Hogwarts and Hogsmeade no mipmap optimization settings

I created a mod that uses the same chunks as the main game, so replacing the files could theoretically improve performance. After testing, it has indeed improved. But the key to the mod is that it takes the most resource-intensive texture in the game, halving its size and removing all mipmaps. Hogwarts Legacy has 12 level mipmaps.

Hogwarts and Hogsmeade no mipmap optimization settings

🎮 **A clever mod designed to improve both performance and image quality! **

✨ Mod Core

This mod takes a **clever approach** to optimizing the most performance-hungry textures in the game. It mainly does two things:

• **Texture size reduced by half**: Reduce the size of some very large textures (such as 4096x4096) to 2048x2048.
• **Remove all Mipmaps**: "Hogwarts Legacy" has 12 level mipmaps by default, and this module will remove them all.

**The magic is**: through special processing, even if the texture size is reduced, the visual quality close to the original size can be maintained, and after turning off Mipmap, these textures can appear in high definition under any graphics settings, while the performance overhead is reduced! 🎯

⚙️ Scalability settings included

The mod also comes with a custom `Scalability.ini` file that makes smart adjustments:

• **Foliage and Shadows Only**: When set to "Low", only reduces **Foliage Quality** and **Shadow Quality** to "Potato" levels.
• **Respect your choices**: You are free to set other options (such as texture quality to high or ultra-high) and mods will not interfere.
• **Crash Fix**: Fixed a crash caused by the original "Potato" mod when the shadow quality was not set to high (medium in this mod) in the **House Elf, Small Backpack and Loom** scene.

**💡 IMPORTANT**: For scalability settings to take effect, **`Foliage Quality`** and **`Shadow Quality`** must be set to **`Low`** in-game.

📦 Installation Guide

Main module file (.pak)

• Copy the mod files to your game directory:

`Steam/steamapps/common/Hogwarts Legacy/Phoenix/Content/Paks/~mods`

Extensibility settings file (.ini)

• Press `Win + R`, enter `%appdata%` and press Enter.
• Go to the `Local` folder.
• Navigate to `Hogwarts Legacy/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor`.
• Paste the `Scalability.ini` file into this folder.
• **(Optional but recommended)** Set the properties of this file to "Read Only" to prevent the game from overwriting your settings.

🧪 Testing and Performance

• **Test platform**: Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor.
• **Typical Framerate**: In the **Hogsmeade** scene, the framerate is approximately between **16-24 FPS**.
• **Significant improvement**: After using this module and the accompanying settings, the frame rate can be increased to about **31 FPS** when standing next to the **greenhouse door**.
• **Old and New Versions**: The overall performance of the old and new versions is similar. The new version may have a slight advantage in certain scenarios (such as Percival Rackham's Trial). Graphics quality looks better in many areas.

🏰 Optimized texture area

The module focuses on optimizing the textures with the largest file sizes in **Hogwarts** and **Hogsmeade**, including but not limited to:

**Hogsmeade**

• Entrance to Ollivander's Wand Shop
• most doors

*Beast Cage

• All posters
• The floor of the Three Broomsticks bar
• Broom stand

*Train tracks

**Hogwarts**

• Greenhouse door
• Part of the wall on the site
• Hufflepuff's barrel

*Ravenclaw windows

• Arch bridge courtyard brick wall

🎯Mod Target

The ultimate goal of this mod is to **improve game performance without sacrificing image quality**, allowing you to explore the ancient magical world more smoothly! 🚀

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**Start your optimization magic journey! ** ✨