opening sims help!!!
Neither 😢
WOW thank you so much , i didnt know about the ''UI'' thing , this changes everything thanks so much :)
Hey, when my game was loading I didn’t see the button to make the gshade thing appear (13:48)
for me it happened really fast so you may wanna just keep your eye on it!
Tysm this is the most piece by pieced tutorial I've gone through, very easy to follow through so thank you because I've been watching so many videos that are complicated to follow through ❤
hi i installed gshade and loaded my game but when i try and choose the preset for my game it just freezes and then shuts down the game??
i have the same problem :(
mine is doing the same I go to press skip tutorial and it freezes
hi! had a similar problem, try being on windowed screen and not fullscreen, u can change that option in the game graphics in settings
Omg Lauren so I changed my game to the DirectX11 and retried to Gshade and your preset and it works!!!! im so happy thank you 🥰🥰
How do you change it to DirectX11?
please, somebody know why gshade make the game crash? i've downoald the new version but it make my game buggy and crash it's the first time it does that
Thank you so so much. Your tuts are always so helpful and easy peasy to follow. i appreciate, that you include the installation of clean ui mod. I never figured out how to do that. 🖤🖤🖤
the perfect person to follow a tutorial from so easy! but once i did everything my game wont load :( gutted i had to uninstall
Same happened to me! I had to delete my entire game… did you ever figure out how to do it?
@@anniyahbrown7898 yes i just changed my game to Direct X11 and it wokred perfectly :)
OMG Thank you so much, you’re a literal life saver❤️
My presets doesn’t off have the off ini
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS :333 was my first time doing gshade and this video is so understanding ur a lifesaver
This was great! Thank you! The clean UI was great to didn’t know about it. Love the preset! ❤
This video was so detailed thank you so much! As a person who has sims in another file drive I was worried i wouldn't be able to use gshade.🥰
Hoii im sorry but you know why I have “off” in the custom folder ?
Why GShade won’t open on the Sims 4 Home Screen… I updated my game a while ago to DX11 via the Origin app, so when you install GShade now, you needed to tick DirectX 11 under graphics API. NOT DirectX 9 & not DXVK ! Great video though!
I clicked dx11 and nothing pops up I click the dx9 and it pops up but the home tab won’t load all the other tabs will
@@destinyberg3283just because you clicked dx11 doesn’t mean your computer is compatible. You will need to open your diaxg box. There’s a tutorial if you google “how to enable dx11 on sims 4” but basically you need to figure out if your computer can run dx11. If it can you’ll then need to make sure the sims 4 is configured to also run DX11 and to do that, you’ll need to enable it via the ea app. Which is what the person above is talking about.
Again, the tutorial can be found if you google what I wrote. Or scroll up and see my most recent comment on here, I left a step by step guide ❤
if gshade menu is not popping up for anyone make sure you completely uninstall gshade first so that it doesn't conflict then when you re download first deselect dx 11 and select dx 9.
Omg such a good video best tutorial ever!!!
Glad you think so!
I LOVE YOU GIRL! I I'VE BEEN AGES SERCHING FOR A STEAM TUTORIAL 💕
thank you for updating! unfortunately my game either keeps crashing or when i try to go to settings, it just freezes up and i can't click anything. do you have any idea why? i had the same issue with reshade too, although that software USED to work fine
Mine is doing the same thing. Crashes after I choose Serenity. I've never used any of this before so IDK.
Did one of yall get this issue fixed? Im having the same issue
I’m having the same issue and have no clue what to do
I'm having the same issue it's annoying
So far the only preset I can get to work is boho dreams by neecxle. All of neecxle’s presets work for me but boho dreams is my favorite.
14:33 anyone else not have the reshade effect shader toggle
Omg yess!!!
Yesss !! Omg
I had to manually go into the gshade control centre and click "enable in game overlay" In case anyone is having an issue with it not showing up in game!
how do you do that, I can't find this option on the control panel
I did all this, step by step and when i tried to load up sims 4 I saw the bar up top that said the install was successful but my game froze, i couldn't even bring up task manager to force close, i had to restart pc, happened twice so i just uninstalled the game because i don't know how to uninstall gshade itself
I had to figure this out, but you have to open the app itself and click on the sides where it has different tabs/settings. The uninstall will show up. Not sure if that makes sense, but you have to open the app/desktop app itself.
I don’t know how to help with the issue of your game freezing, but to uninstall, you’re going to click on the Gshade app. For me, it’ll pop up with a yes or no option… click yes if it does for you and then it’ll pull up the home page. Go to the “Tools” tab and at the bottom it’ll say launch Uninstaller. Idk about the next steps because I haven’t tried uninstalling, but hope that helps!
@@HaleyShell968 this is great! Thank you so much, been wanting to try installing again but didn't wanna have to uninstall sims 4 again if I get the issue again
@@TabbyWithMittens thank you! I might be trying to get reshade again now that I know there's an easier way to uninstall
This is the absolute BEST fully explained GSHADE tutorial video. TYSM 🥰🥰
Hey. I don’t have this Off.ini file. How can i get this? And i installed everything, but i can’t us it in the game.
sameee here
Thank so much I know I’m late with Gshade but your video helped me so much, your truly amazing ❤
Is the Softerhaze's Sunblind still good/safe to use? It seems really outdated and doesn't have all the packs ^^'
WARNING FOR EVERYONE: GSHADE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN MALWARE SO USE RESHADE
Thank you so much for this information! I just got a PC a month ago lol and you've helped me enhance my Sims 4 Addiction.
Yall when my game loads uo i dont get the popup what do i do?
I have the same problem
me too
Me tooooo!!
So super cool, and what great timing ☺️ I’ve downloaded the Addon for the UI, it shows in my Add Ons when in game, it’s check marked, but, my UI is still affected. Would you have any ideas how I could fix? ^^’
Did you solve it? I struggle with this too(
thank you so much for this! hopefully i’ll be getting my first PC soon! 😭 btw you’re so pretty 😭
Thank you! It’s a great tutorial, but my game crashes with both versions… My Laptop cannot use any shaders :c I’m sad.
I hope I get a PC soon so I can use them well… 😢
I saved most of ALL of your tutorials! Thank you so much!!! You just don’t know how hard I was struggling when I saw the “failed to compile” lol. I figured it out, but yours was so easy. Thank you so much! I love your LPs as well! 🤍
i have the same issue of some shaders not compiling. do you have the solution? please share :)
@@shintagabriela1865 I just right clicked on the ones that were showing red to delete. I think it’ll say show in folder, and then you would just delete it. It doesn’t mess up the game or anything
This was sooooo helpful, thank you so much!!!! And I love your shader!
ty! This helped a lot, just wondering when i turn on my shaders theres a shadow like glitching out a bit and its like the outline of the character but when i move my screen its like right next to thewem which bothers me any idea how to fix it?
Thank you so much for this. Don't get me wrong, setting this up was absolute hell. However, it works and it looks beautiful 🎉🎉🎉
i did everything here, but my gshade menu still doesn’t start up when i open the game. i quadruple checked and i did everything correctly, done this more than 5 times. anyone have this same issue and know how to fix it?
i have the same problem and i dont know how to fix it T-T. Please help
@MissLollypopSims
Same here 😢
Thank you so much! I have never used this before but I always wanted such a beautiful game!
There is a setting in game in Graphics where you have to press x9!
Thats why a lot of peoples gshade isn’t loading up! Make sure in game setting it’s on x9 because if not your game will try and launch x11 instead of x9 !!!
I''ve followed your tutorial to a T but I'm still having some trouble. I don't get the banner when I load up the game and none of the buttons seem to work! I have this issue with reshade as well so I'm not sure if it's conflicting with a mod but I use the same mods as many popular creators. :(
same, and idk why it does that!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! well explained + i can’t wait to download ur preset it looks beautiful! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Could it be that this is not compatible with the new EA app update? My ea app keeps crashing since the June update, and now I’ve installed Gshade and my game just keeps crashing once I’ve opened the gshade menu :( going to try again after the next update I guess!
mines too!😢