[Risen 2] FPS Mods

[Malkav]

The purpose of this thread is to collect mods that improve the performance. Usually this will happen at the expense of image quality but there might be also some fixes that won't do so.


Table Of Content

No Parallax Occlusion Mapping Mod (http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1143557-Risen-2-No-POM-Mod-%28FPS-improvement%29)
Specular Lookup Texture Mod (http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1149575-Risen-2-FPS-Mods?p=18999610&viewfull=1#post18999610)
No Dynamic Point Lights Mod (http://forum.worldofplayers.de/forum/threads/1149575-Risen-2-FPS-Mods?p=19063721&viewfull=1#post19063721)

[Malkav]

Here's another little mod. It does replace the specular_lookup texture which theoretically lowers the quality of specular reflections.
Practically I haven't noticed any difference at all for now.

http://www.abload.de/thumb/specularlookup_1sfjfm.jpg (http://h11.abload.de/img/specularlookup_1sfjfm.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/specularlookup_20ukxw.jpg (http://h11.abload.de/img/specularlookup_20ukxw.jpg)

Please give it a go and report back if you encounter any problems like serious visual artifacts.

Download: Risen2_Lookup_Specular.zip (http://upload.worldofplayers.de/files8/Risen2_Lookup_Specular.zip)

Copy the file Lookup_Specular._ximg to the following directory:
%localappdata%\Risen2\Config\ , f.e. C:\User\MyName\AppData\Local\Risen2\Config\ (Windows Vista/7)
C:\Documents and Settings\*User Name*\Local Settings\Application Data\Risen2 (Windows XP)

[krist2]

Looks interesting, gonna check it out. Thanks
alot for all your mods :)

[JFaron]

Are the FPS shown in the pictures average values?

[Malkav]

Yes they are. But it's a still scene.

[Malkav]

This mod disables shadow casting of all point lights - so the sun remains as the only shadow casting light source in the game. As long as you don't disable shadows completely (=low,mid,high,ultra), FPS might increase by up to 15%.

Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?oejc3q8h1xvxuij

Download the .zip and extract the file projects.p01 into the common folder of your Risen 2 installation.
This is by default C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\risen 2\data\common