Friday, June 19, 2015

Dirt Rally

3D Vision Fix by mike_ar69



UPDATES
10 Jan 2017 - v3
- Fixed broken shadows for quality < Ultra
- Fixed couple more mirrors

 20 June 2015 - v2
- Fix for smoke from chimneys

Instructions

This a DX11 for Dirt Rally Early Access.  The game will of course change and continue to be developed, which will likely require updates to the fix as well, but at this point there are no major hurdles to get this fix running.

Out of the box, the game is actually playable in 3D, but there are lots of little things wrong that I found painful to bear, notably the shadows are at wrong depth.  This fix addresses this.  As far as testing has identified so far there are no restrictions on game settings.

A. Install Files
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1. Download the files from here.
2. Copy all files in the archive to the location where drt.exe is.
3. Run the game.

B. HUD Depth
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1. Open d3dx.ini
2. Find [Constants]
3. Change the x value to alter hud depth/pop out: (a) negative = in depth, (b) positive = pop out.  You need to use |numbers| > 1 to have any effect.

Screenshots




Fixed

1. Shadows are at correct depth
2. On screen HUD is at a configurable depth
3. Some spotlights
4. Wing mirror placement
5. Wing and reverse mirror reflections
6. Some water splashes
7. Car dust
8. Car exhaust
9. Fog

DISABLED:
10. Some water effects
11. Rain splash effects
12. Ambient occlusion and advanced blending render incorrectly.

Known Issues

1. Snow does not render correctly, but because its dynamic and blurry anyway, it's not too noticeable.
2. CMAA is currently not fixed and renders shadows incorrectly.  You need to disable CMAA.


Special thanks to Flugan for his work on the assembler, used in this fix.
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43 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 20, 2015 at 2:29 AM

    Oh cool! fix popped out of nowhere but i've been kind of hoping someone would look at it. I mean i think this was rather playable before the fix too but its so much better now. thanks!

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  2. AnonymousJune 20, 2015 at 7:57 AM

    Thank you my friend. Great fix

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  3. KarlJune 22, 2015 at 4:02 AM

    Many thanks!!

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  4. UnknownJune 25, 2015 at 11:50 AM

    I get some weird artifacts when I try your fix that isn't there without it. Doesn't seem to be related to in-game graphic settings, tried a bunch.

    https://goo.gl/photos/z72PKAsx5wpRGYoK6

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    1. mike_ar69June 25, 2015 at 12:07 PM

      Thanks for the feedback. What nvidia driver version are you using? Are you SLI or single GPU? I have seen this issue before, but only when I am messing about fixing the game, turning shaders on an off etc, never during gameplay. Also, what specific map was it and what specific car? - that might be something to do with it (Project Cars had different shaders for different tracks and cars, for example).

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    2. UnknownJune 25, 2015 at 12:28 PM

      It's the benchmark I'm running in the screenshots, so I'm not sure. It's the same track and vehicle it runs every time though, so should be easy to replicate.

      Single GPU, GTX 580. Latest driver version 353.30

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    3. mike_ar69June 30, 2015 at 7:11 AM

      Finally was able to check - is working for me. I am on same driver as well. Not sure what to suggest if game settings don't change anything. In Nvidia control panel check to see if Shader Cache is on for this game and turn it off, then go into the shaderfixes folder and delete all the .bin files, then start the game. It might be an old compiled shader messing things up.

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    4. UnknownJune 30, 2015 at 7:38 AM

      Shader Cache was turned on. Did your steps but it hasn't changed.
      I haven't messed around with graphic settings since. I'll get back to experimenting with that.
      Also doing a re-download of the game and reapplying the fix.

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    5. mike_ar69June 30, 2015 at 8:37 AM

      Ok thanks for investigating - be sure to completely delete the old ShaderFixes folder as well.

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    6. UnknownJune 30, 2015 at 8:51 AM

      CMAA was the culprit! Completely overlooked and forgot I had any form of anti-alias on cause it was applied by a preset, and is in a separate graphics menu. Argh. Well it looks lovely now in 3D. Thanks for fixing it.

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    7. mike_ar69July 2, 2015 at 11:03 AM

      Thanks for working this out. I will update the instructions for now, and then look at the game with CMAA turned on to see if I can fix it :-)

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  5. AnonymousJune 29, 2015 at 2:59 PM

    The Ambient Occlusion is wrong. Without turning it to "low" in the game options, the shadow was irritating.

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    1. AnonymousJune 29, 2015 at 3:05 PM

      I was driving through the woods in Wales. DR v0.5.

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    2. mike_ar69June 30, 2015 at 7:12 AM

      What other game settings do you have? Driver version? SLI? I've only just got the game update, so I will double check this.

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    3. mike_ar69June 30, 2015 at 7:48 AM

      Ok just checked - I have AO on Ultra with "Advanced AO" on true, and see no issues. Can you try this out? What specific AO setting was giving you a problem?

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    4. UnknownNovember 13, 2015 at 6:26 AM

      advanced AO is rendered on one eye, turning this off makes everything better for me. Advanced blending also renders on one eye.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 15, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    Thanks Thanks Thanks !!!!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 26, 2015 at 3:58 AM

    I try the game in 3D vision without your fix and all seems to be alright apart from a strange effect on the car : the car textures are totaly blurry, and there is also a "blurry" Halo around the car. Is your fix do something for this issue ? thx.

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    1. bo3bOctober 26, 2015 at 5:01 AM

      You are still in Compatibility Mode. It conflicts with our fix. You'd want to use one or the other, not both. Ctrl-Alt-F11 to disable CM, but Advanced Settings must be enabled.

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    2. AnonymousOctober 26, 2015 at 1:54 PM

      OK I find the problem ! the problem are not the "Shadows" option but the "Shadows Details" option. I set this option on "low" and the blury effect is completely gone. I am not in Compatibility mode.

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    3. UnknownNovember 13, 2015 at 6:27 AM

      maybe he has not installed it right. When fix is not applied , anything not low shadows makes everything strange.

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  8. FireGate_13November 1, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    I noticed that stereo depth is set to 19% every time i run the game with this patch installed. Is this normal?

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    1. UnknownNovember 13, 2015 at 6:28 AM

      can you refresh this fix mike_ar69? i think the car is not lifting dirt from greek roads

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    2. mike_ar69December 18, 2015 at 1:09 PM

      Not sure I understand why that would happen. If you set depth to 100% and press ctrl-F7 does the driver not remember the setting?

      Regarding the Greek roads, let me check - I've not really played the game for ages...

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  9. UnknownDecember 14, 2015 at 2:27 PM

    Ambient occlusion and advanced blending was killing it for me had a lot of weird things rendered at wrong depth, with the above turned off/low everything seems to be rendering fine. Thanks for the fix.

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    1. mike_ar69December 18, 2015 at 1:10 PM

      Thanks I'll update the main post. I don't think I ever attempted to fix those features, but for now if turning it off sorts it then great.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2016 at 4:12 AM

    hello, thank you very much for your work. I have a problem and only happens with this game. I copy all files in the archive to the location Where drt.exe is, but I can not run the game with real 3D, only 3D Compatibility Mode. Of course the Advanced Settings 3d nvidia panel is activated. I have version 1.0 of steam and would love to play real 3d, thank you!

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  11. AnonymousMay 30, 2016 at 3:31 AM

    Hello, will you make others corrections to improve the 3DVision?
    We are lost without you ... :-((

    Thx

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  12. UnknownJune 13, 2016 at 9:07 AM

    This fix needs some serious TLC. Appreciate all that you do, though.

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  13. AnonymousJuly 12, 2016 at 10:23 AM

    please add recommended convergence inside and ouside camera. something similar like assetto corsa fix ?

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  14. AnonymousNovember 18, 2016 at 1:46 PM

    hello, any update forecast for the fix ? it would be appreciated :-)

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  15. UnknownNovember 30, 2016 at 7:36 AM

    I'd love an update for this, game has come a long way and with new cars some things are funky. 3D with a wheel and pedals set makes this game so amazing though, and it still less than half the cost of VR. Love the work you do!

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  16. DzuljzebariDecember 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM

    Thanks for this fix, Would love to see updated version. I have wrong shadows. All you need to do is switch shadows to ultra, other shadow settings render wrong depth. You can use any AO settings but advanced AO must be turned off, will mess up things when turned on. Multi sampling works good except CMAA, CMAA will mess up things. This is working with latest version of game and latest driver of nvidia. We need update for this game, hope someone will create one.

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  17. akaineFebruary 27, 2017 at 5:40 PM

    Awesome fix! Thanks! Just disable "Advanced ambient occlusion" and "Advanced blending", the rest can be maxed out, and the picture becomes almost perfect.

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  18. UnknownMarch 31, 2017 at 7:35 PM

    Thanks, looks very good, really nice :)

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  19. UnknownSeptember 23, 2017 at 12:27 PM

    Looks awesome, but I can't focus on the picture in the mirrors. Perhaps the image in the mirror is rendered at the wrong depth because the image in the mirror is at a different depth than the mirror itself.

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  20. UnknownDecember 17, 2017 at 7:53 PM

    Bricked my dirt rally install thanks...

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    1. bo3bDecember 17, 2017 at 8:00 PM

      Very unlikely. We don't change anything about the game itself, only hook calls that it makes.

      Use uninstall.bat to cleanly remove our fix.

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2019 at 1:48 AM

    How about fix for fresh Dirt Rally 2? Released today and it is kickass game.

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  22. TheOtherThomsonSeptember 4, 2019 at 10:30 AM

    Problem (SOLVED): Controller not working in game after applying Helixmod.

    Solution: Before starting DiRT Rally, I opened Steam in Big Picture mode and disabled the controller(s) by deselecting them from the menu. (no need to delete configs etc).
    The game then picked up my controller no probs.

    The issue is related to Steam's controller config somehow. Possibly Steam attempts whatever controller hijack it normally does, and fails. Maybe due to the Steam Overlay being disabled while Helixmod is applied? I don't know.
    (Note: This exact problem occurred with GRID, same solution applies. So I posted there too.)

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    1. bo3bSeptember 4, 2019 at 2:36 PM

      Thanks for the info and solution. Most likely to be a Steam problem, as we don't block anything regarding the overlay. Could be a bad interaction though, Steam tends to make bad overlays. In the past they would crash outright if anyone else hooked the calls (not happening now). Also of note- Disable Overlay in Steam means nothing, it just stops drawing, but still hooks and causes conflicts.

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    2. TheOtherThomsonSeptember 21, 2019 at 8:47 AM

      Not a problem, I'll continue to play around. Thanks for the always-prompt and helpful assistance bo3b

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  23. RudyOctober 12, 2021 at 10:17 AM

    Hello ,i have problem in dirt rally when active advanced blending game crasch in any section after a few minutes ,i have amd 5700xt, it is possible to do some fix to be able to scroll with the advanced blending on, thanks for the attention

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