Watch_Dogs 2

Watch_Dogs 2

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Proper fix for sky flickering on RTX 30/40 GPUs | NO VULCAN
By RegLoiD
Imagine being a 'AAAA' game developer and not fixing your game™

So, I heard you've bought a nice shiny 2k dollars RTX 4090 card and decided to play in WD2 but for some strange reason Ubisoft wants you to die from epilepsy? Don't you worry, this guide will help you stay alive and actually enjoy the game on your beast of a PC.
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STEPS TO FIX THE ISSUE
1 - Download Nvidia Inspector from Github[github.com]
2 - Download Reference.xml for Nvidia Profile Inspector from here[mega.nz]
3 - Unzip the archive with Inspector to an empty folder, move Reference.xml to that folder.
4 - Run nvidiaProfileInspector.exe as an administrator
5 - Select 'Watch Dogs 2' in the 'Profiles' dropdown menu
6 - Press on 'magnifying glass' button
7 - Now you need to find these 2 strings and change its settings.
  • "PS_SHADER_CONST_EXPRESSIONS - PS_SHADER_CONST_EXPRESSIONS_ON"
  • "PS_CONST_FOLDING - PS_CONST_FOLDING_OFF"

It should look like this:


8 - If it doesn't show up like on my screenshots, scroll down to the 'Unknown' section, find 0x00FC7620 change it to 0x00000001 after that find 0x00A4F311 and change it to 0xA2B5376 (Thanks 'e' for this info)
9 - Press 'Apply changes' in the right upper corner. Now you can close the program.
10 - Run the game and enjoy :)

Q: Does it work for RTX50?
A: No. You don't have to comment on that, it's not me who developed this fix
Q: Will it alter game's performance?
A: It shouldn't
Q: Do I need to disable anti-cheat?
A: No
Q: Some textures are still flickering, is there a fix?
A: No, at least as of right now
Q: Is Ubisoft ever gonna fix this issue?
A: Ubisoft and fixing something? Hell no

P.S: THIS METHOD WAS DISCOVERED BY THE USER NAMED GUZZ ON GURU3D FORUMS, ALL CREDITS GO TO THEM
98 Comments
DrSleepy 30 Jul @ 3:15pm 
For this fix to work properly and get no flickering at all you will need to disable the ultra high textures, this worked for me :wd:
5ee 18 Jul @ 8:45am 
sky flickering is fixed, some textures still flicker, at ultra settings rtx 4070
草薙 沙羅 (Kusanagi Sara) 12 Jul @ 11:00am 
Si Funciona Con la 4060 Ti
red 10 Jul @ 9:34pm 
On Linux, use the following launch option: ACO_DEBUG=force-waitdeps %command%
Blink 9 Jul @ 4:11pm 
watch and follow this video guys works as of 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyJuLFJnFg&list=LL&index=2&t=116s
kennyS 8 Jul @ 3:47am 
Thanks
SpookySnake 7 Jul @ 1:59pm 
Not working on RTX 5070
S0kk0 7 Jul @ 6:58am 
It helped me on RTX 4070 Ti Super. Thank you :steamthumbsup:
LieP⎔shKa 26 Jun @ 2:46am 
This didn't work on my RTX 4060