Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Shot by Otis_Inf

Summary

Feature Supported
Vanilla Photo Mode No
Hotsampling No
DSR Yes
Custom Aspect Ratios No
Reshade Yes (DX11)
Ansel Yes
Graphics API DirectX 11

Tools

  • Camera tools by Otis_Inf
    Features: Camera control (FoV Control, free unlimited camera movement), Ansel also in conversations, No-clip check anymore for ansel/freecamera, makes all cvars writable.

Tweaks

The game has its console enabled, so you can tweak the game through console commands. If you use the ansel enhancement tools linked above, you can change any cvar in the game's engine. The engine is a modified CryEngine so you can use the custom cfg files and keybinds to enhance the graphics and other game aspects. See below how to do that.

Custom config files

In the game's folder, first of all create a file called user.cfg. There's already a system.cfg file, leave that alone. Your own user.cfg file should have the following enhancements:

sys_MaxFPS=60
r_TexturesStreamingMipBias -4
r_FogShadows 1
r_ssdo=1
r_ssdoAmountAmbient=1.4
r_ssdoAmountDirect=2
r_ssdoAmountReflection=4
r_ssdoHalfRes=2
r_ssdoRadius=0.04
r_ssdoRadiusMin=0.07
r_ssdoRadiusMax=0.1
e_svoTI_ResScaleBase=0
e_svoTI_LowSpecMode=1
e_svoTI_ConeMaxLength=8
e_svoTI_DiffuseConeWidth=24
e_svoTI_SSAOAmount=1.545
e_svoTI_SpecularAmplifier=0.82
e_svoTI_TemporalFilteringBase=1
e_svoTI_MinReflectance=0.19
e_svoTI_DiffuseAmplifier=1.12
e_VolumetricFog=1
e_TessellationMaxDistance=100
e_ViewDistMin=15
e_ViewDistRatio=200
e_ViewDistRatioCustom=250
e_ViewDistRatioDetail=200
e_ViewDistRatioLights=250
e_ViewDistRatioPortals=250
e_ViewDistRatioVegetation=250
q_shaderWater=3
r_DetailDistance=20
r_TextureLodDistanceRatio=0
e_shadowsmaxtexres=2048
e_shadowspoolsize=8192
e_LodFaceAreaTargetSize=0.0008
e_UberlodDistanceRatio=4.0
e_MergedMeshesViewDistRatio=150
e_vegetationUseTerrainColorDistance=150
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ=300
e_ShadowsPerObject=1
wh_pl_showfirecursor=1
r_Rain 0  -- if you don't want the rain drops to be visible keep this command, otherwise remove it.

The following lines are examples how to bind a command to a key. You can add these to your custom user.cfg file as well:

-- when f2 is pressed it will run the commands in 'n.cfg'
bind f2 exec n.cfg
Bind f3 exec 4k.cfg
-- when 8 is pressed it will hide the hud
Bind 8 g_showHUD 0
-- when 9 is pressed it will show the hud
Bind 9 g_showHud 1

The files n.cfg and 4k.cfg above, are custom text files you create, the same as user.cfg. The files have the following contents:

n.cfg:

r_width=1920
r_height=1200

4k.cfg:

r_width=3840
r_height=2400

If you're playing at 1920x1200, you can then switch between your normal play resolution and 4K by pressing f3 (to switch to 4K) and f2 (to switch back to your normal resolution).

Console commands

The game's console (and all cvars, if you run the tools) are freely available and you can use it at any time. To search for variables and commands, use ?<string>, like ?dof. This will list all cvars and commands containing the string following ?, here in the example dof. Typing the cvar without a value will give its current value. If you want to have a cvar always set to a given value, add it to your user.cfg file.

Essential mods

There are various mods available over at NexusMods. Not all of them are really great nor necessary, however a couple of them really make life a lot easier. One note for mods: check in the installation instructions if they try to overwrite/change your user.cfg file. If anything make a copy of your user.cfg file before installing mods.

The mods which are essential: