You Are EMPTY Windows game

This is a tutorial, originally made by Cluster, for how to update this beloved game and play with HD textures. This is a translated compact version of it (link for origianl tutorial and full information is down below), so all references in text goes to him. Here are screenshots for comparison (recommended to open them in new tabs to view in full size):

There is also a ReShade, which adds more atmosphere into game (the instruction for it is issued separately, below "Installation" section).

Used shaders: HDR, DPX, Clarity, LumaSharpen, SMAA, MXAO (with Depth Buffer grab), FlexibleCA.

Comparison screenshots:

- Preparations:

1. Download the game (with 1.2 patch)
2. Downolad Widescreen Fix
3. Download Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 VCM codec for displaying menu elements (they are all in .avi format)
4. Download Texture Pack improve by AI (model RealESRGAN 4x plus) from Cluster (yes, from me;)

P.S. Again without the difficulties, as it turns out the game only recognizes only DXT3 format of DDS textures... (at first I used DXT1 compression and the game didn't display textures) I also added to the pack normal maps for weapons, if you want to play with them.

- Installation:

1. Install the game
2. File "scripts_you_are_empty_widescreen.pak" from YaE_Widescreen_Fix.zip archive place in "you_are_empty" folder on path: For example: C:\Games\You Are Empty\gameres\scripts\you_are_empty
3. Install VCM 9 codec
4. Folders with textures from You Are Empty_HD_textures.rar place in folder "textures". For example: C:\Games\You Are Empty\gameres\textures (should be \gameres\textures\textures). File "textures.pak" there can be deleted!

- ReShade:

Installation:

1. Download the ReShade with preset;
2. Put all files from the archive in the root folder;

Turn on/off the effects with "End" key;

Shaders settings overlay - "Home" key;

To turn the ReShede off - simply rename "opengl32.dll" file.

Limitations: the last working with the game version of ReShade is 5.5.0!!! Do not update the ReShade, or else the game won't launch!

- Launch and setup:

1. Launch the game, setup, play

- Recommendations:

1. Launch time, because of textures, will increase a bit
2. I recommend to turn on frame lmiter (I limited to 60 fps) in driver control pannel settings. Otherwise, there will be a problem with "dropping" image.
3. If you want to play with weapon normal maps, you can find in C:\Users\*Name*\Documents\My Games\YaE\config_engine configuration file "ds2engine.cfg", there change:

   use_shaders 1

   use_normalmaps 1

   In this case, the error will occur during loading, that can be skipped with Enter - the game will load.
4. Limitation: graphical artifacts are possible with use_shaders 1 and use_normalmaps 1!

- Used materials:

Widescreen resolution patch
RealESRGAN
BSRGAN

Original article ("You Are Empty, dark future of the communism").

Original material - Cluster

Translation - Vicolan Mass