Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Life Is Strange (All Episodes)

Download the fix: 3Dfix-Life+is+Strange-2015-10-21.zip

Update 2015-10-21

  • Fixed Episode 5
  • Added approximate fix for bloom around lights using depth buffer (press H to move them to infinite depth instead)

Update 2015-08-16

  • Fixed Episode 4

Update 2015-05-24

  • Fixed Episode 3
  • Fixed some more lighting effects

Update 2015-03-25

  • Fixed Episode 2
  • Disable some fog effects that broke with SkipSetScissorRect (Press P to re-enable this)

Update 2015-02-01

  • Added subtitle depth adjustment (see below)

Fixed

  • Halos
  • Fog
  • Shadows
  • Glow around sun
  • Approximate fix for bloom around lights (Press H to change to an alternate adjustment that places these at infinity)
  • Light shafts
  • Reflections on ground
  • Clipping on decals
  • Convergence is increased to 50.0 by default. To save a custom setting, press plus on the number row before adjusting the convergence, then press F7 to save.

Installation

Unpack the zip file under:

...\Steam\SteamApps\common\Life Is Strange\Binaries\Win32

Subtitle Depth Adjustment

I recommend disabling the subtitles in the settings, but if you prefer to play with them enabled you may adjust their depth with the keys on the number row. This adjusts the subtitles and menus, but can cause in-world HUD elements to flicker momentarily when at a certain distance from the camera, so it is disabled by default. tilde sets screen depth, 0 sets 99.5% and 1-9 sets anywhere between. Press minus on the number row to disable the adjustment and return to the game's default depth.

Notes

  • I played on high quality and have not checked for issues on lower settings.

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78 comments:

  1. Truly appreciated!

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  2. Fantastic job, and very timely. Thanks for you efforts. Now get some sleep :)

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  3. Darkstarsword, please, rest up a little, you make me buy all games you're working !! i'm going to be short of money because of you !!! :D

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  4. Great fix! I saw your pics and bought it straight away. Looks great.

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  6. You are the best! Can't thank you enough for keeping 3D PC gaming alive!

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  7. Absolutely love the game and how it looks in 3D with fix!

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  8. Amazing speed on the update thanks. Keep up the good work!

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  9. Thanks for the quick Chapter 2 fix! Much appreciated.

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  10. Many thanks for the fix. Loved episode 1 and am happy that 2 is already fixed!

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  11. it does not work, after install exe stops working

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  12. never mind. my fault had a program causing interference

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  13. Episode 3 is out! Does this still work? Thanks.

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    1. The fix will need to be updated - I'll need to play all the way through episode 3 before it's ready. All going well I should have it done in the next day or two.

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  14. I've just updated the fix for episode 3. There's a few issues with halos around lights being at the wrong depth in the early section (at night), which I probably won't be able to fix 100% without breaking other lights.

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  15. Will you be releasing an update for Episode 4? Thanks.

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    1. DarkStarSword is on vacation at the moment, but given his stellar track record at updating the fixes, you can expect a fix at some point. Please be patient.

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  16. Fix is updated for episode 4 (sorry for the delay)!

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  17. Are the side by side graphics just examples, or is there some way to actually display this? I'm not having any luck getting side by side with nVidia 3d, is there some other way to get this?

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    1. If you have the 3D Vision plugin installed it should display in 3D inside the browser - at least it does in Firefox and Internet Explorer (IIRC Google killed support for it in Chrome earlier this year). Alternatively you could save them as .jps files and use 3D Vision Photo Viewer to view them (beware - I took them on a 17" monitor with 100% separation, I don't recommend displaying them in full screen if your monitor is larger than that). Here are direct links to those screenshots that you can save:
      http://api.photos.3dvisionlive.com/imagestore/54cca924e7e5647f64000003/nvidia./
      http://api.photos.3dvisionlive.com/imagestore/54ccb1b5e7e564622300005c/nvidia./
      http://api.photos.3dvisionlive.com/imagestore/54cca142e7e5647764000003/nvidia./
      http://api.photos.3dvisionlive.com/imagestore/54cca2a5e7e5642d64000002/nvidia./

      If that works better for you, you can use this userscript to add a download button to them:
      https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/853508/3d-vision/3dvisionlive-com-download-button-user-script/

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  18. This made the game SO much more incredible, thanks a million for this fix!!!

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  19. Fix is updated for the finale episode!

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    1. wow, that was quick! Thank you very much

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  20. Thank you so much for taking the time to make fixes for this game. This is definitely one of the coolest 3D experiences ever!

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  21. first time to play the game,only shadows are broken in game ,ver1.0.8623.0.

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    1. Can you tell me where you found the broken shadows? They should have all been fixed, but it's possible an update broke some...

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    2. all Episode shadow are broken,driver 353.30,use nv inspector apply LifeIsStrange.exe to LifeIsStrange game profile.but in game 3dvision display unkonwgame.
      i also try tridef 3d with deadpool profile........shadows are ok but light gl,ass reflection are broken

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    3. when i change the convergence parameter,i can see the fix is trying to fix game light .only shadows are broken.i can't update my driver,
      because i didn't finish witcher 3........fear newdriver might broken witcher 3 fix

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    4. DarkStarSword,sorry for the post , i download Episode 1 (english version)crack and everything is fine! you fix is amazing!
      my original game episode 1-5 is chinese version and crack by local forum, i think that is the problem

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    5. the Chinese patch broken the fix,i uninstall the patch and everything is fine!
      how did a text patches affect shader? Too weird

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    7. Interesting... Can you give me a link to the translation and I'll see if there's any way to make them work together.

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    8. http://db4.gamersky.com/Common/ShowDownloadUrl.aspx?urlid=0&id=675072
      this the link ,run exe in the main folder.
      but i find another Chinese patch work with you fix,so no need to waste you time to make them work together.
      i was playing 3d game for 3years ,there is another problem that bothers me in all fps game,
      can we force gun model rendering in 2d to play all fps game?
      high convergence in fps game will give us best experience,but it will affect close objects.
      gun model has too much separation make the game unplayble.
      i think cm mode doesn't affect gun,i found dying light fix using that in real 3d.

      and Crysis 2 3 fix could use console command to disable gun model.

      i am also a tridef3d user,tridef3d.....all COD game ,Crysis,metro,can force gun model rendering in 2d,and auto convergenc in scene,but other fps game are like 3dvision render.
      i really want to Ignore gun model,because I want experience the scene,not convergence a big gun in my face.....
      just a hope you can find way to solve this

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  22. What is "number row"? The keys next to the backspace key?
    I'm using a japanese keyboard, I don't have a + nor tilde key in backspace key row. How can I change that to other keys?

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    1. Yes, "number row" refers to the numeric keys next to backspace and above qwertyuiop, whereas "number pad" refers to the keys that are separated off to the side near number lock.

      You can change the keybindings by editing the DX9Settings.ini file - look for the various [KEY*] sections and edit the line "Key = xx", but it's a little tricky as you need to find the virtual key code and translate them into decimal.

      For letters and numbers on the number row refer to the 'Dec' column of the first chart, for other keys refer to the second link, but you will need to translate them from hexadecimal to decimal (you can use microsoft calculator for this):
      http://www.asciitable.com/index/asciifull.gif
      https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd375731(v=vs.85).aspx

      You will need to restart the game for any changes to take effect.

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    2. Thanks. I tried it and could change it.

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  23. Hey everyone
    My first try with Helixmod with this game
    But its a failure
    Whereas I install 3dTV and copy the files in the right folder, nothing different when the game is launch.
    Im using a 3d projector
    Am i missing something ?

    Thanks for the help

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    1. Are you able to use other Helix Mod or 3DMigoto fixes from this site? Are you using nvidia 3D TV Play with the projector? Be sure to set the resolution to 1080x720 60Hz for 3D TV Play to work.

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    2. Hello,

      I have the same problem. Earlier I used 3DVision with line interleaved display (and EDID override). It worked back than. But it was more than a year ago.
      Now I bought a new 3D TV and installed 3Dtv play. Most games work. E.g. Life is strange Before the storm. But this game is flat. 3D kicks in. I can move the overlay to different depths. But the game itself is flat. I also see the picture changing, when activating/deactivating 3D. As if I normally see the left eye and when 3D is activated I only see the right Eye. I tried different things. I changed the Profile, but this also didn't worked.

      Some other comments suggest, that this is a problem of 1709 or later Versions of Windows 10. This could be the case, because, a year ago, when it still worked, I had an earlier version of Windows and now I have 1803.

      It would be good, if someone has another idea. I could install Windows 7, but I don't really want to.

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  24. Amazing game, even more amazing in 3D thanks so much for your continued efforts mr. Darkstarsword.

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  25. Hi! First timer here.. I don't know where to install the mod.. I don't have Steam folder in my game..
    Can you please tell me exactly where should I install the mod? And also, should I install all the
    ShaderOverride, d3d9.dll and DX9Settings.ini? I am so sorry for the inconvenience but hoping you guys
    can help me.. Thanks!!

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    1. Extract *everything* in the zip file to the Binaries\Win32 folder inside where Life Is Strange is installed. If you don't know where it is installed, right click on it in the Steam game list -> Properties -> Local Files -> Browse Local Files

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  26. Thank you so much!!! You guys actually make a difference to this technology and help us make use of our hardware when nvidia abandoned us!! I dont know what else to say except all the good you guys do will come back to you guys. Im very impressed and surprised at the fact that there are people out there who put in their precious time and share it with other people out of the goodness of their heart. Not for money!! thanks again. You guys are awesome!!

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  27. i installed it but when i play the game noting diferent happens i want the blue and red 3d thing but the game does not change

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    1. This mod requires nvidia 3D Vision - do you have that and are you able to get our other mods working?

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  28. Thank you so much for fixing this. It really is a beautiful game.

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  29. finished almost the game, just so awesome
    And yes you deserve a award for it in the steam forums :)

    Keep up the great work, and again huge thanks!

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  30. Fix doesn't work for me, The only thing that happens when I enable 3D Vision is that I see another perspective but no double image.

    The ctrl-alt-insert field also shows its unrated by nvidia ( The standard message ).
    Which makes me suspect the fix isn't loading at all can someone help me with this?
    Thinks I tried:
    - Reinstall fix
    - Reinstall game
    - Reinstall Nvidia drivers

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    1. Just tested this again on Win10 AE, driver 385.69, and it was working perfectly. Even mirrors and godrays and reflections are all good.

      Something is broken with your configuration.

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    2. I reinstalled my driver again I figured something out:
      When I run the Nvidia 3D setup wizard for the first time it works fine, and the 3D Test of Nvidia also works fine.
      However after trying to play Life is Strange in 3D the 3D Vision setup wizard gives the following error: 'Error in Stereo Driver
      Stereo Blit call copied only half of the image, as if it did not recognize Nv_Stereo_Image_Header and performed a regular blit instead of stereo.'
      And then crashes.
      Also the Nvidia 3D Test will appear in 2D.

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    3. This sounds like a driver bug - what driver version are you running?

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  31. Will this work with before the storm?

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    1. No, BtS is a completely different game using a different engine, so you will have to wait for a fix for that game. Just a point of warning though - BtS uses a new version of the Unity engine that no longer works with my scripts and the new file format they are using is vastly more difficult to reverse engineer, so I cannot promise when or even if a fix will be released for it.

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    2. Oh, thx for your quick response. Didnt know that this same looking game is from technical side so different. :)

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  32. Hey DSS,
    how much you want? I will pay money for u, If you make fix for 'before the storm'

    3DV kicks in, but there is an issue with the shadows. I thinks its doenst need many time to fix this.

    How much u want? :)

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    1. I'm already working on it, but never underestimate how much work these games are to fix - Unity has a completely new binary shader format I have to reverse engineer to make it work with my scripts, and this is something I've been looking at on and off for months already. I'm making a lot of progress in the last week or so and have just about finished deciphering the format, but there's still a bunch of work to do after that before this will be ready (and even then I can't actually guarantee it will work, but I'm nor expecting any problems). This work isn't specific to this game BTW - this is necessary to enable fixes for all Unity 5.5, Unity 5.6 and Unity 2017 games. Feel free to donate however much you feel that is worth.

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  33. Hey DSS,

    Thanks for your efforts ! This game is awsome in 3dvsion.

    Happy new year btw!

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  34. Fix doesn't work for me on Win10x64 1709. 3D kicks in, "game not rated" shows up and i get a normal 2D image.
    Other fixes work fine. Don't know what to do...

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    1. Hmm, you're the second person to report it not working on windows 10 recently, but we also have other confirmed reports of it working. Do you get the same error message as InSaine InSanity if you try to run the 3D Vision setup wizard after running the game? This really sounds like a driver bug (possibly an interaction with the fact that UE3 had some native 3D Vision support, but was horribly broken) - what driver are you running (double check on the home screen of nvidia control panel - Windows 10 sometimes updates the driver without notice)? It's also worth trying a clean driver reinstall using DDU.

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    3. Got it! I was playing Batman:AK before and dedicated one of my 1070's to HW-PhysX. Changing back to SLI fixed the problem.

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  35. First of all: thanks so much for your amazing work here.

    I would like to report that replacing the d3d9.dll with a newer version fixed the problem of getting 2D only (despite also getting the "game not rated" message) for me. Might work for others here as well.

    However, I'm still having the broken shadows bug, without having any other patches installed. Same on previous NVIDIA drivers. Everything else seems to be working fine. Fixes for other games all run perfectly as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated (if you have the time). Maybe I'm just missing something. I'm on a GTX 1070 & Benq XL2411, Windows 10.

    Thanks in advance!

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    1. Ok, never mind my d3d9.dll comment (pretty new to this). So I'm back to the getting 2D only, but did not get the Setup Wizard error mentioned above. Driver 397.93 on Windows 10 64-bit.

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    2. Some more info: 3D Vision runs without the fix enabled (except broken), Discover mode seems to run fine with the fix enabled; only 3D Vision with the fix enabled gives me 2D with a "game not rated" message.
      Also tried DDU & re-installing 397.93 driver. I'm on Windows 10 1709. Other games (Dreamfall Chapters, Witcher 3) run in flawless 3D Vision.
      Hoping this will prove helpful.

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    3. Hello,

      I can confirm, that it works in Window 7 and it doesn't work in Windows 10 (1803).

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    4. Fix for Windows 10 single GPU users (does not affect SLI) only seeing the game in 2D:
      1. Download nvidia profile inspector from here:
      https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector/releases
      2. Find the "Life is strange" profile
      3. Scroll down to "7 - Stereo" and change the value of "StereoProfile" to "Yes"
      4. Click "Apply Changes"

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  36. same here it was working on win 10 a while ago, now it's 2d only, win10 1709 with latest nvidia driver

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  37. As a datapoint, I just tested this on Win 7, driver 378.92 and the fix was working correctly. Problems are therefore going to be related to either OS or Driver.

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  39. is something with windows 10.
    in mine it does not work in 3d, even doing several downgrades in the driver.
    on windows 7 works fine, VERY CUTE CORRECTION! CONGRATULATIONS
    however I use windows 10. ;(

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  40. Hi,

    short question. In Life is Strange: Before the storm, I can activate SBS output via the 3dmigoto settings. But Life is strange uses Helix Mod (because of DirectX 9 I guess).
    Is there any way to still activate SBS output.
    There is another game, Dreamfall Chapter, that has two ini files DX9Settings.ini and d3dx.ini. So I assume it somehow uses both. Is there a way to do the same here? If so, can anyone explain this?

    Background: I'm trying to play the game via Steam Link on my Fire TV stick (on my 3D TV). Only way to do this, is via SBS (or OU).

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    1. Sorry, the SBS doesn't work in HelixMod DX9, because we never got the source code and can't add it. Only DX11 supported via 3Dmigoto.

      For DreamFall, the reason you have both is because the game converted from DX9 to DX11 at some point, and DarkStarSword rebuilt the fix for DX11. Use the DX11 version, it's far superior. The DX9 stuff can be deleted, but is unlikely to be active.

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    2. Thank you for the quick answer. It's also very interesting to know.
      I figure the reason why both are in my Dreamfall setting is, that I owned Dreamfall since it was intially released. Therefor the old patch is probably still in it from back than.

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