ThatsMytrunks
Member
Nothing amazing, but a few Bokeh screens.
Makes the game kinda hard to play, honestly.
Makes the game kinda hard to play, honestly.
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Watch_Dogs original graphical effects (E3 2012/13) found in game files [PC]
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I'm laughing because the mod itself is great, but it getting this much exposure has made it inaccessible.
GavinUK86
Member
Oh right lol.
mugurumakensei
Member
If it only blows past 2GB on ultra due to double loading of textures that is LOL.
I don't know how work this engine. But I don't think they have intentionally downgraded the engine on pc because console suck in comparison. Probably they haven't the time to refine better the pc version & they have preferred to use the same assets.
That looks like it's the case, yeah.
Hari Seldon
Member
Glad I didn't purchase this game if they are going to pull this kind of bullshit. Props to the modder though. Will make this a more tempting $2.99 steam sale purchase in 2 years.
jim-jam bongs
Member
I understand you totally, however you appear to be struggling to understand me.
We're not talking about assets, we're talking about shaders. They didn't create them just for the PC version, they created them when they expected the PS4 and Xbone would be more capable than they ultimately turned out to be. When they discovered they couldn't pull off the effects on consoles, they chose to remove them entirely despite them clearly being possible on PC, rather than doing the work needed to fix artefacts and bugs they caused. Hence, the PC version did suffer because of the console versions.
The DoF is tooooooo strong for playable, its like the Photo mode in Second Son, great for photos but that's all.
Plus the Shader on the headlights is freaking out and dithering like hell, so KINDA proves that the biggest reason these are not in was time, versions and parity across multitude of PC hardware and no time left on any other version.
That's a more reasonable spin on some of the crazy claims in this thread.
It's already been fixed for the next version of the mod. 1 guy did this remember.. vs. however many hundred people worked on this at Ubisoft.
The DoF effect is just unrefined at the moment. Seems like the main issue is it's taking too long to adjust from near to far, which (theoretically) should be an easy fix.
I know right now that everyone is looking everywhere so I post this known thing even here -
standing directly in the cars headlights causes this.
I feel noticable FPS drop, but that may be due to me having some xml already setup and that it clashes together. (also sweetFX)
Best of luck to TheWorse.
standing directly in the cars headlights causes this.
I feel noticable FPS drop, but that may be due to me having some xml already setup and that it clashes together. (also sweetFX)
Best of luck to TheWorse.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Bad programming or was Ubi pulling an Infinity Ward and making their game "next-gen" by boosting the VRAM usage?
Confidence Man
Member
Are the patch files rehosted somewhere? I think the only link was from guru which is now dead.
Confidence Man
Member
Thanks
Chucked that in the OP, cheers!
jim2point0
Banned
Those are my shots
Also posted in the high res thread here on GAF.
You should check out that thread. We post good stuff there from time to time
No problem, man.
Yo, Dennis, could you hook me up and upload your XML that is without any HUD active?
LurkerPrime
Member
So is the main character in W_D the size of an ant (or maybe a small dog)? Because that's all I can see...
Oh. I get it. Watch_(sized)_Dogs! Everything is falling into place now.
shacklesmcgee
Member
So....Now we can all agree there was a downgrade right guys? No more arguing?
Lmao, A Bug's Life mode.
jim-jam bongs
Member
Yappy_Dogs
That game gave me nightmares as a kid. The centipedes coming out of the wall was the worst.
we can agree that ubisoft made the game playable
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
The DOF is a neat effect in screenshots, but I never did get why that was appealing in a game. It's like simulating a camera focused on the character, and we're not staring at the main character when playing.
mugurumakensei
Member
On consoles but in effect caused major stuttering issues and over usage of VRAM on PC.
Prophet Steve
Member
Seems perfectly playable to me now.
Apparently there isn't even a significant change in performance. Dunno if it would work as well on the consoles though.
Also of course we know that Ubisoft didn't downgrade the game just for the hell for it.
Awful. Just awful. It's like he has eye sight problems. I like seeing more than 4 feet in front.
who says anything about performance im talking about the damn blur
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erformance wise the only issue with watch dogs is that i cant do ultra textures with anything above fxaa without stutter problems with 3GB 780Yeah but they've could add a "Screenshot" or "PhotoApp" to Aidens Smartphone - to at least take screenshots like these - but to totally blend it out is a no go..... why did ubi do this :< ?
Sure, it's playable. Just like GTA IV on PC was playable when it released.
Still to this day though, it's an unoptimised pile of shite.
prag16
Banned
My thoughts exactly. I'll get this next year at half price or less after I have updated my graphics card, and use a mod to improve everything. Win all around.
Reddit is linking to this thread, we better strap in, too.
So the lesson learned, wait an extra month on the PC version of Ubisoft games so the modders can have time to extract the additional effects the game was supposed to have and use the already available assets in the game files to do it, while they also fix the bloated usage of VRAM?
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
Yeah. I always turn off Depth of Field whenever it's possible to do so. Same for Motion Blur and other filmic effects.
Yeah, I had to turn that part off. Everything else is nice though.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Mods came out for DS2 PC a week or two after release to bring it closer to the E3/TGS footage.
mugurumakensei
Member
Eh, the amount of blur can be configured*even turned off). Some of the particle effects and dynamic shadows when light is casted from headlights though still improve the game. As well, this mod makes Ultra playable on cards with 2GB without compromising visual quality.
I really hope people are aware you can apply this mod and then disable DOF in the in game menus, like I stated earlier. DOF looks nice for screenshots but I can't imagine trying to play the game with it looking like this.
Pretty sad that Ubisoft has lied about the game being downgraded, now that evidence in the game exists to show they took out graphical features...
What's strange is they were just left there. It only continues to show Ubisoft doesn't really give a shit about the PC audience and tries as little as it can.
What's strange is they were just left there. It only continues to show Ubisoft doesn't really give a shit about the PC audience and tries as little as it can.
As for the gaffers saying 'omg ubiz iz so lazy'; it was probably a decision taken by managers; they just left that stuff in. It happens. L2gamedev pls
It was probably removed simply because consoles could not run it at the time and they wanted to have similar looking editions on pc and consoles. That's it. The fact that it was almost a first wave title didn't help and give time to the team to work things out.
And to be honest, while those screenshots are 'neat', they all look like photos taken by new camera owners once they discover Adobe Lightroom
It was probably removed simply because consoles could not run it at the time and they wanted to have similar looking editions on pc and consoles. That's it. The fact that it was almost a first wave title didn't help and give time to the team to work things out.
And to be honest, while those screenshots are 'neat', they all look like photos taken by new camera owners once they discover Adobe Lightroom
Broder Salsa
Banned
Anyone knows how to enable the gamescom graphical settings yet?