[NEW] Graphical Downgrades Fixed? | Ultimate Comparison [Image Heavy]

[Sonny_Black]

Did not try that; kind of tempted though.

 

https://www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/812

[WesternRev]

Version 1.00 vs Version 1.29 | Ambient Occlusion | Comparison 

 

Edited December 24, 2021 by WesternRev

[Sonny_Black]

5 hours ago, WesternRev said:

Version 1.00 vs Version 1.29 | Ambient Occlusion | Comparison 

 

 

Does that make 1.00 'better' ? 

 

Edit: Is there any way to bring back that AO in the current version? maybe by editing visualsettings.dat?

Edited December 17, 2021 by Sonny_Black

[WesternRev]

Version 1.00 vs Version 1.29 | Ambient Occlusion | Comparison 

 

Edited December 24, 2021 by WesternRev

[WesternRev]

Version 1.00 vs Version 1.29 | Comparison:

 

 

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In all these comparisons, you can see the Ambient occlusion drop off distance I was talking about. You can see that eyes have no ambient occlusion in the later versions. This is an ongoing trend. 

 

This is one of the reasons, faces look less detailed from a distance, in later versions [1.02 and up].

 

Edited December 24, 2021 by WesternRev

[videotech_]

Ah, there does appear to be some problems... but will this ever get fixed? 

[WesternRev]

On 12/24/2021 at 7:36 AM, VideoTech said:

Ah, there does appear to be some problems... but will this ever get fixed? 

Rockstar won’t fix this. It has been like this since Version 1.02 [day one patch].

 

 

This effect is connected to the ambient occlusion, which was altered with Version 1.02 [day one patch]. We are 27 patches in, and it still looks like this as you can see in the above comparison. 
 

You can go on YouTube and watch Gameplay that was released the day RDR 2 launched, since that gameplay is shot on Version 1.02 [day one patch]. So, you can compare the cutscene from those videos with my 1.29 shot, if you don’t trust my comparison. 

 

The ambient occlusion drop off distance is reduced in every version but 1.00. This is the reason characters look more waxy from a distance in Version 1.02 and up.

 

This is not the only problem though.
 

Common trends in which, I believe the “superior” ambient occlusion of Version 1.00, comes to light is:

Under hats

 

 

Under small objects

[bottom left corner]

[Bow tie, Hand, Frame]

[Bottom left corner, Charles ambient occlusion drop off distance [eyes]]

[bottom left corner, Ambient occlusion drop off distance [eyes]]

 

PC is sadly also affected by all of this, as it has the same ambient occlusion placement as consoles, only that the ambient occlusion is stronger on PC [radius].
 

Edited January 6 by WesternRev

[WesternRev]

On 11/16/2021 at 4:14 PM, rollschuh2282 said:

so it could very well be possible that anistropic filtering for example is higher on 1.0 compared to 1.29.

Version 1.00 and 1.29, both have 4x Anisotropic filtering.

 

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but they could have also replaced textures with lower resolution ones with patches.

 

They have replaced textures.

 

PC is also affected, as you can see. They have replaced textures with Version 1.02 [day one patch].

 

Edited January 4 by WesternRev

[WesternRev]

Version 1.00 vs Version 1.29 | Comparison: