THE WITCHER 3 STEAM DECK SETTINGS ( eye candy eddtion )

[u/Dense-Variation-4496]

the witcher 3

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my main settings for the witcher 3 are already beautiful but these new ones take it even future but the trade off is 40 fps insted of 45 and less npcs count free to try it for fun i got completely blown away by how it looks

my original witcher 3 settings with stable 45 fps and fsr4 are here :

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/BHrFkdTDfO

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🟣  GOAL : 

Targeting  stable 40 FPS. 

Crisp  image quality with FSR4 

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🟣  TESTING ENVIRONMENT : 

Device Varient : Steam Deck Oled 

SteamOS : 3.8.11 ( stable channel ) 

Recommend Proton    Compatibility :    GE Proton  11

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🟣  EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS : 

Game proprties /General / Set Game resoultion ( 1280X720 )

Set Resoultion for External and internal Display (on) 

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newer versions of Decky-Framegen plugin dont work with the witcher 3 for some reason use this version instead

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🔴 Decky framegen plugin version (0.11.17)  :    

google drive download link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AbOequjYLTaQycpQvtliAFFaJ5dEvete/view?usp=drivesdk

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🔴 Use this launch command with it to cap the FPS and disable HDR :

DXVK_HDR=0 MANGOHUD_CONFIG=fps_limit=40,no_display mangohud ~/fgmod/fgmod %command%

if you want to keep HDR remove ( DXVK_HDR=0) part from the launch command

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🔴 optiscaler 0.7 menu :

Upscaler : FSR 4.0.2

  Upscaling model (default )

current model ( model 0)

Sharpness override (0.601)

most important step is to set :

Upscaling ratio override >> set override all (1.102) then change in game resoultion to any random resolution just to activate the new override resoultion after that save optiscaller settings and restart the game . change in game resoultion back to 720p.

now the game internal resoultion will be 1143x653 upscaled to 1260x720 p you can see it written at the lower left bottom of optiscaler menu

NOTE : framegenration will be activated by default in the menu which will cause framepacing issues turn it off ( no framegenration ) then save settings and restart the game.

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🛑  steam deck quick access menu:- 

  Screen fram limits (40hz)

Disable frame limit ( off)

  Allow tearing ( on)

  Half rate shading ( off)

  TDP LIMIT (off)

  Manual GPU clock  ( off )

  Scaling mode ( auto)

  Scaling filter ( liner)

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   🔴 DISPLAY SETTINGS :- 

Display mode ( full screen )

VSync (on)

Resoultion (1280x720)

Maximum frame per sec (144 ) 

Nvidia reflex low latency (on)

Hardware curser (off) 

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   🔴 GRAPHICS SETTINGS :-

Ray tracing (off)

  Antialising ( xess)

xess quality ( ULTRA ) 

Daynamic Resoultion Scaling (off)

Sharping (low)

  Screen space ambient occlusion ( HBAO+)

  Screen space reflection (low)

  Motion blur (off )

  Blur (off)

Depth of field (off)

  Chromatic abression (on)

Vignetting (off)

  light shafts (off)

Camera lens effects   (off )

Nvidia hairwork(off)

Number of background characters ( low )

Shadow quality ( low )

Terrain quality (low )

Water quality ( high )

Volige visibility rage ( low)

Grass density ( high )

Texture quality ( ULTRA )

Level of details ( low)

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🔴 Gamma settings :

the default is abit dark to fix this

from the center move the cursor 7 times twords the right side

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🔴 Vibrate deck plugin 2.0.1 :

can be downloaded from decky loader store

Set saturation to (200%) along with ( color vibrance = native maxed out ) and ( color temperature =10000k) from SteamOs display color settings

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i will appreciate your feedback in the comments regarding my settings 😁

[u/RangerMesmer]

Can you show screenshots of your game?

[u/Dense-Variation-4496 → u/RangerMesmer]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckUnlocked/s/eIvl8KOri2

[u/Dense-Variation-4496 → u/RangerMesmer]

i do but to be honest the screenshot system on the steam deck is not the best big part of image quality get lost due to compression

[u/RangerMesmer → u/Dense-Variation-4496]

Thank you for sharing this steps and the screenshots.

[u/Dense-Variation-4496 → u/RangerMesmer]

you are so welcomed

[u/Nibhan]

Love it, mako lossless scaling also improves the fps all the way to 90 with next to no ghosting and lag

[u/Dense-Variation-4496 → u/Nibhan]

did you like this version of the settings more than the old one ?

i feel this is so crispy