WWE 2K19 PC Anti Aliasing

[Banshee]

Hi everyone, I notice a lot of aliasing in the game on PC with FXAA turned on (even tried turning on MSAA in the config. file, but changes nothing). Is the game just like that or it's an issue with my hardware? I think my hardware is more than enough to run the game. Almost all the edges are jagged and look bad, especially the joints of the barricade and the extremitites of the mat. Some aliasing is also visible on the characters' belts, etc. Anyone has an idea?

 

Game version: 1.04 (Rising Stars Pack)

Edited July 9, 2023 by Banshee

[me man]

You'll likely find tinkering with the AMD settings program-->gaming tab to be of use, whether global or create a game profile.

You'll likely find give and take. (clarity for aliasing), (quality in general for fps)

To use MSAA, I believe you need to set the option to "2", "4", "8", or "16". I believe typing "on" will result in the game turning it back "off".

[Banshee]

Yeah I did it all but I seems it doesn't work, the only workaround is playing at 1440p or 4K, which is not my native monitor resolution.

[wenjiandenangua]

maybe you can try use window to run the game.

[Banshee]

On 1/29/2019 at 10:59 AM, wenjiandenangua said:

maybe you can try use window to run the game.

I think I just have to wait for 2K20 haha.

[Cave Waverider]

AFAIK, the engine in 2k19 doesn't really support MSAA anymore since switching to DX11.

There is still an MSAA = off parameter in \Documents\WWE 2k19\config.ini which you could try setting to on or 2 or 4 and then try to force it via drivers, but I think it's just a leftover from older games that doesn't really do anything in DX11 anymore.

I also wouldn't hold my breath for it in the next game as developers in general don't like to implement proper Anti-Aliasing techniques in their games anymore these days. Maybe you can get some better post-processing versions like SMAA, TXAA, etc.. but knowing 2k it's unlikely.
Forcing them via control panel is impossible if the game doesn't natively support some sort of MSAA under DX11 and completely impossible in DX12.
You could try turning it on/2/4 in the config.ini forcing it via Radeon Software and test out compatibility modes for other .exe files for games to see if any of those will work, but it's unlikely. I don't have an AMD card in any of my systems, so I can't tell you where to find those settings, I just remember they were there back in the day.

Another option would be to enable and use a VSR Resolution (AMD's version of Nvidia's DSR)/Downsampling (double the resolution works best - but that would basically render the game in double resolution and downscales it, removing much of the aliasing, but also cost as much performance as running double the resolution plus a bit extra for the downsampling). Again, not sure how to set VSR it in AMD's drivers, but it should be there somewhere.

You could also try turning off FXAA and forcing MLAA via driver, which might yield better results than FXAA. Or combine them both, which might work even better.

You could also try to inject SMAA or whatever via an injector tool which might look a bit better than FXAA, although I'm not sure which one if any would work with the game.

[Banshee]

On 3/14/2019 at 3:37 PM, Cave Waverider said:

AFAIK, the engine in 2k19 doesn't really support MSAA anymore since switching to DX11.

There is still an MSAA = off parameter in \Documents\WWE 2k19\config.ini which you could try setting to on or 2 or 4 and then try to force it via drivers, but I think it's just a leftover from older games that doesn't really do anything in DX11 anymore.

I also wouldn't hold my breath for it in the next game as developers in general don't like to implement proper Anti-Aliasing techniques in their games anymore these days. Maybe you can get some better post-processing versions like SMAA, TXAA, etc.. but knowing 2k it's unlikely.
Forcing them via control panel is impossible if the game doesn't natively support some sort of MSAA under DX11 and completely impossible in DX12.
You could try turning it on/2/4 in the config.ini forcing it via Radeon Software and test out compatibility modes for other .exe files for games to see if any of those will work, but it's unlikely. I don't have an AMD card in any of my systems, so I can't tell you where to find those settings, I just remember they were there back in the day.

Another option would be to enable and use a VSR Resolution (AMD's version of Nvidia's DSR)/Downsampling (double the resolution works best - but that would basically render the game in double resolution and downscales it, removing much of the aliasing, but also cost as much performance as running double the resolution plus a bit extra for the downsampling). Again, not sure how to set VSR it in AMD's drivers, but it should be there somewhere.

You could also try turning off FXAA and forcing MLAA via driver, which might yield better results than FXAA. Or combine them both, which might work even better.

You could also try to inject SMAA or whatever via an injector tool which might look a bit better than FXAA, although I'm not sure which one if any would work with the game.

Thanks for the detailed tips. Yeah I think the problem as you said is within the coding of the game that doesn't support other AA s other than FXAA natively. I will try the MLAA thing and send feedback.

 

UPDATE: It didn't work. Conclusion: you can't force any other type of AA other than FXAA in WWE 2K19.

[Cave Waverider]

Yeah, it's a shame. Have you tried using VSR yet? Since DSR works fine with Nvidia cards, I'd assume VSR will do so as well.

[Banshee]

On 3/18/2019 at 2:24 PM, Cave Waverider said:

Yeah, it's a shame. Have you tried using VSR yet? Since DSR works fine with Nvidia cards, I'd assume VSR will do so as well.

Yeah, but it uses too much resources so it's useless unless you have a GTX 1080 or stronger. But anyway, I try not to pay attention to the jaggies haha.