GW2-Addon-Manager VS Gw2Hook

Compare GW2-Addon-Manager vs Gw2Hook and see what are their differences.

GW2-Addon-Manager

Installer and updater for Guild Wars 2 addons. (by gw2-addon-loader)

Gw2Hook

Fork of ReShade with specific Gw2 features. (by 04348)
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GW2-Addon-Manager Gw2Hook
116 6
431 33
1.2% -
2.6 0.0
8 months ago almost 4 years ago
C# C++
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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GW2-Addon-Manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of GW2-Addon-Manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-06.

Gw2Hook

Posts with mentions or reviews of Gw2Hook. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-30.
  • can we finally do something about the visual mess in this game
    3 projects | /r/Guildwars2 | 30 Jul 2022
    I myself mainly used Gw2Hook because i couldn't get ReShade to work properly, but using either/or works. As for the preset I based the modifications off of, this post was my main inspiration for getting Gw2Hook in the first place. Keep in mind not all of the shaders work with Gw2Hook only from what I remember, and I forget which ones they were specifically (sorry 💀), but there are actually sliders in the shaders themselves which let you modify the effect to your own liking. Keep in mind that this also affects UI, but I personally never found it to be an issue. I hope this helps? I'm no tech genius myself, so if I got it to work (partly), I'm sure you can too
  • A reminder how gorgeous Tangled Depths REALLY still is
    1 project | /r/Guildwars2 | 19 Jun 2022
    Yes I use GW2Hook, with minor colour and contrast adjustments to help make shapes more defined as I am legally blind.
  • the sylvari race is probably one of my favorites
    1 project | /r/Guildwars2 | 17 Jun 2022
    I use GW2Hook, which is a fork of reshade specifically designed to draw under the UI and therefore not effect it. It will only work if you run GW2 using DX9 and not DX11.
  • Graphics upgrade?
    2 projects | /r/Guildwars2 | 5 Dec 2021
    I, and lots of others specifically use gw2 hook. It's a version of reshade that is designed to specifically work with gw2, and while a little old, it still works perfectly well. It can also remove gw2 fog (and I believe this was initially the purpose, but you can toggle that in one of that tabs. It is designed to recognise GW2's UI (unlike standard reshade and gshade)- which just makes it so much nicer for lots of shaders, especially if you like any kind of DOF.
  • Information/Resources For New & Returning Players
    3 projects | /r/Guildwars2 | 31 Jul 2021
    GW2 Hook | GShade | NVIDIA Freestyle
  • What mods/addons would you like to see in Guild Wars 2 ?
    2 projects | /r/Guildwars2 | 16 Apr 2021
    GW2Hook based on the latest Reshade version.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GW2-Addon-Manager and Gw2Hook you can also consider the following projects:

Blish-HUD - A Guild Wars 2 overlay with extreme extensibility through compiled modules.

ReShade-GW2 - Modifications to ReShade to better facilitate D912Pxy & Guild Wars 2

reshade - A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.

d912pxy - DirectX9 to DirectX12 API proxy for Guild Wars 2

Gw2Hook - Fork of ReShade with specific Gw2 features.

Gw2Launcher - Manages and allows for multiple Guild Wars 2 clients to be launched

LightBulb - Reduces eye strain by adjusting gamma based on the current time

GW2Radial - A customizable radial menu overlay addon for Guild Wars 2.

SelectRenderer - Ingame UI based render selection for GW2

arcdps-killproof.me-plugin - A Plugin for arcdps, that is loading killproof.me info and displaying it ingame.

GW2-ArcDPS-Boon-Table