How do you improve the graphics?

[Kyutaru]

I'm amazed that a game with such a big title can have such terrible graphics. Superman looked like a cardboard copy of himself with poor lighting and textures. Is there no way to make this game look like money was actually spent on designing it?

[LadyLightning]

It is from 2011 ;).

However, you can maximize the graphicssettings ingame (I guess that's where your problem with low-res textures comes from) and then use the options of your graphicsdriver to add filtering.

The textures were udated with high resolutions, but those won't show up on low settings (or the PS3 - if that's where you play).

[Kyutaru]

There are games from 2005 that look better than this. heck city of heroes launched in 2004 and had way better graphics. I've already maxed out the sliders and put character models on high but it's not repairing the look of the game. It's not that the game looks old, just poorly optimized with no AA or post processing.

[BloodyRo]

Originally posted by Kyutaru:

heck city of heroes launched in 2004 and had way better graphics.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, city of heroes was nowhere near DCUO in terms of graphics.

[Kyutaru]

It's sad that you confuse artistic direction with graphics. The style of DCUO is different, but the graphics are worse and devoid of render effects.

[LadyLightning]

Yes, it is true that DCUO has no ingame options for AA or texture filtering. Enable those in your graphicsdrivers and you have them ;).

Also, those might be added in the UI revamp, but that has been put on halt for now.

[Ganossa]

I would suggest to apply some heavy filtering to those dull looking textures if you dont like em
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=151981764

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=151946898

[hqrmony]

The game is actually older one. It was somewhere in 2008-2009 Paid game, but in 2011 it was free game.

[Frost]

Originally posted by Miro FIN:

The game is actually older one. It was somewhere in 2008-2009 Paid game, but in 2011 it was free game.

That is incorrect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Universe_Online

[LadyLightning]

I used this diskussion as an inspiration for a simple guide:
https://forums.station.sony.com/dcuo/index.php?threads/how-to-improve-your-graphics-on-a-amd-graphiccard-with-the-catalyst-control-center.239968/

The major difference you can enable are AA and reflections.