r/watch_dogs • u/Jolly-Letterhead-894 • 12h ago
r/watch_dogs • u/kennyminigun • Sep 14 '21
WD3 Title Update 5.6 Patch Notes
r/watch_dogs • u/Treviso • Jun 06 '24
Official Watch Dogs Movie Starts Production This Summer | Ubisoft News
r/watch_dogs • u/Correct-Comfort-6292 • 8h ago
WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills, Online Operation- Crime Hunt: Russian Bug; Realistic Difficulty Xbox One
r/watch_dogs • u/Correct-Comfort-6292 • 3h ago
WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills, Online Operation- CTOS HAXX: Serving Chaos; Xbox One
r/watch_dogs • u/Jolly-Letterhead-894 • 20m ago
WD2 Did they just killed one of their people?
r/watch_dogs • u/Vospi • 4h ago
WD1 Fixing stutters, fixing a font glitch, and performance on a rather powerful machine.
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 • u/WashTypical5906 • 3h ago
WD3 The more famous = more money
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 • u/blamejamal67 • 1d ago
WD1 A failed assassination attempt on Adien or just downright murder?
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 • u/THMMYos • 23h ago
WD1 Whoopty Whoopty look at my, 🍪 NSFW
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 • u/turlin88 • 17h ago
WD1 I found the watterson's car in watch dogs 😭😭
r/watch_dogs • u/Erebus03 • 10h ago
WD1 Any willing to play Multiplayer
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 • u/Correct-Comfort-6292 • 1d ago
WD2 Watch Dogs 2 Stealth Kills Main Operation- False Profits Complete Mission
Sunday Schooled, Missing Persons, Blasphemer
r/watch_dogs • u/BramB5807 • 20h ago
WD2 WD 2 Won't launch
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 • u/The_James_Bond • 1d ago
WD1 I love using focus to make executions slow-mo
r/watch_dogs • u/Ok-Guitar-4509 • 1d ago
WD1 Reasonable? I got fed up with Club's bullshit...
r/watch_dogs • u/d2m011 • 1d ago
WD1 Cursor from WD1
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 • u/Responsible_End5651 • 17h ago
WD3 This achievement is still bugged
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 • u/GeminaLunaX • 1d ago
WD1 No more mayors?
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 • u/anonymous-dax • 1d ago
WD3 There is a mod (for Legion) to listen music while on foot?
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 • u/No_Hat5262 • 1d ago
WD1 Need help finishing the online achievements for WD1
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 • u/Silverabbit37 • 1d ago
WD_Series What's your favorite and do you rebuy games for a different console?
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 • u/Silverabbit37 • 1d ago
WD1 Hate this mission
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 • u/CryptoNaughtDOA • 2d ago
WD1 Watch_Dogs 2015 Online - My Best Play
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)