TheVampire
Banned
I've been a bit bored lately and in preparation for Crysis 2 getting released soon I decided to make a thread with my collection of the best mods/tweaks to make Crysis look the best it can. I'm no expert but you should find all this helpful.
Most of the stuff is pretty simple the install.
The maps go in the game\levels folder, .pak files just go the game folder and an autoexec would go in the crysis folder
To play a custom map just open the console and type "map mapname"
Make sure con_restricted 0 is set
=============
SKINS/TEXTURES
-Rygel's high texture pack.
http://www.fileplanet.com/194825/190000/fileinfo/Crysis---Rygel-High-Texture-Mod
This is a huge 2GB texture pack to make everything look alot better up close.
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
-NanoSuit Ultra Customizable
Personally I think this one looks the best, plus you can even customize the look and colours of the suit and visor
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4600
-High Resolution Foliage
Nice one to make all the foliage look alot better
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4471&lim=0
-Laser Pack
Optional but it just changes the laser pointer colour
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1693&lim=0
-Global Ambient Lighting/POM AF by Xzero
The one is a MUST - It makes it so POM and AF can both work together!!
Normally you could only have 1 enabled not both so this way you get the bumpy rocks on the ground plus AF. I'm pretty sure r_usepom 1 has to be set.
http://crymod.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=73616
-Palm Tree texture
I just like this one better than the standard
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4381&lim=20&sid=
-High Resolution Grass
Another good one to have
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5206&lim=0
-Shotgun and FY71 skin
http://hotfile.com/dl/94065037/c9ec308/zzz_HDGUNSFYSHOT.pak.html
I actually cant remember where I got these but they both look much better
-Weapon Skin pack (SCAR, Socom and SMG)
A good couple of skins in this pack you can choose from
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=357&lim=0
-Asian Truck red used look skin
Reskin for the truck
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3308&lim=20
-LTV red used look skin
Reskin for the LTV
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3247&lim=20
-Civilian Car camo wood skin
Reskin for the Car
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3311&lim=40
-Sig Sauer p226 -This gun is a great replacement for the SOCOM!
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2118&lim=0
+
-Sig Sauer P226 - SOCOM Replacement script
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4978&lim=0
=================
PARTICLES
-Xtreme Particle Chaos
Package to replace existing particles with new cool ones
(videos in link)
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4566&lim=0
=================
WATER
-Replacement shader by aNoN to make the water look much better and have waves!!
(This might be a bit taxing on your system but looks so so good)
Put the shaders folder from the zip into the game folder and make sure you run the game with -devmode on the end of the crysis shortcut exe
http://uppit.com/v/6SN1D77F
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
========================
AA
Just crank it in your 3D card menu and in the game aswell.
I have r_edgeaa turned off as I reckon it blurs too much and it has to be off for normal AA to work.
Theres also these 3 fsaa console commands to note taken from tweakguides.com:
r_FSAA - There are three settings starting with r_FSAA which control Full Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) in Crysis: r_FSAA controls whether Antialiasing is being used (= 1) or not (= 0); r_FSAA_samples determines the actual sample rate of Anti-Aliasing;r_FSAA_quality determines the quality mode, affecting the overall type of Anti-Aliasing used in conjunction with the sample rate. Ideally you should alter these settings using the in-game Anti-Aliasing Quality setting, since the sample rate and mode values differ depending on both the type of graphics hardware you're running, and whether you're using DX9 or DX10.
To see the values implemented at various AA levels on your particular system, check the two FSAAProfiles.txt files found under your \Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game\Config directory for details. Note that this form of Antialiasing only works if Shaders Quality is High or above, and it is also incompatible with the r_UseEdgeAA command; only one or the other can be enabled.
AF
r_TexMaxAnisotropy 16
Set that in the game console or your config
=============
Configs
Ok so theres heaps of configs out there to also improve the graphics, alot you can just choose for yourself.
Some examples:
Very High Quality Config
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=491
Crysis Extreme Quality
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1905&lim=0
Mster Config
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2032&lim=0
=================
And finally heres a config tweak to put in an autoexec to make the draw distance the best.
These should be used for testing mainly as this will probably kill your performance with everything else added.
e_lod_max
e_cull_veg_activation = 100
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 8192
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 512
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 3
; OBJECTS
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
e_cbuffer_resolution = 256
e_decals_allow_game_decals = 1
e_decals_life_time_scale = 3
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 8192
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 3072
e_dissolve = 1
e_lod_min = 0
e_lod_ratio = 8
e_lods = 1
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp = 1
e_obj_quality = 4
e_proc_vegetation = 1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling = 1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist = 200
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision = 0.1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision_dist_ratio = 3
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_step_size = 4
e_vegetation_bending = 2
e_vegetation_min_size = 0
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min = 1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 2
e_view_dist_ratio = 255
e_view_dist_ratio_detail = 255
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 255
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 1
i_rejecteffects = 1
sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 2
To avoid shadow clipping (from distance, atleast some of it) :
; SHADOWS
e_shadows = 1
e_gsm_cache=0
e_gsm_cache_lod_offset=3
e_gsm_combined=0;e_gsm_depth_bounds_debug=0
e_gsm_lods_num 6
e_gsm_range=6
e_gsm_range_step=3
e_gsm_range_step_terrain=16
e_gsm_scatter_lod_dist=70
e_gsm_stats=0
e_gsm_view_space=0
e_sun_clipplane_range = 1500
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio = 3
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods = 0
e_shadows_max_texture_size = 1536
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended = 1
r_ShadowBlur = 3
r_ShadowJittering = 1.75
r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 0
e_shadows_clouds = 1
e_shadows_water = 1
r_ShadowTexFormat 3
=======================================================
Enviromental Custom Maps
These are some hand picked maps I really liked.
Some have guys to shoot, others are just for looking around / seeing what FPS you get
I run the game with the -devmode at the end of the shortcut so I can press F3 and just fly around the map
Farcrysis
http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=37844
Amazonia River
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2733&lim=0
Aquarium
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2929&lim=0
Before Apophys
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3770&lim=0
Cold Mountain
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1719&lim=0
GDC Reload 3 Expansion Pack
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4766&lim=0
Hory Mountains
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3365&lim=0
Hunter's life
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4302&lim=0
MyForest
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5131&lim=10
MyWorld3
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5006&lim=0
The Resort
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2488
WelcomeToTheJungle
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1832&lim=0
=======
In case anyone was wondering my system at the moment
Intel Core i7
6GB RAM
64Bit Windows 7
ATI 5850
And it runs pretty decent on my PC and looks great
Im interested in other peoples performance with these mods so it should be interesting
Most of the stuff is pretty simple the install.
The maps go in the game\levels folder, .pak files just go the game folder and an autoexec would go in the crysis folder
To play a custom map just open the console and type "map mapname"
Make sure con_restricted 0 is set
=============
SKINS/TEXTURES
-Rygel's high texture pack.
http://www.fileplanet.com/194825/190000/fileinfo/Crysis---Rygel-High-Texture-Mod
This is a huge 2GB texture pack to make everything look alot better up close.
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
-NanoSuit Ultra Customizable
Personally I think this one looks the best, plus you can even customize the look and colours of the suit and visor
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4600
-High Resolution Foliage
Nice one to make all the foliage look alot better
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4471&lim=0
-Laser Pack
Optional but it just changes the laser pointer colour
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1693&lim=0
-Global Ambient Lighting/POM AF by Xzero
The one is a MUST - It makes it so POM and AF can both work together!!
Normally you could only have 1 enabled not both so this way you get the bumpy rocks on the ground plus AF. I'm pretty sure r_usepom 1 has to be set.
http://crymod.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=73616
-Palm Tree texture
I just like this one better than the standard
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4381&lim=20&sid=
-High Resolution Grass
Another good one to have
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5206&lim=0
-Shotgun and FY71 skin
http://hotfile.com/dl/94065037/c9ec308/zzz_HDGUNSFYSHOT.pak.html
I actually cant remember where I got these but they both look much better
-Weapon Skin pack (SCAR, Socom and SMG)
A good couple of skins in this pack you can choose from
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=357&lim=0
-Asian Truck red used look skin
Reskin for the truck
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3308&lim=20
-LTV red used look skin
Reskin for the LTV
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3247&lim=20
-Civilian Car camo wood skin
Reskin for the Car
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3311&lim=40
-Sig Sauer p226 -This gun is a great replacement for the SOCOM!
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2118&lim=0
+
-Sig Sauer P226 - SOCOM Replacement script
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4978&lim=0
=================
PARTICLES
-Xtreme Particle Chaos
Package to replace existing particles with new cool ones
(videos in link)
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4566&lim=0
=================
WATER
-Replacement shader by aNoN to make the water look much better and have waves!!
(This might be a bit taxing on your system but looks so so good)
Put the shaders folder from the zip into the game folder and make sure you run the game with -devmode on the end of the crysis shortcut exe
http://uppit.com/v/6SN1D77F
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
========================
AA
Just crank it in your 3D card menu and in the game aswell.
I have r_edgeaa turned off as I reckon it blurs too much and it has to be off for normal AA to work.
Theres also these 3 fsaa console commands to note taken from tweakguides.com:
r_FSAA - There are three settings starting with r_FSAA which control Full Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) in Crysis: r_FSAA controls whether Antialiasing is being used (= 1) or not (= 0); r_FSAA_samples determines the actual sample rate of Anti-Aliasing;r_FSAA_quality determines the quality mode, affecting the overall type of Anti-Aliasing used in conjunction with the sample rate. Ideally you should alter these settings using the in-game Anti-Aliasing Quality setting, since the sample rate and mode values differ depending on both the type of graphics hardware you're running, and whether you're using DX9 or DX10.
To see the values implemented at various AA levels on your particular system, check the two FSAAProfiles.txt files found under your \Program Files\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Game\Config directory for details. Note that this form of Antialiasing only works if Shaders Quality is High or above, and it is also incompatible with the r_UseEdgeAA command; only one or the other can be enabled.
AF
r_TexMaxAnisotropy 16
Set that in the game console or your config
=============
Configs
Ok so theres heaps of configs out there to also improve the graphics, alot you can just choose for yourself.
Some examples:
Very High Quality Config
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=491
Crysis Extreme Quality
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1905&lim=0
Mster Config
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2032&lim=0
=================
And finally heres a config tweak to put in an autoexec to make the draw distance the best.
These should be used for testing mainly as this will probably kill your performance with everything else added.
e_lod_max
e_cull_veg_activation = 100
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 8192
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 512
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 3
; OBJECTS
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
e_cbuffer_resolution = 256
e_decals_allow_game_decals = 1
e_decals_life_time_scale = 3
e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 8192
e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 3072
e_dissolve = 1
e_lod_min = 0
e_lod_ratio = 8
e_lods = 1
e_max_view_dst_spec_lerp = 1
e_obj_quality = 4
e_proc_vegetation = 1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling = 1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_max_dist = 200
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision = 0.1
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_precision_dist_ratio = 3
e_terrain_occlusion_culling_step_size = 4
e_vegetation_bending = 2
e_vegetation_min_size = 0
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_custom_ratio_min = 1
e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 2
e_view_dist_ratio = 255
e_view_dist_ratio_detail = 255
e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 255
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 1
i_rejecteffects = 1
sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 2
To avoid shadow clipping (from distance, atleast some of it) :
; SHADOWS
e_shadows = 1
e_gsm_cache=0
e_gsm_cache_lod_offset=3
e_gsm_combined=0;e_gsm_depth_bounds_debug=0
e_gsm_lods_num 6
e_gsm_range=6
e_gsm_range_step=3
e_gsm_range_step_terrain=16
e_gsm_scatter_lod_dist=70
e_gsm_stats=0
e_gsm_view_space=0
e_sun_clipplane_range = 1500
e_shadows_cast_view_dist_ratio = 3
e_shadows_from_terrain_in_all_lods = 0
e_shadows_max_texture_size = 1536
e_shadows_on_alpha_blended = 1
r_ShadowBlur = 3
r_ShadowJittering = 1.75
r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 0
e_shadows_clouds = 1
e_shadows_water = 1
r_ShadowTexFormat 3
=======================================================
Enviromental Custom Maps
These are some hand picked maps I really liked.
Some have guys to shoot, others are just for looking around / seeing what FPS you get
I run the game with the -devmode at the end of the shortcut so I can press F3 and just fly around the map
Farcrysis
http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=37844
Amazonia River
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2733&lim=0
Aquarium
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2929&lim=0
Before Apophys
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3770&lim=0
Cold Mountain
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1719&lim=0
GDC Reload 3 Expansion Pack
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4766&lim=0
Hory Mountains
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=3365&lim=0
Hunter's life
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=4302&lim=0
MyForest
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5131&lim=10
MyWorld3
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=5006&lim=0
The Resort
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=2488
WelcomeToTheJungle
http://www.crymod.com/filebase.php?fileid=1832&lim=0
=======
In case anyone was wondering my system at the moment
Intel Core i7
6GB RAM
64Bit Windows 7
ATI 5850
And it runs pretty decent on my PC and looks great
Im interested in other peoples performance with these mods so it should be interesting