A Plague Tale: Innocence - amazing game with amazing DHR fix

[Zappologist]

Copying my comment from Helixblog here, to add an entry about this game + fix in the MTBS forum as well. (searched a bit and don't think there are any MTBS posts related to this game)



A Plague Tale: Innocence – My thoughts on game/fix/performance

Thank you DHR for this amazing fix for an amazing game.
Artistically, this is one of the most impressive games I’ve ever played. If you’ve ever traveled to France, Loire valley, or similar rural settings elsewhere you will appreciate the melancholic, pastoral and moody landscapes this game offers.
Story is quite dark but very humane and played out so realistically by a talented cast. Sadness gives way to hope then to desperation, then hope again … Gameplay is very inventive and changes things up until the very last chapter, introducing new elements etc.

The fix is perfect, no issues spotted. DHR did a great job as always
Technical aspect: performance is very good, almost locked 60fps everywhere. 4K TV owners will be glad to find the resolution scaling option in the game menu. The few elements of the clean auto-hiding interface are mostly white, so no risk of OLED burn-in.
For an improved experience, download a little program called APTI FOV Changer and launch it before starting the game. You can then change the FOV with the F1 key.
Hope many people got to enjoy this great game in perfect 3D!

[skyrimer]

Haven't played it yet so i'm glad to hear it's so good in 3d, got my hands full right now but it's on my list for sure.

[RAGEdemon]

Thank you DHR

+1

Looking forward to checking it out when I have some time

[Lysander]

Just installed this game to check out the performance and it has some interesting performance behaviour. On 1080p it was running steady 30fps on lowest settings, only when i looked up at the sky it got to 60. I changed the resolution scaling to 70% and it jumped to 60fps, constant but I had to lower distance drawing to medium and shadow maps to med (everything else maxed) - as soon as I increased one by a tick, judder appeared and significant frame drops. I'll take butter-smooth 60fps with a bit of blurriness. This is just in the opening scene, I'll report if I find anything else.

3D looks superb so far, thank you DHR.

[Guig2000]

It does not work perfectly for me.
I had to disable SSAO. When SSAO is set to ultra as DHR said to do, I see a few pixel shift between the SSAO shadows and the objects on which they are placed, that disturb me.
Contact shadows disabled, TAA disabled.
https://helixmod.blogspot.com/2019/05/a ... 9805769139

Issue sample:
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64003.jpg
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64001.jpg
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64007.jpg

[Lysander]

It does not work perfectly for me.
I had to disable SSAO. When SSAO is set to ultra as DHR said to do, I see a few pixel shift between the SSAO shadows and the objects on which they are placed, that disturb me.
Contact shadows disabled, TAA disabled.
https://helixmod.blogspot.com/2019/05/a ... 9805769139

Issue sample:
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64003.jpg
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64001.jpg
https://www.mtbs3d.com/gallery/albums/u ... x64007.jpg

I think I see what you mean about contact shadows - TBH I didn't notice it at first, now I see it but only on the girl in a few spots, everything else in the opening location looks alright. I don't notice a difference between Ambient Occlusion Low vs Ultra, it doesn't seem to make a difference on the image to me.

[Blacksmith60]

I agree with Guig2000, for me it was unplayable with SSAO...

And not to spoil anything, at first I was also impressed, but in the long run I got bored, it's to repetive and TBH I never finished it...

But hey, ofc I hope that you guys enjoys it

[Lysander]

It's in my queue, from the reviews it doesn't seem very long but looks beautiful so good graphics + 3D + my persistence allow me to get through a lot of boring parts of games But this one also reviews well w.r.t. to story