No More Heroes 3 – Improving Shadows, Draw Distance and Much More

Where and What?

[Systemsettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=4
r.bForceCPUAccessToGPUSkinVerts=1
r.FastVRam.EyeAdaptation=1
r.ViewDistance=5
r.ViewDistanceScale=5
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=3
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=3
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.01
grass.CullDistanceScale=4
grass.DisableDynamicShadows=1
foliage.LODDistanceScale=4
foliage.ditheredLOD=0
foliage.MinimumScreenSize=0.00000001
foliage.MaxOcclusionQueriesPerComponent=128
foliage.MinInstancesPerOcclusionQuery=65536
r.HLOD=1
r.HLOD.DistanceScale=3
r.MipMapLODBias=0
r.MaxQualityMode=1
r.DetailMode=2
r.MaterialQualityLevel=1
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.SkeletalMeshLODRadiusScale=0.03
r.LandscapeLODBias=-3
r.TrueSkyQuality=1
r.SkyLightingQuality=1
r.VolumetricCloud=1
r.VolumetricCloud.SkyAO=1
r.VolumetricCloud.SkyAO.Filtering=1
r.VolumetricRenderTarget.Mode=1
r.SkylightIntensityMultiplier=0.4
r.SkyAtmosphere=1
r.SupportSkyAtmosphere=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.LUT32=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.FastSkyLUT=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.MultiScatteringLUT.HighQuality=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.FastApplyOnOpaque=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.TransmittanceLUT.UseSmallFormat=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.Depth=96
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.DepthResolution=16.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.SampleCountMin=64.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.SampleCountMax=128.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.DistanceToSampleCountMax=128
r.RefractionQuality=3
r.LightFunctionQuality=1
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.AmbientOcclusionMaxQuality=100
r.AmbientOcclusionRadiusScale=0.03
r.HighQualityLightMaps=1
r.LensFlareQuality=4
r.ShadowQuality=5
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=5
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=10
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MinResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MinCSMResolution=4096
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.001
r.Shadow.CSM.TransitionScale=6
r.BloomQuality=4
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=3

FAKULTATYWNY: Super-Sampling (SSAA)

Tired of all those jaggies and FXAA blurring your game up? Try this command: r.ScreenPercentage=###

With it, you can render the game at a different resolution than what your monitor can offer (Base value being 100 procent). Na przykład, if you have a 1080p display and set the “###” Do “200”, this would make so that the game renders internally at 4K, then downsamples to 1080p, producing a sharp image with a lot less AA. Ten, Oczywiście, is incredibly taxing on the hardware, so you might want to play around with the percentage, or try TAA instead. (next section)

For low-end users, you can upsample too, by setting “###” to something below “100”!

FAKULTATYWNY: Temporal Anti Aliasing (TAA)

NMH3 uses FXAA by default, with three presets in the graphics menu. FXAA is a really cheap but ineffective solution, blurring the living hell out of the game.In comes TAA, a more sophisticated solution, although not perfect by any means. If SSAA is too taxing for your hardware and still want a decent form of AA, try these commands:

r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.PostProcessAAQuality=6
r.TemporalAASamples=8
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.12
r.TemporalAAFilterSize=1.0
r.TemporalAACatmullRom=1
r.TemporalAAPauseCorrect=1

FAKULTATYWNY: Odbicia przestrzeni ekranu (SSR)

Here comes a big one. Want nicer reflections? Then you’re kinda not in the right place. Widzisz, NMH3 wasn’t designed with SSR in mind, and so while a lot of areas can look great, others… Nie tyle.

I personally recommend against enabling SSR, but if you want to see how it looks or genuinely prefer it, then try these:

r.SSR.Quality=4
r.SSR.MaxRoughness=1
r.RefractionQuality=3

MEGA OPTIONAL: Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI)

This is a primitive form of ray-tracing, making so that the lighting looks more realistic, with crazy bounce shadows and the sort. Jednakże, this is extremely taxing. Nie tylko to, I also don’t think it looks that great most of the time.

If you are an absolute lunatic and/or have a good enough PC to handle SSGI, try this command:

r.SSGI.Quality=4

FAKULTATYWNY: Texture Streaming Commands

UE4 is pretty infamous for its texture streaming system. Here are some commands to help with making it look less bad:

r.Streaming.Boost=4
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=0
r.Streaming.DefragDynamicBounds=1
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=1

Alternatywnie, you can disable texture streaming outright. Sounds great, don’t it? Dobrze, unfortunately this extends loading times considerably:

r.TextureStreaming=0

Dobrze, to tyle! Dziękuję za przeczytanie, and I hope this helps you get the most out of your time with No More Heroes 3!