Tweaks & Fixes Thread

[Lord_Gannondorf]

Share all tweaks and fixes here, I'll keep this post updated as frequently as possible. If you improve the graphics then please also post comparison screenshots.

How to enable SLI:

1. Download and install Nvidia Inspector: http://downloads.guru3d.com/NVIDIA-I...load-2612.html
2. Open the program and click "Driver (256+) profile settings" across from where it says your driver version.
3. Click where it says "_GLOBAL_DRIVER_PROFILE (Base Profile)" and type in " Dead Island " and simply hit enter.
4. Click "Add application to current profile" to open a navigation window.
5. Navigate to steamapps > common > dead island. Double-click "deadislandgame"
   
   Additional details here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2107166

How to enable Crossfire:

1. Download and install RadeonPro: [url]http://www.radeonpro.info/en-US//url]
2. Add the Dead Island .exe
3. Navigate to the tweaks tab and choose "Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Chrome 4) from the 'Force CrossfireX Profile' drop-down box.

Increase Shadow Quality beyond 1024:

You can increase the shadow resolution even further by navigating to this directory and opening "video.scr" in Notepad (open a blank Notepad document then drag-and-drop "video.scr" into it): Documents\DeadIsland\out\Settings

Increase the following:

ShadowMapSize(1024)
SpotShadowMapSize(1024)

Comparison:
1024: http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2650/1024cg.jpg
2048: http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4353/2048b.jpg
4096: http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5699/4096f.jpg

Note: The game may crash if you set this too high, this will vary from system to system.

Skip splash screens:

1. Navigate to Documents -> DeadIsland -> out.
2. Create a directory tree like this if it does not already exist: Documents -> DeadIsland -> out -> data -> menu -> movies
3. Download and paste this file into that directory: http://www.mediafire.com/?2lg81cxbdeabvxa

Disable motion blur:

Just a warning - it might be possible to get VAC banned if you play online with this tweak, though I doubt it.

1. Navigate to Documents -> DeadIsland -> out.
2. Create a directory tree like this if it does not already exist: Documents -> DeadIsland -> out -> data -> scripts
3. Download and paste this file into that directory: http://www.mediafire.com/?4ne4xuxyw002d05

Increase FOV:

Just a warning - it might be possible to get VAC banned if you play online with this tweak, though I doubt it.

1. Navigate to Documents -> DeadIsland -> out.
2. Create a directory tree like this if it does not already exist: Documents -> DeadIsland -> out -> data -> skills
3. Download and paste this file into that directory: http://www.mediafire.com/?9t2ta033y15dbes

   Default (62.5): http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6471/defaulthpb.jpg
   Tweaked (80):http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/299/80227377.jpg

   The file included has a FOV of 80. You can tweak the FOV to your liking by renaming the file to .txt, opening it and searching (ctrl+f) for "fov".
   
   If you are having trouble renaming the file from .xml back and forth to .txt, try tapping Alt while in Windows Explorer, going to Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".

[TurdSnack]

Has anyone tried the whole .bak thing on the intro clips? I moved them out of the folder and the game didn't even start.

[Lord_Gannondorf]

Originally Posted by TurdSnack

Has anyone tried the whole .bak thing on the intro clips? I moved them out of the folder and the game didn't even start.

Keep the actual introduction videos (IntroDI_720p.wmv, IntroDI_720p_4_3.wmv) there and manually skip that otherwise you'll just get a black screen.

[TurdSnack]

Originally Posted by Lord_Gannondorf

Keep the actual introduction videos (IntroDI_720p.wmv, IntroDI_720p_4_3.wmv) there and manually skip that otherwise you'll just get a black screen.

Sweet, I will do that once they patch it. Since im not gonna play till then.

[DarkLiberator]

I hear renaming deadisland.exe through nvidiainspector to deadislandgame.exe may fix SLI.

Its a possible fix. I'm not entirely sure.

[DontForkWitMe]

dunno whats going on, i follow the directory to video.scr but it wont let me open it in notepad when i right click it and when i try to open it i get an error message saying its not a vaild win32 application

[Lord_Gannondorf]

Originally Posted by DontForkWitMe

dunno whats going on, i follow the directory to video.scr but it wont let me open it in notepad when i right click it and when i try to open it i get an error message saying its not a vaild win32 application

Open a blank notepad document then drag-and-drop the file into it.

[Syn-Marvin]

Increase your Graphics quality -- Overall improvements

Inside the Settings - Video

ShaderPath(3) to ShaderPath(6) -- these are PS3 shaders

FSAA() to FSAA(2) or even number to 16

FXFadeLevel(4) to FXFadeLevel(1) or 0 depending on available memory.

[DontForkWitMe]

i can confirm renaming or adding the deadislandgame.exe to the dead island profile in nvidia inspector does enable sli. i was getting 20-30fps before on my two 460's and now get a solid 60fps after adding the real exe

[SubGumn]

Originally Posted by Syn-Marvin

ShaderPath(3) to ShaderPath(6) -- these are PS3 shaders

This isn't exactly a quality improvement. The shaders on the PS3 are simply made to be a bit more bloom heavy (glowy), so it's more a preference thing.
Besides I think this setting automatically reverts itself to "3" when changed on the PC.

Those other tweaks mentioned are great though and seem to be working for me.

There are some other tweaks than can be made in there too.
The top of the file that's commented out of use with exclamation points in front are guidelines.

For example vsync can easily be enabled by simple adding "VSync() " to the list, such as it suggested in the top section by the "!VSync()" that's shown.

[BuckarooBanzai]

Originally Posted by SubGumn

This isn't exactly a quality improvement. The shaders on the PS3 are simply made to be a bit more bloom heavy (glowy), so it's more a preference thing.
Besides I think this setting automatically reverts itself to "3" when changed on the PC.

Those other tweaks mentioned are great though and seem to be working for me.

There are some other tweaks than can be made in there too.
The top of the file that's commented out of use with exclamation points in front are guidelines.

For example vsync can easily be enabled by simple adding "VSync() " to the list, such as it suggested in the top section by the "!VSync()" that's shown.

is vsync working for you? it just seems to cap frames to 60 and not much else.

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

is vsync working for you? it just seems to cap frames to 60 and not much else.

Try changing the refresh rate to match your monitor's refresh rate.

[SubGumn]

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

is vsync working for you? it just seems to cap frames to 60 and not much else.

Yah it's been working just fine by simply adding that tag.
No screen tearing at all for me after adding it.

I may have been wrong about the shader path, I need get some screens taken to see if it's actually changing or just reverting to it's default.

I know that in the settings file it does in fact revert to 3, but I still gotta look into it more.

[TurdSnack]

Originally Posted by BuckarooBanzai

is vsync working for you? it just seems to cap frames to 60 and not much else.

After setting it to 59MHz which is what my card outputs and turning Vsync on it actually does Vsync correctly

[spartan1down]

To anyone that knows how to turn off bloom effects I'll love you long time.