Watch_Dogs Definitive Mod

[world]

Hello! Some friends and I have been developing a mod for this game, a mod to restore the graphics seen in E3 presentations.

Here is a link to the official thread over on Guru3d: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397511
Test Files for those who know how to apply new files to a patch
http://1drv.ms/1JJBeLR
You can get the download links on this discussion and on the thread too.

Here are the changes made in the mod:

Over 16 different weather presets made in the Windy_City.game.xml
-E3 2012 and E3 2013 lighting recreated to be as close to the respected demos as possible
-E3 2012 Storm lighting Recreated. E3 2013 Storm lighting Recreated. Honored Trailer Storm lighting Recreated.
-Better Normal Mapping on many textures
- Animation changes, E3 animations are now in use
- Bloom improvements - E3 2012 bloom, E3 2013 Bloom, etc...
- Reflections are more sharp and very visible, much more intense than that of vanilla
- Restored old look for historical places to make it look like on demos - including the Ambrose Sign Theater lighting
- Using the old E3 textures for some objects - Aiden face will now look much closer to the post-2012 demos and more
- E3 Skies
- E3 2012 Focus
- E3 2013 Camera
- WD_Tech font - Great font that really fits the game well
- Shader improvements - Volumetric fog and others
-E3 Anamorphic lens flares
-E3 User Interface
-E3 2012 Gun 92FS replaced the 1911 (textures for it only seen on Ultra Textures)
-Better physics
-Parallax Mapping is now seen in some places (The Wards sidewalks, The Loop. Mad Miles, Brandon Docks)
-E3 2013 Sun lens flare now in the game
-Play as any NPC in the game in main version of the mod
-All Cars on demand Mod
-And so much more

Authors: ThatGuyOverThere, Puredorian, and ModAIC.

Video Presentation (Video is from V1.0 Not the final version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwUOfUYT6M
E3 2012 Focus Showcase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IcElg3pScM

Screenshots
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/35248321013177515/1C764012CB82A14EFF87ECE5B6E28EAFC39D4931/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37491958337556760/CCC3649BD81018B3D666030D02EAF3FC61C5657C/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37494331985191958/553DB49688DCBBF8A0180694A8E88387EBFA4D78/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37494331981497024/C91CA89336A84F231786996333B862978D6A50C4/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37494331980643485/8520253ABCA9AD673DA43FEE0AF2D4A51A99B91B/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37493678727874692/E024F7E1E32C11774AC00795AF20358D23B3C5DB/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37493678729245390/0D00FC826441345332677ED34803CD663F804AFD/
http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37493678729245259/EF3C5095F8AAA062367E48735FE5C000D8A204E0/

FINAL

Definitive Mod 3.0

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw0hhgXHJI3-czlnYkZva0hmbzA/view?usp=sharing

Definitive Mod 3.0 without NPC mod and vanilla ui

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw0hhgXHJI3-cGp4MF91dDNhYkU/view?usp=sharing

KuroTenshi Texture Pack

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw94it6o3U91ZEQ1ZlBSRVlwd1E/view?usp=sharing


Textures recompressed with another algorithm => better quality and performance

Shader injection with Reshade, that improves bloom, add godrays, and sharpens the textures

AllNPC mod removed

Set in your gamerprofile.xml "newBrightness=0.96".

OPTIONAL SHADERS (may cause crashing with some people)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw0hhgXHJI3-MmdEYm9wd01GR2M/view?usp=sharing
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http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=397511

Thanks, tell me what you think. We worked very hard for a few months to make the game this high quality. And i think it shows in the screenshots. :)

[Krusty]

ahh alright, thanks for letting me know. but since i dont want to mess with trying to combine the files to get it to work il just wait untill you are able to release a update.

[world]

alright, i will make sure to release the mod soon, work is going well, the game is starting to look even better now :)

[ius]

Getting so hyped now :-D

[world]

Finally got some swag head bob animation from 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmC_pJvD6qk
pretty satisfied with it

[Bosmang_]

Downloading this mod now. Have literally just finished downloading Watch_Dogs and given the issues it has had, I've been looking at a mod, and this is what I shall be using!

Is it worth downloading the KuroTenshi textures? Could you explain them a bit more for me.

[Bosmang_]

Also, whilst I am here. It says,

"How to install: Get the patch files- patch.dat and patch.fat and then put them into you watch dogs data win 64 directory. It should look like this: Watch_Dogs\data_win64


Tools to edit files: http://svn.gib.me/builds/disrupt/
If not already, have XNA framework installed on your computer or else it will not work.

View XBT textures: http://dev.cra0kalo.com/?p=110

Convert XBT to DDS and DDS to XBT: {LINK REMOVIDO}http://www.mediafire.com/download/bu...2_GUI-1-04.rar

Hex Workshop ( thanks TXGT) {LINK REMOVIDO}http://www.mediafire.com/download/ut...inHex_Conv.zip"

Do I have to do all of the converting and that? Or am I just being plain stupid? lol

[Bosmang_]

Okay, I've downloaded the textures as well.

I played with MSAAx2, Ultra details and HBAO+ maximum with 30fps in busy area, so hopefully this recompression of textures gives me a good performance boost.

I'm using a GTX 980 (Inno3D Air Boss x4 Ultra) and when I up MSAA past x2, it creates input delay. Am I correct in saying this is due to the increase in frame rendering time?

[Bosmang_]

Okay, so it is now crashing on startup, any ideas?

[Sky Vallely]

Escrito originalmente por Quantum Grape:

Okay, so it is now crashing on startup, any ideas?

do you have crossfire or sli enabled

[Bosmang_]

Nope, don't have a second GPU.

I am just trying The Worse Mod as well, and it seems any mod gives me the same frames as the stock version of the game. Yes, it looks better, but I was expecting some improvement. If I check out people with the same card as mine on YouTube they're getting far, far better performance.

[Sky Vallely]

Escrito originalmente por Quantum Grape:

Nope, don't have a second GPU.

I am just trying The Worse Mod as well, and it seems any mod gives me the same frames as the stock version of the game. Yes, it looks better, but I was expecting some improvement. If I check out people with the same card as mine on YouTube they're getting far, far better performance.

but you also have to look at your cpu the ammout of ram you have hdd speed it all a factor

i ran the game great when it came out with a overclocked fx4300 8gb of ddr3 1866 a sapphire radeon R9 280x 3gb card with everything on ultra settings but the AA was set to temperal smaa which from what i read in one of your other post that msaax2 causes issues turn your aa to temperal smaa and you will see a increase in proformace and you will beable to run any mod with the game with no issues and good fps :P

[Bosmang_]

I'm using an i5 3570K @ 4.2 and 8GB of RAM. I'm using only about 4GB of RAM, each CPU core is about 40-70% and the GPU isn't using all of its memory up. I'll check again later.

One thing I am thinking, is the gamerprofile was replaced. I forgot to back that up, so maybe the custom configuration there is conflicting with the mod? Could someone with original unedited .xml file be be able to email it to me?

[Bosmang_]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say. I do use TemporalSMAA.
Also, any graphical settings are causing low frame rates.

[Sky Vallely]

Escrito originalmente por Quantum Grape:

I'm using an i5 3570K @ 4.2 and 8GB of RAM. I'm using only about 4GB of RAM, each CPU core is about 40-70% and the GPU isn't using all of its memory up. I'll check again later.

One thing I am thinking, is the gamerprofile was replaced. I forgot to back that up, so maybe the custom configuration there is conflicting with the mod? Could someone with original unedited .xml file be be able to email it to me?

all you have to do is delete the xml file and start the game it will make a new one

[Krusty]

Escrito originalmente por Quantum Grape:

I'm using an i5 3570K @ 4.2 and 8GB of RAM. I'm using only about 4GB of RAM, each CPU core is about 40-70% and the GPU isn't using all of its memory up. I'll check again later.

One thing I am thinking, is the gamerprofile was replaced. I forgot to back that up, so maybe the custom configuration there is conflicting with the mod? Could someone with original unedited .xml file be be able to email it to me?

the reason you are not getting great porformance out of the game is because the CPU is not good enough to match your video card. i am using the same cpu but not overclocked. reduce the texture detail in the display options area from ultra to high and that will solve all your FPS issues.
the game has reccomendations for a 8 core processor and we are using only a 4 core.