Abzu. Anyone excited for this game? Looks like it would be AMAZING in 3D!
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The decals are a recurrent issue in Unreal engine games. Most games only use them for minor details, so they are rarely a big issue, but abzu uses them on very large surfaces for story telling. I think I understand why DarkStarSword tried to find a generic fix for the entire engine rather than doing specific fixes for each wall. I'm sad it didn't work.
The decals are a recurrent issue in Unreal engine games.
Most games only use them for minor details, so they are rarely a big issue, but abzu uses them on very large surfaces for story telling.
I think I understand why DarkStarSword tried to find a generic fix for the entire engine rather than doing specific fixes for each wall. I'm sad it didn't work.

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#46
Posted 12/23/2016 12:28 PM   
[quote="BlackSharkfr"]I think I understand why DarkStarSword tried to find a generic fix for the entire engine rather than doing specific fixes for each wall.[/quote]Yeah, and a large part of the motivation is also that a generic fix saves us time in the future, even if it means the game I'm currently working on takes considerably longer. [quote]I'm sad it didn't work.[/quote]I abandoned the idea of parsing the game files, but I'm not willing to write off the idea of a generic fix just yet - actually I have a lot of hope for a new idea I've been exploring over the last week or so of altering the matrices in the constant buffers, and have done a proof of concept with a couple of shaders in this game proving that it can work in principle. The problem I've hit with this approach is that the driver doesn't handle stereo constant buffers properly, so the elegant way of injecting the modified matrices back into the game is out (I've fired off a couple of emails to our contact in nvidia to ask for that as a feature request and to make sure I haven't missed some option to make it work), but there is still the possibility to have 3DMigoto automatically modify any shader that uses the constant buffer to select the stereoised matrices, similar to the way I did it in the proof of concept, but ideally so that it won't need us to find all the shaders ahead of time. That will require a considerable amount of work in 3DMigoto though and I still have a couple of unknowns I need to make sure won't be a problem (the big one being whether I can reliably identify the correct constant buffer each frame), so I'm not going to delay this fix any longer - I'll save that for the next UE4 game I work on ;-)
BlackSharkfr said:I think I understand why DarkStarSword tried to find a generic fix for the entire engine rather than doing specific fixes for each wall.
Yeah, and a large part of the motivation is also that a generic fix saves us time in the future, even if it means the game I'm currently working on takes considerably longer.

I'm sad it didn't work.
I abandoned the idea of parsing the game files, but I'm not willing to write off the idea of a generic fix just yet - actually I have a lot of hope for a new idea I've been exploring over the last week or so of altering the matrices in the constant buffers, and have done a proof of concept with a couple of shaders in this game proving that it can work in principle.

The problem I've hit with this approach is that the driver doesn't handle stereo constant buffers properly, so the elegant way of injecting the modified matrices back into the game is out (I've fired off a couple of emails to our contact in nvidia to ask for that as a feature request and to make sure I haven't missed some option to make it work), but there is still the possibility to have 3DMigoto automatically modify any shader that uses the constant buffer to select the stereoised matrices, similar to the way I did it in the proof of concept, but ideally so that it won't need us to find all the shaders ahead of time. That will require a considerable amount of work in 3DMigoto though and I still have a couple of unknowns I need to make sure won't be a problem (the big one being whether I can reliably identify the correct constant buffer each frame), so I'm not going to delay this fix any longer - I'll save that for the next UE4 game I work on ;-)

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#47
Posted 12/23/2016 03:42 PM   
Fix is up: http://helixmod.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/abzu.html Merry Christmas everyone!
Fix is up: http://helixmod.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/abzu.html


Merry Christmas everyone!

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#48
Posted 12/24/2016 11:42 PM   
[quote="DarkStarSword"]Fix is up: http://helixmod.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/abzu.html Merry Christmas everyone![/quote] And Merry Christmas to you and all the others in here, thanks for all your help and support :)
DarkStarSword said:Fix is up: http://helixmod.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/abzu.html


Merry Christmas everyone!


And Merry Christmas to you and all the others in here, thanks for all your help and support :)

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#49
Posted 12/25/2016 12:03 AM   
damn bought this for PS4 some time ago (thought it was an exclusive, for some reason). Gotta buy it again for PC now :P Thanks for the fix!
damn bought this for PS4 some time ago (thought it was an exclusive, for some reason). Gotta buy it again for PC now :P Thanks for the fix!

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#50
Posted 12/25/2016 04:31 AM   
Yes Merry Christmas to you and all the others shadershakers. A big tanks for this year of work&fix ;-).
Yes Merry Christmas to you and all the others shadershakers.

A big tanks for this year of work&fix ;-).

#51
Posted 12/25/2016 08:49 AM   
Merry Chrismas DSS, and all! Good luck with your automatic fixing . What a year we've had, 3D wise, you guys are the greatest!
Merry Chrismas DSS, and all!
Good luck with your automatic fixing .
What a year we've had, 3D wise, you guys are the greatest!

#52
Posted 12/25/2016 09:27 AM   
Thanks! Been looking forward to this one. Merry Christmas to you too!
Thanks! Been looking forward to this one. Merry Christmas to you too!

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#53
Posted 12/26/2016 04:17 AM   
Works great DarkStarSword - thanks very much and merry Xmas all.
Works great DarkStarSword - thanks very much and merry Xmas all.

#54
Posted 12/26/2016 05:12 AM   
thank you so much for the fix!
thank you so much for the fix!

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#55
Posted 12/26/2016 02:07 PM   
Thanks DSS. The game is awesome. I totally recommend.
Thanks DSS.
The game is awesome. I totally recommend.

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#56
Posted 12/26/2016 05:14 PM   
Ok, you said that Watch Dogs 3 is on your list. But at first u want to finished Abzu, an another game and than Watch Dogs 2. What is the Second game? I hope dishonored 2 ^^
Ok, you said that Watch Dogs 3 is on your list. But at first u want to finished Abzu, an another game and than Watch Dogs 2. What is the Second game? I hope dishonored 2 ^^

#57
Posted 12/26/2016 09:11 PM   
Truly amazing fix and game. Reminds me a lot of Vashj'ir from WoW. Nostalgia epicness...
Truly amazing fix and game. Reminds me a lot of Vashj'ir from WoW. Nostalgia epicness...

#58
Posted 12/26/2016 10:59 PM   
[quote="kagrra"]Ok, you said that Watch Dogs 3 is on your list. But at first u want to finished Abzu, an another game and than Watch Dogs 2. What is the Second game? I hope dishonored 2 ^^[/quote]Actually the second thing wasn't a game - I'm aiming to create an entirely new technique that if all goes well might help us fix some games faster, but that's a long term project. I probably will look at Dishonored 2, but only with a focus to get it to work with our tools (well, unless no one else takes on actually fixing it). WATCH_DOGS2 is the next game I'm looking at... and what would you know it - I switched the fix to assembly (for performance and reliability reasons) and ran smack bang into an assembler bug o_@
kagrra said:Ok, you said that Watch Dogs 3 is on your list. But at first u want to finished Abzu, an another game and than Watch Dogs 2. What is the Second game? I hope dishonored 2 ^^
Actually the second thing wasn't a game - I'm aiming to create an entirely new technique that if all goes well might help us fix some games faster, but that's a long term project. I probably will look at Dishonored 2, but only with a focus to get it to work with our tools (well, unless no one else takes on actually fixing it). WATCH_DOGS2 is the next game I'm looking at... and what would you know it - I switched the fix to assembly (for performance and reliability reasons) and ran smack bang into an assembler bug o_@

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#59
Posted 12/27/2016 04:01 PM   
Unfortunately, with passive EDID mod for LG 4K 3D TV (interlaced 3840x2160 screen size), parts of the primary character are blurred in either one eye or the other, depending upon the character's screen position and camera angle. Some 3D objects are good, others are broken/blurred. 3D in title screen looks good, however. As an alternative, I tried uncommenting line to enable SBS/TAB, but F11 did not cycle output modes. I have tried restarting game with fix multiple times. Using Windows 10, single Pascal Titan X. Has anyone else using 4K EDID mod had any issues with this game fix?
Unfortunately, with passive EDID mod for LG 4K 3D TV (interlaced 3840x2160 screen size), parts of the primary character are blurred in either one eye or the other, depending upon the character's screen position and camera angle. Some 3D objects are good, others are broken/blurred. 3D in title screen looks good, however. As an alternative, I tried uncommenting line to enable SBS/TAB, but F11 did not cycle output modes. I have tried restarting game with fix multiple times. Using Windows 10, single Pascal Titan X.

Has anyone else using 4K EDID mod had any issues with this game fix?

#60
Posted 12/28/2016 03:50 AM   
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