NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated)

About DSR, i activated the setting in "default profile", by NVControlPanel (that installs with driver), does it is enabled for all profiles now, or must it be set for each game ?

 

SGSSAA in Dead Space 3 sux hard. Even at 8x I see crapload of specular aliasing.

 

By exemple : DEX, it's 2D, ingame options are FXAA or even DLAA.

 

I am using the OpenGL bits mentioned in the OP for Soul Reaver 2, while mixing it with dgvoodoo 2 at x8
I am enhancing it in Inspector and overall it looks smooth at least :3
Make sure to use piexeto's patch along with the -setup command mentioned here
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1916482921

Disable Fullscreen effects (causes blur if on) and optionally disable FSAA if you want


....also consider maxing out Gamma if your eyes aren't accustomed to how dark the game looks :X

 

Silverfall: Complete

The "Multisample Type" setting in the game's configuration tool doesn't appear to work.

No AA

0x000000C0
8xMSAA
8xSGSSAA

0x084000C0 (enhances shadows, example: no AA / 8xSGSSAA)
8xSGSSAA
32xS + 8xSGSSAA

Looks like it's CPU-limited (aside from the last image), but adding anti-aliasing seems to impact the frame rate anyway.
Performance is pretty inconsistent with or without added AA. Micro-stutters when moving the player character around... even just moving the cursor can drop FPS by 20% (tried 125Hz polling rate, no effect).

 

Maybe DEX using 3d elements or sprites scaling and such things (which are not in The Next Big Thing)

 

But where/when ?!
Ilooked at thiose videos : Dex Enhanced Edition - Part 1

 

It's pretty simple.
If a game has Multi Sampling support of some kind. Whether that's from MSAA or something like SMAAS2x or TXAA, you can use "Enhance Application setting" but the enhanced values need to correspond to the MSAA samples used by the game otherwise the quality suffers and the quality will already be medicore with Enhancing by default.

For Ogre , CSAA won't work because it does not exist in modern Nvidia GPUs. You wouldn't use CSAA with SGSSAA anyway. Only 2x,4x and 8xQ MSAA modes.
You are wasting performance for nothing by using 8xSGSSAA if the in game option tops out at 4xMSAA.
You *CAN* use 8xQ , but that needs to be paired with Transparency SSAA probably to work well. With TRSAA the sample counts don't need to match. But if you are going to use SGSSAA you can't use higher than 2xSGSSAA when using 8xQ because 8xQ uses 2xMSAA. Likewise you need to set 2xMSAA in game.

As for what you can edit in the game files you need to experiment and take identical A/B comparison shots to really asses objectively if it's working.

DSR is always global. Not all games will work with it, and some games make act weird with it enabled. Meaning you may need to disable it for some games. (For example: Ys Seven)

I've never tested this myself but I do remember forcing SGSSAA even in DS1 had some minor issues and it's never guaranteed to work with everything or be issue free so it's not surprising there are issues with DS3. DS2 had issues from what I recall as well.
You may need to use a hybrid solution instead like combining downsampling with SGSSAA if you have the headroom for it. (I'd start with as high of a resolution you can manage to hit your framerate target +2xSGSSAA as a starting point.)

That doesn't necessarily mean much, it just means they are using those 2D screen space PPAA techniques to clean up their sloppy scaling of low res 2D assets. From what I can see of footage of that game, they do bad non-integer point scaling of a lot of assets. Which will lead to scaling artifacts and aliasing. SGSSAA would probably do nothing in this case. Though there are examples of games with badly scaled 2D assets where SGSSAA does help. (Phantom Brave, Final Fantasy IV's 3D port are a few I can think of off the top of my head). You'd have to figure out if you can even force SGSSAA with a compatibility flag if it's a DX9 game and really pay attention to see if it helps at all.

Not every game that can use forced AA can use a hybrid sampling option. You need to look at the document list to see if it's been tested to work with that game. It's often a wasteful option because the quality gain is not there for the extra performance hit. You hit issues with the default driver behavior for resolving off screen AA surfaces where it starts to add aliasing back rather than remove it. It's often a better choice to simply force MSAA/SGSSAA and use DSR to create the same effect but you have control over the level of sharpness you want instead.

Triple buffer only works on old OpenGL games. Fast Sync is only going to work well with high framerates, something you probably wont' get when forcing AA unless you have a super high end GPU. Even then it can present stuttering issues regular vsync doesn't have.
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Thanks for the AA entries above guys i'll add those to the list.

 

There's no point using SGSSAA as it provides pretty much the same quality (or lack of thereof) as SMAA, so combing that with downsampling is much better solution (and less costly too).

 

20000 characters is too much ;/

Spoiler: AA BITs i found in DOCs for my games :

Unity Engine = 0x004000C1
DX9

-

Agony
DX10-11
Impossible without various issues

Alan Wake & American Nightmare
OGSSAA
DX9
Use "-w" and "-h" launch options in American Nightmare for DSR (e.g. -w3840 -h2160)
SGSSAA -noblur

Alice madness returns = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA
8xSGSSAA/16xAF
Désactiver AA en jeu (! flou !)
Compatible avec SG- / OG-SSAA et hybrides
Pour 4xSGSSAA, utiliser "0x000010C5" pour éviter le flou.


Assassin's Creed Brotherhood = 0x000012C1


Batman: Arkham City = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA
DX9


Batman Arkham Origins = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA
DX9 *MUST* disable dynamic shadows
SGSSAA/HBAO+ bits information


Borderlands = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA


Borderlands 2 = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA


Borderlands The Pre-Sequel = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA, OGSSAA,HSAA
4xSGSSAA+4xMSAA and 8xSQ are 99% identical--most people won't notice a difference. Although the latter has an average frame rate of 59 frames, while the earlier averages at 89 frames (just sat on main menu for 60 seconds). SGSSAA though has the added blur


Bulletstorm = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA


Castlevania Lords of Shadow = 0x004012C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA, HSAA
Needs AA Fix
Game needs TF2/AA Fix
SGSSAA is going to be slightly blurry compared to no AA,OGSSAA and downsampling no matter how you slice it
This game needs both the bit for MultipleRenderTargets and forcing AA on 32FP textures in order for AA to work at all.
So the best quality performance you can get is
0x004012C1: OGSSAA,OGSSAA Hybrid,SGSSAA and MSAA (Though MSAA quality is subpar)


Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 = 0x000012C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA
AAFix recommended
SGSSAA, OGSSAA, OGSSAA-Hybrid
SGSSAA seems to miss some specular things, but you can apply the in-game AA on top of it to help somewhat.
And it is still a lot better than in-game AA+downsampling temporally.
In game AA is probably just FXAA

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate = 0x002012C1 SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA(+-SGSSAA)
Only SGSSAA Needs AA Fix !
HBAO+:
0x00000002
This will only work when you are using a 15:9 resolution. Nothing else works.
So here are some example 15:9 resolutions from many common resolutions and aspect ratios you can use. (Just make sure scaling is set to aspect ratio in NVCP)
1500x900
1680x1008
1800x1080
1920x1152
2000x1200
2250x1350
If you dont' care about HBAO+ or SGSSAA, I highly recommend using Driver FXAA+ 2x2 DSR! It looks pretty darn good!
The filter gets some stuff better than even high ratio bicubic downsampling with GeDoSaTo. But both suffer some issues because of the strange bloom solution that gets subtlely worse with higher resolution. Causes some strange temporal aliasing issues
8xSGSSAA
4x4 OGSSAA
16xS+4xSGSSAA (noAAFix needed)|
2.4x2.4 +FXAA (Bicubic) GeDoSaTo
3.2x3.2 +FXAA (Bicubic) GeDoSaTo


Call of Juarez: Gunslinger = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA fix
0x000010C0+0x00000000 (Team Fortress 2) - SGSSAA
SSAO 0x00000019


Ceville = 0x00000044
MSAA

Clive Barker's Jericho = 0x000002C4
SGSSAA
Dans le jeu AA et le flou de mouvement doit être désactivé!


Crazy Taxi = 0x000000C1
MSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA
I couldn't get AA to force with no bits
MSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,OGSSAA-Hybrid (+-SGSSAA)
8xQ
8xSGSSAA
4x4 OGSSAA
32xS+8xSGSSAA


Dead Island = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA Fix
depuis driver v320 correctif (FERMI_SETREDUCECOLORTHRESHOLDSENABLE) contre le "problème de bande" ennuyeux


Dead Island Riptide = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA Fix


Deus Ex Human Revolution = 0x004000C0
SGSSAA
Game needs to be Run in -DX9,
Do NOT use AA fix! Causes same problem as Dead Rising 2 DoF in this game. This flag ALSO works with the Director's Cut
0x004100C0
MSAA,TrSSAA (Performance)
Game needs to be Run in -DX9
0x004030C0
MSAA,TrSSAA (High Quality)
Game needs to be Run in -DX9 , Warning High Performance drop with this flag
You will have the screen flicker with these bits. To get rid of flicker - turn off and then turn on post-processing. (Options - Video - Advanced - Post-Processing)


Deus Ex Human Revolution = 0x004000C0
SGSSAA
Game needs to be Run in -DX9, Do NOT use AA fix! Causes same problem as Dead Rising 2 DoF in this game. This flag ALSO works with the Director's Cut
0x004100C0
MSAA,TrSSAA (Performance)
Game needs to be Run in -DX9
0x004030C0
MSAA,TrSSAA (High Quality) Game needs to be Run in -DX9 , Warning High Performance drop with this flag
To get rid of flicker - turn off and then turn on post-processing. (Options - Video - Advanced - Post-Processing)


Dishonored = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA
Désactivez AA en jeu pour obtenir la meilleure qualité avec SGSSAA - en combinaison avec Post-AA


Dolphin Emulator
In game SSAA is equivalent to SGSSAA
You can also enhance still. But results are largely the same.


Driver San Francisco = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA
Game does not accept an LOD-adjustment of -0.875 which is quite strange. Other values like -0.375, -0.500, -1.000 or -1.375 work flawlessly.


Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim = 0x000002C1
SGSSAA
The combination of various high-resolution texture packs, "uGridsToLoad=7" and driver-forced SGSSAA really makes Skyrim shine.
Alternatively you might want to consider just enhancing ingame MSAA ("iMultiSample=" in SkyrimPrefs.ini) with SGSSAA in Skyrim.
This provides almost the same AA quality as SGSSAA forced with the "0x000002C1" flag in most scenes, but is far less demanding and also uses significantly less VRAM.
For example I'm able to use 1.5x1.5 downsampling from 2880x1800 to 1920x1200 combined with enhanced 4xSGSSAA and "Quality" HBAO+ forced with "0x00000032", and still get higher performance than with forced 8xSGSSAA at 1920x1200.
Préférable de simplement mettre à niveau et de désactiver DoF!
Pour désactiver DoF, allez dans "Documents \ Mes jeux \ Skyrim" et définissez "bDoDepthOfField = 0" dans "SkyrimPrefs.ini".


F.E.A.R. 3 = 0x084012C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA
USE AA FIX.
Must Run in DX9 mode. (This will make the image less blurry, fix white line artifacts and improve overall AA quality) Anything higher than 4xSGSSAA (Or 4xSGSSAA at high resolutions) may not give playable performance. The GPU isn't 100% utilized either even on a high end GPU.
Alternatively you can use DX11 +MSAA and downsampling
Doesn't perform the best in DX9 mode. So using 8xSGSSAA or 4xSGSSAA at higher resolutions is not ideal. Performance is not stable despite GPU usage not hitting 100%.
Playing in DX11 and using MSAA +DSR is probably the better choice. It peforms better and looks sharper since the game has this weird sort of blur on horizontal edges.
Sadly still won't improve story sequences which are still 720p FMVs with some of the worst audio encoding i've heard this decade.
Using Reshade to add some bloom and sharpening helps a lot though. Since the game doesn't seem really have proper bloom but does have HDR which looks kind of outdated for the time (F2 has proper HDR Bloom)it came out. Adding bloom really helps out the highlights and areas around them.


Flashback = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA
Make sure to disable in game DoF by editing "FlashbackGame.ini" in your mydocuments/mygames folder , edit the highest level graphic preset to say "Depth of Field=FALSE"
-HBAO+-
0x00000010 (Subtle)
0x00000024 (Strong)
0x00000030 (Strongest)


Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th = 0x004000C1
SGSSAA
Small amount of blurring associated with forcing SGSSAA, but is of very little significance


Jack Keane = 0x00000044
MSAA,TrSSAA(?) Needs verification
0x084012C1
SGSSAA


Jet Set Radio = 0x000000C1
MSAA,TrSSAA,SGSSAA,HSSAA(+-SGSSAA)
SGSSAA requires less performance than in game MSAA and looks better.


L.A. NOIRE = 0x004000C1
SGSSAA
16:9 Resolutions Only
Désactivé l'AA (FXAA) en jeu
MSAA: 0x00411245
MSAA,TrSSAA, SGSSAA: 0x004000C1


Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance = 0x084002C0
SGSSAA, OGSSAA
AA Fix needed
If the game doesn't support your display resolution, in order to get AA to work in fullscreen you MUST use a resolution *Higher* than your display resolution for it to work.
After Testing again in windowed mode, 0x000002C0 is indeed enough for SGSSAA in Metal Gear Rising.
However, 0x084002C0 is required if you play in full screen and your display resolution isn't supported. And ONLY if you are playing the game at a resolution higher than your display (IE playing at 1080p on a 900p monitor)


NullDC Emulator = 0x00000043
MSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA
SGSSAA looks really nice in this emulator. MSAA is pretty good too though actually. It even gets shadows.
It's important though, that when AA is enabled. Don't go into the emulator menu and change a lot of settings. This will cause a memory leak of sorts where the VRAM usage just gets bigger and bigger


Prince of Persia = 0x080002C0
SGSSAA
(Works for any resolution, but at 720p it also AA's shadows)
Filtering for shadows only in 720p! Sad. (ombre-LOD fonctionne très bien avec -3.0)


Remember Me = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA


Resident Evil = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA fix
does NOT work with non perfect 16:9 resolutions like 1360x768 or 1366x768. You can set 1360x765 in the .ini file instead which will work as is perfect 16:9
0x080020C1 - SGSSAA that doesn't miss aliasing, but is blurry and costs more performance. !!!!!!!
0x08000041 - MSAA
You can somewhat help solve this by also using the in game FXAA on top
20C1 4xSGSSAA+-1.0 LoD+ Sharpen settings
/*-----------------------------------------------------------. / LumaSharpen settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ // -- Sharpening --
#define sharp_strength 2.00 //[0.10 to 3.00] Strength of the sharpening
#define sharp_clamp 0.040 //[0.000 to 1.000] Limits maximum amount of sharpening a pixel recieves - Default is 0.035 // -- Advanced sharpening settings -- #define pattern 3 //[1|2|3|4] Choose a sample pattern. 1 = Fast, 2 = Normal, 3 = Wider, 4 = Pyramid shaped.
#define offset_bias 1.35 //[0.0 to 6.0] Offset bias adjusts the radius of the sampling pattern. //I designed the pattern for offset_bias 1.0, but feel free to experiment.

// -- Debug sharpening settings --

#define show_sharpen 0 //[0 or 1] Visualize the strength of the sharpen (multiplied by 4 to see it better)
FXAA3 (ingame!?) setting in combination with GeDoSaTo for some film grain
4xMSAA handles geometry well. There is still some texture aliasing and shimmering left over though and the pre-rendered backgrounds are left looking a little over sharp and raw thanks to the upscaling.
But it's more than worth the trade off if you prefer a sharper picture!
0x080020C1 4xSGSSAA
This flag I like more because he does not lose the edges without in-game FX-AA.


Resident Evil 2 = Impossible
You can't force AA. But you can get excellent results with some tweaking to the in game TAA with the guide in the reference post. Don't enable SSR it also decreases TAA quality


Resident Evil 3 = Impossible
Same as RE2R use TAA+FXAA+Downsampling and some sharpening, *Avoid* Interlace rendering and Screen Space Reflections. Both drastically reduce image quality. And in the case of SSR gives you a significant performance boost at high resolutions like 4k. (On an RTX 2080 SSR on = sub 60FPS, SSR Off = almost always 60FPS)


Resident Evil 4 = 0x000000C1
MSAA,TrSSAA,SGSSAA,HSAA
Less blur than with no bits
0x000000C0
(Also works with OGSSAA, HSAA) (And believe it or not, it does get objects that MSAA misses)
Either way, i'd ultimately recommend just enhancing TrSSAA and using some downsampling. It looks glorious.
EDIT: After testing, 2xSGSSAA has good enough performance and it gets the things MSAA misses. But by itself it doesn't look as good. But once you add in downsampling, it looks pretty damn glorious.

Resident Evil 5 (GFWL Version) = 0x000000C1
SGSSAA
Works best with HDR set to "HIGH" in Config file. It also works with HDR "Low" But has issues with horizontal lines in shaded areas. (Potentially only on older GPUs?)Using the AA fix works to solve those. But the AA fix also causes the same issues that HDR "High" has with the DoF in game and in cutscenes. (Flickering crawling) So you should only use it if you need better performance and can live with slightly less AA quality
Disabling Motion Blur can dramatically improve performance at high res.
Best IQ you can get in DX9 is HDR high+4xMSAA in game+4xEnhance SGSSAA + Enable FXAA in NPI and at least 2.25x downsampling to round it out.
Best IQ you can get in DX10 is similar. However, a great alternative option is HDR High+2xMSAA in game (+2xTrSSAA if your GPU can handle it)+ MFAA enabled + FXAA enabled in NPI + as high of downsampling as you can get beyond 3x and maintain your target framerate.
Is not Kepler specific. Simply needs HDR set to the hidden High setting
0x00000000
SGSSAA,MSAA,TrSSAA


Resident Evil Revelations = 0x000000C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA Fix
0x004000C1
SGSSAA
Need this when using ReShade
0x00000041
MSAA


Resident Evil Revelations 2 = 0x000000C1
SGSSAA
Needs AA Fix and a d3d9.dll to fix performance issue
Not recommended at native resolution due to super low res DoF effect.
0x00000041
*MSAA,TrSSAA
If you want to use reshade, you need to add the Depth bit "0x00400000"
For best AA quality, if you can hit higher than native resolution with 2x or 4xSGSSAA and downsample. That provides the best results.
Next up would be using MSAA (optionally TrSSAA)+In game FXAA on top +downsampling.
Lastly is just downsampling+in game or driver FXAA. I think driver FXAA handles the image all around better than any of the 3 in game FXAA levels.


Silent Hill 2 = No bits needed. But special configuration needed.
SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA(+-SGSSAA)
AA can be forced without flags, just create a text file and put the following command on it :
HACK DX_CONFIG_DRIVER_AA_NOT_BROKEN 1
, then save it as local.fix in the main game directory. If not present, when forcing AA via driver, some game built-in effects like "Advanced Filters" (Depht of Field and Motion Blur) and "Lens Flare" will be disabled.


SilentHill Homecoming = 0x20000301
MSAA
0x200012C1
SGSSAA


Singularity = 0x004010C1
SGSSAA


Sonic Lost World = n0x084010C5
SGSSAA (4,8x SGSSAA ONLY)


Stranglehold = 0x000200C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA


Street Fighter X Tekken = 0x004010C0
SGSSAA

Styx
MSAA AA bits = 0x080100C5

The Cave = 0x000012C0
SGSSAA
Disable FXAA
DoF=off, FXAA=off


The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena = No bits needed (OGL)
SGSSAA
You need to change the value of an undefined flag on the the profile for the game "0x20992431" to a value of 0x00000000 for it to work best. If it still doesn't work, you need need to enable in game MSAA as well when overriding.


The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (DX9/UE3 version) = 0x080000C1
SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA
To prevent color distortions the ingame AA needs to be disabled.
Overall image quality is better with 4xDSR (15% smoothness) and 2xSGSSAA than with just 8xSGSSAA at native resolution.
AstronautsEngine.ini
[WinDrv.WindowsClient]
AllowJoystickInput=0
[VoIP]
bHasVoiceEnabled=false
AstronautsInput.ini
[Engine.PlayerInput]
bEnableMouseSmoothing=false


The Wolf Among Us = 0x204002C1
SGSSAA


Timeshift = 0x004010C4
SGSSAA


Trackmania Series = 0x004412C1
SGSSAA
If have flickering, negative lod can help
Clamp and Allow don't do anything anymore since they introduced Auto LOD changes.
you should keep it to Clamp and then simply set "Driver Controlled LoD Bias" to "OFF" and then set what you need.



Trine 1 & 2 = 0x000010C1
SGSSAA
Trine 1 (désactiver les effets de distorsion)
Trine 2 (depuis le patch de remplacement du shader, il plante avec AA forcé à des niveaux de détail supérieurs à la moyenne)


Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 = 0x000012C1
SGSSAA


Ys Origin = No bits needed
MSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA

YS Origin (last in list) = better than ingame 8x FSAA ???
I played it today, will see !!!

OKay :

NVPI
=
OGMS
32xS
8xSQ
8xQ=sgss

Ys Origin doesn't need any AA bit, also it's free to use MSAA,SGSSAA,OGSSAA,HSAA, but what's HG ?

Do you have a preference ? Having expert eyes !
I vote for SQ.......

 

Spoiler: HBAO+ BITs i found :

Alan Wake
0x00000006 or 0x0000002D (Strong)
|||||||||||Make sure to disable in game SSAO||||||||. 2D has some bleeding issues that cause a checkerboard/cross hatch like pattern on some objects like Grass.
The in game SSAO isn't so bad TBH, definitely one of the better ones i've seen> Alas it suffers from haloing, clouding in certain areas and a strange smearing effect whenever the camera moves even a little. And even when downsampling by a factor of 4.
2D is closest to the original SSAO, sometimes it will have some very minor bleeding in only specific areas and totally fine in most others.
I have verified 06 works fine with American Nightmare. But 2D causes far too severe bleeding.


Alan Wake's American Nightmare
0x00000006
Make sure to disable in game SSAO.


Alien: Isolation
0x00060000
Disable built in HDAO


Alice: Madness Returns
0x0000001C


Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
0x00000019
Settings shadows to 4 instead of 5 disables built in SSAO !!


Batman: Arkham Asylum
0x00000024
Make sure to disable in game SSAO


Batman: Arkham City
0x00000030
in DX9 mode
Works fine in Arkham Asylum too


Bioshock Remastered
0x00020000 (MODIFIED)
Fixes bleeding increases strength a bit. May only work on Windows 7


Bioshock 2
0x0002002D
DX9


Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition
0x00000021
Disable in game SSAO


Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
0x0000002F
Make sure to disable in game SSAO , was tested with DoF and in game AO disabled


Bulletstorm
0x0000002F
Need to disable the built in SSAO by editing the encrypted CFG files. Google for information. ||||||||There IS some bleeding on background objects, but there is not much we can do about that unfortunately. ||||||


Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
0x00000019


Castlevania Lords of Shadow
0x00000002
The only issue it has is that it turns off in some scenes, mostly cut scenes. Nothing bad, I definitely recommend it over the built in AO.
0x0000000E
Works well


Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate HD
0x00000002
This will only work when you are using a 15:9 resolution. Nothing else works. In cutscenes it only applies to character models


Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2
0x00000020
Test if there's trouble with fog: call the wolf and follow it, when Dracula stands in front of the big light you can clearly see if the HBAO+ glitches or not.
Or just go to the Bernhard wing and look at the candles. With the old flag, the candles have unnatural grey/black dark aura around them.


Dead Island
0x00000018
or
0x00000028
Disable built-in SSAO with DIH tool


Dead Island Riptide
0x00000017
Disable built-in SSAO with DIH tool


Deux EX: Human Revolution Director's Cut (DX9)
0x0000002F(MODIFIED)
Disable in game SSAO>Read the reference for what needs to be changed


Dishonored
0x0000002F


Flashback
0x00000010(Subtle)
0x00000024(Strong)
0x00000030 (Strongest)


Grand Theft Auto Vice City
0x00000010
Occasionally flickers; Artifacts in combination with MSAA, use pure SSAA instead.


Legacy Of Kain Defiance
0x0000002C
Reason for considering this flag as ideal: Fog clipping does not look ugly, looks good with sgssaa and/or dsr, does not switch off, and subtle.



Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
0x0000001F
"Suitable for Main Campaign Only. Glitchy with VR mode ||||||| I tested this myself heavily after seeing the flag in the reference post |||||||


Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
0x00000002


Remember Me
0x0000002F (Subtle) Mieux !
The Hawken flag (0x0000002F) works very well for the game. The only problem is that the AO 'disappears' very occasionally at certain angles, though this is generally not an issue and I recommend this flag. This flag also renders the AO effect far into the distance.
0x00000020 (Strong)
The Mass Effect flag (0x00000020) also works for the game, but with a couple minor quibbles:
1) The AO is rather dark, and does not render far into the distance. Some might prefer this?
2) When entering a new area, the AO will 'lock' for a moment and be 'out of phase' with the rest of the game image. This only occurs occasionally and for a very brief moment; walking ahead a step or two returns the AO to normal functionality. It can be a bit of a nuisance in some parts of the game where several small areas are stitched together.


Resident Evil: Revelations
0x00000026 (MODIFIED)
Must be modified to get good working effect.
Modified values that disable bleeding
AF C0 40 18 00 00 40 18 9F 10 9F 08 00 00 00 00
None in the driver are, and require significant modification to get it to good quality and to fix major issues.
Large amount of banding.
But in summary without modification HBAO+ either
A.)Causes a garbage artifact on the ground at certain angles.
B.)Is far too strong with lots of overshading.
C.)Turns off in certain blocks of the ship. (Like the bridge/deck area. It will disable as you take the elevator to these sections).
D.)Bleeds through alpha effects like smoke, fog and water. The water in particular is very significant as large portions take place underwater.
E.)Bleeds in snow levels
F.)Angle bias causes clouding issues with thin geometry and geometry in the distance (Beach area specifically. Which causes and aliasing crawling effect)
Modification fixes the majority of these problems with some caveats.
1.)The snow levels are impossible to fix. (The problem is mostly in the caves of those however)
3.)Fixing the bleeding through alpha effects, fog and water has the side effect of causing AO to turn off in very specific areas of the game or sometimes based on the camera angle (Far less common). One case is where you are in the same area as a body of water, the AO disables as you go under water, which is seamless. But as you resurface it turns back on, and depending on the camera angle for a split second you can see the effect draw in under the water.
In one area, the AO is working with a large body of water present, but as you move between that and the next, the effect turns off. A subtle problem based on what is happening at this specific moment.
3.)There is still some minor overshading problems, however they are nothing quite as heavy as the SSAO in Revelations 2, which when characters occlude certain geometry it casts a thick haze between the two that looks quite bad.
4.)AO does not apply in the menus on characters.
5.)If the 2nd issue bothers you more than having the effect work absolutely everywhere with bleeding problems, there is a second set of values for that. (This was the values I initially played the game through with as I didn't realize I could fix the bleeding until after the fact. )
In one specific area late in the game, there are a few instances of AO being applied everywhere, but some specific objects will have the effect turn on and off based on camera angle while the rest of the AO is fine.
Another problem this game has, is that it is resolution limited to 1440p. And has the problem that all current RE games have (minus VII), low resolution bloom. So getting perfect image quality is not possible. (The low rest bloom is always distracting when it is very strong in specific areas. However you can get very close by using 4xSGSSAA+In game FXAA level 1. Which has the drawback of a small loss in sharpness that is easily fixed with sharpening. With the benefit of much better edge gradients and overall image quality.
8xSGSSAA, at 1080p60 for my 980 just wasn't feasible and that is probably the better option if your GPU can handle it. (While GPU usage wasn't an issue, I was getting lots and lots of stuttering and hitching.). Disabling motion blur may help with performance for you. Like in RE5 and RE6, the motion blur causes a big performance hit.
MSAA is available to force via 0x00400041, but it almost requires as much performance as SGSSAA and doesn't handle the aliasing as well. However it is fine for what it is if you prefer sharpness.
If sharpening the game you might as well make some other changes as well, as the dynamic range here doesn't seem to have ever been really properly adjusted beyond the 3DS. The Gamma/brightness set up feels wrong, dark areas are very grey and not at all close to black. And the top end is just as dull. (Then there is the removal of dithering, leaving lots of banding.) (RE5, 6 and revelations 2 do not have this problem. Only Revelations 1)
Personally I recommend setting the in game brightness minus 3 or so and then applying my SweetFX/Reshade presets that push the low end down just enough to make it darker without crushing the low end, while pushing the high end out with very minor clipping on specific areas. Overall it looks much better IMO.
To use AA with Reshade you have to use 0x004000C1 for AA rather than just C1. Either way the AA does affect the PP effects injected, so the sharpening for example has to be used at higher than normal values. Typical when forcing AA over reshade and sometimes SweetFX.
I've included 3 presets here.
A basic SweetFX set. (Which originally I had the film grain with my custom texture turned on enabled. But the RNG of the shader or some other part of it causes the effect to break after about 30 minutes of continuous use. Causing the effect to look like macroblock compression artifacts. It does this even with the original texture from Jorge Jimenez)
60FPS Reshade config (For my 980 anyway. This is mainly for the use of the film grain shader. Though it is disabled in the preset)
And a 30FPS Reshade config that adds film grain, DOF and Ambient lighting. (Because my 980 can't hold 60FPS with 4xSGSAA, HBAO+ and this on top)
The DoF get's AA'd properly for the most part as well, which looks great and with the auto DoF turned on it feels totally natural and works way better than the in game DoF present in Revelations 2 and Resident Evil 6. However the DoF can occasionally break, especially if you alt tab. And it can break specifically in the main menus. Fiddling with turning motion blur on and off and alt tabbing again, and or restarting the game or some combination thereof can fix it. I only ran into this when initially configuring the effect so YMMV.
They are all tuned to the nearly same lift gamma gain and sharpening settings.


Resident Evil 5
0x0000001A
Doesn't apply to cutscenes as in GFWL version


Silent Hill: Homecoming
0x0000001A


Singularity
0x00000020


Sonic Lost World
0x00000026
In game DOF must be enabled, otherwise it will not work on a few stages.|| Personally I think this could use a little modification to take the strength down a couple notches. Looks a bit unaturally too strong.


Strangelhold
0x00000030


Street Fighter X Tekken
0x00000012
It still has some see-through by character selection, but its kept to minimal, no GUI & smoke see-through effect.


Strider
0x00090000
Make to to disable in game SSAO. Or use both combine for a stronger effect if you want


The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
0x00000029 (MODIFIED)
Modified Hex-value:
26 B2 80 19 00 00 B0 19 45 60 A9 08 00 00 00 00
The main differences between the official 0x00000029 HBAO+ flag and the three modifications is the following:
45: The depth/distance away from the character that the HBAO+ will apply HBAO+ is 4 instead of the default A (10), which prevented fog bleeding. This change is most noticeable with snow drifts were compared to A5, the change 45 adds a lighter outline.
A9: Increased the Blur factor from 4 to A (10) and reduced the fog sampling from E (15) to 9.
08: Increased HBAO+ strength from 5 to 8.
These changes were made based on personal taste as really dark outlines do not look very realistic. Feel free to modify to your liking.


The Wolf Among Us
0x00000010
Can bleed in the main menu. But no where else


Timeshift
0x0000002D


Tomb Raider (2013)
0x00000026
You need to run the game in DX9 and disable the built in SSAO
Anti aliasing: You can force very low quality MSAA, TrSSAA and SGSSAA with the 0x004010C0 flag. A lot of edges aren't getting anti-aliased, but it helps at some geometry and transparent textures. To make things complicated, you even have to turn off & on SSAO or DOF each time you run the game. This resets the renderer and fixes heavy lightning issues.
A far better alternative is the built-in FXAA combined with DSR and a high smoothness level (~40%).


Ys Origin
0x0000002A

YS Origin (last in list) = true ??? I'll verifynow, perhaps i did it before !!!! Some time ago

EDIT =
one last thing, if you've time to look at the NVPInspector screen, i inserted texts on it, questions and affirmations, plz.

... one detail i forgot to annotate, the High quality, about AO, i read once it's "unknown" if usefull or something abou. Perhaps it's for high-end GPU (3090 like !?)

REEDIT =
Ys Origin is "perfect" at reshade compatibility list (DX9) but i can't find any preset.

More important, the PC monitor i'll buy this year, i want it to be the best think of all, it'll be the more important part of my PC.
"NON"Curved 27"/30",VA/IPS, Glossy, 1440p, 120HZ, GSync, HDR1000 FALD, MiniLED/MicroLED/NanoIPS.......

With all that i'm lost. Asus, LG, Samsung.......










Topic cluttered, sorry.

 

What's a suggested AA bit to use for Max Payne 2 if I want to utilize SSGSS AA?

 

Being a D3D8 title, it shouldn't need AA bits.

 

Not necessarily, just because it has trouble with some specular elements and doesn't resolve them completely. Doesn't mean it doesn't objectively do a better job than SMAA in other areas that create not only spatial aliasing, but their own temporal aliasing as well.

I haven't tested DS3 myself so I really can't say without A/B testing. I'll download it and take a look, it is possible that it really doesn't help out with other elements enough to be worth it. I always enjoy testing new stuff so it'll be fun to look at least.

Correct. Occasionally there is the odd DX8 games that does need some. But it shouldn't.

 

So yeah Dead Space 3 man, there are a couple problems. Specular aliasing still is an issue, and there are some minor artifacts around Isaac when overlapping shadowmaps. Using High or SoftHigh shadows breaks rendering with the shadows disappearing at random.
But you CAN fix some of these so far in my limited testing. By enabling the AA fix, the specular aliasing present disappears and is no longer a problem. Also, by turning on FXAA2(Console) on top of SGSSAA, you can greatly reduce the appearance of the white line artifacts on Isaac without impacting image quality negatively. (And for what it's worth the appearance of these lines is actually lesser with 4xSGSSAA than 8xSG and consequently looks better as a result)
However with 8xSGSSAA there is some performance loss to this. Using FXAA3,3.11 and SMAA don't help with the issue and reduce framerates by another 20-30FPS(1080p RTX 2080) and actually can negatively impact image quality by making the image blurry.

Downsampling with 4xSGSSAA makes any and all artifacts essentially disappear.

Just a quick comparisons and screenshots: https://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/11692
https://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/11694
And some 4k+4xSGSSAA (AA fix enabled, no FXAA) screenshots
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/deadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/7cadeadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/8ebdeadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/f07deadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/694deadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/efadeadspace32021030401.jpg
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/2fbdeadspace32021030401.jpg

To me SGSSAA definitely seems worth it (Objectively it's still way better than Downsampling+SMAA) and i'm going to do a little bit more testing to see if I can affect anything else.


EDIT: After having spent 40+ hours playing the game with 4xSGSSAA at it's definitely worthwhile. It works fantastic aside from the white line glitches present from shadow rendering. They do show up here and there. But not terribly often enough to be worth turning AA off. Unlike Dead Space 2. Optionally I figured out at the end of the game that the motion blur effect when fighting enemies was actually broken with AA enabled. Dead Space 1 has a similar issue and I always just assumed it was intentionally done the way it was. This is specifically the "Blur" setting. Not the "Motion Blur" setting. I'm actually not sure what the MB setting does. I never saw it do anything like it.
Here's a random screenshot from the game with 4xSGSSAA at 1800p (60FPS with zero drops on an RTX 2080. I chose this resolution purely for heat purposes as my cruddy MSI 2080 ramps the fans up to maximum the moment it hits 75 degrees regardless of the fan curve. The game could hit 4k60 with only minor drops without issue in my testing with 4xSGSSAA. But the GPU just ran too hot in the current weather)
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/deadspace32021081820.jpg

 

That may be, but you need a nuclear power plant to render it at 1440p/144 FPS, which I don't have and I'm not willing to sacrifice framerate for AA.

 

Did you even try just 4xSGSSAA at 1440p with the AA fix enabled? All the specular aliasing problems are essentially gone and the only problem left is that weird outline with shadows occasionally.
Even 2xSGSSAA, aside from some flicker problems in the main menu looks decent and hits 200-500FPS at 1080p on an 2080. Surely a 2070 could hit 144 at 1440p. And if you are willing to lose a little sharpness, enabling FXAA2 on top of it rounds out the remaining rough edges.
https://www.screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/11713
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/deadspace32021030418.png
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/8d6deadspace32021030418.png
https://u.cubeupload.com/MrBonk/5c5deadspace32021030418.png

Or you can keep downsampling if that works for your uses, downsampling looks good in this game. (On my 2080 2376P gets between 180-300FPS with just FXAA)But it can't fix the shader/specular aliasing problems, and enabling the AA fix with SGSSAA does fix that.
So whatever works for you is fine. I'm glad I checked it anyway because I at least figured out you can fix the specular problem and it's fun to test.

 

Bullet Witch is using D3D9E judging by MSI Afterburner (first time seeing D9E though), so SGSSAA is possible? But which bit?
Here is how it looks with 4k DSR and soft AA option on (unknown ingame method)
https://abload.de/img/20210308131136_1a8kly.jpg

 

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-inspector-introduction-and-guide.403676/
I should have better looked at this before....... thanks (there is images, that respond to my previous answer).


I inform myself about AA ,
about VSync, if i understand correctly (soon i'll buy a GSync monitor) i'll have to disable ingame setting !! Right ?
Globally GSync takes the relay....


CSAA is broken/useless !? Where do i find TrSSAA ? PLZ. (found = aah, Transparency SuperSampling, )
https://ibb.co/vh6RLcS
https://ibb.co/Ctfm20d
My notes on images are right ?


EDIT =
Is there a possibility to enable HBAO+ by flag, and do not have to disable it ingame ?
Because some games don't have this specific recommandation !!


I use al the three Google pages, reading all stuff about AA & AO+, for all my games and taking notes !!!!!!!
1stly =
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...4KMTxBXoEfDuaDiiP--H4BJ-U/edit#gid=1911323755

Check/verify =
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...jH1M7QkHIQgKO_i4bHCUdPeAd6OCo/pub?output=html
+
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sq0vgFlerS-YT093TS2jEpx6xjZP7X1x1BcAs7EHXYY/edit#gid=0
That's right ?
Thanks for all, and now i better understand AA settings.


EDIT =
By exemple, Lords of shadow has two differents flags, checking thread date i will prefer the newer one, right ? So the first Google link's more up-to-date (sometimes) !?
https://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9900493&postcount=4809
https://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9861727&postcount=4592


Dead Island ambiguity, flags won't work for Definitive Edition ? It'sz like a remaster, 2011>2016 !


HELP :
i can't find "undefined" in NVPinspector, i set all the mod views possible (the two buttons to view more settings), not such "paragraph"

EG: Riddick
https://ibb.co/rZshJxX


Also, i noted Global" flags infos, can i find other such flags ??
Unity Engine =
0x004000C1
DX9
Unreal 2.5 or 3 engine =
0x080100c5
ID tech 4 =
0x0000F0C1
OpenGL =
0x0000F0C1


I finished to check all my games, lot have profiles :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Wttevd1h0AgWkl0yU6GuyNvFHCbUwuJ/view?usp=sharing
It's a text file.......


This image tells a lot about AA (from OP).
https://ibb.co/hHrGw4h

Should i disable DSR, as it takes gloabally hand over any app/game ?
DLSS (my future 3070S) replaces it ?