Remove Fog Fast/Easy - How To

[Mr Geek]

If you want to remove all Fog from the game add the text below to the Engine.ini file located in C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\HogwartsLegacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor folder.

(NOTE: It's a good idea to make a copy of the Engine.ini file BEFORE editing as backup so no matter what you can return to "stock").
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HOW TO:
Add the text below to the bottom of the file:

[SystemSettings]
r.Fog=0

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That's it. If you want the Fog back, just remove that text or toggle the 0 to a 1.

The fog is really thick in this game and many people don't care for it, myself included. So I wanted to try this and see how it goes.

Enjoy the game!

[Phorbariane]

Do you have the OG script for me? You guessed it.. I didnt save and lost a part

[Phorbariane]

Omg it worked. You sir, are a legend!

[vito74m]

after turning off the fog, the game looks like it's from 2010 :D

[Dr.Sid]

Any idea how to disable SSAO ?

[Phorbariane]

Originally posted by vito74m:

after turning off the fog, the game looks like it's from 2010 :D

How so? Its all the same but without the white shade over it

[Mr Geek]

Originally posted by vito74m:

after turning off the fog, the game looks like it's from 2010 :D

Fog is great when done right but for my personal preference it’s overly applied in HL (for now….patch?). I keep thinking they may have used it like this to mask pop-in/loading of assets on slower PCs so it wouldn't be seen as much.

In general fog done well adds nice atmosphere and helps make the game world look larger with landscape features appearing further away than they really are.

BUT again, the way fog is used in HL it drastically mutes colors near and far and is just obnoxious indoors IMHO. It's just a personal preference thing, for now I really like the look without it.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Dr.Sid:

Any idea how to disable SSAO ?

SSAO is effected by post processing. Turn it to low, not sure if that fully removes it though. Im sure if youre trying to get rid of SSAO something that hardly effects even a 970, then youre on a worse set up so I assume thats why you want it removed kek.

[HornPub]

Game crashes in 5 mins for me with this.

[Mr Geek]

It shouldn't cause issues at all, it is a standard setting, I have been running it for 8 hours straight no problems at all and the game looks great. It may provide better FPS since you won't be rendering Fog at all.

See below for where I put this setting (two lines), between [Core.System] section and WindowsApplicationAccessibility]

IMPORTANT:
Also make sure you always use Windows Notepad (or any simple ASCII text editor) for editing .ini files! Using word processing type programs can insert hidden formatting characters that will cause issues.

In my file the added text is inserted between the [Core.System] section and [WindowsApplicaitonAccessibility] as shown below. Again the ONLY text you add is:

[SystemSettings]
r.Fog=0

See below for placement:
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Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Experimental/MotoSynth/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Media/MediaCompositing/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/Synthesis/Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Runtime/AudioSynesthesia/Content

[SystemSettings]
r.Fog=0

[WindowsApplication.Accessibility]
StickyKeysHotkey=True
ToggleKeysHotkey=True
FilterKeysHotkey=True
StickyKeysConfirmation=True
ToggleKeysConfirmation=True
FilterKeysConfirmation=True

[Mr Geek]

Originally posted by HornPub:

Game crashes in 5 mins for me with this.

I also wanted to mention, if your PC still crashes after you double check your added text (or copy and paste the two lines of text) for accuracy you may have to revert back to "stock".

I say this because the thick Fog in this game acts as a mask or visual barrier in the distance so the game doesn't have to render "Sight Distance" as far as it would need without this thick fog. That could be causing memory issues for your GPU memory.

Anyway, just a thought, but turning off rendering of the fog shouldn't cause your PC to crash otherwise and actually turning fog off just might improve frame rate since your system doesn't need to render fog anymore.

I hope it works for you. For me it changed the entire visual experience for the better.

Let us know what happens if you can.

[chsoriano]

I had to disable the fog too, visually looks much better, although I am concerned areas like the forbidden forest and bogs might not have the right atmosphere now.

But the fog was even having an effect indoors which was really annoying. Thanks for the tip!

[Merq]

Ok, wow. This so far has worked and made the game 10x better for me. Thanks.

[Edward Rizztofen]

https://gameplay.tips/guides/hogwarts-legacy-fix-washed-out-colors-and-indoor-fog-and-bad-fog.html even better, you will still get fog with that solution, just the one needed

[Ran]

I did everything as said but when I restart game, it looks like game itself removes that [SystemSettings]
r.Fog=0

Tried several times, it showed in Engine.ini untill I loaded game, then vanished every time.
Any solution?

[Mr Geek]

Originally posted by Ran:

I did everything as said but when I restart game, it looks like game itself removes that [SystemSettings]
r.Fog=0

Tried several times, it showed in Engine.ini untill I loaded game, then vanished every time.
Any solution?

Right-Click on the Engine.ini file (File Explorer), select Properties and set Attributes to Read Only. That should stop game from overwriting the file.