About this mod
Extremely Enhanced Graphics for Batman Arkham City. ReShade & Config Edits. Also with RTGI.
- Permissions and credits
Now with RTGI!
This mod is aimed to improve vanilla visuals.
Comparison & Screenshots:
Part 1. ReShade Installation.
1. Download ReShade here: https://reshade.me/
2. Install ReShade, by choosing DX9 method and BatmanAC.exe in installer.
! If you choose DX10/DX11/DX12 or etc. methods, your texture mods from texmod will not work. !
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Batman Arkham City GOTY
Download all shaders, and close installer window when you see success.
Part 2. Config Edit.
1. Open config folder
C:\This PC\User\Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City GOTY\BmGame\Config
2. Open and edit BmEngine.ini
CTRL+F -> systemsettings
Below [SystemSettings] make sure this effects should be set like this:
MotionBlur=False
DepthOfField=False
AmbientOcclusion=False
Bloom=False
AllowD3D10=False
AllowD3D11=False
ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
MaxAnisotropy=16
MaxMultisamples=0
MinShadowResolution=16
MinPreShadowResolution=8
MaxShadowResolution=4096; 4096 - for better quality, 2048 - for better perfomance
ShadowFilterRadius=5.000000
Save and close, open properties and set to "read-only".
3. Open and edit UserEngine.ini
And repeat same thing like above
Save and close, open properties and set to "read-only".
Part 3. ReShade Preset Installation.
Download my mod, and put Shader files in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Batman Arkham City GOTY\Binaries\Win32\reshade-shaders\Shaders
*.ini* file put in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Batman Arkham City GOTY\Binaries\Win32
Part 4. ReShade Preset Configuration.
To make proper SSDO work configure this shader in ReShade Menu
SSDO Indirect Bounce Color Multiplier set to 0.000
to make occlusion edges more accurate and non-blurry use SSDO Angles Treshold, make this about 0.380-0.500
"I'm currently in process to find proper compability bit to enable HBAO+ in Arkham City via NVidia Inspector"