Watch Dogs Setting Configuration Tool [Alpha]

No offense but I'm wondering what's the point of this knowing that changing anything in the GamerProfile.xml doesn't make much of a difference in visuals... the switch from "console" to "pc" is mostly placebo iirc... Supersampling ? yes it does upgrade the visuals but some people (was it Bonkers ?) claimed that downsampling was better quality and more efficient

And if you know what 'LOD' is then I guess you're the kind of person that will edit a .xml file by hand.

But more options is always cool, why not

 

Here's a video I made of how the game runs and looks for me now after doing some tweaking using this new tool...

http://youtu.be/BVu50vpXVAk

 

I'm getting this error when I try to run it.



And here's the contents of the full error message.

Spoiler

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: InvalidArgument=Value of '120' is not valid for 'SelectedIndex'.
Parameter name: SelectedIndex
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at Watch_Dogs_configTool.Form1.formFill()
at Watch_Dogs_configTool.Form1.variableSetup()
at Watch_Dogs_configTool.Form1.comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at Watch_Dogs_configTool.Form1.formsetup()
at Watch_Dogs_configTool.Form1.Form1_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34014 built by: FX45W81RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Watch_Dogs_configTool
Assembly Version: 1.0.5267.28048
Win32 Version: 1.0.5267.28048
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/ser/Desktop/Watch_Dogs_configTool.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/as....0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/as..._4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34003 built by: FX45W81RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/as....0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.33440 built by: FX45W81RTMREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/as...v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

First thing. I'm on Win 8.1 update 1.
Things I've tried to resolve this are, repair .net4 tool from MS, reinstall .net 4 but windows won't let me as I have it installed already, disable anti-virus and Malwarebytes, set it to run as admin, set it to run in win7 compatibility mode, allow it through my firewall. I can't think of anything else to try and fix it. I'm wondering if it's just a Win8.1 compatibility issue?

UPDATE

There's been an update since I've made this post. It seems to be working fine now. Thanks for sharing this tool with us Stone.

 

Neat! Thanks, I'll try this out later on.

 

Completely understood. But regardless , the fact of the matter is I've managed to get Watch Dogs running stutter free at 1920x1200 with everything maxed except for the texture setting in the display menu being set to HIGH and 2xTXAA, and on a 2gb GTX 680 which was stuttering like a rocks star. And ultimately... the use of this tool was part of the reason why Watch Dogs looks great and isn't unplayable like earlier.

Really? Someone actually said that? Down-sampling is probably the least efficient method of removing/reducing aliasing, and is typically only used in games where proper anti-aliasing either is poorly implemented or doesn't work at all. Or when you're stuck with crap like FXAA, but I guess that falls under the category of "poorly implemented". lol.

 

Thanks Stone Gargoyle & bilago !

 

Yeah Downsampling is okay for removing AA, but I find when using D/S from 1440p to 1080 (my native) that either sweetfx's smaa or Control Panels x2 aa is still required. The performance hit is a little more than 4xaa in total, though I feel that the bump in rez gives the better result in general picture IQ, though but not as far AA removal goes.

Depends on the game as you said.

 

Oooooooooo

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/watch...ool-gives-you-more-graphics-options-to-tweak/

 

thank you very much for this great tool

 

Ahh the beauty of C#, where you can write something like this with relative ease compared to C++/WIN32.

Great work though.

 

Thanks a lot ! Managed to get the game looking sweet with this !

 

wait..............da fuq did i just read?

edit: ok, you said efficient, not effective. i think it's common knowledge that ogssaa (downsampling) is leaps and bounds better than mssa, or the pseudo-aa implementations.

ssgaa is even better but both require a lot of gpu power, so they aren't an option if you're looking more for performance over iq.

i find the supersampling option in watch dogs to be very lack luster. i wouldn't use it.

 

btw, does this actually have settings not found in-game that will improve the graphics?

 

mirror it please ...
I've got error message from Dropbox :

 

Here you go - https://mega.co.nz/#!gIEkWAiT!W2FM0xGMTGyQEOX1Ni-2dnynLrxW64zLi7yOHA5novk

 

@Fragba1t
Thanks, mate!

 

thanks

 

When I click the link to download your great tool, it sends me a new page that tells me this:

Error (509)
This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!

What does mean?

thanks!

Ps: I got it thnks

 

Thanks for this! Works really good. More days to go, more awesome modding tools! WD waiting for US!

 

Too many people trying to access it and the Admins have had to disable the link temporally until traffic volume dies down.