Best Crysis 1 Graphic Mods?

[Painguy]

It's been 12 years since I played Crysis on my GTX 8800GTX, Core 2 Duo Extreme w/ 2GB DDR2 @ 1680x1050 (~12-25fps).

What are the best graphic mods? Mods for this game seem everywhere and unorganized. I was hoping to combine ReShade with some mods.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Just knowing where they all are is a pain as far as I remember. Will be watching this thread with interest.

 

[Dictator]

Just grab the AF/Global lighting fix and that is really all you need. There is a texture mod which improves the texture of vegetation only which is also OK, but not necessary as it changes some art colours.

The best thing you should do is play with the ini. Create a shortcut to the 64 bit exe which you need to use (it increases CPU performance on modern CPUs) and add -devmode to its shortcut target.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis\Bin64\Crysis.exe" -devmode

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Create an autoexec.cfg in your Crysis folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis

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Copy paste this into that autoexec.cfg

con_restricted 0
e_shadows_max_texture_size 2048
e_particles_receive_shadows 1
g_useHitSoundFeedback 0
g_skipintro 1
i_lighteffects 1
i_lighteffectshadows 3
r_TexturesStreaming 0
r_useedgeaa 2
r_UsePOM=1
r_MotionBlur=5
r_sunshafts=1
e_water_ocean_fft=1
q_Renderer=3
r_colorgrading=1
r_displayinfo 0

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This should give you stuff like much more stable shadows, shadows affecting particles, better anti-aliasing on trees and vegetation and all light sources in the game creating shadows as well.

edit: The HD texture mod from 2018 seems pretty great actually for maintaining the original colour pallete while increasing texture resolution!

 

[john2gr]

You can try these (I believe the links still work)

Crysis HD Textures 2018 features 2.1GB of textures from CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island

Modder ‘condros’ has released a brand new Texture Pack for the original Crysis game. This Texture Pack features 2.1GB of textures that were ripped from both CryEngine 3.5.8 and Crysis 3 The Lost Island multiplayer DLC. As the modder noted, this Texture Pack works with any custom TOD (eg Mster...

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Crysis is now 10 years old and here are the best graphics mods you can install for it

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[aisback]

Just grab the AF/Global lighting fix and that is really all you need. There is a texture mod which improves the texture of vegetation only which is also OK, but not necessary as it changes some art colours.

The best thing you should do is play with the ini. Create a shortcut to the 64 bit exe which you need to use (it increases CPU performance on modern CPUs) and add -devmode to its shortcut target.

Create an autoexec.cfg in your Crysis folder.

Copy paste this into that autoexec.cfg


This should give you stuff like much more stable shadows, shadows affecting particles, better anti-aliasing on trees and vegetation and all light sources in the game creating shadows as well.

edit: The HD texture mod from 2018 seems pretty great actually for maintaining the original colour pallete while increasing texture resolution!

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The god has spoken.

I might try this later.

 

[Atom Heart Mother]

God, Crysis is so good. Crytek fell off so hard after it.

 

[Pargon]

Fix the FOV by adding cl_fov=74 to the config file. It defaults to 60° vertical, which is equivalent to only 75° in most games. 74° vertical is equivalent to 90°.
Depth of field can be disabled with r_depthoffield=0

Just grab the AF/Global lighting fix and that is really all you need.

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I agree, but don't forget to set anisotropic filtering to 16x in the driver profile for the game too, since Crysis disables AF when POM is enabled.

 

[Deleted member 54292]

post some before and afters yall. i wanna see the gains.

 

[Gitaroo]

Anything that add full controller support Like the console port?

 

[Deleted member 29237]

Anything that add full controller support Like the console port?

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It already has Xinput controller support natively!

 

[Gitaroo]

Anything that add full controller support Like the console Port

It already has Xinput controller support natively!

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Yeah, but I think trigger buttons don't work and control scheme is bad.

 

[Painguy]

Just grab the AF/Global lighting fix and that is really all you need. There is a texture mod which improves the texture of vegetation only which is also OK, but not necessary as it changes some art colours.

The best thing you should do is play with the ini. Create a shortcut to the 64 bit exe which you need to use (it increases CPU performance on modern CPUs) and add -devmode to its shortcut target.

Create an autoexec.cfg in your Crysis folder.

Copy paste this into that autoexec.cfg


This should give you stuff like much more stable shadows, shadows affecting particles, better anti-aliasing on trees and vegetation and all light sources in the game creating shadows as well.

edit: The HD texture mod from 2018 seems pretty great actually for maintaining the original colour pallete while increasing texture resolution!

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Thank you Dictator and everyone else. Got it running with the 2018 texture mod, and the settings you all mentioned.

I had some trouble running it on Windows 10 though. Had to run it through compatibility mode to launch the 64bit version.

Tried to get the latest reshade working but it would only run with the 32bit binary so i ended up not using reshade.

I also encountered a weird issue when using my bluetooth xbox one controller. Driving a car or boat in the water while in the driver seat took the game from around 90fps to 9fps lol (CPU usage dropped to 4%). I think it's an issue the compatibility mode and the xbox controller driver and something with the rumble effect when in water. Can't verify though since game doesn't run without compatibility mode. Oh welll. Just gotta not drive in water for now.

No AA screenie for y'alls seeing balls. The texture pack is really nice. Rocks don't look like mush anymore.

 

[newmoneytrash]

Thank you Dictator and everyone else. Got it running with the 2018 texture mod, and the settings you all mentioned.

I had some trouble running it on Windows 10 though. Had to run it through compatibility mode to launch the 64bit version.

Tried to get the latest reshade working but it would only run with the 32bit binary so i ended up not using reshade.

I also encountered a weird issue when using my bluetooth xbox one controller. Driving a car or boat in the water while in the driver seat took the game from around 90fps to 9fps lol (CPU usage dropped to 4%). I think it's an issue the compatibility mode and the xbox controller driver and something with the rumble effect when in water. Can't verify though since game doesn't run without compatibility mode. Oh welll. Just gotta not drive in water for now.

No AA screenie for y'alls seeing balls. The texture pack is really nice. Rocks don't look like mush anymore.

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this is a good looking video game

 

[Deleted member 54292]

Thank you Dictator and everyone else. Got it running with the 2018 texture mod, and the settings you all mentioned.

I had some trouble running it on Windows 10 though. Had to run it through compatibility mode to launch the 64bit version.

Tried to get the latest reshade working but it would only run with the 32bit binary so i ended up not using reshade.

I also encountered a weird issue when using my bluetooth xbox one controller. Driving a car or boat in the water while in the driver seat took the game from around 90fps to 9fps lol (CPU usage dropped to 4%). I think it's an issue the compatibility mode and the xbox controller driver and something with the rumble effect when in water. Can't verify though since game doesn't run without compatibility mode. Oh welll. Just gotta not drive in water for now.

No AA screenie for y'alls seeing balls. The texture pack is really nice. Rocks don't look like mush anymore.

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I'm feeling inspired to reinstall. I just don't remember which digital store I purchased from 👀

 

[Painguy]

You should! I don't have the digital version. Had to copy my original DVD to a USB lol.

 

[Pargon]

I had some trouble running it on Windows 10 though. Had to run it through compatibility mode to launch the 64bit version.

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That shouldn't be necessary - at least not for the 64-bit version.
The 32-bit version doesn't run on systems with more than 7 available cores, so you have to start it with the affinity manually set to ≤7 cores or it will crash on newer CPUs.

I'm feeling inspired to reinstall. I just don't remember which digital store I purchased from 👀

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It doesn't cover every store, but I've found GOG Galaxy 2.0 to be helpful in situations like that.

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For anyone that doesn't have Crysis already, it's best to buy the game on GOG as it's DRM-free there.
It looks like the 64-bit version may be DRM-free on Origin now too, after checking the PC Gaming Wiki. Steam has not been updated and is only 32-bit, with DRM.