Download the fix: https://s3.amazonaws.com/DarkStarSword/3Dfix-WATCH_DOGS2-1.1.zip
Update v1.1
- Fixed clipping on thick San Francisco volumetric fog
- Fixed another type of fog - should make fog 3D under all weather conditions
- Fixed more instances of 2D transparent effects in nethack vision (glass panels on the Temple of New Dawn glass & shrink wrap)
- Fixed wrong reflections on some hair
- Fixed blood decals
- Fixed brick decals floating a few milimeters above pavement with shadows falling through them.
- Added shotgun crosshair to auto adjust list
- Fixed glow of sun/moon when viewed through the thick San Francisco fog
- Fixed steam explosions
Fixed
- Flickering HUD (render target redirection to work around game + driver bug)
- Accurate Screen Space Reflections (first ever accurate SSR fix for 3D Vision!)
- Accurate Specular Highlights
- Environmental reflections
- Some 2D objects in reflections
- Lights
- Regular Shadows
- PCSS Shadows
- HFTS Shadows
- HBAO+ Normal Map Artefacts
- Decals
- Skybox
- Light flares
- Volumetric Fog
- Police Helicopter Searchlight
- Water refraction
- Added an automatic stereo crosshair
- Added an automatic/manual crosshair toggle
- Added a static HUD depth adjustment
- Added a 3D HUD depth bias
- Adjusted lens grit depth
- Synchronised leaves, grass, bushes, etc. between both eyes (if the leaves ever manage to get out of sync you can disable them by pressing backslash)
- Fixed the "strange blue glitch" at light volume boundaries
- Targetting lines
- Lighting on walls in nethack vision
- Glass panels in nethack vision
- "Fake" building interiors (lights through windows render at correct depth)
- Partial fix for NVIDIA Ansel mode (see below)
Installation
Extract the zip file under WATCH_DOGS2\bin
Launch the game. The first time you run it (and again after any driver update) you will get a UAC prompt for Rundll32 to install the driver profile - choose yes.
The game has mostly been tested using the 376.33 driver. It may work on others, but if you run into problems, try that driver first.
Keys
K: Cycle between three crosshair modes: auto (enabled only when aiming), on and off.
~: Toggle between two convergence presets for cutscenes and gameplay.
\: Toggle leaf particles (disable if they are only visible in one eye or are in different positions in each eye)
F2: Cycle between several preset HUD depths
Note about anti-cheat software
This game uses anti-cheat software that is running even while in single player.
As far as we know our 3D fixes have never triggered a ban with these type of services, but if you play with it enabled you do so at your own risk.
If you want to be on the safe side you can disable it by launching the game with the -eac_launcher option. If you are launching through UPlay you can go into the properties page for the game and use "Add launch arguments" to add this. If done correctly you will get a message when the game launches that the anti cheat software is not installed and multiplayer will be unavailable.
HUD Depth
To change the depth of the 2D HUD, edit the d3dx.ini and change the value for x and y in the [Constants] section - x sets the depth when the mouse cursor is NOT visible, and y sets it when the mouse cursor IS visible. 0 is screen depth, 1 is infinity, negative numbers pop out. You can also specify several preset values to cycle between with the F2 key by editing the [KeyHUDDepth] section.
There are also separate adjustments for 3D HUD elements in z and w. The units are convergence override values, so higher values bring the HUD closer and lower values push it deeper (0 is infinity). z sets the convergence override when the mouse cursor is hidden, and this adjustment will also have a bias applied to line it up with any 2D HUD adjustments. w sets the 3D HUD convergence override when the mouse cursor is hidden, and does NOT have a bias (the idea being that when the mouse cursor is visible you want the HUD near screen depth where the mouse cursor is).
Lens Grit
The lens grit texture has been moved to depth to look better. The depth can be adjusted with y2 in the d3dx.ini, or disabled by setting y2 = -1.
NVIDIA Ansel Mode
This is one of the games supported by NVIDIA Ansel, which allows you to position the camera, adjust the FOV, etc. and take various types of screenshots. Press Alt+F2 in game to pause the game and bring up Ansel HUD, then move the camera with WASD, Z, X and rotate by holding the left mouse button and use the HUD to adjust other controls.
The various screenshot options provided by Ansel should all work fine, but personally I find the stereo screenshot option to be lacking (no off-center projection and very little depth), but you can just use it to position the camera then take a stereo screenshot with Alt+F1 (beware the 100 screenshot limit if you aren't using my auto rename script).
To remove the Ansel HUD for better screenshots in this mode, open the d3dx.ini, search for "Ansel" and uncomment the two ShaderOverride sections. Back in game press F10 to reload the config and voila - no HUD :) Note that the various filters Ansel provides only work in one eye in this game.
Note that there are very likely still broken effects (especially lights, shadows and reflections) while using Ansel in many areas / times of day / weather conditions - I've fixed a bunch of them, but they only dump on demand when Ansel is used, so finding them all is a near impossible task. You can still use Ansel's stereo screenshot option if there are broken shaders.
Known Issues
- Fog from steam vents is falsely obscured when an object is in front of them, which can lead to be being shaded differently in each eye. This is a game bug that occurs in 2D as well.
- Police search lights clip momentarily as the camera passes through the boundary of the light cone. Probably only noticeable if you freeze the game with Ansel.
Side-by-Side / Top-and-Bottom Output Modes
This fix is bundled with the new SBS / TAB output mode support in 3DMigoto. To enable it, edit the d3dx.ini, find the [Present] section and uncomment (remove the semicolon) the line that reads:
run = CustomShader3DVision2SBS
Then, in game press F11 to cycle output modes. If using 3D TV Play, set the nvidia control panel to output checkerboard to remove the 720p limitation.
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