Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 uses a heavily modified version of CryEngine, similar to the first title. Unlike the first title though, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 runs phenomenally well on a wide range of hardware and looks the part too.
It has plenty of settings to adjust and upscalers to use, but there are minor omissions when it comes to post-processing effects bundled into one setting. Thankfully, you may disable a few of these effects like vignette and bloom in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and here is how.
Disable Vignette in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Vignette is a cinematic effect that darkens the edges of a screen and is frequently used in AAA titles. Its implementation is subtle in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but it’s still visible and can be distracting. You can’t disable it in-game individually, but we can create a custom configuration file to turn it off completely.
That’s all you need to and the next time you launch Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, the vignette effect will be disabled from regular gameplay and the in-game menus. Here is a comparison that shows how the game looks with the effect disabled.
Pay close attention to the edges of the screen. I’ve uploaded the same screenshots toimgslifor an uncompressed look. Again, it’s very subtle, but players sensitive to the effect should be able to pick it up.
Disable Bloom in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Similarly, players can disable the bloom effect in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 by adding an additional command parameter to the custom user configuration file. Follow the same steps as above, and add the following line to disable bloom:
I had a hard time spotting a major difference after turning this off. As I said, post-processing effects are used in a subtle manner in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which is why nothing feels too intrusive.
Thankfully, there is no chromatic aberration to strain our eyes and most of the presentation is fairly sharp. Additionally, you may technically lower the quality of these effects by turning down the value of “Post-Postprocess” quality to “Low”.
If you want to enable these effects again, simply remove the lines from theuser.cfgfile, and hit save. We hope that the developers consider adding individual toggles for these effects in the settings and do a better job of representing what each does with handy screenshots if possible.
You can further modify the game usingin-game console commandsthat let you adjust the FOV, disable the HUD, and more.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
