Batman Arkham City Patch 1.03
Note: The cheats and tricks listed above may not necessarily work with your copy of the game. This is due to the fact that they generally work with a specific version of the game and after updating it or choosing another language they may (although do not have to) stop working or even malfunction.Extra care should be taken with modifications, trainers, and other things that were not created by the game’s developers. In this case the possibility of malfunctioning or even damaging the game, which may necessitate reinstalling the game, is particularly high.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE:. I own the GOTY version of the game. I'm not familiar with other versions of the game, so don't expect this mod to work perfectly with other versions. I'm always welcome to reasonable criticism. It only helps the final results so feel free to comment your opinions. You can use the texture pack without disabling depth of field or using Reshade. Keep the vanilla palette if you prefer.
Texture mods require Directx11 settings disabled. The only drawback to disabling Dx11 is that you miss out on tesselation.
Config edits improve shadow quality vs Dx11 shadows, and Reshade improves over Dx11 HBAO. Take note of your game's install directory. Do this by right-clicking the game in your library. Select 'properties', now go to 'local files' tab.
Select the 'browse local files' option. The game's directory should be revealed in file explorer. What does a texture pack do?Improves overall artwork over models. Less blur and more detail becomes apparent.Why doesn't the game have good enough textures?Video-game textures are responsible for (often the majority) of a games disk space requirements.
In order to keep the final game size reasonable, developers set a maximum resolution across all textures, ultimately compressing them. For older games, texture artists didn't really bother creating highly detailed textures because of the inevitable compression that would occur. Unfortunately for us, the default textures don't hold up on high resolution displays. Even at 1080p, low quality assets are obvious, yet we are all moving to 4k. Texture packs solves this issue.Note:. This is highly work in progress and far from completion. Texmod is used to replace textures.
INSTALLATION Pay attentionThe detail setting in the game launcher is the texture settings. 'Extreme' detail settings is nescessary.
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MSAA must be disabled. We will disable Directx11 in config files.
This isn't a downside. You get improved performance without Directx11, and the config section shows how to improve shadows for Directx9 (base) mode and Reshade improves over Directx11 HBAO. You can choose other individual graphics settings, but i recommend disabling ambient occlusion if using Reshade. MSAA can cause stutters in Arkham City and stops Reshade from functioning properly.You are required to edit the BmEngine.ini configuration file to use the texture pack(additional config info in separate section). This is because it disables the graphics memory usage limit set by the game - or the game will stop high resolution textures from functioning properly.After adjusting graphics settings in the game launcher, go to - C:Users (You)DocumentsWB GamesBatman Arkham City GOTYBmGameConfigMake a backup copy of BmEngine.ini before editing it:Open it and press Ctrl+F and search for 'poolsize'. PRESETSAll presets include SMAA anti-aliasing and MultiLUT shaders, as well as filmic mode option by default. More info on MultiLUT below.Main:This preset proves to be rather demanding.
It adds ambient occlusion, light adaptation, improved bloom, sharpening and deband. Dubbed as 'main' because it's what i use, and i'm bad with titles.High End:The same as 'main' preset, but more ambient occlusion samples are used here. Highly demanding.Low End:Balance kept here to allow good visuals and reasonable performance. Ambient occlusion sample count lowered.
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Eye adaptation effect is removed.Light Mode:Uses anti-aliasing and colour grading shaders only. Minor impact to performance and no graphical bleeding issues. You may want to keep in-game ambient occlusion enabled if using this preset.Beta:Recommended only for use with in-game depth of field enabled and HUD disabled. Enables reflections shader and also uses Vibrant2 LUT by default. MultiLUT (Colour Grading)LUT stands for 'Look Up Table'. This is an image in which a shader references to understand how to apply its colour grading. Multi-LUT shader by OtisInf allows users to switch between multiple LUTs with ease.I've allowed several colour grading options:Colour Correction:Aims for accurate to life colour grading.Vibrant1:Colour Correction with a bit more saturation.Vibrant2:Slightly different hue/saturation settings from Vibrant1.
Recommended for use if in-game depth of field is enabled. Selected by default with Beta preset.Cold:Gives the game a colder feel with a mix of orange and blue tints.Warm:Slight yellowish tint with softer blues to provide a warmer feel.Dark:Aims for a gritty tone with a brownish tint.Cinematic:Lower saturation and stronger highlights for a more filmic look.Return To Arkham:Aims to replicate the RTA collection. Selected by default for all presets except 'Beta'.Isolated Blues:Only the colour blue will remain intact, whilst other colours are black and white. Comic book feel.Isolated Reds:Only the colour red will remain intact, whilst other colours are black and white. Makes the game appear more bloody with only red being emphasized.Monochrome:Black and white. INSTALLATIONReshade 3 required:- Download available at the bottom of the pageOpen Reshade 3 executable and locate and select application 'BatmanAC.exe' found in 'SteamLibrarysteamappscommonBatman Arkham City GOTYBinariesWin32'Select D3D9. When asked which effects to check, uncheck all and select only the following:MultiLUT, SMAA, Borders, CA, FilmGrain, LightDOF, Deband, ReflectiveBumpMapping, Emphasize(Experienced users can select extra shaders)Copy all the files in the downloaded presets folder to the game directory:Batman Arkham City GOTYBinariesWin32Overwrite when requestedUsing Reshade:Open the game, let Reshade load (should be visible at the top of the screen).
Press 'shift+2' to toggle Reshade menu. Choose the preset you wish to use in the dropdown menu. Feel free to experiment with the different presets and see which one works best for you. Experienced users can design their own presets.' Page-Up' toggles MXAO.
'Page-Down' toggles Filmic mode.In the settings tab of Reshade, make sure the following values (in the preprocessor tab) are all '0':RESHADEDEPTHINPUTISUPSIDEDOWN=0RESHADEDEPTHINPUTISREVERSED=0RESHADEDEPTHINPUTISLOGARITHMIC=0The is to make sure depth based effects function properly.