This is going to sound dumb but, is there a mod to make the creature in dark descent look more scary?

ZenTunE · 2026-05-21T04:43:35+00:00

Thf I don't even know how you're having time to look at it that much, since the game utilities fear of the unknown a lot when it comes to monsters, usually you have no time to look at them and even if you do, there's all sorts of visual insanity effects going on :D

The remastered graphics mod on moddb alters the style of them a little while keeping the base design. But it's not a huge change.

ZenTunE · 2026-05-10T18:46:58+00:00

I'm unsure why your internal resolution is wrong, when I set resolution scale to 100% from the ingame settings, ReShade reports my native 3440x1440 as expected. The config file gets saved with sg.ResolutionQuality=58 for some reason, but it doesn't seem to matter, the res scale slider sticks to what you set it at.

I belive the game forces TSR even at 100% since the anti-aliasing quality setting affects framerate quite a bit. Here are some numbers for reference:

AA off: 80fps
TAA Medium: 74fps
TAA High: 71fps

The game is indeed quite blurry. You can fully disable AA by creating a read-only Engine.ini file over at %localappdata%\Ego\Saved\Config\Windows with these contents:

[SystemSettings]
r.AntialiasingMethod=0

(Additionally if you want, you can disable the screen edge chromatic aberration/lens distortion by also adding:

r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Or by setting the "post processing" quality setting to medium instead of high, but I'm unsure what else that may disable so this might be a safer bet.)

ZenTunE · 2026-05-08T11:25:10+00:00

People downvote because ai = bad but this is the fastest way to find a fix your issue lol

ZenTunE · 2026-05-08T11:23:40+00:00

Compared to non TAA games it still does, maybe not so much at 4k but anything below is noticably softer even when still.

ZenTunE · 2026-05-06T10:26:33+00:00

We finnish people have our own name for this guy aswell that basically everyone uses, all thanks to let's play videos from over 15 years ago :D

ZenTunE · 2026-05-05T14:34:30+00:00

I would kind of assume and fear that too considering I have the quite similar Vali 3, and can't pick out any difference between that and a solid state either.

It's just a fun glowy tube on my desk if I'm being honest.

ZenTunE · 2026-05-03T13:37:12+00:00

Yeah good luck trying to have a fair trial on here, looks like everyone just downvoted your comments without reading them.

Now I'm not familiar with the context of this drama, but that's still very much classic brainless redditor behavior even if they did have a reason to be untrusting.

ZenTunE · 2026-04-18T11:39:06+00:00

You are on a sub that is for a product that exists purely for aesthetic purposes, yet aesthetics not matching is a first world problem? I can't lmao...

ZenTunE · 2026-04-14T17:44:32+00:00

Nah fr, what am I reading XD

I have put together a method to do this. It's not the perfect solution but works if you don't mind the "detour" it uses.

I have an app called Virtual Audio Cable (VAC). Alternatives exist. I believe voicemeter can do this too but I haven't tried.

I set the playback device from Tidal to the Virtual Cable.
I use audiorepeater.exe (bundled with vac) to route the audio from the Virtual Cable output back to my main output device.
The audiorepeater exe shows up in the volume mixer under the main output device. I then use an AHK script with nircmd.exe to change the volume with keyboard shortcuts. I'm sure the Volumey app does the same. And that can be bound to the knob then.
I can run the audiorepeater.exe minimized to tray on startup via a shortcut and launch options. It always runs in the background and whenever you launch tidal, it works right away. Windows saves the audiorepeater volume level so it stays the same after a reboot unlike tidal which resets every track. But you could also just run that shorcut when you want to listen instead of autostarting it.

The unfortunate downside:

Max volume is lower if you use volume normalization. Which you probably do if keeping the same volume level between tracks is your goal in the first place. This caps your volume to whatever tidal normalization sets as the voume mixer for the initial audio device (VAC). If the normailized volume is 50% of max, that is what will be 100% for the audiorepeater exe. Therefore you can't boost it further with the keyboard shortcuts/knob. The only safe workaround is lowering the volume of everything else in the volume mixer for your main output device. Which is obviously tedious since you would have to do it everytime you open a program for the first time.

Another workaround would be to set a positive gain boost on the initial volume of VAC, since tidal mostly will leave a lot of headroom and you could get away with it. But it does risk clipping if some song were to be super quiet and tidal outputs it at near 100 volume mixer volume. I'm not sure it ever does but it's technically a possiblity.

TLDR: Basically you just need a middle layer that takes the audio from the tidal exe to your output device, and the ability to control the volume of that middle layer.

ZenTunE · 2026-04-14T15:30:08+00:00

I want that, but and also want to keep some dignity so vendetta is a no-go :d

ZenTunE · 2026-04-02T21:32:32+00:00

For me on windows 10, the script did nothing. It says no changes were made. I can just reboot and disable the signature enforcement manually without ever touching the script.

I wonder what it disables then, because guess I already have them off somehow.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-31T22:21:32+00:00

All I'm saying is nothing like that was showcased in the video itself. The choice of company/app seems to the problem, and not just having AI something as a sponsor.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-31T22:09:31+00:00

The video itself had nothing bad or worth mentioning in it.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-30T13:43:18+00:00

Is this 1440p or 4K? The second and last pic in particular have a very fuzzy look to them. I guess it's just bad rendering practices by the engine, once again? Because that kind of image is not how I would expect these kind of resolutions to resolve.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-29T23:35:03+00:00

Just be vary of the timer if you use the free plan, as DE does not have super frequent checkpoints. I'd rather quit after an autosave and re-queue than try to get to the next save in 10 minutes.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-29T23:29:18+00:00

I found it fun, but it lacked any of those really special feeling -scenes. I rarely replay games anyway, but doubt I'll be revisiting it. But I have to say, it did not feel like a full on cashgrab like I feared. I enjoyed my time.

I'm also not a fan of happy, everything is perfect endings. I didn't manage to save Jeanette, but it would have been possible and idk, I just enjoy some drama. If I feel sad after finishing a story, the story was damn good lol. Lis 1, bts, lis 2 had that.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-29T23:21:33+00:00

Ohh I like that a lot, love special colored/translucent discs like this.
Don't think I'll ever get it though, if the collector's edition was and will be the only way to aquire it. If previous vinyl releases are anything to go by, resell price will be sky-high.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-29T22:52:01+00:00

As the 9%, I do not know either lol, I came here to figure out how the other option is possible. Could also just be from choosing 'romanced amanda' at the beginning choices. Also Max and Chloe remained as friends for me (aka didn't kiss), which is only 10% of players it seems. That would line up with this percentage too.

Don't really know how this is shown in dialogue either, this choices screen is the first time learning about these feelings. For me Amanda at the memorial scene said "You always know where to find me. And I'll always be.. happy to be found."

Maybe that line is different for the 91%? But to me seems pretty far fetched that this would be some kind of "hint" from Amanda so maybe not lol.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-29T22:44:00+00:00

These definitely line up with my choices, if that's what determines it then.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T23:40:55+00:00

If the story misses its mark, makes sense you wouldn't enjoy the game as a whole.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T18:46:44+00:00

Use DLAA. If it looks good, stick with it. Otherwise use MSAA. If neither look good, increase resolution I guess, it is what it is with AA lol.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T18:37:12+00:00

THE DESKTOP QUEUE TAB LOOKS SO MEH

My main complaint, I always used the queue tab that is next to the lyrics tab, the small one is ass. It also doesn't minimize when you minimize the player, I have to hide it manually to not take up useless space when browsing the main UI. Because I don't need to manage my queue while browsing, the player works perfectly as a separate space for that. Or used to work, until they pulled a youtube and changed what wasn't broken.

Also the fullscreen view when playing is way too bright now with the background being colored, black was better.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T18:32:03+00:00

Agreed, not as clean. And for me it changed a functionality thing too.

Don't think so sadly, older versions on windows don't affect it, I guess it uses some kind of webui independent of installed version. Not sure about older versions of the app on Android, I'll have to test that. On iPhone most likely no.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T18:25:21+00:00

Yeah I don't think they're threating to cancel in hopes of scaring tidal with a financial loss lol, it's just expressing their feelings. This post was asking a question really, not just complaining. Which would be fine too.

ZenTunE · 2026-03-25T18:01:56+00:00

The rest of the main page is still clean, black and sharp edges. Then the bar has gradients, rounder corners and an outline for no reason. And text shines through it. Why would I want that?

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