VAXIS’s super extreme image quality overhaul

Unlock hidden graphics settings • Ultimate quality

This mod activates hidden, developer-only experimental graphics features for the highest possible visual fidelity.

Designed specifically for high-performance PCs.

VAXIS Super Ultimate Image Quality Overhaul

🎮 **The ultimate visual feast specially created for high-performance PC! **

This easy-to-install .ini tweak file contains hidden parameters extracted from the game files, allowing us to activate never-before-seen graphics settings. It is highly adjustable to allow certain features to run stably on your PC.

✨ **Core Highlights**:

• Activate hidden ray tracing, shadows and ambient occlusion features.
• Significantly increase the number of iterations of cloth/hair physical effects (up to 128 times), bringing more realistic behavior.

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🛠️ Installation Guide

• **Prerequisite**: Make sure you are running the game at "Ultra High" quality and have light reconstruction enabled.
• **Download file**: Download the rar file and extract "Engine.ini".
• **Replace file**: Replace "Engine.ini" to the following directory:

`C:\Users\**yourusername**\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor`

• **Test and Tune**: Test the game and check the performance, if necessary, make adjustments in the "Engine.ini" file for better performance.

Everything is ready, start enjoying!

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🔍 Technical enhancement details

? Ray tracing enhancements

• **Experimental delayed RT reflection** (developer only, ultimate quality)
• **Full resolution RT shadows** with soft penumbra
• Extended **RT Reflection** distance and accuracy
• **High detail geometry** in RT (vegetation, meshes, water bodies)
• Accurate non-first hit shadow evaluation
• Improved Niagara and particle lighting interaction

? Atmosphere, fog and sky upgrades

• **Ultra High Density Volumetric Fog** Mesh
• High resolution sky/atmosphere lookup table
• Improved air perspective, scattering and transmittance
• Enhanced volumetric cloud resolution and shadow maps

?Environment and LOD quality improvement

• Force maximum LOD for grass, vegetation and hair
• Increase vegetation density
• Improved material quality to "Ultra+"
• Extended shadow and lighting draw distance

? Movie-level post-processing

• High-precision ambient light occlusion
• Movie-style depth of field with bokeh simulation
• Upgraded bloom, screen space reflections, screen space global illumination and temporal anti-aliasing stability
• Full quality tone mapper and HDR color format

? Particles, special effects and lighting

• Higher particle lighting quality
• Increased transmitter rate
• Improved lighting and weather effects for the "lumos" spell
• Real-time skylight reflection updates

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⚠️ System Requirements - Extremely demanding

**Recommended configuration:**

• **GRAPHIC CARD**: RTX 4080 / Radeon RX 7900 XTX or higher
• **Processor**: Modern 8-16 core CPU
• **Memory**: 32-64 GB RAM

**IMPORTANT**: These settings are experimental and were originally only available by mining the game code. If your PC isn't running well, don't complain. Take the time to go over each setting and adjust it until you find the balance that gives you a great experience.

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**Author**: VAXIS

I hope this mod can bring you an unparalleled visual experience of Hogwarts Legacy! 🌟