Let's end this Graphics BS once and for all

[Cesare]

I don't know why, but for some reason, Graphical Quality is tied to your monitor. If the game looks ugly, it might because the game forces the textures to Medium, if you have a 1080p Monitor. You can set it High or Ultra if you have a 4k Monitor/Beast GPU. To have the good graphics, either you buy a new 4k Monitor/new GPU, or you force the game via .lua script found in Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes 3/configuration_system.lua.
Test it out, I don't remember what value i used, but i forceset to High and runs awesome and beautiful. I ll post screenshots when possible.
The Game is super awesome, loving the Italian Campaign, the voice acting, and finished the Africa Op. in one sitting! Only bad note so far, besides the lil bugs here and there, is that they cut the Sicily Island Map in the Italian campaign ( https://youtu.be/80JQ4JAsE10 )
Great Game!

[thunda]

I refuse to believe thats real

[Grizz_FMJ]

I have a 144hz monitor and 2080ti and I can play it all maxed with textures on High. Ultra is locked for 4k displays.

[Many-Named]

Originally posted by thunda:

I refuse to believe thats real

LOL same

[Ekko Tek]

2070S at 2K 144hz, in-game set to high/medium graphics settings, graphics and animations look best in the series to me.

[Adam Beckett]

When you say 'monitor' you mean 'monitor resolution'.

Also, you need to change values not in

~Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes 3/configuration_system.lua

file, but rather in

~Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes 3/users/<random number> /configuration_system.lua

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I find the graphics very good from a technical point of view.

The art style is something everyone can (and has) their own opinion on.

I recommend using Reshade (works with CoH3) for personal taste adjustments.

[zaku49]

When you have to edit settings to make a game look better after spending $60...

[Sifer2]

They said Ultra is locked depending on how much VRAM your GPU has. I'm sure nothing about your monitor matters other than whatever resolution it defaults to.

[Cesare]

When you over your mouse on the option, there is a description, Medium is for 1080p, Ultra is for 4k Monitors

[zaku49]

Ultra shouldn't be locked to begin with, I can run COH2 with a 1080ti at 4k without any issues and it looks better than this game. 16gb of VRAM lock is a joke based on how bad this game looks.

[puRe]

Originally posted by Cesare:

When you over your mouse on the option, there is a description, Medium is for 1080p, Ultra is for 4k Monitors

Yet it's only limited by your graphics card.

I have a RX 6900 XT with 16GB and get all the options, despite still using my old 27" 1080p screen with 60Hz. Yeah I know, an upgrade to that is long overdue.

[Froz7y]

Originally posted by Cesare:

I don't know why, but for some reason, Graphical Quality is tied to your monitor. If the game looks ugly, it might because the game forces the textures to Medium, if you have a 1080p Monitor. You can set it High or Ultra if you have a 4k Monitor/Beast GPU. To have the good graphics, either you buy a new 4k Monitor/new GPU, or you force the game via .lua script found in Documents/My Games/Company of Heroes 3/configuration_system.lua.
Test it out, I don't remember what value i used, but i forceset to High and runs awesome and beautiful. I ll post screenshots when possible.
The Game is super awesome, loving the Italian Campaign, the voice acting, and finished the Africa Op. in one sitting! Only bad note so far, besides the lil bugs here and there, is that they cut the Sicily Island Map in the Italian campaign ( https://youtu.be/80JQ4JAsE10 )
Great Game!

That the campaign, not the actual game which is the RTS one we were playing in CH1 and CH2.

[SeiFeR]

Ultra texture is unplayable if you dont have a rtx 3xxx or beyond and even with that setting the game is not specially beautiful when you zoom on the ground, it looks like a 2015 game at best, barely better than coh2 visually.
My 2019 GPU should be able to run with ultra settings a 2015 graphics game like this one.

Also, when you move the camera to the environnement around, the background textures of the mountains and plains are from the PS1 era and im not even kidding or trolling, its really true. They could have hide this mess with some depth of field or fog.

This is not worthy of a 60$ AAA game.

[Cesare]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1677280/view/3662026758981087210?l=english
Here the patch notes, so now people can check it out ( all the way at the bottom )

[Connatic]

Graphics/Rendering
Please make sure your graphics driver is up to date.
To use Ultra Texture settings you need a GPU with minimum 16 GB of Memory. High needs 8GB of GPU Memory. We are working on lowering the Ultra requirements after launch.

[ANDS!]

Originally posted by zaku49:

When you have to edit settings to make a game look better after spending $60...

So no in-game graphics options and what you see if what you're stuck with. Sounds about right.

Ultra shouldn't be locked to begin with, I can run COH2 with a 1080ti at 4k without any issues and it looks better than this game. 16gb of VRAM lock is a joke based on how bad this game looks.

Because they are the exact same game and engine right?