Ashen
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Ashen better Graphics
By ICEBREAKER
I improved some things on the graphics like:
Completely fixed bushes and trees popping up, increased grass distance significantly. True sky enabled, enhanced clouds. Also adjusted the color of the sky, more blue now. Optimized shadows, removed fading. Color adjustments and brightness adjusted. Removed fades. Fog density reduced. Lod distance increased and optimized. Texture streaming and performance optimized. Better anti aliasing. Ui scale set to 75%.

What you have to do:
Go to the following folder on your PC:

C:/Users/Name/AppData/Local/Ashen/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor

Now open the engine file and add the following:

[SystemSettings]
r.Streaming.Boost=1
r.FastVRam.EyeAdaptation=1
r.bForceCPUAccessToGPUSkinVerts=1
r.ViewDistance=5
r.ViewDistanceScale=5
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=3
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=3
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.01
grass.CullDistanceScale=4
grass.DisableDynamicShadows=1
foliage.LODDistanceScale=5
foliage.forcelod=2
foliage.ditheredLOD=0
foliage.MinimumScreenSize=0.00000001
foliage.MaxOcclusionQueriesPerComponent=128
foliage.MinInstancesPerOcclusionQuery=65536
grass.DensityScale=1.0
foliage.DensityScale=1.0
r.HLOD=1
r.HLOD.DistanceScale=2.0
r.HLOD.MaximumLevel=1
r.Emitter.FastPoolEnable=1
r.EmitterSpawnRateScale=2.0
r.MipMapLODBias=0
r.MaxQualityMode=1
r.DetailMode=2
r.MaterialQualityLevel=1
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-3
r.SkeletalMeshLODRadiusScale=0.01
r.LandscapeLODBias=-3
r.TessellationAdaptivePixelsPerTriangle=128
r.Water.WaterMesh.TessFactorBias=12
r.Fog=1
r.FogDensity=0.02
r.FogStartDistance=6
r.VolumetricFog.GridDivisor=30
r.VolumetricFog.GridPixelSize=8
r.VolumetricFog.GridSizeZ=64
r.VolumetricFog.Jitter=1
r.VolumetricFog.InjectShadowedLightsSeparately=1
r.VolumetricFog.InverseSquaredLightDistanceBiasScale=1.000000
r.VolumetricFog.LightFunctionSupersampleScale=2.000000
r.VolumetricCloud.HighQualityAerialPerspective=1
r.VolumetricRenderTarget=1
r.TranslucencyVolumeBlur=0
r.TranslucentLightingVolume=1
r.TrueSkyQuality=1
r.SkyLightingQuality=1
r.LightFunctionQuality=1
r.LightShaftQuality=1
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=3
r.TrueSkyQuality=1
r.SkyLightingQuality=1
r.VolumetricCloud=1
r.VolumetricCloud.SkyAO=1
r.VolumetricCloud.SkyAO.Filtering=1
r.VolumetricCloud.ShadowMap=1
r.VolumetricCloud.ShadowMap.MaxResolution=2048
r.VolumetricCloud.SkyAO.MaxResolution=2048
r.VolumetricRenderTarget.Mode=1
r.SkylightIntensityMultiplier=0.4
r.SkyAtmosphere=1
r.SupportSkyAtmosphere=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.LUT32=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.FastSkyLUT=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.MultiScatteringLUT.HighQuality=1
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.FastApplyOnOpaque=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.TransmittanceLUT.UseSmallFormat=0
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.Depth=96
r.SkyAtmosphere.AerialPerspectiveLUT.DepthResolution=16.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.SampleCountMin=64.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.SampleCountMax=128.0
r.SkyAtmosphere.DistanceToSampleCountMax=128
r.ShadowQuality=5
r.Shadow.CacheWholeSceneShadows=1
r.Shadow.WholeSceneShadowCacheMb=500
r.Shadow.FilterMethod=0
r.Shadow.PointLightDepthBias=0.050000
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.03
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=3.0
r.Shadow.MaxNumFarShadowCascades=12
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=12
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixel=16
r.Shadow.CSMDepthBias=20
r.Shadow.MinPreShadowResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MinResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=4096
r.Shadow.SpotLightTransitionScale=4096
r.Shadow.CSM.TransitionScale=2.0
r.Shadow.PreShadowResolutionFactor=1.0
r.CapsuleShadows=1
r.CapsuleMaxDirectOcclusionDistance=800.000000
r.CapsuleMaxIndirectOcclusionDistance=600.000000
r.CapsuleShadowsFullResolution=1
r.DistanceFieldShadowing=1
r.Shadow.PerObject=1
r.ContactShadows=1
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.Shadow.AllowForegroundShadows=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.AmbientOcclusionMaxQuality=100
r.DistanceFieldAO=1
r.DFShadowQuality=3
r.DFFullResolution=1
r.HLOD.ForceDisableCastDynamicShadow=1
r.Shadow.FadeResolution=0
r.HighQualityLightMaps=1
r.LensFlareQuality=3
r.ParticleLightQuality=2
r.RefractionQuality=3
r.SSR.Quality=4
r.SSR.MaxRoughness=1
r.SSS.Scale=1
r.SSS.SampleSet=2
r.SSGI.Quality=4
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.PostProcessAAQuality=6
r.ScreenPercentage=100
r.TemporalAASamples=32
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.12
r.TemporalAAFilterSize=1.0
r.TemporalAACatmullRom=1
r.TemporalAAPauseCorrect=1
r.BloomQuality=3
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=3
r.Color.Mid=0.35
r.SceneColorFormat=4
r.TonemapperGamma=2.6
r.Tonemapper.Quality=3
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=0.33
r.FastBlurThreshold=0
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.MotionBlur.Amount=0
r.MotionBlurSeparable=0
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.DepthOfField.FarBlur=0
r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=0
r.SceneColorFringe.Max=0
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0
r.MotionBlur.Max=0
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0

[/script/engine.localplayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

[/script/engine.userinterfacesettings]
ApplicationScale=0.75

Save and close it.

If you don't see the AppData folder, you have to go to advanced options in windows, folder options: show hidden folders; activate.

Have fun with the better Graphics.



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8 Comments
Lûga 1 Apr, 2024 @ 2:56am 
wich line change the FOV plz ? i don't like how you did it x)
lidren 31 Mar, 2024 @ 12:45am 
For some reason after applying this, my dialogue window is now lifted off the bottom of the screen.
xblastex 9 Mar, 2024 @ 1:44pm 
Most of the time you can use ini edits like these on most games regardless of platform
Tallon 4 Feb, 2024 @ 8:43am 
I am curious if this mod might be available outside of Steam? I purchased the game on GOG and would like to use it. Thanks,
sebapiraka 29 Aug, 2023 @ 5:31pm 
Tried it, game looks so much better now, thank you!! :bonfire2:
Rily 23 Feb, 2023 @ 3:38pm 
the popping was less noticiable since the bushes fade in and out instead of just literally popping, so it was never that much of an issue, but damn, not having it at all wis fantastic, it barely hits the performance, many thanks. These settings may work with another unreal engine games?
Noctis 22 Feb, 2023 @ 1:02pm 
One think i noticed tho is that the dialogue window seems to glitch a bit above the bottom edge of the screen, that wasn't happening before switching to your settings
Noctis 22 Feb, 2023 @ 12:49pm 
Works perfectly, thank you very much! The blurryness i hated about Ashens graphics disappeared completely, good shit