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I've looked at comparisons between the High and Ultra textures, and it's almost imperceptible IMO. The Ultra textures seem to be causing the stuttering problems, and it doesn't happen with High. You could also try the `-disablepagefilecheck` command line switch, that's been working for most folks. I actually just completely disabled my page file for this game, as I have enough RAM anyway. I'll switch back if I have problems with other programs. This stuff fixed it for me, and I'm at least playing in 1080p at a more than stable framerate.

As far as AA, I dunno about that. It makes sense with higher pixel density like 2K or 4K, but personally I still find aliasing to be a noticeable eyesore when I'm just adding two extra monitors to the mix.



Hehe. First thing I turned off. The DoF I don't mind and prefer sometimes, but definitely screw motion blur.

Looks like Hayden did his magic already, thank you very much!

OH BABY!!! Thank you very much Hayden!!!! I've been trolling by the site every few hours hoping against hope it would get fixed soon, and BLAM! There it is! I added an extra day off to the holiday just to be home to check this game out and now it's not a total bust. Thanks a million!

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Thx,
I'll experiment with some settings and try to find a mix that I'm happy with, the stutter makes it almost impossible to drive fast, every chase ends up in a bush/railway/concrete wall/in the ass of a truck after killing everything walking on the sidewalk.

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w00t!

I'm trying to test stuff out but now the Uplay client is borked, probably overloaded servers at Ubisoft...

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I am at work right now, can someone post what options are available in the fix? I game at 2560x1080 and hope this will resolve the FOV issue with the game.

Thanks a million HaYDeN, most appreciated as always

Works perfectly with 5760x1080 nivida rig.

Yes it fixes it!

http://imgur.com/a/NsCtx

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How? And where is this Hayden fix cat????

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The fix does wonders!
http://imgur.com/a/YY6Ra

You'll have to download Flawless Widescreen - flawlesswidescreen.org

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Thanks very much for the fix

Hi I just wanted to point out the PCGamingWiki article page, we've been collated all the fixes for Watch Dogs including the FOV and multimonitor support listed here: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Watch_Dogs

If anyone discovers anything new about the game would appreciate it if you could help to edit the page with new info. Thanks!

Awesome job! Thanks so much for your dedication and hard work Hayden. It shall not be forgotten!

Anyone else getting an issue where your monitors turn on and off (including playing the Windows disconnected device sound) and sit there in a loop of it? I am getting that with and without Flawless Running. Upgraded to Cat 14.6 and everything. Does not matter if I am in multi-mon or running a single monitor, it happens when it tries loading the actual game (from the menu).

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Hello,
I'm having problems with the fix. The game doesn't expand to all three screens, only on one and a bit on each side.
And I'm still having problem with the tutorial menus and gadget wheel are still huge!.

The fix doesn't magically detect your res and fix things. Do you have your ingame res/aspect set correctly? Make sure you've updated Flawless to 64bit client or it may not work correctly with the game.

Also, the pics you posted are about a tiny as one could get. Can't discern anything from them. They're illegible.


@Hayden -- THANK YOU! for fixing this 2014 pile of UBI stank garbage.

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Hi guys sry for the question but i cant find any fix from Hayden .

Can someone give me a link where to find it ?

Just came to say THANKS Hayden, once again it seems you have saved my gaming
Haven't tested it yet but Im sure it will be just fine - will make sure to make another small donation to show my appreciation. I love you more than I love food anyways!

The fix is part of Flawless Widescreen, which can be found in the Mods and Tweaks forum, here: http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=24098

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Thanks Skid and thx Hayden of course.

Does the tool automaticly detects my game if i start it or i have to do something else ?

As long as Flawless Widescreen is working, it should detect it automatically. Let us know if you have a problem.

Watchdogs Eyefinity Windows 8.1 64bits vga r9 290 driver AMD Catalyst-14.6-Beta-V1.0 resolution 6042x1080 . what better value + Fov Fine adjustment , to use ?
any tips ?

WD is in anamorphic widescreen (like others ubigames) or not?

After about 30 minutes in game i have problems with texture flickering .

i dont know its a problem from the game or from the flawless widescreen tool .

Is it possible to give watch dogs more memory storage from my memory ?

here are 2 screenshots

http://abload.de/img/flickering1y5s05.jpg
http://abload.de/img/flickeringymsuk.jpg

disable motion blu ?

cant find any motion blur in the options

Thankyou so much Hayden for fixing the eyefinity support for Watchdogs!

Now, Ubisoft please optimise the game for us AMD users!!

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Hello again,
Managed to fix the problem I was having "widescreen letterbox" was enabled.
Only problem now is the gadget wheel and the map, any fix on that?

Thanks Hayden for the fix!. You're doing Ubisoft's job..

on some of yoos guyses screen caps your hud doesnt look too bad, mine is still ginormous, what am i missing?

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Yeah, sorry. I've never used Flawless Widescreen before. It seems to be working, but I have set the FOV Fine adjustment all the way up (+25), it still doesn't look right. The image is still being cropped. What else do I need to do? I've played around with the in-game Display settings for Res & Aspect, but I can't find one that gives me the proper view.

Some of the fixer contracts are fine with just the FOV fix, but playing the real game without a proper hud fix is too much for me, i noticed when hacking into a new CtOS once i was in i wasn't seeing the videos that play when you hack a data rack.. at all. Also the obvious, which is the cell phone can be hard to use, but also when at a hideout you can't see how long you are sleeping. It was enough for me to go back to single monitor to play the story, but i definitely kept flipping to surround to do side missions. Its annoying enough switching that ill likely just keep playing through on a single screen. But with the flawless at least the FOV can be setup. i find right around +9.5 just about perfect for my 5760 setup.

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Does anyone know if the HUD fix (to go along with the FOV fix) is something that is in progress? Or is there a special issue that means the HUD likely won't be able to be fixed?

Hayden is aware of it, and is looking into it. I'm hoping there is a proper fix from Ubisoft for the entire surround/eyefinity issue. The game is suppose to have native support. Everyone should be smashing the Ubisoft forums about this, and even the Nvidia forums (surround users) - considering Nvidia threw money at the game and tout all these wonderful Nvidia only enhancements, that actually don't seem to be implemented very well (TXAA doesn't seem to work properly). I have to say, I'm not impressed with how the game looks or runs. /rant

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Thanks for the info. Between the supposed PC patch coming from Ubi that has been announced, and the hope that either that or Hayden can fix the HUD, I am going to just try and hold off on playing. It looks like a really awesome game, but I have gotten to where if I end up playing on just one monitor I feel like I'm looking down a tunnel or something. A disadvantage to getting so used to playing 7680x1600.

I donated to both Hayden and for Widescreen Fixer back when I was using them a lot for Skyrim. Going to have to break out the old donation check book again for Hayden making games playable!!

I've found a happy median with Flawless Widescreen & HUD issues. If you take advantage of the hot keys in FW you can run the FOV fine adjustment up to max while in the game to see things like the cellphone menus, sleep times, and most everything else. Once you're done with those screens, adjust it back to suit your taste. It's not a perfect solution, but it only takes a few seconds. It makes the game playable and this is one awesome game...me thinks.

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So you are saying if you just run the FOV at full max it lets you see that stuff?
sounds like a fair fix if true, it's what we all did with skyrim for a while..


Also just semi-OT, but what other bugs are people having? i keep hearing of game breaking bugs and mad frame lag etc. etc. Honestly i had the game day 1, and my drivers are (nvidia) 337.81, which are mid-may before the game even dropped, although in the driver info it does say watch dogs profiles and fixes, honestly ive had VERY little issues. No frame skip, game runs as expected for my 670, which is about 55 fps with everything on ultra single screen. and about 35 triple screen on medium with a few select items on high.

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I've had a few crashes and graphical glitches here and there. It's just poorly optimised at this stage imo. I have a 780ti superclocked and I still only manage fps in the mid 40's with everything on high, lowest ambient occlusion setting, motion blur off, textures high, SMAA @ 5760x1080. The screen tearing is horrendous for me as well, and of course if I force VSYNC.... hello 30fps.

yeah thats weak, i guess i'm just lucky, cause honestly i think my framerights are right on point, although i am just running fxaa, as i did see some drop with the high end aa, AO on high single screen and low multi, and i really don't get screen tearing either, well not any worse than anythign else anyway, and i think that i generally notice screen tearing more than your average bear (maybe not more than those here with sli and other rigs that are susceptible tho hah, but at least as well). I have a 4gb card and use ultra textures too, again for single screen, on multi i drop them to high.

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So as Funkengreuven posted:
You can indeed just edit the FOV with the hotkeys and if you go high enough you can make the cellphone and the game text for sleeping and such viewable. Which is Great! i played for a good 25-30 min before i found another game breaker.
Sniper Rifle! The crosshair doesnt show at all with the FOV fix, now if you go all the way back to stock you can get the sniper zoom view but its a real Pain! So i played @ wide screen for a while just to be screwed again and end up back at single 1080. Bummer. So close!

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Yeah I ran into this. It was the final straw for me so I stopped playing until ubisoft fix this mess. I did read somewhere that some people managed to get the scope working if they forced AA to application controlled through your graphics driver control panel but didn't work for me.

I tested this inch by inch and the sniper rifle scope works with the FOV adjustment up to 12.75. Anything higher than that and it breaks the scope. I actually found 12.75 to be a good sweet spot for me. Here are some screenshots of it at 12.75. FYI: My resolution is 2560x1080 so that may change the adjustment numbers on your system.

https://imgur.com/a/Rlzn6

Doesnt work for me in triple screen, Sli nvidia Surround 5760*1080. Tested from 0 to 20 in fine adjustment.
But a physical fix kind of works. Take super tiny small peace of shewed gum, 0.5 to 1mm only . roll it beetween thumb and index finger.
Aim with sniper weapon (or any other with small reticle, the put that peace om gum on the screen right in the circle.
Use the gum dot as reticle. Works.

Done that trick sometimes when playing in hardcore mode without reticles for fast and accurate hip fire

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You're right Gumbo. I held the sniper rifle zoomed in and held the FW fine adjustment hotkey and the cross hairs eventually did appear. Only problem was they appeared at -11.5 for me which is zoomed in pretty good. I normally play at +12 or so. I wonder why the difference? Maybe it has something to do with the starting resolution. My res is 5892x1080 bezel corrected. Ah well, I may can get used to it. Thus far, I've played the game without the sniper rifle, but thanks for the tip. I've noticed I have to zoom in some when hacking a camera before the text boxes describing the person you're looking at will appear. Same concept I think. It seems to me this could be easily fixed by Ubi. Maybe this Day 1..er..Day 45 patch coming out will fix it.

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Thanks for the Widescreen Fix, without it the game is unplayable.

So then I start playing the game, and the driving controls are HORRIBLE, gave it three hours, then uninstalled, the game looks pretty good, but the controls make it unplayable for me. Going to try Wolfenstein the New Order next...

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In my opinion the game doesn't really look that good at all - I didn't think the controls were that bad - but I use a controller. Wolfenstein is a great game, enjoy.

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You are right, two hours of Wolfenstein and it's awesome. Huge set pieces, great controls, fast pace. A much better game.

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Ah, yes now it worked. -10.50 for me.. non-bezel corrected.. It will work for me to adjust when needen with hot keys. Only use sniper-rifle when i have the time anyway. Thx for the tip!

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hey, any chance of centering the HUD of the game?

Yeah, loving that a fix is out- and at least the game is somewhat playable. Very disappointed that ubisoft isn't trying to fix this game at all.

That said, menus/hud especially map need centered pretty badly. Thanks for the work you've done so far Hayden.

Well 1st off thanks for the fix with the Hud. Still no official hud and or fov fix. Ugh
Side note. Since I am running in portrait mode, what does Vsync do? Particularly because what is usually vertical now isn't.