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Revision as of 00:17, 26 April 2019
General information
- PC Report
- Steam Community Discussions
- Ubisoft Forums - Watch Dogs PC Discussion
Availability
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
DLC and expansion packs
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Access Granted Pack |
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Bad Blood |
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Conspiracy |
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Season Pass |
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Version differences
- Watch Dogs has six special editions, each with varying DLC. Refer to the Uplay Pre-Order Edition Comparison for details.
Essential improvements
- Allows for extensive settings changes not available ingame in a convenient GUI.
An alternative download link can be found here.
Skip intro videos
- Restores E3 2012/2013 visual effects.
- Some of the restored effects may appear buggy, such as headlight shadows.
- Significantly reduces Field of View. See Field of view (FOV) to change this.
- Uses the built-in patch mechanism that Ubisoft provided and incorporates the version 1.3 patch.
- The version with MalDo textures allows ultra textures on GPUs with less than 3GB of vram. It removes mipmaps, introducing aliasing on distant textures.
Game data
Configuration file location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Flawless Widescreen[citation needed]
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- Go to
Flawless Widescreen\PluginCache\FWS_Plugins\Modules\WatchDogs\Dependencies\Scripts\
- Open
WatchDogs.LUA with Notepad
- Find
fFOVMax and change Max to whatever desired.
- Horizontal FOV is used. Recommend changing from 110 to 120 for 1080p, 16:9.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
- This mod adds PlayStation buttons, can be installed with Watch Dogs Mod Installer.
The keyboard controls menu.
The keyboard rebinding menu.
The controller controls menu.
Disable mouse smoothing and aim assist[1]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Open
GamerProfile.xml with your text editor of choice.
- Find the following lines and set them to these values.
Sensitivity="1"
UseMouseSmooth="0"
Smoothness="0"
selAimAssist="-"
Launch Watch Dogs, go to display settings in game and change "GPU Max Buffered Frames" to 1.
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Audio settings
Language, subtitles and volume control settings.
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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UI |
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Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Danish |
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Dutch |
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Finnish |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Norwegian |
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Polish |
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Portuguese |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
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Local play |
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LAN play |
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Online play |
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Versus Drop in and drop out invasion mode for the singleplayer. Freeroam, online decryption (deathmatch), online race. |
Connection types
VR support
Issues fixed
Stuttering, even on PCs greatly exceeding recommended requirements
Increase priority of the process
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- When the game is running, press Alt+Tab to minimize it
- Open Task Manager and go to the Details tab
- Right-click on watch_dogs.exe and set the priority to High
- Close Task Manager, and click on Watch Dogs in the taskbar to continue playing
- Optional: Set Textures to High or below, as Ultra seems to be bugged and incapable of running smoothly on any PC
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Worse performance on the latest patch
Remove patch[2]
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- Disable the automatic Uplay updates, also on Steam if possible.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\data_win64\ , then delete patch.dat and patch.fat
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Low GPU Usage/low FPS in SLI
Don't use SMAA, use MSAA instead[citation needed]
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Continue button greyed out
Revert to cloud saves[3]
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- Go to the save game data location and backup the
.save files.
- Launch Uplay, click on the Gear icon in the upper right corner and go to Settings.
- Check Enable Cloud Saves.
- Start the game. A prompt should announce that the cloud and local saves are not in sync.
- Select the cloud save game then play.
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Low frame rate
Generic fixes[citation needed]
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- Close Uplay after fully loading the game, online play will still be available.
- Set the textures to Medium and the level of detail to High.
- Set GPU Max Buffered Frames to 1.
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RAM usage fix (stuttering and high HDD usage fix)[citation needed]
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- Parameter most likely works as to not preallocate system's page file but write into it only when needed.
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Enable Triple Buffering with V-Sync[citation needed]
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- While in-game, press Escape, then go to Options - Display.
- Change Window Mode to Borderless, then press ↵ Enter.
- Immediately press Escape four times (Alt-tabbing out of the game will negate this effect)
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Disable PostFX[citation needed]
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- Go to GamerProfile.xml
- Find PostFXQuality
- Change PostFXQuality="x" to false
- Save GamerProfile.xml
- Set GamerProfile.xml to read only to prevent overwriting
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Performance issues on AMD and Nvidia GPUs
- Doing such will not fix stuttering issues, the frame rate gain from the latest drivers is relatively minor.
Download the latest drivers[citation needed]
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Stuttering on 2GB VRAM cards with ultra textures
Use Maldo textures[4]
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- MaLDo has combined ultra textures without mipmaps used as high textures.
- Players with 2 GB of VRAM, set high or medium shadows and reflections.
- Setting max rendered frames = 2 (or 1) is recommended with this mod.
- To use Maldo textures with other mod than TheWorse Mod, you can follow this instruction:
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/kadzait24-watch-dogs-mod-game-files-xml-wip-and-download.390092/page-117#post-4859919 (created on purpose of kadzait24 mod - textures are in unpacked files in patch\graphics\_textures and textures)
Notes
- Setting textures to high (ultra) cause stuttering on 4GB RAM configurations.
- Reflections set to ultra can give FPS boost.
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Audio
Voice audio not playing during cutscenes
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to the speaker setup screen.
- Set your audio channels to anything below 7.1 Surround, then restart your game.
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Gameplay
Minimap icons and crosshair dissapearing
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to the configuration file location.
- Delete GamerProfile.xml.
- Disable any on-screen displays such as Fraps, MSI Afterburner, GeForce Experience, etc.
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Frosting effect
Disable the MSAA antialiasing and the motion blur effect[citation needed]
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Multiplayer
Unable to connect and play multiplayer
Instructions[5]
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- Open the Start Menu, type
ncpa.cpl and press ↵ Enter.
- Right click on any unused adapters and click on Disable.
- Restart Uplay.
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Frequent Crashes
Increase page file size[citation needed]
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- Increase the size of the Windows page file to be as twice as big over your current RAM. See this.
- Do so on a drive where the game isn't installed if possible.
Notes
- Windows uses page file if system is running out of RAM thus increasing amount of RAM in the system is highly recommended.
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Bedbug got killed on Mission "Not a Job for Tyrone" when you begin to hack the house
Instructions[6][7]
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- Before hacking the house, shoot at the wall of Bedbug's house until everyone is screaming and run away.
- When everyone has left, start hacking.
Notes
- There is a bug in-game that makes the ground of Bedbug's house disappear so he will fall out of the map during hacking. After shooting at the wall, the ground won't disappear or Bedbug will reposition.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Shader Model support |
5 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
ctOS app
- ctOS app is available for Android and iOS.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Vista SP2 |
7 SP1, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz |
AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7 3770 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
6 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon HD 5770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
AMD Radeon HD 7850 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2 GB of VRAM |
- 64-bit OS required.
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: GTX 460 and better, GT 500 series, GT 600 series, GT 700 series.
- Supported AMD chipsets: Radeon HD 5850 or better, HD 6000 series, HD 7000 series, R7 and R9 series.
- Supports the Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 chipset.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References