To anyone who wants HBAO+ but has the next gen version i got a fix

[MR_KilleR]

simply download reshade MXAO just tried it and it looks so good, as good as HBAO+ IMO
here's the link https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/4040?tab=posts

[eZudo]

Problem with Reshade and depth related effects is that they will bleed through fog, haze and depth of field effects and such.

[MR_KilleR]

Originally posted by eZudo:

Problem with Reshade and depth related effects is that they will bleed through fog, haze and depth of field effects and such.

yep i just noticed that,is nvidia's AO filter any better ?

[eZudo]

I don't think so, though I'm not 100% sure. Anything not specificly tailored to a game such as some game specific ENB's are will have that issue, since they basicly apply all depth related effects after the game is done rendering everything, which results in the issue at hand.

[B1DDY]

got a fix too install the classic version :D this nex gen update is a crap

[Dave136]

Originally posted by SpinDie426:

i doubt they got rid of hbao+ its probably just the default now

Version 1.32 menus says 'Ambient Occlusion' and then you select the options with the slider... SSAO or HBAO+. Next gen dx11 and dx12 - the menu says 'Screen Space Ambient Occlusion' with an on off slider.

[MR_KilleR]

Originally posted by SpinDie426:

i doubt they got rid of hbao+ its probably just the default now

no it's definitely not

[eZudo]

Originally posted by Eclipse:

Originally posted by Mr_KilleR:

yep i just noticed that,is nvidia's AO filter any better ?

yes the nvidia filter is far superior there are 10 years of development updates alongside title releases that show how much it was improved time and again.

it pulls data from the engine, it is not like a normal post process filter.

Does it actually respect the order of shaders being loaded and injects at the proper moment? So that it's not bleeding through fog and so on? (Not saying it doesn't, I legit don't know :D)

[HUX]

The dx12 AO is not HBAO+ at all.
Any technician who played witcher 3 since 2015 will tell you, dx12's AO is not even close.
Many have taken screenshots to compare the witcher 2015 vs the next gen (lol), the AO is terrible in the next gen version.

The only way to get closer to the fantastic HBAO+ is MXAO, you will have to fine tune it to make it close but it won't match it neither and worse MAXO is way more greedy and eat at least 10 frames even if you tune it with low samples and only near environment.
Moreover, the MXAO method will not be faded by the smoke, the haze or the HUD for example, and let black shades over them.

[Gnomey the Grim]

Originally posted by Mr_KilleR:

Originally posted by eZudo:

Problem with Reshade and depth related effects is that they will bleed through fog, haze and depth of field effects and such.

yep i just noticed that,is nvidia's AO filter any better ?

nvidia screen space ambient occlusion is not compatible with dx12 games. Found that in the description of nvidia control panel.

[Gabriel]

Reshade... facepalm, all we need is fps drops from reshade

[HUX]

It is like CDProjekt wanted to make a visual gap between "old computers" and flatter RTX users, and looks more like a dark story of a briefcase of big money.

[MR_KilleR]

Originally posted by Gabriel:

Reshade... facepalm, all we need is fps drops from reshade

well we're only talkingabout 5 fps on average

[MR_KilleR]

Originally posted by Saiyaman:

Originally posted by Mr_KilleR:

yep i just noticed that,is nvidia's AO filter any better ?

nvidia screen space ambient occlusion is not compatible with dx12 games. Found that in the description of nvidia control panel.

at least they shoulda left it in dx11

[Tiny Danson Man]

Originally posted by Mr_KilleR:

Originally posted by eZudo:

Problem with Reshade and depth related effects is that they will bleed through fog, haze and depth of field effects and such.

yep i just noticed that,is nvidia's AO filter any better ?

Nvidia's AO filter looks awful on my Witcher 3 game. Adds ghosting images in front of Geralt and I cannot find a way to correct it. So I turned it off.

[maul]

It is absolutely a travesty that HBAO+ was removed, especially considering RT is only going to be usable by a very small percentage of players. There should be a bigger outrage about this, but sadly some people have a serious case of Tardotinus and post that they "can't tell the difference" when looking at screenshots.

On the other end, a similar thing can be said about people who claim they can't notice the difference RT makes - which is probably more of a coping situation about their inability to run it.