A game this old won't have that much lag, I reckon.
Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition PC
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A game this old won't have that much lag, I reckon.
Barrow Roll
Member
I play everything with triple buffered vsync anyways so cool beans. Screen tearing is the work of the devil.
Should still be an option in the menus though.
YianGaruga
Banned
It says right there in the answer that you can turn it off by modifying the .ini.
Lightning Count
Member
So now I will have RE4 on - Gamecube, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. <_<
No matter, I shall buy it anyway.
No matter, I shall buy it anyway.
BoosterDuck
Banned
I don't want to have to set the ini every time I install the game.
Tell Capcom to stop being so lazy.
And yes I know I could just copy the ini file in a cloud backup program but I don't want to do what the devs should've done.
YianGaruga
Banned
I hope you're aware of the irony in your post. You have to change a single line of text. How's that for "being lazy".
Welp, guess you'll have to wait for the Ultra Ultimate HD version in which they included a toggle for Vsync.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Good ol' clone stamp.
New textures are alright though I don't think these were made in 2005 :b looks like some of mods released for the game though more consistent. Look like a lot of effort still for this release compared with the ps360 lazy port.
I like to see come comparisons from the castle and island.
I like to see come comparisons from the castle and island.
Cheers for the info angular.
I wonder what else is in the ini?
I fired up the 360 for the first time in months and it has to be the only game made in the last decade that doesn't have a view credits option in the menu. I'm not burning myself out on RE4 just to see who ported it.
I'm willing to bet this is a QLOC port though as RE6's config file, also named config.ini (yeah I know it's common) has a some stuff in there that you can't enable or disable in the front end.
Edit: RE6's config.ini contents:
I wonder what else is in the ini?
I fired up the 360 for the first time in months and it has to be the only game made in the last decade that doesn't have a view credits option in the menu. I'm not burning myself out on RE4 just to see who ported it.
I'm willing to bet this is a QLOC port though as RE6's config file, also named config.ini (yeah I know it's common) has a some stuff in there that you can't enable or disable in the front end.
Edit: RE6's config.ini contents:
Code:
[GAME]
MouseBaseSpeed=2.000000
[GRAPHICS]
HDR=DEFAULT
AntiAlias=NONE
AltAntiAlias=NONE
DeferredLightingLight=APPROXIMATE_SPECULAR
ScreenQuality=HIGH
SLI=OFF
Stereo=OFF
MotionBlurEnabled=ON
ShadowsQuality=HIGH
FrameRate=VARIABLE
TextureDetail=HIGH
TextureMipLimite=2
[DISPLAY]
Resolution=1920x1080
Aspect=DEFAULT
RefreshRate=60.00Hz
FullScreen=ON
VSYNC=ON
[SOUNDS]
SeVoiceNum=128
[CPU]
JobThread=3
RenderingThread=ONWhy do they remove AA and Mercs?
angular graphics
Banned
RE5 (PC port by Capcom Japan) and RE:Revelations (PC port by Tose) also have a file named config.ini with similar settings. It's how MT Framework works, not something QLOC implemented.
angular graphics
Banned
Weird censorship. It was same for the PS360 versions: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/625523-resident-evil-4-hd/64693598 and maybe other versions too.
PrimaNocta
Member
I love me some RE4 but I've already bought this game 4 times. I think Capcom has received enough money from me.
Sure I realised that after posting. Though regardless of who would be porting it (and checking through the various config.ini files of various MT Framework titles) they do share a lot of common elements, some of which are not listed with in the GUI.
You will buy Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition PC.
You will buy Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition PC.
You will buy Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition PC.
You will buy Resident Evil 4 Ultimate HD Edition PC.
legacyzero
Banned
Is this gonna have some good mod support?
Dictator93
Member
Wow. Those are more options than I imagined. Looks like you can actually get 120hz 120fps then. Wow.
Also, they are attempting to get the whole specular motionblur stuff right. Nice.
YianGaruga
Banned
If I remember correctly the removal of mercs from the original release had to do with the rewards for killing in the form of points, since it encourages the act of killing for no reason.
I'm almost sure it'd pass a re-certification without a problem today.
Doesn't really explain AA though.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
To my knowledge, the reasoning on Mercenaries and Assignment Ada not being included in Resident Evil 4 (any version) in Germany is because there's no story to those two modes. It's backwards, I know, but you can't have violent mindless killing in a 'realistic' type game, which is determined by a case-by-case basis, and for whatever reason, Resident Evil 4 was deemed to not be able to include its Mercenaries and Assignment Ada content in any version as those two modes have no story to them, or reason on why you're killing things. Possibly because Resident Evil 4 is set in Europe, I dunno.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I'm sure a lot of people would prefer that, but you have to balance that desire with the constraints of producing a port like this. If they put in more work, they'd charge more. If this was priced at $30, more people would balk. They'd have to be very confident that most people would agree with them that the improved version was worth $30 bucks. And maybe people would, I don't know, but I think Steam users are probably very price conscious and $20 is more in line with expectations.
There's also only so much you can do with a game this old. Super high res textures combined with 9 year old geometry could end up being pretty ugly. I think it's important for overall aesthetics to match texture detail to the quality of the geometry for maximum cohesion.
I prefer to have vync + triple buffering forced via Radeonpro w/ in-game vsync off. It's no biggie, though, as the ini allows me to do so.
Yeah I wouldn't take that as a confirmation of 120/144hz just yet. Although every MT Framework title I've looked at so far does allow for that, they are also supported in game which this apparently does not so it could still be animation tied. Guess we'll just have to wait until it's out.
There are options for minor CPU and certain lighting effects that don't appear in the GUI from what I've seen.
Thank you GAF for the gamefly coupon. Decided to bite early. I mean I love the game, but I've already quad-dipped on GC, PS2, Wii and PS3. I'm on the 5th time now.
It's a testament to the games quality that it's still worth buying and playing on a 5th system after 9 years. (time sure does fly...)
It's a testament to the games quality that it's still worth buying and playing on a 5th system after 9 years. (time sure does fly...)
TheContact
Member
Looks great and I've never played 4. If only I had the time...
angular graphics
Banned
That config.ini is for a different game on a different engine. It's not really relevant.
AcceptableGhost
Member
As far as new textures go, if the original artists had higher resolution versions of the textures lying around then yeah its cool that they are using them. If it required anyone to make new textures though I would rather they not touch them at all and just use the originals.
Judging from the screenshots, it's a mixture of higher resolutions of original textures and different-looking higher resolution textures. I'd also vastly prefer higher-res original textures, but as I've already played the game with original textures, I'm going to be playing it with the texture pack turned on. It's great that they don't force the new textures on you, though.
AcceptableGhost
Member
Oh they have an option to use 100% original textures too? That is fine then.
angular graphics
Banned
The game includes an option to play with the original textures, so they got you covered.
The new textures look fairly faithful to the originals, so I wonder if some of them are based on archived higher resolution textures Capcom found, or they smartly upgraded them by painting over them, or a combination of both.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/59241
For example take a look at the tree (move your mouse over the screenshot for the new textures to kick in), the brighter parts of the texture are at the exact same place in the new sharper texture. You can see the tree texture has the same "pattern". Your average fanmade texture pack would replace the tree texture with an entirely new one that would look nothing like the old.
These new textures perhaps don't look super sharp (which would not necessarily be good either) but they appear to be faithful.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Yup, confirmed multiple times and shown in the options menu, on the graphics settings for the game you can choose to use original textures or redone textures.
EDIT: Ninja'd, but I think the inclusion of choice there is nice to have.
The Steam store page always tells you if a game is in any way censored. And in many cases these versions seem to only include a German language option (store page will then say something like "Low Violence: The German version is only available with German language")
That makes sense for Mercs, but AA does have a story.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Separate Ways is Ada's Story, Assignment Ada is the mission where you go through a tougher version of the Island and collect virus samples. The only real 'story' in it is a 20 second cutscene of Ada receiving a message from Wesker to go collect the viral samples which plays at the beginning, and a 45 second cutscene at the end of Ada getting on a helicopter and receiving a "Good job" message from Wesker accompanied by an evil laugh. Its really just there to be a 'hard mode' version of the island location in Resident Evil 4, or something akin to HUNK's or Tofu's side missions in Resident Evil 2.
AcceptableGhost
Member
its all the story i need man
It was confirmed to be xinput.
angular graphics
Banned
Trailer looks like shit. The 60fps looks horrible.
I knew from the very first seconds something was wrong so I paused it and there you go:
What the hell is that blur (note I'm playing 99% of games with motion blur on, so it's not like I have anything against the effect)??
It looks like 30fps footage that was converted to 60 through Sony Vegas or something. I hope (and believe) it's not how the actual game renders the 60 fps.
Version 3.0
Member
First of all, almost imperceptible lag is about a million times better than screen tearing, which is the worst possible visual error. Secondly, the game is designed to be locked at 30fps, which they've upped to 60 now. Either way, that will produce zero lag if it stays locked correctly.
vetrox
Member
Man, that looks like poop. I have a feeling the Wii version played on a SD CRT will be the optimal version in regards to viusals and atmosphere.
It always produces some lag, which is nigh impossible to detect if you're playing with a pad (since a pads are not examples of proportional control anyway). However, it's a lot easier to detect that lag when using a mouse and the fact that the game was deigned to run at 30 fps doesn't change that.
Sharkeisha
Banned
oh my god that looks like shit!!
day never.
day never.
BoosterDuck
Banned
I know what you mean by screen tearing, but AMD and Nvidia are working on technology that removes screen tearing (G-Sync/Freesync). In the future, what happens when I want to play without tearing or lag? Gotta go to the ini file to terminate v-sync instead of it being a menu option, which is dumb.