FAR (Fix Automata Resolution)

[Kaldaien]

Special K[wiki.special-k.info] features NieR: Automata specific tweaks and features (collectively known as FAR) created by Kaldaien with contributions from various individuals. For years these tweaks were essential to fix various issues the Steam version of the game suffered from, and many of these features and fixes made their way into the game officially following an update to the game released by Square Enix on July 15, 2021.

With the current state of the game Special K is no longer as essential though it still features improvements to the latest version of the game that some may find beneficial:

• Enables much faster loading times.
  
• Can improve the frame pacing of the game and eliminate micro stuttering.
  
• Decrease the global illumination below that of the lowest setting of the game for a major performance improvement.
  
• As well as various other minor fixes and features that improves the overall rendering pipeline and latency, such as Nvidia Reflex integration.

For updated information please see the Special K wiki:

https://wiki.special-k.info/SpecialK/Custom/FAR

Uninstall outdated versions of FAR

The legacy version of FAR (v 0.7.0.23) is not compatible with the new updated Steam version, and the game will fail to launch if left in the game folder. The files related to FAR needs to be removed manually from the game folder, so please remove them from the game folder. This is most easily done by removing any and all files that is not shown in the below image.

• This is how a fully cleaned out folder looks like after the game has been launched once:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2559265741

• If the game has not been launched yet another executable along with some batch files will also exist in the folder.
  
  
• Only GOTY owners have the Wallpaper folder.
  
  
• Validating game files or uninstalling/reinstalling the game through Steam will not remove third-party files, such as FAR, from the game folder.

These are the files and folders related to older versions of FAR:

Name	Type	Comment
dinput8	Files	Remove any file with dinput8 in its name. These are the main components of FAR.
FAR.ini	File	Holds NieR: Automata tweaks config.
d3d11_shaders.ini	File	Holds outdated shader config for the outdated custom ReShade of FAR.
Version	Folder	Holds non-functioning auto-updater version data.
logs	Folder	Holds FAR diagnostics logs.
ReShade	File/Folder	Any file or folder with ReShade in its name is related to FAR's outdated custom version of ReShade.

[Fylz]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Aemony:

Try and disable Ansel: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Nvidia#Ansel

Disable it by Nvidia profile inspector but nothing changed

[Aemony]

If you’re crashing in the same place, have you verified game files through Steam?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

[Fylz]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Aemony:

If you’re crashing in the same place, have you verified game files through Steam?

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Seems like nothing changed, but thanks for your help
Anyway, my game doesn't crash oftenly, so i'll stick with this situation

[aleequici]

I'm trying really hard to make this works, but the texture wont load i've tried everything.

I've edited the lines from

[Textures.D3D11]
Cache=true
PreciseHash=false
Dump=false
Inject=true
ResourceRoot=FAR_Res
to
[Textures.D3D11]
Cache=true
PreciseHash=false
Dump=false
Inject=true
ResourceRoot=FAR_Res
InjectionKeepsFormat=false
GenerateMipmaps=false

and even changed the FAR_Res folder to my C: and changed the adress in the line but still doesnt work. Far is working ok, i've set some configurations like fullscreen windowed mode, cursors. When i open the texture menu in far its say more than 2k textures are missing. My dinput8.ini dont have the "Textures.General" line. I dont know what else i can do :(


dinput8.ini: https://pastebin.com/h8BmvHui
dinput8.log: https://pastebin.com/JBgicksr

[KrudlerTheHorse]

Bless you.

[2333333333333333333]

thx god

[GrimJim]

Love your mod. Getting proper use out of my 144hz display and 2080 Ti. However getting an issue where it freezes frame, yet i can still hear myself controlling the game (so not a full system lock up). Any ideas?

[Kaldaien]

You probably hit the problem with the driver resetting itself internally.

Check logs/dxgi.log the next time it happens, I suspect you will see a flood of "Device Reset" errors in the log. The graphcis engine is supposed to reload all D3D11 resources when this happens but the game just keeps trying to draw the next frame.

It's referred to as the "White Screen of Death" by a lot of the NieR: Automata community :)

The problem is due to a certain compute shader that interacts with shadows. You can possibly fix the problem by reducing your framerate cap or turning shadows down. Neither are desirable, but better than the game just ceasing to function randomly.

[Cloud]

hi, i cant start Far in the game, ctrl+shift+o is working.

dinput8 log : https://pastebin.com/BGT13XmB
module log; https://pastebin.com/AEjMZuvS
crash: empty

thx for help :)

[Vuin]

Hi Kaldaien! I appreciate the mod a lot, the game is just on another level this way.. i get frequent crashes though.. I installed it manually since when i used the automated one after i select it from the special k install manager, and download it i get a green bar for the installation but nothing happen if i try to go next.
Thank you for your help and for the mod

dinput8 log: https://pastebin.com/052N6f6C
modules log: https://pastebin.com/wrxZaT5v
crash: empty

[Aemony]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Cloud:

hi, i cant start Far in the game, ctrl+shift+o is working.

dinput8 log : https://pastebin.com/BGT13XmB
module log; https://pastebin.com/AEjMZuvS
crash: empty

thx for help :)

If Ctrl+Shift+O is working, does Ctrl+Shift+Backspace work?

Beyond that, Avast and Ansel is hooking the game. You can disable Ansel by following these instructions: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Nvidia#Ansel For Avast, you can probably find something by googling on "aswhooka.dll". I believe they possibly call it "Avast Gaming Hook"?

Ursprungligen skrivet av Vuin:

Hi Kaldaien! I appreciate the mod a lot, the game is just on another level this way.. i get frequent crashes though.. I installed it manually since when i used the automated one after i select it from the special k install manager, and download it i get a green bar for the installation but nothing happen if i try to go next.
Thank you for your help and for the mod

dinput8 log: https://pastebin.com/052N6f6C
modules log: https://pastebin.com/wrxZaT5v
crash: empty

You're using an older version of FAR. Try this one: https://github.com/Kaldaien/FAR/releases/download/far_070/FAR_0_7_0_23.7z

[Vuin]

Thank you, everything seems to work perfectly now :)

[Cloud]

thx aemony. ctrl shicf backspace not working too. i disabled ansel but still not working

[The Glitchiest Crechur]

Apparently, according to others, there's an issue with using FAR and the Debanding mod Bande Desinee that prevents custom textures from being able to be loaded in and was curious if there was any fix for that.

[Kou]

So this is fun. FAR helped with resolution issues. However, even disabling AA and lowering GO to...off, there's zero FPS difference. It's always dropping from 60 down to the mid 40s all the time. It's mostly at 60 but even 1 enemy or me firing my pod drops it to the 50s. This makes no sense considering I'm using a GTX 1080ti of which the game is only using 60% of with Vsync on. Is there any other files I can tweak? I should be getting stable 60fps.

It's still running better than it did on PS4 Pro tho...so I can't jsut be all "I'm never buying another platinum game on PC!!" cuz that would just equate to not buying them at all. I really hope they learn from this game...but the lack of patches makes me assume they won't.