Graphics look terrible

[Sticky Wicket]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2370764239

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2370763831

I have everything on ultra settings and the grpahics look pixelated, rough and out of focus like some windows 98 game. Is this seriously how it's supposed to look?

I'm so unimpressed I'm going to refund the game unless there is some way to way it look A LOT better.

is this a common problem? is there some setting that will make it actually playable?

[Sticky Wicket]

I changed the 3D slider settings and the graphics improved a bit but it still looks *bad* for a game that came out last year.

Iv'e gone into my Nvidia settings for the game and bumped up everything. Is this game just supposed to look like this to give it some kind of retro visuals? cause it just looks terrible imo.

The HUD looks sharp and in focus so it just seems to be the rendering of the terrain and character that looks bad.

After looking at other people's screenshots of the game and the official ones my game is just looking so fuzzy and rubbish, I hope there is some way to fix this. Suggestions would be welcome.

[Aeternum]

That's absolutely not how this game is supposed to look. The image quality should be a lot more sharper and crisper. It kinda looks like you are playing on 480p resolution.

[Sticky Wicket]

I just cant work out why it's so bad.

I'm on 1920X1080 which is the normal resolution of my screen, and the one I use for all games which normally is crisp and detailed and looks great, Its just something to do with this game. Maybe the rendering is just incompatible with my graphics card but Iv'e never come accross anything like that before with *modern* games ( ie anything that has been made in the last 20 years).

[Aeternum]

Can you go to nvidia settings and set everything back to default? There are some settings in there that are actually not beneficial.

https://bitrebels.com/technology/nvidia-control-panel-settings-guide-best-performance/

That should give you a better idea for optimal settings.

[Aeternum]

I wanted to check if I could reproduce what you are seeing in your game. Under the graphics tab in the game, there is a "3d Resolution" setting and lowering that to 25% produced the image quality you are seeing.

Can you check if it's at 100%?

[Sticky Wicket]

Yes the 3D is at 100%.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2370905008

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2370904684

After some messing about with settings this seems to be the best I can get it. A vast improvement but still not as clear as other games. Not sure at this point if I want to keep it or refund.

That 3D setting makes a lot of difference, and its confusing cause the way it's described seems to indicate that turning it up would increase performance (and increased performance usually means decreased graphic quality).

~ Thanks for the input Aeternum.

[Aeternum]

Yeah, that's what it should look like. One thing you could do is turn off chromatic aberration but I don't remember what setting needs to be changed in the engine.ini.

If you search for "outer worlds nexus" there is a modding site that offers tweaks to make the game look sharper.

Oh I just checked and the settings tab already have an option to turn off chromatic aberration so try that, play the game for a bit without exceeding the 2 hour refund limit and if you are still unsure by all means go ahead and refund.

[Sticky Wicket]

Thanks Aeternum for continued help. I have used up over an hour already with character creation and retrying lots of different graphics settings.

[Sticky Wicket]

I tried to play for a while but just constantly having graphics problems so have requested a refund.

[Stryker3168]

For a newer game, you would have thought the art work would have been better...looks like a game from 2010! Mass effect which is that old still holds up today!