Modifying/Tips for Graphically Enhancing A:CM Thread

[Rubiebubie]

Originally Posted by Nouw

Ratings? Sorry, I'm not very tech-savvy.

The point is, some ppl found a way to read out what the game rates your pc AND there is a list of supported video cards and what level of detail the graphics are set depending on the GPU. there are 5 levels of detail or presets. what the ppl also see is, the list spports old graphic cards, VERY OLD ones, no newer model like all the 550 560 etc and the 650 660 etc nvidia cards. my GPU was rated preset level 4 and i changed it to 5 and the difference is huge. i think some ppl where rated 5 in the beginning so all the moddin in the files wont change much

sry, is this understandable? i'm no native speaker :/

[Rubiebubie]

Sorry for reposting this, but some of those tweaks (e.g. shadows from player/aliens) are MISSING if you play coop. is this coz of the host or what?

[CosmicD]

it would be cool if someone would manage and maintain modified ini's with all new graphics cards added, all possible settings revised and update it regularly.

I don't really know so much about the unreal engine so I would only make things worse. But the settings that passed my eye seem very plausible and I see a change of delay. Now, the "shininess" of ACM went from killing floor quality to prey quality for me.

[adonys]

dunno, I've played up in bad ass coop mode with my brother in law, and everything seemed ok, shadows and lighting.

[watzcoc]

Originally Posted by Cutter Zane

Gotta admit it does make a world of difference. Been tweaking it more and more and in the process unlocking alot of disabled effects that really needed to be active out-of-the-box.

so GB could change/unlock these effects in the console versions via a patch?

[Rubiebubie]

Originally Posted by adonys

dunno, I've played up in bad ass coop mode with my brother in law, and everything seemed ok, shadows and lighting.

there is shadow in one of 10 cases! o'neal has no shadows except for one situation, bella half of the times. that is the first oint. in single palyer it works fine. second thing: my torch NEVEr produces shadows. comeone gearbox, this is a big LOL. or is this only on my pc?

[Shaitan]

All the changes are there for me when I play Ult. Badass Co op as well.

[CHANCE69]

Originally Posted by Rubiebubie

What some ppl DO NOT get is: if your graphics card was supported in the beginning your game looks fine without the tweaks. my graphics card was NOT supported but got a 4 rating. i made it to be in the list and got a 5 rating and i GOT a difference. with 4, there are no player- and alienshadows, withe 5 there are! and the dead aliens STAY now, these 2 ponts alone are worth it!

er ... where can I find that " list" ?

link , please

[Lifeshield]

AllowD3D10=True

I'm pretty sure this does nothing. I don't really notice any difference with the majority of these tweaks other than improved performance.

Could really do with side by side comparison shots as the changes aren't exactly in your face apparent (at least not to me anyway).

[X-Vector]

Originally Posted by PhillipJFry

The last portion of the video is all of this combined with my in progress tweak of SweetFX, in an attempt to match the deep blue look of the film.

I don't remember Aliens looking neon blue.

On the whole, I don't understand the fascination with lowering gamma to the extent shown in this thread; it reminds me of the almost pitch black AvP2 walkthrough videos on Youtube, which look clearly inferior and less atmospheric compared to the game on my PC with properly balanced brightness and contrast settings.