HBAO+ Compatibility Flags Thread

Here are some shots of Bully Scholarship Edition using the flags for HBAO+ and SGSSAA both with and without the HD texture pack. I'm also using the 60fps frame unlocker which makes it play much better. I'm really enjoying the game so far.

without HD texture pack
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3854/14808113299_0599d91b6e_o.png

with HD texture pack
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3909/14994435522_739a892ca6_o.png

 

Hey, cool Bully pics! I'm enjoying the game too with all these visual goodies (though I prefer the vanilla textures). The SGSSAA, HBAO, Aniso and 60FPS really help make it fun to play even today

 

I was just experimenting with those HD textures. I'm not playing the game with them. Plus I don't like the way they break lore like when they replace soda machine textures with a Coca Cola logo. I wish I could just get HD versions of the original textures. Plus that particular texture pack kills performance. Definitely not worth it.

 

FFXIV HBAO+ not working now?

Hey everyone, I don't post often but I was very excited to find that a working AO bit for Final Fantasy XIV was discovered. I tried to test it out this morning and despite entering the proper compatibility bit, and picking both "enable" and "quality" settings in Nvidia Inspector, Nothing was showing up in-game. I took comparison screenshots with it on and off (the in-game ssao was off the whole time). Nothing. Did this break with the latest 2.3 and 2.35 patch? Has anyone tried it in the past week or so to confirm it still works? If so what could I be doing wrong?

Thanks and hopefully eventually the DX11 version of this client will address this and many other graphics issues (like the horrible transparency dithering, lack of real AA (I don't have enough gpu power to use 4xSGSSAA), proper texture filtering on color and normal maps, better DoF, etc...

 

What is your transparency lighting quality?


1F works 100% reliably with "Normal" Transparent Lighting Quality, if you can put up with lower resolution Alpha effects, water and hair.


The other one can be tricky.

 

I suggest we change the reference for "Assassin's Creed Brotherhood" to this post:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4900075&postcount=796

 

alrighty

 

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

0x00000028 (default)

This one was tricky. Basically all working flags caused heavy bleeding through, well, everything, until I accidentally left in game SSAO turned on, which made HBAO+ working perfectly. However game seems to turn off SSAO when player's vision suppose to be obscured, like at the beginning of "Hunter Killer" mission, or during sandstorm in "Return to Sender", which causes bleeding to kick back in. 28 flag is, once again, best one to use.

Exteriors:

Off
In game SSAO
HBAO+
HBAO+ & in game SSAO

Interiors:

Off
In game SSAO
HBAO+
HBAO+ & in game SSAO

Smoke/dust test 1:

Off
In game SSAO
HBAO+
HBAO+ & in game SSAO

Smoke/dust test 2:

Off
In game SSAO
HBAO+
HBAO+ & in game SSAO
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Thanks!

 

Maybe, it should be added to the information for AC Brotherhood, this issue I already reported in this forum. https://forums.geforce.com/default/...-driver-feedback-thread/post/4298596/#4298596

 

I have have updated my original HBAO+/SLI/SGSSAA post for Outlast:
http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=10205893&postcount=5811

It turns out, that "0x00000026" is a much better overall AO solution than "0x00000010" in this game, since "10" tends to flicker on and off under certain lighting conditions.
The only limitation to "26" is, that it shouldn't be used together with forced SGSSAA.
This combination causes the AO to "lock out of phase" with the image briefly in some scenes (especially when entering or exiting a room).
Without SGSSAA, this doesn't happen at all.

A better solution is 2x2 driver downsampling combined with HBAO+ (0x00000026), which doesn't have any downsides whatsoever

 

Just as an FYI, the current Street Fighter IV AO flagged is buggy. During fights, the AO bleeds into the UI of the game...it's most noticeable with the lifebars and the "ROUND #" graphics at the start of each round.

 

- Perfect World (Zhu Xian 2) -

Off:
http://i.imgur.com/czib36M.png

0x00000034:
http://i.imgur.com/N0KN7Hy.png

0x0000000F:
http://i.imgur.com/UhSnjAB.png (Stronger)


I've tested all flags available, at least 10 flags were compatible but only these two worked with no bugs!

UPDATE: Noticed some flickering with both flags, but rarely.

 

- Silent Hill: Homecoming -

0x0000001A

Interior Off/On:
http://i.imgur.com/ZiQqKEN.png
http://i.imgur.com/Fft4W3D.png

Exterior Off/On:
http://i.imgur.com/ZentsUE.png
http://i.imgur.com/mfyMOFE.png

Tested all available flags, at least 8 flags were compatible but only one worked with no major bleeding or bugs! (All noticeable hbao flags have bleeding issues, the others have a short range effect). :thumbdown

 

Yeah I noticed this. But honestly, it's such a minor issue. It could be far far worse

 

It would be nice to have direct screenshot comparisons of "0x0000002C" working in Insurgency.
Furthermore, does "2C" bleed through smoke in this game?

According to a post in the "HBAO+ Driver Feedback Thread" on the GeForce forums, this is the case when HBAO+ is forced with "2C" in CS:GO itself:
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/683553/geforce-drivers/hbao-driver-feedback-thread/post/4299948/#4299948

 

Thanks for the reply, MrBonk. I'd prefer to leave transparency on high, as even that is bad enough as it is compared to a lot of other games (transparency dithering in any form is soooo 1993). So the 1F key doesn't work for high quality? I'm currently using 0x0000102B but having no luck whatsoever with it. Could I be missing anything else? Thanks and hopefully it's some other setting I just need to tweak.

 

Instead of just describing the problem, please upload screenshots of your NVIDIA Inspector settings as well as all ingame settings.
Also please include ingame HBAO+ screenshot comparisons, to make sure whether or not "102B" is working for you.
This thread should be driven by facts/proof, and not argumentation

This could be something as simple as a resolution problem.
Some AO flags only work at certain resolutions/aspect ratios.

 

102B is weird that it whether it works or not is completely random. At one point, it worked reliably 100% fine for me in the benchmark and the current builds of the game.

Then it'd work once when booting up the game, not the next time.

It's a bit strange. I did add info somewhat to that effect to the post.


But for what it's worth, the dithering is going to be there regardless.

So if you can't somehow get 102B to work (Have you tried rebooting the computer? Using any OSD's?), using 1F may be the only choice.

 

Good point, GuruKnight, I'll try to be more specific with this.

Game settings are the default "Maximum" preset but with Occlusion Culling turned on. Resolution is 1920x1200 (which may be an issue, apparently?)

I've included screenshots and my Inspector settings. One image is AO off, one with in-game AO, the other with the In-game AO off but HBAO+ settings turned on via inspector (which looks identical to the AO off image)

(Edit: It says I need to post 10 times to be able to post links or images, and I've only posted 3 times. For now, I'm unable to show anything . But please take my word for the fact that I've taken screenshots and the AO Off looks IDENTICAL to using the HBAO+ settings via inspector. With inspector I plugged in the code "0x0000102B" to Ambient Occlusion Compatibility, set "Ambient Occlusion Setting" to Performance, and "Ambient Occlusion Usage" to Enabled.

 

^ You just need to remove the "http://" from the link and paste the rest like this "i.imgur.com/a7q11nm.jpg", we will be able to copy and paste it into to are address bar to see it.