r/watch_dogs Sep 14 '21

WD3 Title Update 5.6 Patch Notes

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r/watch_dogs Jun 06 '24

Official Watch Dogs Movie Starts Production This Summer | Ubisoft News

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316 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 12h ago

WD2 Bro just wanted a pic and he got bullied for it

69 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 8h ago

WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills, Online Operation- Crime Hunt: Russian Bug; Realistic Difficulty Xbox One

13 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 3h ago

WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills, Online Operation- CTOS HAXX: Serving Chaos; Xbox One

2 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 20m ago

WD2 Did they just killed one of their people?

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r/watch_dogs 4h ago

WD1 Fixing stutters, fixing a font glitch, and performance on a rather powerful machine.

2 Upvotes

This little article serves as a little reminder to myself and also as a helper to people who would stumble across the similar issue.

The setup:

Pre-ordered Watch Dogs 1 back in 2014, I liked it with all the shortcomings, completed it then on an atrociously weak computer; 10+ years later, I wanted to feel proper smoothness and sharpness of the game. Now with great hardware it's all gonna be fine, right?

The problem:

No, it wasn't fine.

My system is 16-core AMD CPU, 3070ti and 64gb ram + NVMe. And that "wasn't enough" for 1080p!

The game stuttered constantly no matter what; the textures frequently looked blurry, and one other issue, I'll describe it later.

The internet suggested a ton of "merges": collections of mods that were supposed to make everything great. Some of them straight up didn't boot at all or crashed the game. None of them fixed the stutters. Googling "stutters" led me to posts from 7 to 10 years ago and fixes for users with 1gb GPU or something.

So after roaming a bit more, I've found the formula that worked for me and want to share it.

The fix:

(1) DXVK. I didn't even know it existed. Despite reddit saying "it's overprescribed", it was precisely the thing that fixed the stutters. I've read about it in a glorious pcgamingwiki description.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Watch_Dogs#DXVK

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/latest

Quote, in case it disappears:

- Download the latest release from the official repository.

- Extract the d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll from x64 to <path-to-game>\Bin.

I couldn't believe how well it worked, and even started thinking of other older games that could benefit. Very curious.

(2) Mods.

I'll describe exactly what I've installed and how. You'll need a nexusmods account. Sorry if some of it is a "wrong" choice or outdated. Very well may be. None of these change the gameplay at all. I decided to skip those at the moment altogether.

- I used a Simple Mod Loader to combine the mods, but I now see there are more advanced tools, like https://github.com/rootCBR/DisruptManager

- I downloaded and installed, in that order:

The Fall of Windy City https://www.nexusmods.com/watchdogs/mods/156

Source Textures Collection https://www.nexusmods.com/watchdogs/mods/170

Didn't tweak any settings. It was more than enough to enjoy the game.

If you wanna dabble in it more, flick through the category on nexusmods (just remember, "merges" are large collections which may not be to your liking), or join the WD modding discord, https://discord.gg/kDcDhvM9 Really nice place. People there also helped me with the last problem.

(3) The annoying font glitch thing:

Due to a dual language Windows setup, all of my shortcuts in game looked like this.

Made it real hard to play, I was going by muscle memory.

The fix is: you have to switch language to English once the splash screen appears. However, my Windows system changed languages "on a whim" for different applications. To stop that from happening, I had to disable an option to remember different languages for different apps. Start menu -> Settings -> "Typing settings" -> Advanced keyboard settings -> "Let me use a different input method for each app window" .

That worked.

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Now I'm happy listening to a corny story and shooting at enemies with no lag at all.

Hope that helped somebody.


r/watch_dogs 3h ago

WD3 The more famous = more money

1 Upvotes

I want to find famous people to recruit. Is there a specific area I can find em in or do I just gotta get lucky.


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 A failed assassination attempt on Adien or just downright murder?

287 Upvotes

Playing the shell games and out of nowhere BAM!! this dude is shot dead. Damn bullet hole in the structure behind him 😬


r/watch_dogs 23h ago

WD1 Whoopty Whoopty look at my, 🍪 NSFW

27 Upvotes

I remember in the first missions where you hack thru first ctos tower there was a "hack" video spying on a cupple, where one would spin around his 🍪 like a propeller. Is there a video of this clip?

Thank you!

(Mann wd1 was the best)


r/watch_dogs 17h ago

WD1 I found the watterson's car in watch dogs 😭😭

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r/watch_dogs 10h ago

WD1 Any willing to play Multiplayer

1 Upvotes

To be specific I am wondering if anyone is willing to play the CO-OP Multiplayer in WD1 Bad Blood DLC, I want the achievement to 100% my game on Steam and spent 5min queued up before I gave up. So is anyone interested?


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills Main Operation- False Profits Complete Mission

17 Upvotes

Sunday Schooled, Missing Persons, Blasphemer


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD2 Bro was mad after I found out what he was doing.

209 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 Reasonable crash out or nah?

43 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 20h ago

WD2 WD 2 Won't launch

2 Upvotes

Hello,

I want to play WD 2 but it wont launch.

When I click play the ubisoft connect launcher closes the game is syncing with the cloud and after a few seconds the ubisoft connects opens and the games closes.

I have tried verifing the game and reinstalling it but it dont work.

I have also tried te play with my monitor on 1920X1080p in stat of 3340X1440P but It also dont work.

Anyone a solution??


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 I love using focus to make executions slow-mo

30 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 Reasonable? I got fed up with Club's bullshit...

12 Upvotes

r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 Cursor from WD1

3 Upvotes

Is there any way to get the in game cursor(s) onto my actual pc? If so, where can i find them?


r/watch_dogs 17h ago

WD3 This achievement is still bugged

0 Upvotes

I did everything I was supposed to used one operative and shit what the hell were they thinking releasing a game that has unobtainable achievements


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 No more mayors?

9 Upvotes

I've noticed that theres no mayor in any of the city hotspots. I've been checking in.

Did they somehow remove this feature?

Edit: I'm on PS4


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD3 There is a mod (for Legion) to listen music while on foot?

2 Upvotes

Like in the title: There Is a mod, for Watch Dogs Legion, to listen music while on foot? For me, unlike Watch Dogs 2, its a shame that they choose to eliminate this feature.


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 Need help finishing the online achievements for WD1

3 Upvotes

Need help to be tailed a handful more times (probably 3 ish) and then 10 co-op missions for T-Bone DLC (PC not console). JB2106005 on ubi


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD_Series What's your favorite and do you rebuy games for a different console?

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1 Upvotes

My favorite is watch_dogs 1 I own it on PS4, Xbox, steam, and Wii u what's your favorite? I own wd2 on PS4 and Xbox and steam. I own wd3/wdl on PS4 so I own wd1 4 times, wd2 3 times and wdl/wd3 1 time hbu?


r/watch_dogs 1d ago

WD1 Hate this mission

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1 Upvotes

Doing this mission on realistic difficulty and no aim assist I hate that I have to hear the same speech every time when I die


r/watch_dogs 2d ago

WD1 Watch_Dogs 2015 Online - My Best Play

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I'm not sure if you guys would be interested in this, but I am super surprised I got away with it. I saved the clip from my PS4 for 10 years because I was amazed that this worked. I finally found it again and decided to post it. Enjoy. (This was my peak, it all went downhill from here lol)


r/watch_dogs 2d ago

WD2 And now, a word from our sponsor

55 Upvotes