TheDude108
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Christ almighty Aiden has poor eyesight.
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Watch_Dogs original graphical effects (E3 2012/13) found in game files [PC]
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It wouldn't surprise me. I suspect FromSoftware took a similar standpoint with Dark Souls II — even if it was gameplay effecting to some degree.
And honestly? We'll probably see a lot more of this going on. When a big selling point for consoles, particularly post-launch, are the improved graphics, publishers wouldn't want the vocal minority of the PC crowd bragging that they're able to get effects that aren't possible on the XB1/PS4. It makes the expensive consoles look meagre in comparison, even if the effects are only possible on PCs that typically cost more than a console.
Then again that's ignoring already existing perks that have been around forever, like higher resolutions and frame rates.
Fornaximus
Member
I knew it was completely changed from the 2012 version, not just dialed back. All of the lights in the game right now have this janky appearance I can't quite put my finger on. None of that is in any of these screens. It looks like the game it should have been. The game we all drooled over in 2012, before Ubi pulled the rug out.
Fuck this company
The rain hitting Aiden with that white coat looks unnatural. I wonder if that is part of the reason they cut the lighting in the final build.
That's great news. No idea what's happened at ubi
BloodMoney
Banned
wow, is the game playable like this? or is it a slideshow?
4.5 million, actually(took me ~10secs to google this).
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=512154
Those are arifacts caused from headlight shadows I think you're seeing. It's supposedly been fixed in the upcoming release of this mod, v0.7
Thanks for posting, I really didn't expect it to be that good. DoF will probably need a bit of adjusting but.. wow
It makes the game run better, apparently, lmao Ubisoft,
It clearly took too much effort to keep the original assets in the game.
Phreakuency
Banned
There's almost no visible difference during daylight. (Apart from the forced DOF)
But gotta give props for the effort, it certainly helps overall. Gone from bland crap to quite nice in some settings.
I agree with the hidden 'fuck this company' quote though. Trials Fusion is even worse. It looks like a mobile game and in the mid to later levels runs at stop motion frame rates.
At least you can give the choice to player, like the horrible motion blur effect.
Fornaximus
Member
I bought Fusion on PS4 because Evolution was a horrendous PC port. I think it was the last Ubisoft game I bought for PC.
BloodMoney
Banned
what!, hahaha... sounds ridiculous, wtf is Ubi doing?
jim-jam bongs
Member
Ubisoft, you fucks.
Still, as someone who only rarely buys their games I must admit that they put on a pretty entertaining show. I'm expecting a statement citing stability problems and/or artistic decisions by the end of the day.
Still, as someone who only rarely buys their games I must admit that they put on a pretty entertaining show. I'm expecting a statement citing stability problems and/or artistic decisions by the end of the day.
The 2012 implementation was just basically during the focus mode bits. It was removed for no real reason.
Set everything to Ultra. Turn off DOF if you don't like the effect right now. It's being toned down in the next release.
chickdigger802
Banned
so does this mod still allow you to play online or must i have uplay/steam in offline mode first?
will dabble in this after work.
will dabble in this after work.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
So not only does the game look better by comparison, it also runs better than the vanilla retail version?
That is a new level of buttfumbling by Ubisoft. Gonna be interesting to see what their PR spun bullshit response will be if we're given any at all.
That is a new level of buttfumbling by Ubisoft. Gonna be interesting to see what their PR spun bullshit response will be if we're given any at all.
You can play online. Unfortunately, I saw someone on Guru3D say you can change stats used in online mode and cheat with the method TheWorse is using to edit files. I wouldn't be surprised if online goes to shit soon.
Yeah, installed the mod and saw the artifacting with the headlights against a wall. Didn't notice any "stuttering" improvements, although the game never stuttered on me in the first place.
It wasn't removed. My understanding is that it's employed here by the modder as a way to mask texture shimmering problems created by the mod's changes to the texture streaming method.
If I understand MaLDo correctly, it's his opinion that the stuttering in the retail build is likely caused by the game's requirement to load textures into memory twice. Something that no PC GPU driver is optimised for. It's a very odd choice by the developers.
Objectively Bad Opinion
Member
My 290 didn't stutter, so I'm guessing the driver wasn't the issue.
It just ran like crap as soon as I got into a car.
It just ran like crap as soon as I got into a car.
Saiyan-Rox
Member
So just tried the patch myself and I have to agree the performance seems to have gotten better just to check it's not a placebo to use the mod just dropping the files into the right folder is enough isn't it?
although has the driving physics gotten worse? I was driving around on a bike and it kept randomly driving to the left :S not my controller already checked that
although has the driving physics gotten worse? I was driving around on a bike and it kept randomly driving to the left :S not my controller already checked that
Symax
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jediyoshi
Member
Have you tried it? That's not how the actual focusing works in this implementation, it basically makes it unplayable on any mission that requires you to stalk someone from a distance. The irony would be all the people shitting on this DOF if it were in the game to begin with.
chickdigger802
Banned
makes sense. The environments shown during e3 were pretty much the best the game can look so there would be custom profiles for those that were used in the demo
Yes I've tried it, but the guy I was replying to seemed to imply that that how it was like in 2012, which it wasn't.
Someone mentioned you can tweak the focus speed, distance, etc. in the files, and the modder claims he's fixed the headlight shadows in the next release. Here's hoping.
Are you serious...
Oh mah gawd...
I will try his next update, see how it improves things.
Joe Molotov
Member
The DOF is all over the place, sometimes it's like 5 feet in front of you. A little more work though, and this might be really cool.
Pathetic practice. I hope this stops and publishers don't fool us at E3 anymore, but people probably don't care.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Will they be able to put back in the parallax occlusion mapping from the 2012 demo? If they do that I think I'll bite.
It is said that he will be able to eventually.
well that doesnt look that bad for PC if you count consoles separately t have proper comparision (aka for 2 platforms is easier to sell more than one platform) - expected quite bigger difference, while seing all those claims that consoles sells majority and PC almost nothing