Vanilla Graphics Settings Upgrade

For Japanese description, please see the included ReadMe.

I am Japanese, and the English translations were made using Google Translate and ChatGPT, so there might be some errors. Thank you for your understanding.

This mod enhances rendering by modifying the settings in Watch Dogs’ defaultRenderConfig.xml, adjusting the vanilla graphics configuration for modern gaming PCs.

This mod is intended for use with the vanilla graphics environment of Watch Dogs.

Therefore, using it alongside E3-style or other graphics overhaul mods is not recommended.

Recommended Environment

Vanilla-based mods

Living_City

Not Recommended

The Fall of Windy City - A Lighting Overhaul

Nextgen Graphics Overhaul 2

Watch Dogs E3 Definitive Edition

NextGen Merge

Other similar graphics mods

(May cause graphics downgrades, rendering bugs, performance degradation, abnormal rain effects, etc.)

Main Changes

Enhanced Rain Rendering Settings

Ultra / High: Change parameters and rendering settings

Medium / Low: No change

Changed Reflection Rendering Resolution

Ultra: Changed to 2048

High: Changed to 1024 (Vanilla highest setting)

Medium / Low: No change

Changed Water Rendering Resolution

Ultra / High: Changed to 1536

Medium / Low: No change

Shadow rendering settings changed

Ultra / High / Medium / Low: CSM and Soft Shadows enabled

Rain shadow rendering resolution changed

Ultra / High / Medium: changed to 1024

Low: No change

Anti-aliasing settings changed

MSAA: changed to allow simultaneous use of MSAA and Temporal SMAA

Other anti-aliasing settings: No change

Other settings changed

Installation method

Please merge them yourself and put them directly into data_win64.