Jesus, what is wrong with this game's textures

[Creon]

I haven't played more than maybe a few minutes past getting the floppy disk psychokinetic ability and the entire time most of the textures have just refused to render properly. There's a whiteboard filled with writing I'd love to read but I just cannot because it turns into 240p after I stare at it for two seconds. The ground is horribly low-quality, as are the papers sitting on it, and there's a potted plant with fronds that look like they were cut out of cardboard. Blood sometimes looks square for several seconds, even when I'm standing right next to it, before it loads in properly. In-universe maps will, similarly to the whiteboard, take forever to render, and the segments where you're in the dimension of The Board look like crayon drawings. I have all my graphical settings maxed out and running at a consistent 60fps, and this ♥♥♥♥ still looks like ass. I'm interested in the game but if I have to deal with these whack-ass graphical issues for however long I would be playing, then I'm out. They're so off-putting they're literally causing me to lose interest in the game.

[Seamus]

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Control#Blurry_textures

Make sure you actually read the directions and install it properly or it won't work.

[-MaVerick-]

Experienced the same thing, but only when Texture Detail was set to High, setting it to Ultra seems to minimize the problem. Haven't noticed it again since then.

But seriously though, you need a mod for a problem like that? This game isn't that old, maybe 505 should put that Epic money to good work and give us a freaking update for stuff like that.

[comatosedragon]

I'm sorry you are having troubles; this is a fun game; one of the best in recent years IMHO. I have a middle of the road system (i79700k, rtx2080) and do not experience the issue you are describing with everything on highest settings at 1440p. It is unfortunate that the way DLSS works does make certain textures blurry, but that is the unfortunate trade off of being able to use ray traced lighting and reflections. I would love to be able to run this with ray tracing at native resolution!

I know the whiteboard of which you speak, I did read that; I'm not sure if that has anything to do with the game or maybe other games from the studio; it's a story about golden helmets.

I hope you are either able to adjust your settings to get better performance (it is hard to offer advice without your system specs), or maybe someone will have better advice for you.

This is a game that is totally worth playing, even if the combat is brutally tough.

[Turuk Makto]

Originally posted by comatosedragon:

I'm sorry you are having troubles; this is a fun game; one of the best in recent years IMHO. I have a middle of the road system (i79700k, rtx2080) and do not experience the issue you are describing with everything on highest settings at 1440p.

Ofc that is what everyone wants to read if he is experiencing troubles with a software. Someone to tell him that he has no problems.... rather than a solution /rolleyes

The difference between loading textures fast and slowly in this game makes an M.2 SSD, else the fix given actually works since the DEV's never patched it. What it doesnt fix though is the greasy nature of light sources and on the ground.

[comatosedragon]

Originally posted by Fred_VIE:

Originally posted by comatosedragon:

I'm sorry you are having troubles; this is a fun game; one of the best in recent years IMHO. I have a middle of the road system (i79700k, rtx2080) and do not experience the issue you are describing with everything on highest settings at 1440p.

Ofc that is what everyone wants to read if he is experiencing troubles with a software. Someone to tell him that he has no problems.... rather than a solution /rolleyes

Apologies, that was not my intent at all. I was sharing system specs, in hopes that the OP would as well, so we could hopefully find a solution. Apparently I worded my response poorly, and for that I offer my sincerest apologies.

OP, I hope you are able to use a fix that allows you to play this game.

[Poppi !!]

What are you running op ?

[MeowCats]

Use the fix Seamus has posted, it definitely works. Devs wont bother fixing this most likely.

[Creon]

Gotta say, I'm surprised to see that this post got any sort of response. I mostly just made it in order to vent, actually hearing from others is an unexpected (but pleasant) turn of events.

First off, the fix that is mentioned here:

Originally posted by Seamus:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Control#Blurry_textures

Works like a charm. There are still some minor graphical problems, but they're within acceptable parameters. It's insane that this game launched with and still has this issue, but it is good to know an extremely light-weight community fix is out there.

Originally posted by comatosedragon:

Originally posted by Fred_VIE:

Originally posted by comatosedragon:

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Just want you both to know I didn't take this in any sort of negative or intentionally unhelpful way, I mostly got the sense comatosedragon was commiserating. I was aware that the whiteboard wasn't relevant to the main plot, but I've played both of the Alan Wake games and know that this studio really enjoys filling their worlds with interesting, if not necessarily 100% plot-relevant, little details. It makes the world feel just that much more real, and part of why I was so frustrated was because I couldn't enjoy that detail due to technical issues.

My computer's specs aren't anything amazing, but in addition to once again complimenting the fix Seamus posted, I will say this: I tried just about every graphical combination, on both DirectX11 and DirectX12, and without the fix the issue always appeared. It's certainly less noticeable on lower graphical settings, but I'm able to run the game at a smooth 60fps for almost every area at the highest settings now that I'm using the fix. I'm looking forward to playing more of the game.

[Spardin]

was trying the game on MS store game pass
the files are so locked down i cant even install the texture fix into the folder
what a mess

[ChimpWarrior]

I did the tweakables thing and it didnt work. Very disappointing that the devs wont fix this in their RTX showcase game

[Seamus]

Originally posted by Spardin:

was trying the game on MS store game pass
the files are so locked down i cant even install the texture fix into the folder
what a mess

You can, you just have to change the permissions for the folder that the microsoft store installed the game to.

[Bowmangr]

I also have the same problem in the Game Pass version and I can't copy the fix to the game folder, even after changing permissions. It seems that it simply doesn't allow permission or I'm missing something.

Any ideas? The game is unplayable. Also, it crashes at random intervals. This is also very annoying.

I'm above Low requirements, more closer to the recommended and I'm playing in 1080p.

[Creon]

As far as the crashes, I would try verifying your game files. As far as the file issue, I'm really not sure. I'm not much for this sort of thing, sorry.

[Seamus]

You have to set the permissions for the main folder and EVERY sub folder. It's a pain in the ass.

Microsoft store is often more trouble than it's worth.

[Bowmangr]

Originally posted by Seamus:

You have to set the permissions for the main folder and EVERY sub folder. It's a pain in the ass.

Microsoft store is often more trouble than it's worth.

It doesn't work. It shows my username as the owner (I'm talking about the game's folder, not game pass folder) but it simply doesn't allow me to copy the mods files inside the folder.

It says that I need 64kb disk space of all things. :P