Risen 2: Dark Waters

About this mod

- All textures\effects reworked (include lods L1-L2)
- x86 limits bypassed (vram\ram)
- Engine fixes
- Render fixes
- Speedtree warp fix
- Lod fix
- Material fix
- Integrated RS (SMAA, etc)
- Custom aspect ratio support (for any resolutions)
- 4k shadows maps

Permissions and credits
THIS REMASTER REQUIRES VULKAN SUPPORT!

- Tested on GTX1060 6Gb (win10x64)
- Win11 (not tested\not work?)


Known issues:
- No known issues (except some performane lost. I'll try to fix it)

INSTALL ORDER:

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1) Select language before first run Remaster Launcher
- Use Settings.exe (gog game versions)


-OR-

Look at Risen2_Remaster.ini

Language selector:
- Uncomment lines (remove ';' from string begin)
[GAME TEXT = YOUR_LANG] ;Automatic dynamically attach languages packs
[GAME VOICE = ] ;If commented out - voice language is equal game text (if not found used default english)


2) Install Risen2 unofficial patch 0.5 (downloads tab)

3) Download Risen2_Remaster_Launcher.exe and place it to SYSTEM game folder
Try it...If it work fine - you can download textures
(!) You can't use textures without Remaster Launcher! (you will get a out of memory error)
(!) So, test it first and don't waste time to downloading textures!
(!) For steam game version - Open Risen2_Remaster.ini and uncomment line [STEAM VERSION] (remove ';' from string begin)

4) Download and unpack main archive with textures 
5)
 Updates\Fixes (if avaliable)
6) Run game via Risen2_Remaster_Launcher.exe

TO CUSTOM MODS:
(!)
 If you plan to use custom textures mods with remaster you should comment out this string (by adding ';' to string begin)
--> ;[RE-ORDER REMASTERED TEXTURES]
- You should do it before install any custom mods!
(!) This function required for updates and remaster pack installing (disable it only after install all files from this page)

(!) Also:
If you use deprecated Microsoft Security Essentials - add game folder to exclusion
(false positive to any code injectors)