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Watch_Dogs original graphical effects (E3 2012/13) found in game files [PC]

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Wookieomg

Member
Anyone wanna help me out for a sec? Trying to get this mod installed and the part of the readme for v0.7 that says:

"In render profile find the words quality="_runtime" and change it to "ultra" save the file and close"

doesn't really make sense to me. I've ctrl+f'd in the GamerProfile.xml and the only line with _runtime on it is:

id="_runtime"

And besides that, I have an instance of Quality already. It says:

Quality="optimal"

Which do I change?
 
J

jim2point0

Banned
xXBaconXx said:
The bloom in 0.7 is pretty ridicolous. Just look at this:

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Hmmmmm. I'm definitely going to back up my current stuff before I install 0.7.
 
Dries

Dries

Member
My impressions with 0.7 so far:

- sadly, the stuttering is still there. It still stutters like shit

- it looks AMAZING
- headlights are still glitchy
- still can't run Ultra textures with my 2GB GTX770
- rain looks AMAZING, but comes with a performance hit of 5-10 fps
- otherwise no performance hit whatsoever

Overall, kind of dissapointed. The thing I wanted most was the removal of the stuttering, but it didn't help much it seemed.
 
S

scitek

Member
The Cowboy said:
To all the people companying about PC gamer referring to this as a mod, you do realise this is the original thread title of this.

The maker him/her self is even referring to it as a MOD. But seriously, don't you all (the people going after PC Gamer) think your going a bit overboard simply because they referred to this as a mod?.
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TheWorse actually started off saying "I don't consider myself to be a modder" but everyone kept insisting that he was.
 
Wishmaster92

Wishmaster92

Member
I see people posting youtube quality gifs/screencaps so i am posting clearer ones. This is what the 2012 demo looked like. It never had that horrible close dof.

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D

Durante

Member
scitek said:
TheWorse actually started off saying "I don't consider myself to be a modder" but everyone kept insisting that he was.
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While I don't think the distinction is particularly important, I'd call this a "tweak". A "mod" is usually something introducing entirely new stuff (either code or assets).
 
D

Devildoll

Member
Angelus Errare said:
I took the liberity of reinstalling Watch Dogs and opening the shader.dat file.

In it's entirety; the contents of 'deferredambient.inc.fx'

Code: 
[B]// This is PC only, who cares.
float3 upperColor = DefaultProbeUpperColor;
#endif[/B]

I stand corrected; it's actually in there. Not that it matters, it seems this entire inc was targeted for PS3/360; so in context there's nothing wrong with the comment.
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That full post got posted on guru3d by styckx
The same guy who on page 52 posted the image of the text, so this isn't actually more proof, its just same proof in a different format from the same source.

I'm not necessarily doubting him, its just that we still don't have multiple sources, unless that part about TheWorse confirming it being true.


Edit: oh you actually opened the file yourself? well that settles it then.
how does one open a dat/fat pair btw?
 
U

UrbanRats

Member
Angelus Errare said:
I took the liberity of reinstalling Watch Dogs and opening the shader.dat file.

In it's entirety; the contents of 'deferredambient.inc.fx'

Code: 
[B]// This is PC only, who cares.

I stand corrected; it's actually in there. Not that it matters, it seems this entire inc was targeted for PS3/360; so in context there's nothing wrong with the comment.
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Amazing, this needs to blow up big time, just so i can witness Ubisoft's masterclass spin.
 
K

KojiKnight

Member
UrbanRats said:
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Amazing, this needs to blow up big time, just so i can witness Ubisoft's masterclass spin.
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It won't because in context it makes perfect sense, if you had bothered to read it you'd have understood why.


As for that 0.7b file, it made zero difference in standing still DoF.
 
Mengy

Mengy

wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Faith said:
From "deferredambient.inc.fx":

yGCQWdT.jpg


Lol.
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Okay, now THAT kinda pisses me off Ubisoft. First you put Conquest Frontier Wars out to die, and now this. Grrrr.....



Edit: eh, after viewing the entire file, I'm pretty sure the coder was just making a sarcastic comment due to PC's being able to do anything when compared to the Xbox. It was actually a PC compliment. Cool. :)
 
Kadayi

Kadayi

Banned
DataGhost said:
Wow, why would they not enable this to begin with? I'm sure there would have been more PC sales if they done this.
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I'm going to guess it's a mix of: -

1) Because it would make the new consoles look second rate.

2) You likely need a kick ass PC rig to run the game competently with them on.

I'm interested to try out the mod, but as I have issues getting the game to run without freezing up occasionally I'll wait until ubi patch those issues
 
K

Krusenstern

Banned
Mengy said:
Okay, now THAT kinda pisses me off Ubisoft. First you put Conquest Frontier Wars out to die, and now this. Grrrr.....
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Keep in mind, it may not mean what many think it means. Could secribe some PC specific code that can be ignored for consoles or something.

Still funny when you think of Ubi's PC support.
 
G

Gurrry

Member
The only thing Ubi is going to say is that it effected performance across various PC's too negatively to include it.

Anything else would shock me

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Holy shit, the edit added all of the fog too?!?!

Now, THAT, is hilarious.
 
U

UrbanRats

Member
KojiKnight said:
It won't because in context it makes perfect sense, if you had bothered to read it you'd have understood why.
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Yeah just saw that it was probably a note for other shaders programmers.

Too bad, could've been a fun development.

Kadayi said:
I'm going to guess it's a mix of: -

1) Because it would make the new consoles look second rate.

2) You likely need a kick ass PC rig to run the game competently with them on.

I'm interested to try out the mod, but as I have issues getting the game to run without freezing up occasionally I'll wait until ubi patch those issues
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Going by their recommended specs, you already need that to just run the game.
Besides, the game stutters like crazy anyway, might as well push the visuals.
 
E

epmode

Member
I can't bring myself to get annoyed at the comment in that configuration file. That line can mean all sorts of different things depending on context.
 
Y

ymgve

Member
Faith said:
From "deferredambient.inc.fx":

yGCQWdT.jpg


Lol.
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I haven't looked much at the files yet, but this is from some file that is related to the 360/PS3 version of the game. As the code is written in context (which this crop conveniently leaves out) both PS4, XBone AND PC will go down the "who cares" path.
 
F

Faith

Member
TheWorse said:
Many people are talking in neogaf saying this is not a mod and I should not consider it one.

I never intended to call this a Mod whatsoever so please stop. You guys told me it was so I heard you. And a mod stands for modification, and this is one, many modifications to the default files. About comparissons do one day light and raining too. Don't compare clear night because You'll not see so much difference. I'm still into change the values of night colors etc to be more realistic.

Being hard on me saying this is enable or disable =1 o =0 it's not cool, I guess I only know how much time I've dedicated to getting this to THIS point.

Thanks again for the support and if you suffer stuttering with this version tell me about your specs to further investigate about it.

I'll update the new version and the fix for the normal camera to mediafire.

There is no anamorphic lensflares yet. That will be included for 0.8 if I get it to working properly.
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There guys, there.
 
Wishmaster92

Wishmaster92

Member
Gurrry said:
The only thing Ubi is going to say is that it effected performance across various PC's too negatively to include it.

Anything else would shock me

i6hzIIPO1U6PW.png


Holy shit, the edit added all of the fog too?!?!

Now, THAT, is hilarious.
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No this is from the 2012 video, i'm just posting clearer pictures instead of youtube screencaps.
 
A

Asgaro

Member
It IS a mod, guys.
I don't understand what's the discussion about.

Mod: short for "Modification".
Did TheWorse MODIFY the game, yes or no?

I'll answer for you: yes, he modified booleans.

If you would verify the game files on Steam, some files will probably get overwritten with redownloaded files because you MODIFIED the game.

So "mod" is the correct term.
 
Handy Fake

Handy Fake

Member
Asgaro said:
It IS a mod, guys.
I don't understand what's the discussion about.

Mod: short for "Modification".
Did TheWorse MODIFY the game, yes or no?

I'll answer for you: yes, he modified booleans.

If you would verify the game files on Steam, some files will probably get overwritten because you MODIFIED the game.

So "mod" is the correct term.
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It's about as 'modding' as changing the aliasing levels in the settings.
 
H

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Faith said:
There guys, there.
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I think I really like this guy and his attitude, and wish the conversation were focused more around the mod or tweak or whatever the fuck it is (performance on various rigs, comparison shots/webms in different settings, ideal in-game settings, etc.) and less about exactly how many puppies ubisoft has murdered.
 
A

Angelus Errare

Banned
Asgaro said:
It IS a mod, guys.
I don't understand what's the discussion about.

Mod: short for "Modification".
Did TheWorse MODIFY the game, yes or no?

I'll answer for you: yes, he modified booleans.

If you would verify the game files on Steam, some files will probably get overwritten with redownloaded files because you MODIFIED the game.

So "mod" is the correct term.
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So if I modify the cfg to render at say 3890x2160 or if I modified the cfg to create a hotkey that hides the hud on press did I create a mod? D:
 
Handy Fake

Handy Fake

Member
Hawkian said:
I think I really like this guy and his attitude, and wish the conversation were focused more around the mod or tweak or whatever the fuck it is (performance on various rigs, comparison shots/webms in different settings, ideal in-game settings, etc.) and less about exactly how many puppies ubisoft has murdered.
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Watch_puppies?

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Garcia

Garcia

Member
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