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Mafia III Definitive Edition: welcome to the Bayou! New Bordeaux awaits you in version 2.1.2

Added 2021-11-07 11:55:45 +0000 UTC

As promised, the Mafia Trilogy is now fully converted to VR!!! What a wild ride it's been []-)

Mafia III DE on Steam - Update: All issues with the Steam version of the game should be resolved in release 2.1.2 (attached to the bottom of this post)! To check that you have the latest version, hover your mouse on the dxgi.dll file in the game folder: it must be at least version 2.1.2.2596. If you get a lower version number, please download the attached zip, extract it confirming that you want to overwrite existing files, and then run RealConfig.bat again.

Quick setup: same as previous versions. Install Mafia III: Definitive Edition and run it at least once, to make it generate the folders for your user profile. Quit the game, then locate the directory containing "mafia3definitiveedition.exe" (for example, I have the Epic Games Store version and my directory is "C:\Program Files\Epic Games\MafiaIIIDE") and extract the mod to that directory without changing the folder structure in any way; finally run RealConfig.bat, which should take care of the rest and finish without errors.

The next time you launch the game, it will run in VR. Once again I modded the custom square resolutions directly into the game, so it will start with 2160x2160 and you'll be able to customize that to your liking in the display options menu. Remember that for WMR headsets like the Reverb G2 you need to select the OpenXR renderer from the mod overlay, otherwise due to a bug in the SteamVR driver for WMR you'll get a black screen in VR.

Game options: Most can be tweaked at will, but mind the following display settings (which are automatically tuned by RealConfig.bat) because they are required for a good VR experience:

DISPLAY> RESOLUTION must be selected among the square ones
DISPLAY> FPS must be <Unlimited>
DISPLAY> DEPTH OF FIELD, FULLSCREEN, VSYNC and MOTION BLUR must all be OFF
DISPLAY> ANTIALIASING must be LOW (higher values only blur the image even more)

Additionally, to get the maximum area for the HUD which is already pretty cluttered in this game, you will want to extend:

DISPLAY> SCREEN BORDERS to cover the whole screen

If you use my first person on-foot camera:

GAME> ON-FOOT FOLLOW CAMERA must be OFF

and if you use a gamepad, which is highly recommended for all my mods:

CONTROLS> AIM ASSIST must be OFF (this can also be selected when starting a new game)

Point of view: just like I did with the remake of the original Mafia (which shares a lot of engine code with Mafia III), I modded the game to implement a first-person camera, both for driving vehicles and when on foot. The 1st person driving camera can be chosen dynamically using the normal keyboard/gamepad bindings, as it replaces the useless hood camera. The on-foot camera instead must be selected from RealConfig.bat before launching the game. The operation can be repeated as many times as you wish without extracting the zip file again, however, if you want to experiment with both choices.

I would like to remember old users (and to inform new Patrons) that my mod provides a control system that makes setting up the perfect driving position when you switch car models a breeze. YouTubers in particular haven't seemed to catch up on it yet. I will probably need to make an in-game tutorial for the function to make it more discoverable. If only each day had 240 hours :-P

When you enter a vehicle, if the camera position looks wrong, tap the D-Pad Up button on your gamepad, which will bring you into a special "camera setup" mode. Use the left thumbstick to move the camera left/right and up/down, and the right thumbstick to move it forward/backward. You can also reset it to the default position by pressing the left thumbstick. Any other button or trigger will exit the camera setup mode and return control to the game.

So, the typical drill when stealing (ahem, "acquiring") a new vehicle will be: enter the car/truck/boat; if the position does not look right, briefly tap D-Pad Up and move the camera with the two thumbsticks to your satisfaction; then accelerate away. The whole process only takes a couple of seconds once you've gotten the hang of it!

The camera setup can also be (ab)used to generate special camera positions that are not supported by the game itself, like a bumper cam or a bird's eye view. Just keep working the levers until the camera is at the place you want it :-D

VR conversion: everything should be working correctly, at least as far as it's possible with a mod. Gameplay is fluid, and combat (which is a fundamental part of the series) feels very natural, even when shooting from cover. As a matter of fact, I find that in VR I tend to play in a much stealthier and more deliberate way, which makes the missions a lot more interesting than they were in 2D! The crosshair is placed at the correct depth, as always with my mods, and the character points and shoots where you're looking.

Cutscenes have been fully fixed (FOV, camera, etc.), although as usual freeing the camera and widening the FOV reveals lots of broken animations, characters freezing or disappearing, missing props, misplaced objects, etc. Some cutscenes are prerendered and thus will appear in 2D on a virtual screen.

One big problem people had with this game when it first came out was the artistic choice for the color palette. It's very muted and drab, and I share the common opinion that it kills enjoyment. It might be more realistic, sure, but why go to the length of modeling a huge world full of beauty and then bury it under a thick layer of dullness? So, RealConfig automatically installs an excellent mod that restores the colors to their original glory. All credit for that goes to SlowpokeVG.

Hey, enough with the tease. What is the big surprise? Cheers to The Merote for guessing correctly in the comments to my previous post! There's a major improvement in this version that will allow you limitless freedom in customizing your image quality, not only for Mafia III but for all past and future games: ReShade presets are now fully supported and working in VR!!! I will probably make a dedicated post in the future, but for now you just need to mind a couple of things.

My modding framework, as you know and can read about in the "Legal" tab of the overlay, is based on the wonderful ReShade injector by Crosire. Initially I had to disable its built-in effect system, however, because it would operate on the backbuffer drawn on the display monitor instead of on the images sent to the VR headset. That means that when using the effects you would have paid the GPU performance cost only to make the image on the monitor better, with no visible improvement in VR.

Now I've made the many changes needed to have the effect system work directly on the VR images. What prompted me to finally take this step is that Mafia III is a blurfest. Even with antialiasing set to low (it cannot be turned off completely, because modern games), and even after I modded everything I could in order to remove the plethora of post-processing blurring steps that the game intentionally adds (seriously, developers, what is wrong with you?), the image quality was still unacceptable in VR and it begged for a sharpening pass.

So, when installing the mod for Mafia III: DE, RealConfig will now automatically drop in a CAS (AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening) shader. By default it's tuned to quite a strong setting, with a Sharpening intensity of 4.0. You can tweak the setting at the bottom of the new "ReShade" tab if you feel it's too much.

If you're already familiar with ReShade, you will find all the controls you know in the usual places, except that the "Home" overlay tab is now called "ReShade" and that I slightly rearranged the "Overlay" tab to make it less intimidating for users who are only interested in the VR settings.

Important: do NOT run another copy of ReShade to implement further effects. If you know what you're doing and want to add more shaders or presets, just drop them into the existing folders. As a matter of fact, having another copy of ReShade hooking the game, especially for RDR2, is one of the most frequent issues that can kill your fps in VR and for which I receive lots of support requests.

Performance: If the game doesn't feel as smooth as you'd like in the headset, please try tweaking the "GPU Throttling" slider in the "MDE3" overlay tab. Dragging the slider toward the left will give more GPU priority to the game, which will increase your fps but might cause the VR compositor to hiccup and begin skipping frames. Moving the slider to the right will give more GPU priority to the VR runtime, which might hurt your game frame rate a little but could result in a more fluid experience. YMMV: each system has its own peculiarities and you might need to experiment a little. Different games might also need different settings.

Throttling is especially important if you want to capture or stream video, because then you introduce yet another competitor for GPU resources: the video encoding process. Move the slider to the right until you get a perfectly fluid mirror window. If even 100 is not enough (it might depend on the system load imposed by encoding and capturing), I also put in an additional slider which adds a custom amount of delay in milliseconds to each frame; it will really kill your fps in the headset but it should allow for perfect capture. Please give me some feedback on this if you can, as I'm always looking for ways to improve game capture by YouTubers and streamers.

HUD: Especially when you're on foot but not engaged in combat, the radar (minimap) and info box in the lower right and lower left corners of the HUD can be quite distracting and/or get in the way of what you want to see. Unfortunately Mafia III does not provide any way to toggle the visual information on/off, so I modded the HUD and exposed the gamepad shortcut [D-Pad Left + Back/Select] for hiding the radar and info boxes.

Additionally, Mafia III comes with its own special, extra-annoying HUD item: the objective marker. It gives the distance from your target inside a white diamond, and it's positively HUGE and most of the time smack in front of your view. There is no option to turn it off from the game menus (what were they thinking?!?), so I implemented that option in the mod: you can find it in the "MDE3" tab, and it's selected by default because in my opinion the target marker totally kills immersion. It's also kind of useless, since the game already provides GPS routing and turn-by-turn signals directly on street corners.

Game bugs: One thing I'm sadly becoming quite used to is having to fix miscellaneous bugs that make it hard or impossible to properly enjoy the games in VR, and Mafia III is no exception. One particular gripe that I have is with AAA games that seem to forget option settings from previous runs: I mean, how hard can it be to save all options to disk and restore them when the game is restarted? Mafia III does it with subtitles: each time you launch the game, subtitles are automatically turned off. That is particularly aggravating when you start a new game, or if the game loads directly into a cutscene, because Mafia III "helpfully" hides access to the option menus when a cutscene is playing.

So, in the "MDE3" tab of my mod overlay you will find a checkbox that you can use to force subtitles on. If you're not a native speaker, you'll want to select it even before starting a new game, to be able to see the subtitles in the super-long initial cutscene which is quite fundamental for setting the story.

Mafia II DE: I made some improvements to the mod, especially as regards the DLCs, so you might want to update to the new release even if you're not playing Mafia III at the moment.

As always, I wish you lots of happy hours with the mod, and if you ever find the will to emerge from your headset again, drop by and tell me what you think in the comments!!!

Comments

Can anybody tell me how to access the overlay tab? The post says that I can try to adjust the perfomance in a MDE3 tab, but how do I access it? I have a weird ghosting effect when moving my head around. I tried everything and it's not going anywhere even on lowest resolution.

Cut The Crap TV

2022-03-03 23:26:04 +0000 UTC

Thank you for your response! I actually got it to work with virtual desktop, but I'll try it with air link tonight. Is there anyway to change individual settings instead of ultra everything or high everything? I really don't care about most of the settings, but would like to enable ultra textures and have the rest of the settings set to medium. Usually when I play games I tweak the settings to my liking. Thanks for all your work, really amazing stuff. Bought RDR 2 last night for $5 (Slickdeals has a post with info on how to do this.) But have been wanting to try out your mod for months now. I'm going to check out those posts now, I apologize if anything I just asked is detailed in them. Thanks again!

Connor

2021-12-21 03:24:49 +0000 UTC

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing what I am while playing RDR2. Anytime I try to open the overlay (right and left trigger) the game crashes and opens Steam VR. I dont own the game on Steam, but on epic launcher. Also, whenever I try to change any settings within the game, it crashes and brings me back to steamvr. Tried to turn off HDR while playing, and it crashes. Also, whenever starting the game now, Rockstar launcher says unknown files detected within game directory, which can result in account being banned and locked. I feel like this mod is cool, but the patreon needs to be setup differently...makes around 10k a month off Patreons, needs to be setup by game. v2.1.3 is newest version for RDR2, but in the post for it, doesn't mention the game once. I think it would be better if you had current instructions for each game. Are you not able to toggle individual settings within RDR2? Because I cant change anything in the game or overlay without crashing and going to steam VR, guess I'm stuck with U,H,M,L? Some clear instructions would be very appreciated on the details like this. Using Virtual desktop streamer on a oculus quest 2.

Connor

2021-12-20 10:13:10 +0000 UTC

Is there a way to disable the sharpening, as quest for example has built in method that runs on Headset itself (so probably better performance) ?

2021-12-08 07:25:00 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke and thank you for your great work, cant wait for Cyberpunk! So today I wanted to Finally dive into RDR, when i realised, that my workaround for the Break key does not work, when RDR2 is active. The only keyboard I have access to is a 60% one, hence no Break Key. First I tried to makro the key directly on my keyboard, Redragon RDK530, with no avail. So I found a tool to superimpose a layer to customise keys directly. But no luck as well. Is there a file where the menu key is changable? Love, Lorenz

2021-12-06 15:19:48 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke, quick question: Are we supposed to use newer version also with RDR2? Or is Only 1.5.2 working with Red Dead Redemption?

Joe Vandelay

2021-12-04 18:58:40 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke - I'm having trouble with something I believe is a bug. When having a bow or knifes (or similar weapon type) out, then everytime after stopping to walk or run, the camera will recentre on where I was looking with the headset. While walking/running, I can look around, but once the stick goes back into central position, camera always turn to where I was looking for some reason, and only with aforementioned weapons. I do no have 1st mode beta enabled from your 'pause' interface. Any idea what might be the issue ?

Deehn

2021-12-03 18:36:24 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke thank you for your work. The game is getting stuck in the next up screen on steam

Philip H

2021-12-02 13:54:55 +0000 UTC

Hey Luke, I'm using this to play RDR2 VR and it works but the resolution is too low and blurry for me. Is there anyway I can custom change it in the XML file without the game crashing ? I'm running it on a 3080 and I used the medium preset. Then I changed the 1080x1080 to 2160x2160 but the game sets it to 2160x1440 and it turns into as slideshow before crashing. Any suggestions?

2021-11-29 09:02:22 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke, I'm having a bit of an issue. I played the mod at release and I don't remember it being so jittery/ghosty/doubling of image type of thing, while moving (not right stick turning with gamepad, just left stick moving forward/backwards etc). Everything is smooth while turning head in VR but while moving with the gamepad forward say, the environment is noticeably jittery. I had the realconfig at High, then downgraded most things to medium just to get a stable 80-90fps throughout see if it would improve but not much. I don't really that that issue with the GTAV mod. Computer is latest Gen 3080 & 5800x and had no issue last time around. I am wondering if there is any way to smooth out the aforementioned ? or is it simply due to the doubling of frame for VR ? Otherwise all is great, thanks for the mod :) it is just the jitter while moving that makes it a bit unpleasant. Thanks in advance. note: It is a clean install, new game. dlss off, resolution scale as set by the .bat at 5/2 and stereo.

Deehn

2021-11-27 00:44:17 +0000 UTC

I just started playing Mafia 3 a couple of days ago with my Quest 2 and was having loads of issues with the game crashing. Couldn't play more than 15 or 20 minutes before the game would crash. I verified files a couple of times and the game would still eventually have the same issues again. I was using Air Link and then decided to try it with wired link. Was able to play for about 2 hours with no issues. I'll have to play some more to be sure, but it seems like there must have been issues using Air Link with the game. Just a heads up for anyone else who may be having issues with the game on their Quest 2. One thing though is that I'm still having issues with the car radio stuttering a lot. Don't know if anyone else is experiencing that.

william mumford

2021-11-25 14:54:03 +0000 UTC

Looks like I do have an issue after all. Got it all installed and realconfig worked properly. Now when I start the game the game window only shows up for about half a second, then closes with no errors given. Here is the my RealVR log: https://pastebin.com/QiFpUc6N

Momentum

2021-11-25 03:40:25 +0000 UTC

Update NVM: "extract the mod to that directory without changing the folder structure in any way" Yeah, I need to read a little bit slower next time. Please ignore me... Hey Luke, trying to get M3DE to work but am having an issue. I dropped everything in the game folder as instructed but when I try and run realconfig, the console comes up but then instantly closes. Not sure if it's supposed to do that now or not but I figure not. So without that can't seem to get anywhere, not really sure what I'm missing. This is on Steam with just regular StreamVR. Yeah somethings going on here. I don't have dxgi.dll in my game folder, nor is it in the download for v2.1.3. Little bit lost here

Momentum

2021-11-25 00:16:05 +0000 UTC

I'm sure this mod is absolutely amazing, I just can't seem to get Mafia III or RDR2 to launch in my headset. I installed it per the guide above, and the game does launch on desktop showing me the option to open the mod menu, it just doesn't start in my headset. Feeling kinda sad rn, was hoping this to be an easy install but what ever really is, right? Any help would be appreciated.

2021-11-24 14:39:03 +0000 UTC

If you really want to do it then I hope it's not too time consuming there are a lot of AAA games that I want to play with your mod. Besides that there are still people that don't know about your old mod maby you can update the patreon site with alle your mods and a Readme for alle supported games

Christian

2021-11-23 12:12:59 +0000 UTC

Dear Luke, can you give us a hint which game you are working on? I cant wait any longer.

Christian

2021-11-18 08:17:30 +0000 UTC

Can’t get red dead to open when I install this mod

2021-11-17 05:58:07 +0000 UTC

Hi, attempting to run the mod for Mafia 1 DE but I get error: looks like you game has not been run before... etc. But I have run the game several times and played some of the first mission just to be sure. Any ideas?

2021-11-15 21:02:14 +0000 UTC

GTA V is on a different framework: https://github.com/LukeRoss00/gta5-real-mod

LukeRoss

2021-11-15 13:46:23 +0000 UTC

Does this work with GTA5 or is that a different mod?

Big Chap

2021-11-15 13:45:36 +0000 UTC

Is there anything that can be done to brighten the crosshairs in Mafia 3? Its so dim at times im having to move it to a dark background when ive completely lost it then judge from that and guide it while it turns very dim in most places.

Gaz252

2021-11-15 12:16:28 +0000 UTC

Yes, there is only one mod for all supported games

LukeRoss

2021-11-15 07:49:28 +0000 UTC

Right click the game in your steam library then its Manage>Browse Local Files, this should open up exactly where the mod files need to be dropped, Run RealConfig bat and youre good to go.

Gaz252

2021-11-15 03:08:45 +0000 UTC

does this work with red dead redemption 2?

2021-11-15 02:47:01 +0000 UTC

I am not using any mods. I restart the pc and it is scharp I think it was a glitch.

Christian

2021-11-14 22:34:48 +0000 UTC

I can't get it to work at all could somebody help me please where or what is the name of the steam folder I need to extract it to

2021-11-14 22:28:10 +0000 UTC

I hate when you dive peacefully, and some gans start shooting at you, and the police arrives and purchase you and ignores the other people shootung at you. Even if they are in the payroll of the mafia, they should behave diferently. In general the police spawn is too exagerated, because they didn't want to make a good police AI ... it's sad they didn't improve that in 5 years, since the rest if things of he game are top notch.

Cercata

2021-11-14 19:37:04 +0000 UTC

The sharpness should not depend on whether you're aiming or not! Are you using other mods together with mine?

LukeRoss

2021-11-14 14:59:06 +0000 UTC

Mafia 2 is blury how can I get it scharp when I press left trigger then its scharp and when I release the left trigger it's blurry how can I fix this?

Christian

2021-11-14 14:50:17 +0000 UTC

The latest version is always the best one (it includes all fixes to other games)

LukeRoss

2021-11-13 19:41:57 +0000 UTC

I would like to play RDR2 should I download this version of the mod or the older one from the post about DLSS support?

2021-11-13 19:33:02 +0000 UTC

Once in the car, press D-Pad Left to cycle the driving cameras

LukeRoss

2021-11-13 09:40:26 +0000 UTC

How do I get into first person when driving in M3? On foot it works fine, but as soon as I enter the car it's third person. 1st person is checked in the mod menu. Also using offsets does nothing. Tried every controller button, checked mapping ingame. Can't get 1st person view working in M3, or can you only drive in third person? Had a clean install of M3 so I don't know if there was something that screwed the camera.

Hoshi82

2021-11-13 05:53:15 +0000 UTC

Will you be letting patreons vote on what your next project is? Like maybe choice of 3 or 4 of the games you want to work on and community finalises with top vote or something.

WIG

2021-11-12 03:27:29 +0000 UTC

I love the mod so far. I just wonder if the UI could be closer, or smaller? Right now it kinda stands out into the game world

petrus munteanu

2021-11-11 21:14:25 +0000 UTC

Hey Luke, The Witcher was released a log time ago :) Just FYI, not begging for a VR mod or something like that :) ...sorry for copy and paste Andre

Mark Rehm

2021-11-11 19:37:45 +0000 UTC

Hey Luke, the GTA trilogy remastered edition is released today :) Just FYI, not begging for a VR mod or something like that :) :)

Andre Warringa

2021-11-11 15:27:42 +0000 UTC

I am absolutely thrilled with what LukeRoss makes possible here Subject make possible. Do you already have a new project?

Toshie27

2021-11-11 03:47:05 +0000 UTC

The HUD is supposed to move around when you shoot (it becomes headlocked, just like in all my other mods). What do you mean "to not having a reticle and HUD"? When your gun is drawn the reticle should always be visible, although for some weapons it's pretty dim and depending on the background can be hard to see

LukeRoss

2021-11-10 15:49:58 +0000 UTC

shooting in first person varies from having a aiming reticle and HUD to not having a reticle and HUD. Also, the HUD moves around with the aiming reticle.

Derrick taylor

2021-11-10 15:07:29 +0000 UTC

Just the presets, DO NOT install another copy of ReShade (see the post above at the "Important:" section)

LukeRoss

2021-11-10 07:56:50 +0000 UTC

What a wonderfull game Mafia 3 is, and in VR even better. The problem is they forced everyone to play emergent secondary missions to unlock the story missions, and I don't mind because eve if they are optional, I'll do those missions, but some people don't want that, or don't have too much time ...

Cercata

2021-11-09 23:36:21 +0000 UTC

Are there any Reshade presets you would recommend for Mafia III Luke? Do you need to install Reshade as well or just need the presets? Vanilla does feel a bit like being on acid in the 60S, I'm down with that ha ha.

The Merote

2021-11-09 20:56:29 +0000 UTC

While I'm at it, What about some of the FarCry games? or Assassins Creeds. My personal favourite is Death Stranding, I got it working with Vorpx, looks incredible but is a buggy mess with lots of CTD, DS in VR with first person would be like a dream, The perfect candidate.

The Merote

2021-11-09 20:51:44 +0000 UTC

The Witcher 3 VR would break the internet

The Merote

2021-11-09 20:05:24 +0000 UTC

Weird! But all's well that ends well :-D

LukeRoss

2021-11-09 16:31:29 +0000 UTC

Have you tried the GPU throttling?

LukeRoss

2021-11-09 16:30:23 +0000 UTC

Never played Watchdogs or The Division but aren’t they popular open world games? Played through Horizon Zero Dawn on ps4, would be great in VR with all those enormous beasts. Good story too.

Solomon Ginsberg

2021-11-09 14:21:47 +0000 UTC

I Made the other day a long list of candidates for a VR MOD, and I forgot the best one: The Saboteur

Cercata

2021-11-09 12:13:50 +0000 UTC

and Mudrunner, and Wreckfest, and ForzaHorizon ... Do you know that "MX vs ATV All Out" has VR support because they left the unreal plugin enabled ?

Cercata

2021-11-09 12:05:14 +0000 UTC

I keep thinking that Snowrunner in VR would be awesome...

Fearganainm

2021-11-09 10:29:22 +0000 UTC

The time traveler man. Our story begins in the 19th century. The old west and the frontier. Then our mystery traveler appears in the city during the days of prohibition. Combing the battlefields of ww2. And into the late 60s and 70s. Now present day Los Santos. Where could the traveler end up next ?

God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.

2021-11-09 04:15:39 +0000 UTC

Like Neo out of the matrix with the VR Zion this guy! Congratulations and thank you on another amazing job.

zer0

2021-11-09 04:13:46 +0000 UTC

game looks great Luke...thank you so much....any idea on how I can record my gameplay though?I tried to record but the playback is frozen....

TheReclusiveGamer

2021-11-09 00:48:35 +0000 UTC

Sliding the gpu throttling to the right works a treat for me. Nice and smooth when turning. Where sliding to the left was a jittery experience when turning. Will have to try this on the other games :)

Nicky Butler

2021-11-09 00:47:02 +0000 UTC

So I bought M3 (at a discount yay), everything checks out, my fps is around 80 on res 21xx, but if I don't install the first person mod, My gun sight is doubled when I aim somehow. Should I change something in the config? Also, Is it like this for everyone, shadows looks strange, like black dots, or is it maybe too much sharpness, i don't know, not a big issue. But the weapon sight kinda big issue for me. I'm using a Q2 on Oculus rendering (not steam). EDIT: I gave the 3rd person another try (I switched to 1st Person Mod before because of the aiming issue I had) by replacing tables.sds from sds retail(RealRepo) to the game, and now I seem to have 3rd person aiming working right. Maybe just needed a restart. So everything's peachypeach. Thank you.

Adrian S Michael

2021-11-08 23:23:19 +0000 UTC

it works for me in vr. :) dont´t forget to disable the steam overlay and the steam vr-theater mode. my specs are i7 7700k (not oc´d) ,1080ti, 16 gb ram and valve index.

Flowzen

2021-11-08 22:40:00 +0000 UTC

Just checked out Mafia 3 with the release 2.1.2 (Rift S, RTX 2080) and it worked perfectly for me. Thanks so much man.

germanrifterVR

2021-11-08 21:46:12 +0000 UTC

Haha, what do you mean "or at all"? Are you sure that you downloaded the latest version? Hover your mouse on the dxgi.dll file in your game folder, the version number should be 2.1.2.2596

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 21:41:59 +0000 UTC

No, the GTA V mod is on a completely different framework. I might port it to the new one in the future though, a lot of people are requesting it!

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 21:39:29 +0000 UTC

Downloaded the new update and still not letting me play in VR or at all.

2021-11-08 21:32:26 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the appreciation! It means a lot <3

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 21:17:32 +0000 UTC

hey Luke does gta V mod got reshade CAS too?

Cazanu

2021-11-08 20:34:26 +0000 UTC

This is so world class. The master of his trade has worked again Thank you

Toshie27

2021-11-08 20:11:28 +0000 UTC

its set in the 60's :)

Gaz252

2021-11-08 18:44:47 +0000 UTC

I must say M3 is looking pretty dam good in VR, feel like I'm in the 70s, again :))

The Merote

2021-11-08 18:38:41 +0000 UTC

Thanks!!! Yes, antialiasing in this game follows the rule "The more, the blurrier" :-D

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 18:19:46 +0000 UTC

Update 2.1.2 works perfectly on Steam version, everything on high settings bar a couple, AA looks bad on high, better on low. tested with GTX 1080 Well done Luke, you are a genius

The Merote

2021-11-08 18:17:14 +0000 UTC

Thanks Solomon, let's hope third time's the charm :-)

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 17:56:39 +0000 UTC

Will test it now , Thank You Luke, appreciate everything youre doing.

Gaz252

2021-11-08 17:55:50 +0000 UTC

Thats less than 24 hours since you dropped the first version. You’re spoiling us… Well done Luke :)

Solomon Ginsberg

2021-11-08 17:54:02 +0000 UTC

Which headset do you have?

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 17:50:59 +0000 UTC

Hey folks, thank you for your patience and understanding. The Steam version of the game should now work as expected with all runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR and OpenXR for WMR).

LukeRoss

2021-11-08 17:50:32 +0000 UTC

beautiful mafia 3 but I don't know why the viewfinder is completely shifted I shoot or not playable first person or third person how to reset the viewfinder? (same problem with mafia 1)

3649def

2021-11-08 14:44:40 +0000 UTC

yep 2D on steam

Derrick taylor

2021-11-08 13:15:29 +0000 UTC

Now that the trilogy is complete are you thinking about your next gaming franchise to investigate? Would avalanche engine or dunia engines be good candidates? Both have a fair few open world games running on them

WIG

2021-11-08 10:14:15 +0000 UTC

He uploaded the wrong file. If you download it again, you'll have probably the same thing than with 2.1.0 We have to wait

Cercata

2021-11-08 08:05:57 +0000 UTC

Reshade is huge news!!! Hopefully for all mods going forward including GTA?? Thank you

WIG

2021-11-08 03:10:49 +0000 UTC

Version 2.1.0 was starting in VR but as Flatscreen. 2.1.1 is starting for 1-2 seconds (Mafia III Bootup Logo) and then it disappears (Steam Edition)

2021-11-08 02:18:38 +0000 UTC

new update starts now but not in vr for me too, only 2d.

3649def

2021-11-08 01:23:58 +0000 UTC

Thanks Luke for working on a fix.You always eventually find them. Appreciate your work, the Innovative mods and this vr gaming community. In my opinion, Jesus is mankind's sole hope.

God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.

2021-11-08 01:10:11 +0000 UTC

Hopefully you get some good luck too.

Boat Kettle Cheese

2021-11-08 00:54:11 +0000 UTC

Take a good rest, no rush !!!!

Cercata

2021-11-08 00:51:12 +0000 UTC

There's an update at the top of this post I just noticed update 2 which explains it's going to be at least a day or so now. So I'm off to bed haha.

Boat Kettle Cheese

2021-11-08 00:49:09 +0000 UTC

I have to completely delete Mafia 3 and reinstall it, completely shot it does not start in 2d and not even in normal anymore :-(

Toshie27

2021-11-08 00:41:25 +0000 UTC

I know right?I was tempted to buy in on Epic also but I saw 29.99 just for the base game....I have the Steam version but as you know,it's only showing up in 2D

TheReclusiveGamer

2021-11-08 00:28:08 +0000 UTC

Can't even start the game now

2021-11-08 00:26:44 +0000 UTC

new update starts now but not in vr, only 2d.

God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.

2021-11-08 00:09:15 +0000 UTC

You mean the game? Mine didnt even look like it started, so I've deleted the whole folder and I'm reinstalling from Steam again in the hope that it works from a fresh.

Boat Kettle Cheese

2021-11-07 23:48:17 +0000 UTC

It starts and then switches itself off again?

Toshie27

2021-11-07 23:45:16 +0000 UTC

I am aswell, both with the option checked and unchecked. I am also looking for a solution and will let you know if I find one. Did you get past the start menu with 'new game' and 'continue' by chance? I didn't and am wondering if that is what's causing issues,

2021-11-07 22:34:46 +0000 UTC

Thanks for another awesome update! Downloaded Mafia III and I am going to wait for the Steam patch and try it out tonight :D

Samir

2021-11-07 22:24:08 +0000 UTC

Hi Luke, I have the Epic version, using a G2 Reverb and OpenXR. The fps is poor compared to Mafia 1, 2 and RDR2. In those I get around 60-70fps, in Mafia 3 I get 30fps right from the start. That is even with a 2160x2160 resolution. Also when I open the options menu in game, I get black in VR, the options screen only appears on my desktop. I used to have the same issue with Mafia 1 but that was fixed when I switched to OpenXR, but now this issue remains in OpenXR :-/ Edit - I PM'ed Luke but for anyone havnig the same issue - when I turn off the reshade option everything appears in VR and my fps jumps from 30fps to 75fps

Andre Warringa

2021-11-07 21:51:58 +0000 UTC

I also have the Steam version and only a flat screen. But Luke is working on a fix so wait. I even checked out the Epic version, but they still want 29.99 :-(

Toshie27

2021-11-07 21:42:59 +0000 UTC

Im looking for a reason to revisit Cyberpunk, VR would be the best christmas present ever ;)

Gaz252

2021-11-07 20:40:52 +0000 UTC

Because others here are throwing out suggestions, Here's some ideas; I think Control and Alan Wake remastered (Just for the story and experience, it's really dark and scary in bits, they both would be great in VR (Epic gave away Control not long ago and Amazon Prime are actually giving it away now so I imagine most people now have it, it also has good DLSS and raytracing but it's a very fast paced game with lots of things going on).

Boat Kettle Cheese

2021-11-07 20:24:32 +0000 UTC

it doesn't work for me too, I have a flat screen but no vr

3649def

2021-11-07 19:48:07 +0000 UTC

I've been playing in 2D a bit and I can imagine this game will be really immersive in VR, graphics are pretty decent as well, look forward to a fix for Steam version, Steam always letting the side down :(. Anyway next up Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remaster right Luke?? ;) (I can dream can't I)

The Merote

2021-11-07 19:40:13 +0000 UTC

Yeah i have the steam version , i guess no point posting logs seeing as the problem has been identified, guess im waiting till the end of the day to stream :( was really looking forward to this but i know Luke is doing his best right now to get the problem fixed so sit tight guys we waited so long for this whats another day eh ? Good Luck Luke not that you need it ;)

Gaz252

2021-11-07 18:28:08 +0000 UTC

Unfortunately it's not possible, because the older game engine doesn't implement a function to hide the main character :-(

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 18:08:03 +0000 UTC

Thanks to people who posted their logs! The problems some of you are having are caused by unexpected differences between the Steam and Epic versions of the game. I put up a warning at the beginning of the post, and hope to have this sorted out by the end of the day

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 18:06:47 +0000 UTC

Very much looking forward to this but I am getting this in a window in VR. I checked and "Use desktop game theatre" is switched OFF in Steam. Anyone having same issue? Having read up on previous posts I can see that others are having the same issue. https://pastebin.com/NfX24Y8u Here is the pastebin link to the log. Give a yell if you need any details from me to help diagnose.

Natasha Owens

2021-11-07 17:01:18 +0000 UTC

Very nice! Any plans for Mafia 2 first person? :)

petrus munteanu

2021-11-07 16:59:23 +0000 UTC

Can you please paste the contents of your RealVR64.log file to Pastebin.com?

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 16:12:03 +0000 UTC

Can you please paste the contents of your RealVR64.log file to Pastebin.com?

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 16:12:00 +0000 UTC

A gratefull person would say thanks for the new feuture, but I say "what will be the surprise comming with the next game?" :P Eager to try this

Cercata

2021-11-07 16:08:18 +0000 UTC

YES always the same for me flat screen but no vr by controlling the character, I'm on quest 2

Carl Adoni

2021-11-07 15:54:30 +0000 UTC

I am on WMR. I am also with either a black screen in open xr flat 2D screen in steam VR. I have gotten all the other REAL mods to work but this one is acting up.

zer0

2021-11-07 15:48:10 +0000 UTC

Yes I am already in games, I uninstall and reinstall to see, all your mods always work perfectly for me :)

Carl Adoni

2021-11-07 15:45:13 +0000 UTC

Yes, except for Mafia II which is only 1st person when driving. If you can use your steering wheel/shifter with the 2D game, it will also work in VR

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 15:27:18 +0000 UTC

Are you already at the part where you get control of your character? The initial cutscene is very long and prerendered, so it displays on a 2D virtual screen

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 15:21:37 +0000 UTC

Have you gotten past the initial cutscene? It's very long and prerendered, so it displays on a 2D virtual screen

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 15:20:46 +0000 UTC

it doesn't work for me, I have a flat screen but no vr 😥

Carl Adoni

2021-11-07 15:05:15 +0000 UTC

Are mafia 1, 2 and 3 all in first person view in game world? And could we use a steering wheel and shifter when driving?

Christian

2021-11-07 15:03:20 +0000 UTC

I'm getting a 2d screen in game, I installed fresh from Steam, any ideas how to fix?

The Merote

2021-11-07 14:55:16 +0000 UTC

Thanks! Exactly, there are third-party presets that you can drop in and tweak. Of course each shader that you add to the game contributes to the performance cost, but usually you only lose a few fps

LukeRoss

2021-11-07 12:33:36 +0000 UTC

Great work as always & thank you. So for someone like me who has never used reshade & knows little about it. Are there downloadable presets we can use & drop in to each game?

VirtualmisterL

2021-11-07 12:22:36 +0000 UTC

Let the guy breath a few minutes :)

Solomon Ginsberg

2021-11-07 12:08:57 +0000 UTC

Awesome, what franchise is next? 😉

Crash Sim Dummy

2021-11-07 12:04:36 +0000 UTC

Nicely delivered Luke, sunday evening saved!!

Solomon Ginsberg

2021-11-07 11:59:32 +0000 UTC

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Comments

Can anybody tell me how to access the overlay tab? The post says that I can try to adjust the perfomance in a MDE3 tab, but how do I access it? I have a weird ghosting effect when moving my head around. I tried everything and it's not going anywhere even on lowest resolution.

Is there a way to disable the sharpening, as quest for example has built in method that runs on Headset itself (so probably better performance) ?

Hi Luke, quick question: Are we supposed to use newer version also with RDR2? Or is Only 1.5.2 working with Red Dead Redemption?

Hi Luke thank you for your work. The game is getting stuck in the next up screen on steam

Looks like I do have an issue after all. Got it all installed and realconfig worked properly. Now when I start the game the game window only shows up for about half a second, then closes with no errors given. Here is the my RealVR log: https://pastebin.com/QiFpUc6N

If you really want to do it then I hope it's not too time consuming there are a lot of AAA games that I want to play with your mod. Besides that there are still people that don't know about your old mod maby you can update the patreon site with alle your mods and a Readme for alle supported games

Dear Luke, can you give us a hint which game you are working on? I cant wait any longer.

Can’t get red dead to open when I install this mod

Hi, attempting to run the mod for Mafia 1 DE but I get error: looks like you game has not been run before... etc. But I have run the game several times and played some of the first mission just to be sure. Any ideas?

GTA V is on a different framework: https://github.com/LukeRoss00/gta5-real-mod

Does this work with GTA5 or is that a different mod?

Is there anything that can be done to brighten the crosshairs in Mafia 3? Its so dim at times im having to move it to a dark background when ive completely lost it then judge from that and guide it while it turns very dim in most places.

Yes, there is only one mod for all supported games

Right click the game in your steam library then its Manage&gt;Browse Local Files, this should open up exactly where the mod files need to be dropped, Run RealConfig bat and youre good to go.

does this work with red dead redemption 2?

I am not using any mods. I restart the pc and it is scharp I think it was a glitch.

I can't get it to work at all could somebody help me please where or what is the name of the steam folder I need to extract it to

The sharpness should not depend on whether you're aiming or not! Are you using other mods together with mine?

Mafia 2 is blury how can I get it scharp when I press left trigger then its scharp and when I release the left trigger it's blurry how can I fix this?

The latest version is always the best one (it includes all fixes to other games)

I would like to play RDR2 should I download this version of the mod or the older one from the post about DLSS support?

Once in the car, press D-Pad Left to cycle the driving cameras

Will you be letting patreons vote on what your next project is? Like maybe choice of 3 or 4 of the games you want to work on and community finalises with top vote or something.

I love the mod so far. I just wonder if the UI could be closer, or smaller? Right now it kinda stands out into the game world

Hey Luke, The Witcher was released a log time ago :) Just FYI, not begging for a VR mod or something like that :) ...sorry for copy and paste Andre

Hey Luke, the GTA trilogy remastered edition is released today :) Just FYI, not begging for a VR mod or something like that :) :)

I am absolutely thrilled with what LukeRoss makes possible here Subject make possible. Do you already have a new project?

shooting in first person varies from having a aiming reticle and HUD to not having a reticle and HUD. Also, the HUD moves around with the aiming reticle.

Just the presets, DO NOT install another copy of ReShade (see the post above at the "Important:" section)

What a wonderfull game Mafia 3 is, and in VR even better. The problem is they forced everyone to play emergent secondary missions to unlock the story missions, and I don't mind because eve if they are optional, I'll do those missions, but some people don't want that, or don't have too much time ...

Are there any Reshade presets you would recommend for Mafia III Luke? Do you need to install Reshade as well or just need the presets? Vanilla does feel a bit like being on acid in the 60S, I'm down with that ha ha.

While I'm at it, What about some of the FarCry games? or Assassins Creeds. My personal favourite is Death Stranding, I got it working with Vorpx, looks incredible but is a buggy mess with lots of CTD, DS in VR with first person would be like a dream, The perfect candidate.

The Witcher 3 VR would break the internet

Weird! But all's well that ends well :-D

Have you tried the GPU throttling?

Never played Watchdogs or The Division but aren’t they popular open world games? Played through Horizon Zero Dawn on ps4, would be great in VR with all those enormous beasts. Good story too.

I Made the other day a long list of candidates for a VR MOD, and I forgot the best one: The Saboteur

and Mudrunner, and Wreckfest, and ForzaHorizon ... Do you know that "MX vs ATV All Out" has VR support because they left the unreal plugin enabled ?

I keep thinking that Snowrunner in VR would be awesome...

Like Neo out of the matrix with the VR Zion this guy! Congratulations and thank you on another amazing job.

game looks great Luke...thank you so much....any idea on how I can record my gameplay though?I tried to record but the playback is frozen....

Sliding the gpu throttling to the right works a treat for me. Nice and smooth when turning. Where sliding to the left was a jittery experience when turning. Will have to try this on the other games :)

it works for me in vr. :) dont´t forget to disable the steam overlay and the steam vr-theater mode. my specs are i7 7700k (not oc´d) ,1080ti, 16 gb ram and valve index.

Just checked out Mafia 3 with the release 2.1.2 (Rift S, RTX 2080) and it worked perfectly for me. Thanks so much man.

Haha, what do you mean "or at all"? Are you sure that you downloaded the latest version? Hover your mouse on the dxgi.dll file in your game folder, the version number should be 2.1.2.2596

No, the GTA V mod is on a completely different framework. I might port it to the new one in the future though, a lot of people are requesting it!

Downloaded the new update and still not letting me play in VR or at all.

Thanks for the appreciation! It means a lot &lt;3

hey Luke does gta V mod got reshade CAS too?

This is so world class. The master of his trade has worked again Thank you

its set in the 60's :)

I must say M3 is looking pretty dam good in VR, feel like I'm in the 70s, again :))

Thanks!!! Yes, antialiasing in this game follows the rule "The more, the blurrier" :-D

Update 2.1.2 works perfectly on Steam version, everything on high settings bar a couple, AA looks bad on high, better on low. tested with GTX 1080 Well done Luke, you are a genius

Thanks Solomon, let's hope third time's the charm :-)

Will test it now , Thank You Luke, appreciate everything youre doing.

Thats less than 24 hours since you dropped the first version. You’re spoiling us… Well done Luke :)

Which headset do you have?

Hey folks, thank you for your patience and understanding. The Steam version of the game should now work as expected with all runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR and OpenXR for WMR).

beautiful mafia 3 but I don't know why the viewfinder is completely shifted I shoot or not playable first person or third person how to reset the viewfinder? (same problem with mafia 1)

yep 2D on steam

Now that the trilogy is complete are you thinking about your next gaming franchise to investigate? Would avalanche engine or dunia engines be good candidates? Both have a fair few open world games running on them

He uploaded the wrong file. If you download it again, you'll have probably the same thing than with 2.1.0 We have to wait

Reshade is huge news!!! Hopefully for all mods going forward including GTA?? Thank you

Version 2.1.0 was starting in VR but as Flatscreen. 2.1.1 is starting for 1-2 seconds (Mafia III Bootup Logo) and then it disappears (Steam Edition)

new update starts now but not in vr for me too, only 2d.

Thanks Luke for working on a fix.You always eventually find them. Appreciate your work, the Innovative mods and this vr gaming community. In my opinion, Jesus is mankind's sole hope.

Hopefully you get some good luck too.

Take a good rest, no rush !!!!

There's an update at the top of this post I just noticed update 2 which explains it's going to be at least a day or so now. So I'm off to bed haha.

I have to completely delete Mafia 3 and reinstall it, completely shot it does not start in 2d and not even in normal anymore :-(

I know right?I was tempted to buy in on Epic also but I saw 29.99 just for the base game....I have the Steam version but as you know,it's only showing up in 2D

Can't even start the game now

new update starts now but not in vr, only 2d.

You mean the game? Mine didnt even look like it started, so I've deleted the whole folder and I'm reinstalling from Steam again in the hope that it works from a fresh.

It starts and then switches itself off again?

I am aswell, both with the option checked and unchecked. I am also looking for a solution and will let you know if I find one. Did you get past the start menu with 'new game' and 'continue' by chance? I didn't and am wondering if that is what's causing issues,

Thanks for another awesome update! Downloaded Mafia III and I am going to wait for the Steam patch and try it out tonight :D

Right click the game in your steam library then its Manage>Browse Local Files, this should open up exactly where the mod files need to be dropped, Run RealConfig bat and youre good to go.

Thanks for the appreciation! It means a lot <3

Great work as always & thank you. So for someone like me who has never used reshade & knows little about it. Are there downloadable presets we can use & drop in to each game?