Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb - RTX ON - 2023 Graphical Upgrade

This guide will show you how to make use of RTX Ray Tracing graphical improvements using ReShade software to play "Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb".

Includes a resolution fix, high quality cut-scenes fix and an uncapped framerate fix.
Also shows how to do an "API Wrapper Downgrade" to enable ReShade usage on older games which utilize DirectX 8 and older.

The RTX mod used in this guide is very performance heavy and recommended to be used on newer high-end systems (further tweaking of ReShade settings may be required by user to achieve optimal results).

It's important to note that Ray Tracing support IS available for Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB cards and up, but with less ray casting done by the card compared to RTX series cards with dedicated RTX cores. On GTX 10 series cards Ray Tracing is processed by using regular cuda cores instead of dedicated RTX cores. The performance hit is certainly there and heavier on cards that have lesser cores to spread the load. Although you might get playable frame rates, even running ray tracing on lower settings instead of Ultra with a GTX 1070, 1080 or 1080Ti could end up severely hurting your FPS.

Tested with the following at 4K (3840x2160) resolution:

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K
GPU: GeForce GTX 1080TI
OS: Windows 10

Performance: 30 FPS




I am not the creator of any of the mods/fixes found in this guide, all rights go to their original creators sourced below.
I cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage that may arise as a result of the use of this guide, use at your own risk.

UPDATED: 04/30/2023

Getting Started

Install a fresh copy of Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and run the game at least once making sure to customize the video and graphical settings to your liking.



if game crashes occur before modding, proceed to Resolution Fix step

Resolution Fix

Firstly, we will install a mod to allow the game to run in higher resolutions.

Visit the following link: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/1388-indiana-jones-and-the-emperors-tomb-wsgf-dr-mods/

Download the file.




Extract the archive to a folder on desktop.

The password to open the archive is: pcgw

Open the mod folder named "IndianaJones_EmperorsTomb". Find the resolution you are using, open that specific folder and copy the contents of the folder into your game directory, and replace files.
Path should be: X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin



Choose your desired resolution from the folder list



Mod creator unknown

High Quality Cut-scenes fix

We will now install a mod to allow the game to run higher quality cut-scenes.

Visit the following link: https://www.moddb.com/mods/moviesloading-screens-fix-full-screen-1280x960/downloads/movies-loading-screens-fix-full-screen-1440x1080

Download the file.




Extract the archive to a folder on desktop.

Open the mod folder named "Indiana_Jones_and_the_Emperors_Tomb_-_Movies_Loading_screens_fix_Full_Screen_1440x1080.2".

Copy the entire folder named "movies" into your game directory, and replace files.
Path should be: X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\indy



Mod created by ReiKaz316

Uncapped Framerate Fix

We will now modify the game files to allow for higher framerates.

Navigate to: X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\indy

Open the file named "vars.cfg"and modify the value named “fpsLimit=30” to “fpsLimit=0”.
Make sure to save your changes.

API Wrapper Downgrade

We will now install an essential fix so that we will be able to use Reshade software in later steps.

Visit the following link: http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/

Download the file named "dgVoodoo v2.8.1".




Extract the archive to a folder on desktop.

Open the mod folder and run the file named "dgVoodooCpl".




Click "Add".




Navigate to the following path and select your "bin" folder.
Path should be: X:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin




Navigate to the "DirectX" tab and match the following settings, then press "Apply" and "OK".



Feel free to tweak settings like Antialiasing (MSAA) to your liking.
Just be aware of potential game crashes as I have only tested with the following settings shown above.


Open the mod the folder named "dgVoodoo v2.8.1", open “MS”, open “x86” and copy over “D3D8.dll” to your "bin" folder.
Path should be: X:\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin




Mod created by Dege

Installing ReShade

We will now install the ReShade software necessary to be able to use RTX effects.

Paste following link in Google: https://reshade.me/downloads/ReShade_Setup_4.9.1.exe

The file should auto download.




Extract the file to a folder on desktop.

Open the mod folder and run the file you just downloaded named "ReShade_Setup_4.9.1".




Next proceed to hold the "CTRL" key and click the button shown below, at the same time.




This will auto extract some files in the same folder, that we will need to use.
Copy the new file named "ReShade32.dll" into your "bin" folder.
Path should be: X:\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin




Inside your "bin" folder, rename “ReShade32.dll” to “dxgi.dll”.
Your folder should now look like the following.




Run the file named "ReShade_Setup_4.9.1" again and follow along with the photos and instructions below:




Find and click your game executable file named "indy".
Path should be: X:\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin



















If you are experiencing graphical glitches install "Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime".
Link is: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=35

In case of problems with the online installer, you can download the offline one from here.
Link is: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109


Finally, proceed to test launch the game.
Once it has done loading you should get a notification at the top of your screen showing ReSahde has installed, press "Home" key to bring up the menu or to make it go away and press "Skip".

Tweaking ReShade - RTX ON

Now we will get RTX working in ReShade.

Due to legal reasons I cannot post where you can find this ReShade RTX mod for free.
Visit the creator's Patreon here if you want to buy the mod: https://www.patreon.com/mcflypg

Once you have this RTX mod, close the game if its running and open the RTX mod folder.
There are two sub folders located in there named "Shaders" and "Textures".
In order to install it, copy and replace both folders to path: X:\Steam\steamapps\common\Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb\GameData\bin\reshade-shaders

Proceed to launch the game, once in-game bring up the ReShade menu by pressing "Home" key and match the presets listed below.


To enable Ray Tracing support and achieve similar results, match these same settings.

In ReShade, check-off the following:

✔️Bloom [qUINT_bloom.fx]
✔️Levels [Levels.fx]
✔️Vibrance [Vibrance.fx]
✔️MXAO [qUINT_mxao.fx]
✔️Debanding [qUINT_deband.fx]
✔️RTGlobalillumination [qUINT_rtgi.fx]
✔️DELC_Sharpen [qUINT_sharp.fx]
✔️Curves [Curves.fx]
✔️Tint [Sepia.fx]
✔️SSR [qUINT_ssr.fx]
✔️Lightroom [qUINT_lightroom.fx]





Some options were turned off for certain scenery and screenshots, it may be necessary to further tweak these settings to achieve optimal results.


As mentioned above, Ray Tracing support IS available for Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB cards and up, but with less ray casting done by the card compared to RTX series cards with dedicated RTX cores.
On GTX 10 series cards Ray Tracing is processed by using regular cuda cores instead of dedicated RTX cores. The performance hit is certainly there and heavier on cards that have lesser cores to spread the load. Although you might get playable frame rates, even running ray tracing on lower settings instead of Ultra with a GTX 1070, 1080 or 1080Ti could end up severely hurting your FPS.

Those who do not have a RTX series card can still try to make use of the graphical fidelity this Ray Tracing guide offers. If performance becomes a big issue you can disable "RTGlobalillumination [qUINT_rtgi.fx]" and you should still benefit graphically.



I am personally using a newer version of the RTX mod but I have tested with multiple and visuals are nearly if not identical.

RTGI/Ray Tracing/Global illumination ReShade mod by Marty McFly/Pascal Gilcher, GTX/RTX Ray Tracing info by Rene from TechJunkies

Screenshot Album

[ledtothegallows]

I'm getting the following message upon startup:

ABORT

(Render) Unable to initialize D3D on your system. You need to update to DirectX 8.1 or later, and make sure that your video card supports hardware transformation and lighting!

(For context, I'm running DirectX 12, and I have an RTX 4080 GPU)

[sekerbabo]

thank you brother

[uladz]

I stand corrected, forcing 4K resolution though dgVoodoo results in incorrect aspect ratio. You still need to use the resolution patch to get it fixed.

[uladz]

The game hang at start if I select any other resolution than 4K, i.e. native one and it’s caused by dgVoodoo. Also you don’t need the resolution mod if you use dgVoodoo - you can force it via dgVoodoo control panel. And last thing, do alt-tab to desktop and back to the game to get correct colors, otherwise it will be too dark and oversaturated.

[🌸Azuma🌸]

@丂ｱ乇丂丂ひ_丂乃 Also not sure where the hell you got the whole "professional" thing from, these are mods made by dedicated fans on their own free time free of charge. If you think this is so bad and you know better then make the better mod yourself and stop bitching at the people donating their own time and skills in making these mods trying to make the game better for everyone!

[🌸Azuma🌸]

@丂ｱ乇丂丂ひ_丂乃 What did you expect for a 21 year old game? This isn't going to have a huge dedicated modding community like Skyrim

[丂ｱ乇丂丂ひ_丂乃]

@13irth

I fully agree man. Not hating on the modders work but it's not very professional looking. Just totally oversaturated and bloomed and why the fuck an old castle would reflect as surface of glass? lmao

[🌸Azuma🌸]

@13irth you're bad

[13irth]

As a person who makes worlds for VRChat, the lighting is garbage. This mod is bad.

[kalirion]

I had the same issue as D0tDash - turned out I was using the wrong password when unzipping the archive.