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[No Love]

Wow. The water looks fucking real. Good shit.

 

[burgerdog]

Wow, that's impressive, but we really need some comparison shots.

 

[dmr87]

I find it strange that someone finds a hidden 'magic' setting and all of a sudden everything is good. I'll wait for more info before going crazy, how hard is it to do comparison shot?

If it is true though then I guess we have to blame Ubisoft for incompetence, a setting like that should be available in game.

 

[Vic20]

Release the codes UBI, my 4K TV and that water need to make digital babies...NOW!

 

[Tenrius]

Damn you ;-;

I'll have to use Uplay though, it's not a nice prospect.

 

[Chance Hale]

I'll have to use Uplay though, it's not a nice prospect.

Everyone does

 

[Adry9]

EDIT: Looking for the receipt.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I find it strange that someone finds a hidden 'magic' setting and all of a sudden everything is good. I'll wait for more info before going crazy, how hard is it to do comparison shot?

Ask this guy to do it.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=113189032&postcount=5709

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Strange it doesn't look that good to me.

Me neither. Looks whatever. Maybe some night time shots will look good

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

i5 3570k @3.40Ghz
8Gb RAM
Sapphire HD 7950 Boost 3Gb
Windows 7 64 bit.

It's a nightmare. Let me explain:

Turning V-Sync on does the same thing as in AC IV where it basically locked the game at 30 fps unless you were looking at the wall. Without it it's like a roller coaster going from 30 to 60 and back down, if you are walking slowly is not that bad but driving is almost impossible. I mostly play on high bacuase setting the game on Medium barely helped, you gain a few fps but the drops are still there.

I hope they fix it with a day one patch or some drivers by AMD. Ubilol at it's finest.

While in game, press control+alt+delete to bring up task maganger. Then, alt+tab back in. Should be fixed now. Did the same thing with AC4

 

[EternalTruth]

OP have you tried changing anything else from the GamerProfile.xml file, like setting the

TextureResolutionQuality="ultra" instead of high?
or
ShadingQuality="ultra"

 

[Betta Lines]

I find it strange that someone finds a hidden 'magic' setting and all of a sudden everything is good. I'll wait for more info before going crazy, how hard is it to do comparison shot?

Indeed. The water has always looked good. So now we just get water shots and everyone gets excited...

 

[Gaz_RB]

Dat car

 

[fluffydelusions]

OP have you tried changing anything else from the GamerProfile.xml file, like setting the
TextureResolutionQuality="ultra" instead of high?

I don't have the game(have to wait till Tuesday) I'm just reposting those images from the OT/reddit about the issue.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Indeed. The water has always looked good. So now we just get water shots and everyone gets excited...

No, you guys don't understand. Earlier today that "magical setting" hadn't been discovered yet, and the shots people were posting really did look significantly worse than what you are seeing now, hence the fuss. I'm not sure the water looked as good as it does now with the setting enabled.

 

[Scrabble]

Why would it not just be at pc by default, or at least an option in the video settings? Game development is so puzzling sometimes.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Kreygasm

 

[Dirk Benedict]

My T̶i̶t̶a̶n̶ GTX 780ti is ready.

 

[Betta Lines]

No, you guys don't understand. Earlier today that "magical setting" hadn't been discovered yet, and the shots people were posting really did look significantly worse than what you are seeing now, hence the fuss.

Yet there is not a single before and after shot to demonstrate what this setting does...

 

[solarus]

i5 3570k @3.40Ghz
8Gb RAM
Sapphire HD 7950 Boost 3Gb
Windows 7 64 bit.

It's a nightmare. Let me explain:

Turning V-Sync on does the same thing as in AC IV where it basically locked the game at 30 fps unless you were looking at the wall. Without it it's like a roller coaster going from 30 to 60 and back down, if you are walking slowly is not that bad but driving is almost impossible. I mostly play on High becuase setting the game on Medium barely helped, you gain a few fps but the drops are still there.

I hope they fix it with a day one patch or some drivers by AMD. Ubilol at it's finest.

How the hell is this problem still there, Ubi gives no shits.

 

[ruddiger7]

I will let you know how it runs on ultra 1440p with 2600k at 4.6ghz, 7970CF, 16gb ram

 

[EternalTruth]

Here are some pics comparing the console quality textures (High) to Ultra (credit: styckx from Guru3d)

high textures

Ultra textures

Looks quite a bit better imo...

 

[legacyzero]

That water sure is nice

@Phill: is the like NO AO in those shots?

 

[Wag]

It does.

Sweet Jeebus have mercy. 21:9 34" Ultrawidescreen goodness here I come.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

That definitely looks better! Would be nice if PS4 version was more similar to it.

 

[Buburibon]

Yet there is not a single before and after shot to demonstrate what this setting does...

I'm just happy that WD can look very good on PC.

 

[Skyzard]

Where is the proper lighting? Completely gone?

 

[npa189]

Waiting for Tuesdays is always so painful. This game looks crazy, PC looks like 2012 watch dogs. Glad I bought it for PC now.

 

[Skyzard]

Waiting for Tuesdays is always so painful. This game looks crazy, PC looks like 2012 watch dogs. Glad I bought it for PC now.

...No it don't!

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Where is the proper lighting? Completely gone?

General consensus is that the game looks terribly bland during the daytime and much, much better all other times.

 

[Havel]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

See if you can spot any meaningful differences.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Weren't those shots in the OP originally posted here, or am I imagining things?

edit: is it even doing anything? You might want to ask HolyFridge who took them.

 

[HowZatOZ]

Okay so I need to sell my PS4 and get another 770 it seems. PC version redeemed, Ubisoft you a crazy dog.

 

[maneil99]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

See if you can spot any meaningful differences.

They look the same. Placebo effect

 

[Pandemic]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

See if you can spot any meaningful differences.

Am I blind or does it look the same, graphically?

 

[lexi]

Reddit Poster VZW_Matt posted this video to show how bad the pre release is running atm. The quote is his system specs from the youtube video.

"i7 4770k OC'ed to 4.2GHz, 2 GTX 760s, and 16gb of RAM playing off of an SSD"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfNUX5ima4

I really hope a day one patch will fix this, don't really wanna buy this game on XB1

A GTA clone through and through, right down to the fucking terrible performance and optimization.

Maybe an isolated incident. The wound of GTA is still fresh.

 

[Galucha]

General consensus is that the game looks terribly bland during the daytime and much, much better all other times.

Hopefully something a little sweetFX can alleviate.

 

[Chance Hale]

Weren't those shots in the OP originally posted here, or am I imagining things?

I'm pretty sure those are 4K screenshots posted in gaf's pc screenshot thread. Don't think he mentioned deferredfx

Link, lol

 

[ussjtrunks]

twist, magic pc setting does nothin

 

[npa189]

...No it don't!

Are your eyes broken? Are we looking at the same screens?!

 

[Manbig]

For those of you that are playing the PC version, is there any sort of support for the Dual Shock 4?

 

[fluffydelusions]

Weren't those shots in the OP originally posted here, or am I imagining things?

Some are. Some are from reddit

 

[publicpwnerer]

For everyone posting screenshots...what control scheme are you using?

I hope keyboard & mouse is comfortable / good.

 

[Vostro]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

See if you can spot any meaningful differences.

There's no difference tbh

 

[Betta Lines]

They look the same. Placebo effect

BOOM.

 

[Chance Hale]

So either Watch Dogs looked good all along and people just wouldn't admit it or the power of 4K makes it look wonderful

 

[Havel]

twist, magic pc setting does nothin

That is what I am concluding unless someone shows a comparison which shows differences.

 

[Skyzard]

General consensus is that the game looks terribly bland during the daytime and much, much better all other times.

The night time screens below do look better, thanks. Bit of a letdown though if it's 50% of the time...

Are your eyes broken? Are we looking at the same screens?!

I'm remembering this:

http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/06/04/watch-dogs-gameplay-demo-e3-2012

 

[stryke]

BEFORE:

AFTER:

See if you can spot any meaningful differences.

Is this a deferredfx comparison?

I've got them in separate tabs and constantly switching - I'm not seeing any glaring graphical differences.

 

[Gareth Bale]

I think HolyFridge's shots are just really good screenshots downsampled from 4K to 1080p