Original Butcher Bay 4K Vs. Athena Etc. 4K - Older Better

[HALFLIFECRYSIS]

I'm tinkering around. I saw this old games in 4k video on Youtube, it was Butcher Bay. Looked great, go the fuzzy feeling, bought the game code.

Got the game running (in 4K), but then noticed it didn't look as good as this video.

Turns out, the original BB, WAYYY better textures and bump mapping. Sharper text etc. So I bought the old disc. Got past the crashes using the Nvidia Inspector program, set the game at 4K and got it running and man it looks so much better than BB in the Athena remake.

Problem I've having is the POV is zoomed or wonky, you can't see the character correctly. If I drop down to 1920 (which still looks better on the old game, than 4k on the new one). Then the character field of view is 90% spot on. I can do ledges, control what I'm doing better. Not perfect, but closer.

If anyone has gotten the OLD version to play in 4k and got past this issue hit me up!

[Master.Constructor]

Check these out:
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/chronicles-riddick-assault-dark-athena
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/chronicles-riddick-escape-butcher-bay

[HALFLIFECRYSIS]

Yes sir, I read that page, it wasn't much help unless you see something there I don't. It makes mention of the field of view issue I believe by saying >>> Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues = Beyond a 2048-pixel display width, the whole 3D scene gets heavily distorted and the player's view is off-centered, rendering the game unplayable.

So that lines up with what I'm expereincing. However, this guy >>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ1dUcVb5WM

Well, he won't repond to my questions on how he did it without the distortion, so I'm wondering if his video really isn't in 4K. Frustating to see this group post all these 4k videos and not be willing to help people achieve it. I mean, what's the point? I've spent $30 more or less on an 11 year old game, buying two different copies to get where I am and now I've hit a wall. :) Oh well.

[BridgetFisher]

This is an amazing game worthy of a re-release. Maybe we need someone to make a community patch? Fix the mdoern res issue, framerate etc?

Games like this and VTM are worth the trouble their good games, that is rare for us gamers to ever get good games.

The SDK is here: http://www.moddb.com/engines/ogier/downloads/riddick-gdk-version-102

[STEELIUM]

I am trying to get it (original 2004 PC release) to work in 4k as well but no luck. 1920x1080p seems to be the highest working option. The plus side is I am paying it with NVIDIA GameStream on my SHIELD TV and it is pretty awesome to play it with a controller.

I also had trouble getting Dark Athena version to go to 4k settings...I have a GTX 1070Ti

[Spigot]

Since I found this page myself searching for a solution, I'd thought I'd mention that changing the scaling options in Windows 10 drastically improved the image quality. Hopefully anyone else that finds this discussion can find it help them.

The steps to do this were:

1. Go to the properties of "DarkAthena.exe", starting in the game's root folder then to "System" and then "Win32_x86" where it will be located.

2. Go to the "Compatability" tab in the executable's properties window.

3. Click on "Change high DPI settings"

4. Under "High DPI scaling override" check the box for "Override high DPI scaling behaivor. Scaling performed by:"

5. Make sure the box underneath is set to "Application"

6. Press ok/apply on the properties windows

The result is a much more native 4k looking image, before the game looked blurry despite supposedly running at 4k, but now it looks much cleaner and the issue seems to be resolved completely.

[Kitanii]

Originally posted by Spigot:

Since I found this page myself searching for a solution, I'd thought I'd mention that changing the scaling options in Windows 10 drastically improved the image quality. Hopefully anyone else that finds this discussion can find it help them.

The steps to do this were:

1. Go to the properties of "DarkAthena.exe", starting in the game's root folder then to "System" and then "Win32_x86" where it will be located.

2. Go to the "Compatability" tab in the executable's properties window.

3. Click on "Change high DPI settings"

4. Under "High DPI scaling override" check the box for "Override high DPI scaling behaivor. Scaling performed by:"

5. Make sure the box underneath is set to "Application"

6. Press ok/apply on the properties windows

The result is a much more native 4k looking image, before the game looked blurry despite supposedly running at 4k, but now it looks much cleaner and the issue seems to be resolved completely.

This is for Assault On Dark Athena. While under said game in the discussion forum the op is about the original Developers Cut from 2004. Just made a thread at PCGW about the issue in question: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Talk:The_Chronicles_of_Riddick:_Escape_from_Butcher_Bay

[drenco34]

Originally posted by HALFLIFECRYSIS:

Yes sir, I read that page, it wasn't much help unless you see something there I don't. It makes mention of the field of view issue I believe by saying >>> Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues = Beyond a 2048-pixel display width, the whole 3D scene gets heavily distorted and the player's view is off-centered, rendering the game unplayable.

So that lines up with what I'm expereincing. However, this guy >>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ1dUcVb5WM

Well, he won't repond to my questions on how he did it without the distortion, so I'm wondering if his video really isn't in 4K. Frustating to see this group post all these 4k videos and not be willing to help people achieve it. I mean, what's the point? I've spent $30 more or less on an 11 year old game, buying two different copies to get where I am and now I've hit a wall. :) Oh well.

Hi did you ever get this to display correctly as ive now just discovered the exact same issue at 4k where it looks Wonky and i now need it sorting out if you can help ?