Graphics

[Zoopy]

Is there any way to properly tweak the graphics in this game? My graphics do not look at all like that in the screenshots on the Steam store page. Mine are muddy and blurry and I'm having a very hard time playing the game because half the time I need to squint to see what's going on.

I see there are several graphics options in files in the game files, but doesn't seem like I can edit them. I suspect the game detects your graphic settings and sets it to a limit preset that you cannot change. Seeing as it defaulted me to 1280x786 I suspect it thinks my PC is a low-end rig and set my graphics to low.

I might be mistaken, but this is the only reasonable explanation I have for the disparity between the Steam screenshots and my actual experience.

[Białas]

As far as I know there are no graphic options but there is a config file somewhere.

Also, do you own the game?

[Zoopy]

Yes, I have it on uPlay.

There are a few options files in the game folder, but some of the files are inaccessible and others aren't clear on how to edit them. If I could just get rid of chromatic aberration I'd be happy.

[Białas]

Originally posted by Zoop:

Yes, I have it on uPlay.

There are a few options files in the game folder, but some of the files are inaccessible and others aren't clear on how to edit them. If I could just get rid of chromatic aberration I'd be happy.

Sadly there is no proof that you have it on uplay. You should head to the ubisoft forums with this.

I don't think there is a way to adjust GFX settings.

[Zoopy]

So I'm not allowed to post on Steam because I don't own it on Steam? Whether I own it here or on uPlay is completely irrelevant. I'm not here to prove ownership of the game, I'm here to engage with other players who play this game.

Thanks for wasting my time with your useless posts, though.

[Zoopy]

If anyone else finds out how to edit the config files, please share.

[MeowCats]

Sadly no Graphics Options at all.. It's from Ubisoft which explains pretty much everything. They just threw the game at us and that's about it.

[V I D A L]

I am hopping someone will find a way to bring the dirty lens effect back on... I didn't find at all the ini files with config options. Where are they?

[sturmkoenig2k]

Yes, the dirty lens effect as an option woudl be nice. Also, disabling the horrible bloom and chromatic aberration effect would also be a plus. :)

[sturmkoenig2k]

Oh, i guess we will not see the lens effect coming back. This is from the offical forum.
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We had a meeting this morning to discuss certain points and one of them addressed exactly this question! Shortly after launch a bunch of people asked this question at various places (Facebook game page, Steam game page discussions, etc). Turns out there are 2 specific reasons:

1 - since your character isn't wearing glasses it just seemed stupidly out of place, frankly.

2 - this is a little more important: That effect messes with other effects in the backend coding, it is hard to make it "talk nice" and overlay properly with other effects. Mainly it degrades the global lighting system and can greatly effect how light plays throughout the environments. Too much of a sacrifice for that one effect.

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I wonder why it was not out of place in ZombiU? It also "talked" nice in ZombiU. Mabye the PC, PS4 and XBONE are not advanced enough? :D

[neildittmar]

As for the whole "proof of ownership" thing, I've found that a number of folks around here are reluctant to help those who can't prove they've actually purchased the game. From what I can tell, most of this stems from not wanting to assist those who have acquired the game through illegal means.

To concur with what others have said, the graphics options within Zombi are pretty minimal. Resolution, VSync, some limited FOV stuff, and that's about it. Perhaps a patch will be released expanding those options at some point and time. Considering this is a budget-friendly $20 release, I wouldn't hold my breath though :-)

That leaves the Control Panel of your respective graphics drivers as (likely) the only avenue of recourse, at least for now. "Muddy and blurry" graphics may be combated by upping the image quality settings there. You could also enable Anti-aliasing or boost the anisotropic filtering there as well. This should provide a cleaner, sharper image at the (possible) expense of lower in-game performance depending on your specific hardware.

As for the "dirty lens" filter, I don't miss it... not even a little bit. Personally, I saw it less as a visual feature and more of a way to hide low-res textures and graphical imperfections on what was then a launch title for a brand new system.

[Zoopy]

Originally posted by neildittmar:

As for the whole "proof of ownership" thing, I've found that a number of folks around here are reluctant to help those who can't prove they've actually purchased the game. From what I can tell, most of this stems from not wanting to assist those who have acquired the game through illegal means.

Fair enough, but then people like that should rather just not comment in a thread instead of derailing it. There are many games that are not Steam-exclusive and it's stupid to grill people on that. If the developers and/or Steam did not want non-Steam owners posting here, the forum would not be open to us.

Not to mention that nobody has any obligation to prove ownership of a game before they can make a thread. I'm not sure about you, but I think it would rather silly to expect non-Steam owners to post a screenshot of their uPlay account at the start of any thread they create. Not to mention that it's nobody else's business where you got the game from. It's unnecessary thread derailment, seeing as it is completely besides the point of the thread.

[Enik]

Originally posted by Zoop:

Originally posted by neildittmar:

As for the whole "proof of ownership" thing, I've found that a number of folks around here are reluctant to help those who can't prove they've actually purchased the game. From what I can tell, most of this stems from not wanting to assist those who have acquired the game through illegal means.

Fair enough, but then people like that should rather just not comment in a thread instead of derailing it. There are many games that are not Steam-exclusive and it's stupid to grill people on that. If the developers and/or Steam did not want non-Steam owners posting here, the forum would not be open to us.

Not to mention that nobody has any obligation to prove ownership of a game before they can make a thread. I'm not sure about you, but I think it would rather silly to expect non-Steam owners to post a screenshot of their uPlay account at the start of any thread they create. Not to mention that it's nobody else's business where you got the game from. It's unnecessary thread derailment, seeing as it is completely besides the point of the thread.

Exactly. If they're "reluctant to help" then they should skip the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thread and go elsewhere. Hopefully these SJW types get banned by Steam for backseat moderating.

[V I D A L]

Originally posted by sturmkoenig2k:

Oh, i guess we will not see the lens effect coming back. This is from the offical forum.
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We had a meeting this morning to discuss certain points and one of them addressed exactly this question! Shortly after launch a bunch of people asked this question at various places (Facebook game page, Steam game page discussions, etc). Turns out there are 2 specific reasons:

1 - since your character isn't wearing glasses it just seemed stupidly out of place, frankly.

2 - this is a little more important: That effect messes with other effects in the backend coding, it is hard to make it "talk nice" and overlay properly with other effects. Mainly it degrades the global lighting system and can greatly effect how light plays throughout the environments. Too much of a sacrifice for that one effect.

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I wonder why it was not out of place in ZombiU? It also "talked" nice in ZombiU. Mabye the PC, PS4 and XBONE are not advanced enough? :D

The Ubisoft guy posted this here too.... I think it's BS to be honest.
Character not wearing glass was never the point.. the point was just to make it look more like a movie. Dirty lens effect exist for exactly the same reason the chromatic aberration effect also exist.. it's only for cinematic purposes and yet chromatic aberration still active. So this is an inconsistency argument.

2 - Since that effect worked fine on WiiU without messing up other effects and global lighting, it sounds just like incompetence. They were not smart enough to know how to fix it, so they just removed entirely.

character not wearing glasses... lol. C'mon people.. just be honest and say that you did not had enough time to figure that out.

[ALUCARD]

You can always try Sweet fx mod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0m8FqI-5w8

[Rabid Urko]

Originally posted by Mr.Apple:

You can always try Sweet fx mod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0m8FqI-5w8

This.