Hogwarts Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023, and also one of the best-looking... but now, the game can look even better with the "Ultra Plus Ultimate Visual" mod. The new changes are thanks to modder "ElAnalistaDeBits" which you can scope out in the video below, but underneath there are some significant improvements to the graphics and experience of Hogwarts Legacy.

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We've got some major visual improvements including better global illumination, reflections, ambient occlusion, and ray tracing... all improved. The game looks great in "Vanilla" but man, Hogwarts Legacy looks gorgeous with the new Ultra Plus mod applied. Check it out:

If you've got the high-end hardware to crank up the visual dials in Hogwarts Legacy with the new Ultra Plus mod applied, you ought to try it out. If you don't have a high-end Gaming PC to play with it, well we've got you covered with our range of console-killing Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PCs, and our ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs.

Here's the full list of improvements to Hogwarts Legacy through the new Ultra Plus mod:

Fixes all performance problems:

•     Fixes broken LOD definitions in Hogsmeade and elsewhere
•     Reduces memory usage
•     Improves stability
•     Reworks the texture streamer to fix hitches/stutters
•     Fixes slow texture loading
•     Completely disables Chroma SDK plugin (DLL)
•     Makes the game playable even on lower-end PCs!

Dramatically improves game visuals:

•     Forces higher than cut-scene visuals for the whole game
•     Fixes noisy raytraced reflections
•     Enables global illumination (either RTGI or SSGI)
•     Enables raytraced water (optional)
•     Enables raytraced shadows for the whole map
•     Improves screenspace reflections
•     Removes the sepia look (optional)
•     Adjusts contrast / washed out look
•     Fixes blurriness
•     Enables TAA Gen5 (which is used extensively in DLSS also)
•     Improves the sky and clouds above cut-scene quality
•     Improves lighting on the ground cast from the sky
•     Enables raytracing integration with particle FX (Insane only)
•     Hand-tunes all in-game graphics settings (see what they do below)

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