Duke Nukem Forever Enhanced - Version 1.5 release trailer.

[Mirx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MvYf_w2p7g

[bullerbuller7]

How is the gameplay rebalanced? In the trailer I can only see that you removed the weapon limit, which require a complete rebalance since it will remove any difficulty.

[Mirx]

Duke Nukem Forever Enhanced features:

Sprinting removed and faster player movement
Jump height increased
Swim speed is much faster
Player can now hold breath underwater for 45 seconds instead of 15
Weapon rebalance and screen shake when shooting removed
2/4 weapon limit completelly removed
Quicksaves (F5 by default)
Depth of Field removed and new post processing effects
Driving sections are now in first person perspective

Update 10/28/2022:

Added some of the improvements from main enhanced into the vanilla edition, but adapt them to fit better into the original gameplay:

Reduced pistol recoil and faster rate of fire
increased shotgun damage and reduced spread
Increased Ripper damage, accuracy and doubled the amount of ammo it can hold
RPG ammo increased from 5 to 10
Devastator ammo increased from 69 to 99
Duke Vision light color changed from blue to green
Player can sprint infinitelly instead of only 5 seconds
Player can hold breath underwater for 45 seconds instead of 15

[Butane]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Mirx:

Duke Nukem Forever Enhanced features:

Sprinting removed and faster player movement
Jump height increased
Swim speed is much faster
Player can now hold breath underwater for 45 seconds instead of 15
Weapon rebalance and screen shake when shooting removed
2/4 weapon limit completelly removed
Quicksaves (F5 by default)
Depth of Field removed and new post processing effects
Driving sections are now in first person perspective

Normally I'm not a fan of these kind of mods, but I gotta say, all these tweaks were done very tastefully; nothing too over the top or straying too far away from the original gameplay. I'm gonna have to make some time to replay DNF using this.

[Mirx]

Join to the Duke Nukem Forever Community Discord and see some other stuff about this project, as well the restoration project (DNF 2001) https://discord.gg/eRWJPe2WTx

Also check this other thread i made in which i detail some other stuff https://steamcommunity.com/app/57900/discussions/0/3648503910211757112/

[ID]

Great mod, looks much better in general; really appreciate the effort but there are issues:
1. The lighting at Duke's over the pool table was so dark I had to turn off the shadows.
2. The mouse wheel no longer allows weapon scroll. That is a big issue for me.
3. The menu under key bindings is unreadable at 4K .
(Not fault of mod, but would be nice if it could be fixed).
4. The in-game key prompts are overlapped and so are not fully readable.
5. There might be more, but stopped when I could not fix the weapon scroll.

[Mirx]

Oprindeligt skrevet af . . .:

Great mod, looks much better in general; really appreciate the effort but there are issues:
1. The lighting at Duke's over the pool table was so dark I had to turn off the shadows.
2. The mouse wheel no longer allows weapon scroll. That is a big issue for me.

The dev of the Enhanced Edition told me that the mouse wheel is something that is trying to look. And about the shadows over the pool table, since this version uses an advanced shadow system that was cut from the original game due to the consoles that they couldn't handle it, some levels needs to be re inlighten to look better.
Thank you for your feedback.
There will some major level changes in 2023 but i'll ask if those could be optional in case someone don't like them.

[CalicoJack]

I would like to use only the advanced shadows and lighting system. Can i do that with simple .ini file editing?
Just the vanilla game with "uncut" graphics.


And yes, ive seen the DNF-Enhanced-"vanilla gameplay" version of this mod, BUT it was updated to also include gameplay changes which makes it somewhat useless....

[bullerbuller7]

Oprindeligt skrevet af CalicoJack:

I would like to use only the advanced shadows and lighting system. Can i do that with simple .ini file editing?
Just the vanilla game with "uncut" graphics.


And yes, ive seen the DNF-Enhanced-"vanilla gameplay" version of this mod, BUT it was updated to also include gameplay changes which makes it somewhat useless....

If Enhanced didn't have gameplay changes or just didn't change the weapon balance, would you play it?

[CalicoJack]

Oprindeligt skrevet af bullerbuller7:

Oprindeligt skrevet af CalicoJack:

I would like to use only the advanced shadows and lighting system. Can i do that with simple .ini file editing?
Just the vanilla game with "uncut" graphics.


And yes, ive seen the DNF-Enhanced-"vanilla gameplay" version of this mod, BUT it was updated to also include gameplay changes which makes it somewhat useless....

If Enhanced didn't have gameplay changes or just didn't change the weapon balance, would you play it?

YES!
I played this game several times on ps3 when it was new and later played the Vanilla pc version on steam.
And id like to play it again but with the better lighting/shadows "unlocked".

Isnt it possible to change some .ini files to do just that? Thats how you could change a lot of graphics settings in the old Unreal Engine 1 and UE2 games back then (im not sure with UE3), which were unavailable in the ingame menu options.

If nothing else, i can just hope the creator of the DNFEnhanced mod can re-release his Vanilla version with graphics changes only.

[bullerbuller7]

I can ask the guy if it's possible.

[bullerbuller7]

Oprindeligt skrevet af CalicoJack:

Oprindeligt skrevet af bullerbuller7:

If Enhanced didn't have gameplay changes or just didn't change the weapon balance, would you play it?

YES!
I played this game several times on ps3 when it was new and later played the Vanilla pc version on steam.
And id like to play it again but with the better lighting/shadows "unlocked".

Isnt it possible to change some .ini files to do just that? Thats how you could change a lot of graphics settings in the old Unreal Engine 1 and UE2 games back then (im not sure with UE3), which were unavailable in the ingame menu options.

If nothing else, i can just hope the creator of the DNFEnhanced mod can re-release his Vanilla version with graphics changes only.

Vinícius M — No, there's no miracle setting that makes the game have better lighting
The levels needs to be relit manually

I know you're talking about changing some lighting options to alter how it looks as a whole, i don't think that's possible. The game is pretty much locked.
As for playing his mod without weapon balance changes. I guess not?

[CalicoJack]

Ok, then not.
Thanks bullerbuller!
I will play it with SSRTGI then. Some screen space global illumination is nice too! =D

[vini1264]

Oprindeligt skrevet af CalicoJack:

Ok, then not.
Thanks bullerbuller!
I will play it with SSRTGI then. Some screen space global illumination is nice too! =D

Author of DNF Enhanced here. Yes, there's a way to play the Vanilla edition without the rebalanced weapons, just delete dnGame.u inside the System folder.

[CalicoJack]

Oprindeligt skrevet af vini1264:

Oprindeligt skrevet af CalicoJack:

Ok, then not.
Thanks bullerbuller!
I will play it with SSRTGI then. Some screen space global illumination is nice too! =D

Author of DNF Enhanced here. Yes, there's a way to play the Vanilla edition without the rebalanced weapons, just delete dnGame.u inside the System folder.

Thanks a lot!


edit:
Nah, i dont like this.
Tried the latest version of this mod.
It looks like some kind of picture or texture sharpening has been turned on(?), which makes the picture too noisy! The DOF is still removed, which just clashes with the whole look of the game. Sharper picture =not always mean "better" IMO. Its also part of the artistical design, which i generaly like a lot in this game, so i dont like the idea of removing it.... and neither do i like the results.

Another thing to note is that with this mod the game just suddenly killed me on some occasions and after loading the checkpoint i got killed again and again.... i practically loaded into the dying animation, so i couldnt play on with this mod.

On the other hand, the altered shadows effects are probably nice to look at. But honestly, i didnt even recognice it that much and tbvh, i prefer an unedited and uncut game when it comes to gameplay. without having altered/removed certain (.Y.) parts and Duke´s Oneliners.


Thanks for the dedication, but i just cant recommend this one personally.

[Lain]

All the tweaks in the world can't fix how unbearable the first hour or so of this thing is