Hey guys here is my new HQ mod E3 Atmosphere 3.1 with more bloom for those who want a bit more bloom. I hope you enjoy. don't forget to read the important information included in the file to ensure the best experience.
Please read the description, changelog, known issues, and features.
HQ Mod specific changes:
LINK TO MAIN PAGE : Forums.guru3d.com
Antiailising changes
SMAA = Vanilla Temporal SMAA
TemporalSMAA = 2xTemporalSMAA
FXAA = SMAA
NO AA = FXAA
Graphics settings changes
HMBAO = High Quality downsampled SSAO
No Ambient Occlusion = HMBAO
Low = Vanilla medium optimized by me
Medium = Vanilla High optimized by me
High = Vanilla Ultra optimized by me (recommended for Ultra textures)
Ultra = Uber Ultra optimized by me (Heavy with Ultra textures)
Recommended Graphics settings changes
Calibration = 30
Max prerendered frames = 1 or 2
Vsync = off
Nvidia Controlpanel
Ambient Occlussion = Performance
Anisotropic Filtering = 16xAntiailising
FXAA = on if using smaa in game
Texture filtering negative lod bias = clamp for better image quality
Texture filtering quality = High Performance
Tripple Buffering = on
Vertical Sync = Adaptive
Heres my SweetFXl if you wanna add sharpening and a nice light effect.Onedrive.live.com
Graphics settings recommendations
Ultra graphics + Ultra textures settings specs = 4GB 780TI or 290X or higher recommended for this settings
High graphics + Ultra textures settings specs = GTX670 or equivalent for a stutter free experience
Go to control panel and set triplebuffering on, vsync on adaptiv and maximun prerender frames 2. make sure you use my SMAA configuration.
and high graphics settings which are superior to the original game ultra settings. Do not use ultra unless you have the specs above.
Also make a shortcut of the game and go to properties and paste this att the end of target -disablepagefilecheck -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=4
I believe that you may now be able to turn off DOF and still see it during
cinematics
Beaware that you may play with Low and medium whitout any major lost in visual quality.Also know that FPS will go down
when using Ultra textures. Know that after playing on ultra for some time
the game will create a cache to improve the texture loading. This will get
rid of the stuttering after you run WD on Ultra a few times.
Important mod Information
This version will be totally tweakable meaning. You may choose Low, Medium, High,
Ultra and Custom or even mix a match between those settings. These settings have
been tweaked and optimized for better quality and performance. They are much better
than vanilla settings and you get all the eye candy. This mod include modified high
and ultra textures. meaning you will see some ultra textures when playing with high
textures and you WILL BE ABLE to play on Ultra with minimal or no stuttering nevertheless
I would recommend you to put the graphics settings on high or medium when playing with
ultra textures due to an FPS hit. you might be surprise how well it looks. My high graphics
settings are superior than vanillas Ultra settings and much more optimised for quality
and performance. Same goes to my medium setting and low. The ultra settings
are much more superior to vanillas Ultra settings and therefore quite taxing on
your system, nevertheless it has been optimized as much as possible so you can achieve
good performance.
Only the HQ mods feature the modified textures and tweakable settings.
Only Ultra settings have been optimized on The Atmosphere mods
version 1,2,3 and 3.1
List of changes and modifications:
- Realistic colorgrading presets
- More dynamic wind
- Dynamic realistically rendered rain
- Higher view distances
- Better texture polls
- Better LODs,
- Better rain effects
- Better shadows,
- Higher decals
- Denser particles, rain,
- Natural ambient lighting
- High quality reflections
- Better ambienceocclusion
- Better shading
- SMAA and Temporal SMAA
- Better textures
- HQ particles
- Improved lighting and bloom
Directions:
Unpack and put the patch files(patch.fat and patch.dat in your data_win64 folder in
your Watch Dogs directory Put my SweetFX in the bin folder in your Watch Dogs directory.
The sweetfx is optional only if you want the border. Replace your gamerprofile located
in your documents/ mygames/ Watchdogs with mine.
Minimum System specs: GTX670, I7 CPU. 16GB RAM. or equivalent
This mods is aim to those who want more graphic fidelity and smoother game play.
This mod has been tested with a GTX670 and GTX670 SLI only so I cannot account
for poor performance on lower systems. If you wish to run SLI which is kind of
broken in this game. you may do so with high textures, ultra settings and Fxaa or
MSAA 4x
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HQ Mod related Bugs and Issues
-flicker may be seen this varies depending on your system specs.
-Ailising may be seen when running my modified high textures
-Any other issue you may find is not mod related and if it
is please report it on my thread and I will provide support
