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Shame the driver still doesn't fix the crash in photo mode if you have path tracing enabled.
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The picture with Tiny Mike is what throws me, his arms are glowing but his shirt isn't. It is as if the lighting is turned off for his shirt so it seems overly dark.

Don't know. The only typical alterations I make are sharpness, and an adjustment of light and contrast only for the purpose of improving the image. Sometimes the game/graphic card inserts these sorts of elements? 🤔
When I look at the image in question, the arms are illuminated by the sunlight, while his face is looking at me and is less illuminated slightly shaded. According to Nvidia App, these are optimized settings.


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2.3 Patch and CyberPsychos- A nice new feature is you can now hunt CyberPsycos and not sweat not having a non-lethal weapon attachment, something I used to sweat. Now I can just shoot them, even drop them with a gun, and they will still be alive (if you don't over do it) so Regina is not scolding you about killing these victims. If they are managemeable, I still knock their health down to about 10% and then beat them with a club. The tough ones, I still shoot until they drop, and mostly they still seem to be alive enough to make her happy. BTW, a smart weapon is really great for them, but I prefer aiming and hitting the old fashioned way.

PanAm Girl Friend- This is relatively new for me.
I've been so used to having Judy as a BGF. PanAm is suggesting I leave Night City with her and the Aldecaldos early in the game. They moved camp once and because I passed out, brought me with them, which happens regardlesss, I think. I'm so used to having Judy as a girl friend, she also wants to leave NC, but the idea of going with the Alecaldos at least as I remember, comes up later, like when your in crisis at the end of the game. Just an observation.
 
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Ray pathing? These don't look so good. I think I figured out this is why you posted them?:confused:
Not the fastest fps though cp2077 looks and plays great, even tried 3rd party ROM though reverted to original.
These settings are a step above my setup PT drops fps to 40's.
Latest gpu driver 100% stable thankfully.
 

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There's zero reason to do this, unless for an out of narrative, meaningless accomplishmen that makes you feel good. :)

I did see another video where you can go back into the penthouse and fight him, but again they used a cheat. I guess the idea would be so you can access his stash of advanced weapons at the beginning of the game. But I wonder what happens then when it gets to the part in the story when you are MEANT to fight him lol? Probably end up fighting an invisible Adam Slasher I guess?

Anyway played a bit more of it, looks good still and runs nice and smooth. I did play this game when I had a Series X but I stopped at the part where you were told if you continue with the story line you won’t be able to play any more side missions till you complete the story, so I know I have a looong way to go yet, and I have a good chunk of the game still to explore.
 
Not the fastest fps though cp2077 looks and plays great, even tried 3rd party ROM though reverted to original.
These settings are a step above my setup PT drops fps to 40's.
Latest gpu driver 100% stable thankfully.
First I casually put a smile on your post, but then there was talk of issues. Hopefully I did not offend you, not my intent. These shots seem overly fuzzy. Now I post many images in this thread, and usually I will sharpen them cause what looks terrific in game to me, does not look at good as a posted screenshot. Are you using Photomode, and on Steam? You can freeze, adjust image, remove the HUD with tab, and then F12 to take a shot in Steam.
 
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Voodoo Boys- I Walk The Line
Yeah, Spoilers some shielded

In the Pacifica Mall, I love sneaking and murdering Animals… they're thugs.
The fight with Matilda K. Rose, is a royal pain in the butt on hard difficulty. Imo, key is getting in fast and ripping the shielding/ health device off her back while she is talking on the phone. I missed that opportunity, did not get a save made at a good time, (while she is still on the phone), I still actually managed to sneak up on her the first time which is difficult because when she starts walking around, she frequently spins around, looking for danger. If you get the shield offer early, the fight’s not that difficult as long as you’re weaving, dodging and double jumping, etc, keeping your distance. If you have to shoot it off her back, more difficult, because it’s not just a fight, you are also under a timer where the Net Runner who is your target is trying to fry you.

Netrunner Offer- Stick with Voodoo boys or doublecross them? A #semi-quandary. 😉

I remember playing this the first time and I was like oh I need the Voodoo boys so I’ve gotta stick with them, but then they double cross me too. So now my standard play is I stick with the Voodoo Boys, watch all the net runners die, punch Placido in the face when I see him , (Bridget calls him off), Do the Transmission Quest, journey to the black wall, and when I come out of the ice bath, I kill them all.

Trivia Question: Should be obvious anyone whose played before
How many times is V saved by the Chip in her head?
Two times. Bullet in head from Dexter DeShawn. Voodoo Boys try to fry V. (If you side with the Net Runner, he will remove the virus planted by the Voodoo Boys in you, so it becomes a non-issue, but the intent was still there.
 
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Only Gog purchased game non steam.
Win11 HDR does have habit of adding white film type layer.
Could tidy those via PS.
.jxr's look much higher quality non upload-able :(
Still in the game itself, Photomode (N) and there are a list of image adjustment controls that can be used to clean images up significantly, if it’s thought worth the time to do so, and maybe it’s not. Bright, dark, contrast, saturation, sharpen (or maybe it’s called ‘grain’) can do wonders. And it does not require any photo manipulation skills persay, jusy play around with them if you are so inclined. 🙂
 
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Cyberpunk 2077 contain the best narrative sequences I've ever seen in a video game. There is the glimpse V gets of Silverhand's assault on Arasaka Tower, and I just finished Transmission, the journey seeking an AI beyond the black wall. It feels epic to me, but don't insist on your agreement. :p
Both V and Silverhand are looking for a solution she might provide regarding the relic.
I'd call the Voodoo Boys bad people, what they had done to Evelyn Parker, and basically betting against their own species... They got their just desserts for the umpteenth time. ;)

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Alt Cunningham (apologies for cursors in all images :confused:)



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Young Rogue



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Journey to the Black Wall the essence of cyberpunk mythology. Not this specific location, but cyberspace as a place where rogue AIs can be found among other things, as a place beyond the man created internet.​
 
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Sinnerman- I just could not put myself through this again. So, I took steps to be paid for completing the job on first encounter at the roadblock.

Phantom Liberty DLC- First time I remember being called by Songbird. Before a message popped up closer to the point of no return, entering Embers. This is right after Transmission, a phone call comes through from an unknown caller.
 
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Have fun! My second playthough was as a male V. What I don’t remember is Pan Am as my gal, wanting to visit me at my apartment, and I wonder if this was added in a later patch? What I really wanted was to go hang out at the Nomad camp with PanAm, but I seem to recall, She never paid much if any attention to me. 😐

I think I have affections for female V, there’s something about this voice actress’s performance. But I could never romance Pan Am as a girl. I’m not sure if this mod combo will work, they claim it does, and it’s as simple as changing one of the game files to add “panam romanceable”, but fingers crossed. Will report back… :)



Holy Moley I hit the mother load with this mod, playing as a Female V, I've got both Pan Am and Judy as girl friends. What I think it does is designates PanAm as girl romanceable. And Judy, I was feared, I'd be having to drop one or the other, but I took a chance. If you tell Judy, it was just a casual affair, she drops you like a hot potato... save reload. If you say "it's the start of something special", she give you the keys to her apartment (this is why you should dislike the inability to make multiple manual saves as in some other games I'm playing.

By all reports, in the vanilla game, as a girl, you can only romance one male, River or one female, Judy. If playing a guy, you can romance, Pan Am or the Kerry (guy) from the Band. This mod must confuse the game to a degree or it puts your character in the neutral zone where it does not react how it usually would, because it does not register to Judy, that you are in a serious relationship with Pan Am, and now both are calling to come spend time with me. Sweet! :D

It will be all right though. My time is short, I care for both of them, and might as well live life to the fullest for the time I have left, and explain to them how much I care for both of them and how a threesome easily works... because I never pick the ending with a dismal future. 🤔
 
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Does modding work in the Mac version?

There are lots of good pc mods but many of them depend on different framework mods to run.
 
Interesting enough I play without mods in this game. What are you contemplating?
I have played some heavy modded variant on pc. Now I mostly missing the moody ones where you can change weather, add music radio channels and add a bit more dialog and interaction with npcs.
 
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As an update, Photo Mode with Path Tracing is working now. I am still early in the game, and am going to experiment with FG 2x. I get in the 50's with "everything" turned on (plus PT) with DLSS set to Auto on a LG CX.
 
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Mods should work.

That is the hope, though it only matters if you are using Path Tracing, so most folks are not aff

As an update, Photo Mode with Path Tracing is working now. I am still early in the game, and am going to experiment with FG 2x. I get in the 50's with "everything" turned on (plus PT) with DLSS set to Auto on a LG CX.
Need to re try my 1st attempts seemed to missing.
New Thumbnail added re enabled PT.
 
Here is what I got.
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Here is my benchmark score
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I could probably do better if I controled the cooling of my SFF rig better.
 
Over to Performance Cores.
Surprise Few extra fps from Ray Reconstruction.
 

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