4D5307D5 - Gears of War

[HunterAP23]

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Tested on https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/commit/660559bd372e34f62979b43fc9bf23b81f236037/

Issues:

Game launches past the Microsoft logo, then freezes at the main menu for the game. This is the same behavior that happens in the master version of Xenia. Strangely, Gears of War 2 and 3 seem to be in a better state: #39

Log:

xenia.zip

Screenshot(s):

Labels:

state-title tech-engine-unrealengine

[illusion0001]

Ingame https://github.com/xenia-canary/xenia-canary/commit/1708a24

[ZeroOneTV]

Ingame 84571f8_canary_experimental

But have some visual bugs:

Is there any way to unlock the 60fps or the native console version was stuck at 30fps?

[evanderf]

Is there any way to unlock the 60fps or the native console version was stuck at 30fps?

Follow the tutorial from Xenia Canary Game Patches and apply them.

I tried out Gears of War with game patches, runs smooth at 60fps with minor stutters. I would say that it is playable.

Labels: state-playable

[Znitech]

Graphic is becoming transparent on latest canary and vulkan

[RareMv]

As of June 1st 2024 build, game has mostly no visuals issues.

Patch is still needed to fix character shadowing. There are some 2-3 checkeboard white flashes in the tutorial level Blood spatters on the ground or the Gears symbol on the walls to locate collectibles sometimes suffer from Z-fighting.

If there are too many different audio sources, sometimes some of them will cut out temporarily, but will return once the separate audio sources stop. Like: 5 NPCs shooting + enemies + turrets.

[OGTK423]

"Blood spatters on the ground or the Gears symbol on the walls to locate collectibles sometimes suffer from Z-fighting."

For what it is worth, I only experience the blood decal z-fighting when the Black Shading Fix included in the Xenia Gears of War patch is in use. Unfortunate as the Black Shading Fix is basically non-negotiable as it mitigates extreme visual issues.

Edit: See @Sowa95's response below for a more accurate appraisal of this information. Keeping my original post above in case search keywords direct anyone here looking for details.

[Sowa95]

@OGTK423 2D decals are broken in most (if not every) Unreal Engine game, it's not directly related to the patch. GoW supports lower resolution, which handles MSAA differently (or maybe even turns it off). If you set internal_display_resolution = 2, blood pool decals will flicker just the same, proof YT. Also in default resolution, with no patches, cog decals will flicker YT. If you want the best of both worlds, render_target_path_d3d12 = "rov" renders all decals accurately, but it's much slower than default RTV.

[OGTK423]

@Sowa95 Thank you for this awesome, extremely informative post. Greatly appreciated. Hope these details help to inform any other users who may be curious about this. As stated, ROV mitigates the decal issue but is hard to justify its usage when considering the performance demands versus RTV.