Dragon-botherers with a number of gigabytes of house and VRAM spare get to see Monster Hunter: World‘s land of indignant lizard-hurting in sharper focus as we speak. Capcom have rolled out an replace for the game, together with a free, optional high-res texture pack that greater than doubles the game’s set up dimension. It’s a hefty thirty gigabyte obtain and can fortunately wolf down six gigabytes of VRAM (although it recommends having eight), however it does make the game’s many fits of ornate armour look cleaner and shinier. It fortunately has a negligible affect on in-game efficiency.
After enjoying round a bit with the brand new excessive res textures, I can affirm that they make a distinction, albeit one which’s prone to be extra pronounced if you happen to’re working at 4k decision or near it. The game’s video choices menu now accommodates a useful VRAM utilization bar, letting you know the way a lot your present settings require. For 4k with all the things maxed, you’re taking a look at near eight gigabytes wanted. For me at 1080p decision with volumetrics and LOD set to Variable and all else at max (giving me a slick 60+ FPS on my GTX 1070-powered laptop computer) I solely want six gig.
Accompanying the HD pack is a small however significant patch, including a brand new TAA+FXAA anti-aliasing mode. While I would like to check extra, I really feel it improved the look of MH:W’s transparency results. There’s a number of high quality of life enhancements too, just like the Take All post-hunt choice supplying you with an itemised record of all of the belongings you took. There’s a brand new mouse focusing on mode that ought to give extra management over locking onto physique components, and digital camera management can now be sure to the keyboard. Lastly there’s a ‘Friends can join’ choice when internet hosting a personal game, making enjoying with buddies simpler.
You can see the complete patch notes for as we speak’s Monster Hunter: World replace here on Steam, and seize the High Resolution Texture Pack right here. Also take a look at the game’s full DLC list, as there’s been a bunch of beauty goodies launched free since launch. There’s nonetheless no phrase on when The Witcher crossover event hits PC.
