Photo Mode - Increase Screen Resolution (Automated Toggle)

⭐ ⭐ (277 endorsements) 📥 7,964 downloads 📌 v2.2.0 📅 6/24/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By ItsKaa · Miscellaneous

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 9/30/2025 📅 Created: 6/24/2025

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 3.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • ✅ Updated 1 day after the latest game patch — actively maintained
  • 🏆 #160 of 517 Miscellaneous mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Dynamically updates screen resolution % for photos, reduces artifacts, mosty notably hair, reduces grain and increases (hair) quality. Also adds Depth of Field (DOF) options.

I noticed that the hair quality particularly in photo mode was a bit on the low side. I didn't want to bother manually modifying this every time I enter photo mode so I made this mod to automatically do so. This mod also offers the ability to customize Depth of Field when in photo mode, particularly useful when you have it disabled in-game since photo mode forcefully enables it.

(The thumbnail is exaggerated as it's 33% vs 200% but it's a tiny image so hey)

Installation​

Extract the archive and copy the contents to the game directory (Right click in Steam -> Manage -> Browse local files).

The package includes a DLL from Ultimate-ASI-Loader.

This mod detects when you hide the HUD in photo mode, when hidden, it will update the screen percentage to whatever you have defined in the configuration file. There is also an option in the INI file to disable  the HUD detection which will require you to use the keyboard shortcuts  instead.

I also added a detection for game pause, it's not perfect because the selfie mode does not pause but it works for now.

Current default keys:

  • []F5 = Photo mode setting (200% by default)

    []F6 = Default setting (100% by default)

  • F7 = Low quality setting (32%)

    EDIT THE INI FILE!

    The screen percentage variable will override the quality of your upscaler. Ensure that the default screen percentage is accurate and that your hardware can handle the photo mode screen percentage (test this ingame).

    You may notice a delay of 2 seconds when switching to default, that is because the game has issues clearing resources when swapping to a higher screen res, so this is a work-around I found. I personally haven't encountered them anymore but it's always possible you may, use the keybinds if that happens to you.

    Depth of Field

    With version 2. 0 there is now the option to customize the Depth of Field setting so it works well even in cinematics where DOF is forcefully enabled. This particularly helps when DOF is set to OFF ingame (see screenshots), the DOF effect is way too severe when using higher screen resolutions.

    Linux / Steam Deck

    If you're on Linux, use the following launch arguments:

    WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%

📊 Mod Details

Game
Stellar Blade Mods
Author
ItsKaa
Version
2.2.0
Downloads
7,964
Endorsements
277
Category
Miscellaneous
Created
6/24/2025
Updated
9/30/2025

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