GRAPHICS ENHANCEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION GUIDE

[Dante]

The graphics settings of Tekken 8 are pretty barebones and it does not allow one to, do even the most basic settings like disable chromatic aberration or disable upscaling. This guide will help you do all the basic and advanced settings for this game and will also let you optimize your game for better visuals, better performance or both :)

This guide has been turned into a visual guide because the wall of text was getting very big as I kept updating this guide and reading all of that text was getting tedious and confusing. So I have decided to make a video guide, while leaving only the important commands and links here. That way you guys can easily follow the video while you keep this Steam post open, so that you can easily copy paste important stuff form here.

ENHANCED GRAPHICS AND OPTIMIZATION VIDEO GUIDE:
https://youtu.be/lzCGq4LtVKg

COMPARISON SCREENSHOTS:
Note that the non default screenshots has all UE5 settings applied to max values, has shadows and Anti Aliasing set to HIGH (not ULTRA) and has the 2 Reshade filters (that I shown in the video) applied.
https://ibb.co/album/7k5zZT

ENGINE.INI FOLDER LOCATION:
%localappdata%\TEKKEN 8\Saved\Config\Windows

NOTE: If you cannot find appdata folder, it means the folder is hidden in windows by default. Go to MY PC > VIEW tab > check HIDDEN ITEMS.

]ENGINE.INI COMMANDS/TWEAKS:

[SystemSettings]

r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

r.MaxAnisotropy=16

r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=4

r.SSR.Quality=4

r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

r.Shadow.MaxResolution=8192
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.Shadow.SpotLightTransitionScale=512
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=16
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=8192

(these shadow settings are a contribution of @Mezziaz in his post below, so credit goes to him)

FX.MaxCPUParticlesPerEmitter=10
FX.MaxGPUParticlesSpawnedPerFrame=5
fx.MaxNiagaraCPUParticlesPerEmitter=10
fx.MaxNiagaraGPUParticlesSpawnPerFrame=5

DLSS TWEAKS:

Link to the dlsstweaks download:
https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/550

(This DLAA tip is a contribution by @Buttered Steak in his comment below, so credit goes to him)

FOLDER PATH FOR GAMES .EXE FILE:

SteamLibrary\Steamapps\Common\TEKKEN 8 \Polaris\Binaries\Win64
Here you will find Polaris-Win64-Shipping.exe file.

RIVA TUNER DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download/

RESHADE DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://reshade.me/

Apart from the preset in the video, there is another preset which looks very good as well. That one is shared by @Buttered Steak .Visit this link to see comparison shot and to download the preset: https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/12796/

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
1- Do these settings apply to every UE5 game?
Ans: Yes. The egine.ini commands are universal settings for every UE5 game.

2- Is this a mod?
Ans: No. These are Unreal engine.ini tweaks. Sort of commands you give to the engine.

3- How much performance will it effect?
Ans: Disabling stuff like Depth Of Field may gain you an fps or 2, but then again adding motion blur will make you lose like 2fps. The ambient Occlusion lines and SSR lines will make you lose about 10 fps but that also depends on which value you put there. You don't have to apply all these lines to your game. Just set them according to your preference and your PC hardware capabilities. Just for a performance example, for me, I can play this game with all these lines exactly posted above with highest values, in 120% render scale of 1440p constant 60fps all time using an RTX 3060 Ti. If I increase the render scale to 130%, I can still play it but sometimes during very start of fights or during stage transitions/animations I get some fps drops to like 55 or 50.

That is all. HAPPY GAMING!

[Supa]

Publicado originalmente por Dante:

Publicado originalmente por Supa:

It did increase my GPU usage in the menu so I think it works?

dont judge GPU usage by menu It was always odd for me too...pick a set stage and set characters and judge from starting positions

I think that it does work. This is 100% vs 150%: https://imgsli.com/MjM2NDUw

But the difference is so tiny.... Look at the BOB BURGER electronic sign. or the blue lights on the left

[Иду по дну]

Does anyone know how to remove screen shaking in Tekken 8?

[Dante]

Publicado originalmente por Иду по дну:

Does anyone know how to remove screen shaking in Tekken 8?

Not possible using UE5 tweaks. Only through mods maybe

[DevonCM]

Yeah the screen shake is awful, real shame it's not just a simple toggle.
Being able to fully disable screen shake should be a mandatory accessibility feature in games. Especially at only 60fps it's so difficult to look at as someone highly susceptible to motion sickness.

[robbo]

Publicado originalmente por Dante:

Publicado originalmente por robbo:

tried these settings, dlss balanced and quality, my gpu only runs at 50% load on balanced but i still get frame spikes during matches down to like 55/57 multiple times a game. no clue what to change or what may be causing this, tried fresh installing last night, tweaking everything and nothing is working... any advice would be helpful i dont really care if it looks great I just want a stable 60

Dont install latest drivers. They are causing issues for players getting bad framerates even on 4090. Roll back to previous ones If you have latest. Also try closing background apps as well like discord and stuff

still getting frame drops in matches online and arcade, dont know what is wrong with this game rn. using dlss balanced, all settings high except textures at ultra. If anyone is getting these random frame spikes 2-3 a match and has a solution lmk

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

TAAU 70% Ultra seems to play nice on 4K (3840x2160) on a 3090 GPU X 3900x CPU.
Can do 80% scaling offline, but online it gets pretty jank.

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Publicado originalmente por Buttered Steak:

Publicado originalmente por Sown-Laughter:

pretty sure you would need to access the exe to do that in real time.

Also pretty sure the devs lock those commands off for obvious reasons..

Thats tweaking the game via a 3rd party tool not in real time in a text doc..

Tweaking the ini won't load it in during a match..

you cant just type and save and then on load, as that would be adding memory to the code.

Or forcing console unlock which would usually require exe edit or dll injection.

Yep That's why i suggest waiting till T9-TT3.

It is far more likely what pushes Nvidia to standardize 120 fps is going to be when Microsoft and Sony Prioritize 4K + 120fps, which will happen when 8K 60fps is the next perk for having the console.
Once that happens fighting games will also move into a standardized 120fps as a whole..


And then people can complain how they can't get that crisp 600fps on their 800Hrz monitors.

A beautiful cycle I must say.

[DirewolfTH]

Hello. Thank you so much for the guide.

For us with old GTX cards that do not support DLSS, any tips on upscaling options?

[The_Late_Shift]

Hey just so you know you can add all the ini tweak stuff to a .PAK file and just drop it into a folder named ~mods in the PAK folder just like in T7. Can still be edited will notepad as well.

[BinaryJay]

I like the way it looks with everything set to Ultra in standard in-game settings but with DLAA forced with DLSStweaks. Maybe they'll add DLAA officially sooner or later... even with everything maxed out with DLAA at 4K it's still only around 40% GPU utilization. Give us more eye candy options please...

[Juju]

Hi, even if it's just graphics will there be no problem when playing online since it modifies the game's files ?

[DirewolfTH]

Publicado originalmente por Juju:

Hi, even if it's just graphics will there be no problem when playing online since it modifies the game's files ?

They are local graphic settings. Only change how the game look on your end alone.

That being said, if you cannot get consistent 60fps, it will cause the game to feel sluggish to the people playing with you.

[Juju]

Ok thanks!

[DirewolfTH]

Thank you again Dante. My game now looks awesome on my potato PC.

At first my game looked like complete crap with real bad fps. I had to resort to lowing resolution as low as 1280x720 to get decent frame rate. It hurt my eyes to play.

before https://i.imgur.com/02ZaMn7.jpg
after https://i.imgur.com/jO5sTVP.jpg

[S☯wn-Lﺤuꁅhtǝr]

Publicado originalmente por DirewolfTH:

Thank you again Dante. My game now looks awesome on my potato PC.

At first my game looked like complete crap with real bad fps. I had to resort to lowing resolution as low as 1280x720 to get decent frame rate. It hurt my eyes to play.

before https://i.imgur.com/02ZaMn7.jpg
after https://i.imgur.com/jO5sTVP.jpg

Nice!