ROM Hack RELEASE Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Graphics Settings

[Red_BY]

After wasting some time trying to get it to work with Yuzu finally figured it out and it's way simpler then people here describe.

Firstly just use New Method, it's only one file and supports any version of the game. Next Method is only for version 2.0.2 which is outdated and impossible to get, so no reason to use it for emulator users.

Download Profiles.zip and choose whichever option you prefer and drop "0100E95004039001" folder into Yuzu mod directory which is "AppData\Roaming\yuzu\load". Now all you have to do is create a subfolder in "0100E95004039001", name it "GraphicsMod" or something ( It's just mod name so it doesnt matter ) and then simply move "romfs" folder into it. All done, now you can customize "lib_nx.ini" to your liking.

End result should look like this:
yuzu\load\0100E95004039001\GraphicsMod\romfs\monolib\shader\lib_nx.ini

I don't have Ryujinx to test it but install path is extremely similar so it should also work.
Should look like this:
Ryujinx\mods\contents\0100E95004039001\GraphicsMod\romfs\monolib\shader\lib_nx.ini

However note that it only works if you have Torna DLC installed, without it game ID will be different. Just check instructions on main page description for New Method if you have a different DLC setup, with Torna installed ID is always 0100E95004039001 and other DLCs shouldn't matter.
( And if you don't have Torna yet you should go and get it, it's an amazing DLC and 100% worth it )

 

[Solokazama]

For Yuzu to have good sharp resolution all you have to do is:
- set 2x scale in emulator
- download theboy181 mod from here (bottom page): yuzu-emu.org/entry/yuzu-art

then put in the mod to user/load/01100e95004938000

you can see the folder right clicking on the game in yuzu then "show mod folder". also you can see if mod is installed clicking on game property (its going ot be checked after DLC).

replaying this game on my PC and it looks very very good (4k'ish) with this mod. Everything is supersharp and resolution is 4k.

 

[Tsukiru]

Is there a preset for console that doesn't look weirdly blurry or fuzzy in the distance? If it requires overclock, how should I best go about that?

 

[masagrator]

I will shadow drop here a plugin for people that are annoyed by double buffer and game slowing down. Didn't test it too much.

It removes double buffer + automatically adjusts game speed. Removing double buffer potentially can enable framebuffer glitches (which I see with my internal 60 FPS mod), but tested it with 153.6 MHz GPU and I saw nothing, so I guess we are alright. It gives also "slight performance boost" aka less visible framedrops because of removing double buffer.

This plugin doesn't enable 60 FPS.
It's dedicated to 2.1.0 Western version.
Cannot say about compability with Japanese version.

Just put folder "0100E95004038000" to atmosphere/contents and play game.



I am working sometimes at 60 FPS plugin for last couple of years, which has some caveats that I want to start finally fix. For sure I won't be able to remove framebuffer glitches completely because doing that results in huge game hiccups and adjusting game speed is working more randomly. But I'm trying to minimize them as much as possible.
Uploaded plugin here is a derivative from my 60 FPS mod.

 

[Medel87]

I will shadow drop here a plugin for people that are annoyed by double buffer and game slowing down. Didn't test it too much.

It removes double buffer + automatically adjusts game speed. Removing double buffer potentially can enable framebuffer glitches (which I see with my internal 60 FPS mod), but tested it with 153.6 MHz GPU and I saw nothing, so I guess we are alright. It gives also "slight performance boost" aka less visible framedrops because of removing double buffer.

This plugin doesn't enable 60 FPS.
It's dedicated to 2.1.0 Western version.
Cannot say about compability with Japanese version.

Just put folder "0100E95004038000" to atmosphere/contents and play game.



I am working sometimes at 60 FPS plugin for last couple of years, which has some caveats that I want to start finally fix. For sure I won't be able to remove framebuffer glitches completely because doing that results in huge game hiccups and adjusting game speed is working more randomly. But I'm trying to minimize them as much as possible.
Uploaded plugin here is a derivative from my 60 FPS mod.

I have one question, why graphic mod for 2.0.2 and this for 2.1.0? It's not possible use both same time?

 

[masagrator]

I have one question, why graphic mod for 2.0.2 and this for 2.1.0? It's not possible use both same time?

New Method works independently from game version.

 

[joekree]

when i watch videos of your 60 fps mod, people seem to be at 2x game speed at 60fps, but when i hit 60, i am at native game speed. meaning any fps drops slow me down to a crawl. do you have an idea why this could be?

 

[joekree]

accidental double post, idk how to delete lel

 

[masagrator]

when i watch videos of your 60 fps mod, people seem to be at 2x game speed at 60fps, but when i hit 60, i am at native game speed. meaning any fps drops slow me down to a crawl. do you have an idea why this could be?

So they are not using my cheat properly, dunno what they did. Probably they are using it on 2.1.0 while it's designed for 2.0.2
In your case it's working as expected - this is because game works at fixed speed. Without any mod drop below 30 FPS also slows down game.

Here is my work on fixing that - it works way better with 30 FPS. 60 FPS has some issues, but I guess not that bad to not release it eventually.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/xenoblade-chronicles-2-graphics-settings.529436/post-9792868

 

[cobjak]

Is someone have the same problem?
With the 2 latest version of atmosphere, it's impossible for me to launch xenoblade chronicles 2 with JP voice dlc...

 

[Citrus333]

Been reading this for a while, there's a lot to learn and sift through, especially since Yuzu has changed so much a lot of this is out of date.

What I've learned for Yuzu:
- OC is not a thing on Yuzu. Only accuracy level. GPU Normal is giving the best performance with no noticeable graphics errors.
- 2.0.2 version is impossible to get, and not worth it. 2.1 w/ Torna is the way to go, save yourselves headaches by just using 2.1 w/ Torna
- There are three different locations in the Yuzu folder which effect the game.
---yuzu\sdmc\atmosphere\contents\0100E95004038000 -> (loads as a mod called SDMC, needs to be toggled on)
---yuzu\load\0100E95004038000 -> (loads as mods using folder name, needs to be toggled on)
---yuzu\load\0100E95004039001 -> (AUTOMATICALLY loads into the game)

-Vulkan is the way to go, it looks better, is faster, and only has one graphic glitch which is the cloud layer flickering sometimes. 2x with FSR looks amazing.
-All these lib.nx files are great and each work but some drop performance like crazy with little graphical improvement, the only thing that really needs from these config files is changing AA and fixing glow effects.

 

[ShadoGiow]

I found my own best settings that combine best resolution, best perf, no blur at all, beautiful in handled and docked, good light and good shadows with all effects activated!

It's not "my work" because I combined every shared config from xenoblade chronicles 1 et 2 threads! So thanks to all of you guys!

It's available for xeno 1, xeno 2(also with torna), xeno torna standalone all versions

:

tonemap=on
ssao=off
bloom=on
godray=on
AntiAliasing=off
ColReduction=on
dof=off
lensFlare=off
aoskip=off

lut=on
luttex1=lutba

cube=cube

toneHistogramLow=0.8
toneHistogramHigh=0.9
tonemax=1.0
tonemin=0.15
tonescale=7.0
toneUpSpeed=0.1
toneDownSpeed=0.5
toneBlmmax=1000
toneBlmmin=0.001
toneBlmmul=100.0

godray_inival=0.95
godray_decay=0.99
godray_scale=1.235

blm_border_sub=1.0
blm_border_mul=0.1
blm_border_sub2=0.0
blm_border_mul2=0.0
blm_border_max=4.0
blm_str1=1.0
blm_str2=1.0
blm_str3=1.0
blm_gauss1=1.1
blm_gauss2=0.9
blm_gauss3=0.9
blm_weight1=0.68
blm_weight2=0.15
blm_weight3=0.19
blm_weight4=0.58
blm_weight5=0.63
blm_deviation1=0.2
blm_deviation2=0.5
blm_deviation3=1.0
blm_deviation4=1.0
blm_deviation5=1.0
blm_saturation1=0.00
blm_saturation2=0.02
blm_saturation3=0.05
blm_saturation4=0.10
blm_saturation5=0.70
blm_emissive_str=9.0
blm_tone_scale=0.05
blm_emissive_max=20.0
blm_emissive_min=0.0

lens_max=1
lens_rot=0
lens_sub=1.5
lens_mul=3.0
lens_weight=0.1
lens_decay=1.0
lens_str=0.9
lens_paMax=4.0
lens_UVDecay=0.290

AA_Sharpness=16.0
AA_Range=0.75
AA_Threshold=0.20
AA_ThresholdMin=0.05

red_sclX=1.0
red_sclY=1.0
red_hdsclX=0.90
red_hdsclY=0.95

red_Auto=on
red_AtMaxX=1.0
red_AtMaxY=1.0
red_AtMinX=0.80
red_AtMinY=0.85
red_AtRate=97.0


ao_Lengs=0.1
ao_LengsRatio=1.98
ao_range=5.7
ao_rangeRatio=1.000
ao_sub=0.02
ao_subRatio=0.150
ao_Mul=2.0
ao_blurRange=0.720
ao_blurScale=0.75
ao_av_Shwstr=0.5


blur=off
blurStr=0.2
blurAlpha=40.0
blurSub=0.025
blurBlurRange=0.32

shadowStr=1.8
shadowHalf=on
shadowColor=0.0, 0.0, 0.0
simShwStr=1.6
simShwIn=0.7
simShwMin=0.15

sRGBMode=on
gamma=6

ao_av_CenterWeight=1.090
ao_av_MaxDistance=0.15
ao_av_MaxRadius=0.2
ao_av_FadeOutStart=70000.0
ao_av_FadeOutDistance=10000.0
ao_av_BlurFallOff=0.050
ao_av_BlurScale=1.6
ao_av_Shwstr=0.5

cam_near=0.1
cam_far=80000.0

avmp01 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp02 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp03 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp04 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp05 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp06 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp07 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp08 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp09 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp10 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp11 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp12 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp13 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp14 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp15 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5
avmp16 = 0.5 , 0.5 , 0.5

cloud_h_min=1000.0
cloud_h_max=1100.0

cloud_color = 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

toonDirType = Camera
toonDirBackBright = 1.0
toonDirElevation = 0.1
toonDirPntSptRatio = 0.5
toonDirLightScaleVal = 0.65;
toonDirInOutMin = 0.6
toonIBLScaleVal = 0.28;
toonShadowAlpha = 0.2;
toonCharShadowAlpha = 0.02;
toonCharShadowMin = 0.46;
toonOutlineWidth = 0
toonOutlineMaxWidthPixelCoverage = 11.5;
toonOutlineDispOffPixelCoverage = 1.0;
toonRimDirAngleX = 13.40
toonRimDirAngleY = -11.90

rim_color = 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
rim_intensity = 3.0

iblDirectLightIntensity = 1.0
iblSkyIntensity = 1.6
iblBlendBetweenFrame = 30

skyToneDirLightIntensity = 0.25
skyToneAmbientIntensity = 0.35

tssao = on
tssaoRadius = 1.2
tssaoIntensityMul = 1.1
tssaoIntensityPow = 0.16
tssaoOutputAO = 0.45
tssaoPostBlurSharpness = 0.55
tssaoLuminanceCorrection = 0.3
tssaoSelectiveFiltering = on
tssaoWeakenRatio = 0.8

ssr = on
ssrIntensity = 1.0
ssrShinessFade = 0.8
ssrGroundness = 0.73
ssrFadeSec = 5.0

shadowCloud = on
shadowCloudStr = 0.8
shadowCloudSize = 300
shadowCloudScrollDir = 150.0
shadowCloudScrollSpeed = 6.0

shadowRaytraceDistance = 0.15
shadowRaytracePitch = 0.0

tmaa=off
tmaaSharpness_0 = 0.4
tmaaSharpness_1 = 0.6
tmaaSharpness_2 = 0.6
tmaaSharpness_3 = 0.72
tmaaSharpness_4 = 0.8
tmaaSharpness_5 = 0.9
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_0 = 0.4
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_1 = 0.6
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_2 = 0.6
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_3 = 0.72
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_4 = 0.8
tmaaSharpness_Hnd_5 = 0.9
tmaaBlendDefault = 0.05
tmaaBlendPBR = 0.0
tmaaBlendMPF = 0.3
tmaaBlendToon = 0.05
tmaaNewUpScale=off
tmaaSharpnessType=1
tmaaSharpnessAwareIntensity=0.2

shwCharParm = 17.92;
shwHalfLamParm = 1.0;

wetMaxShiness = 0.5
wetDarkness = 0.48
wetShinessScale = 0.6
wetToInsideFrame = 10
wetToOutsideFrame = 20

TransReduction = on
trans_red_sclX = 0.5
trans_red_sclY = 0.5

blur2=off
blur2Str = 10.0
blur2Sub = 0.25
blur2ObjScale = 0.65
blur2CameraScale = 0.8
blur2BlurRange = 0.7
blur2PixelRange = 20.0
blur2HLV = on

gpucount=64

leafSpecColMinShiness = 0.1
leafSpecColMaxShiness = 0.4
leafSpecColRatio = 0.85

furBlur=on
furBlurStr=0.3
furBlurPixelRange=20

lightShaft=on
lightShaftTonemapScale=1.75
lightShaftTonemapLuminance=6.5

reduceDirLightRim = 3.0

monochromeToonId = 128
monochromeFogScale = 0.5

Hello, i'm trying to use this setting.
I play only handled, i have the last update installed with torna.
I've downloaded the file "Xenoblade2Base.zip" because i want to play only with the base game. After that i choose the 720p mode and edited the lib file with your settings, but nothing happen when i boot the game. Is exactly the same and I dont know why. Can you help me?
I0ve put the exef file and the "content" folder named 0100E95004038000

EDIT: Ok, i think i resolved.
Basically, the file path on the first post are obsolete. For new users: You need to use the path showed by

KnightsMetal on page 17, post #327​

 

[masagrator]

Basically, the file path on the first post are obsolete. For new users: You need to use the path showed by

Read very first line in original post.

 

[Citrus333]

Getting some minor audio pops and crackles, didn't start until getting to Mor Ardain. Anyone know what could be causing it?

 

[masagrator]

Getting some minor audio pops and crackles, didn't start until getting to Mor Ardain. Anyone know what could be causing it?

Are you using FPS Counter by any chance?

 

[Citrus333]

Are you using FPS Counter by any chance?

Only the one at the bottom of Yuzu where it says Scale: 1x FPS: 30. Nothing on the overlay, but I do have Riva Tuner running in the background.

 

[masagrator]

Only the one at the bottom of Yuzu where it says Scale: 1x FPS: 30. Nothing on the overlay, but I do have Riva Tuner running in the background.

Huh, didn't check you have mentioned emulator before. So nevermind.

 

[ShadoGiow]

Read very first line in original post.

No, the very first line talk about changing "title" folder to "content", but it's not the problem here.
The path folder on romfs changed too, look the file path showed by the member that I wrote.

 

[masagrator]

No, the very first line talk about changing "title" folder to "content", but it's not the problem here.
The path folder on romfs changed too, look the file path showed by the member that I wrote.

?
My package:


Which is one of folders mentioned by OP


And here is the same romfs path, but with wrong titleid


Config file path didn't change since first game release

 

[ShadoGiow]

?
My package:
View attachment 309362

Which is one of folders mentioned by OP
View attachment 309363

And here is the same romfs path, but with wrong titleid
View attachment 309364

Config file path didn't change since first game release

I've downloaded the Xenoblade2Base.zip and this is the romfs path