It is highly necessary to disable any Dx11 settings.
Required graphics settings are outlined in the ‘Installation Guide’ text. Depth of field also has to be disabled through config editing, which my mod installation article shows. “ Check my mod installation article for in-depth info on utilizing Reshade properly. Like we said, this is a graphics overhaul.
If that’s not enough, you’ll now find Global Illumination, the Depth of Field has been disabled (good!), the quality of the shadows have been improved, we’ve got subsurface scattering, and even more reflections have been enabled on various surfaces in game. You’ll also see that he’s stripped back the HBAO and replaced it with HBAO+, which was the format used for Arkham Origins and while more demanding, it looks a lot better. The mod brings new textures to the game, giving it a much crisper look which is great for high resolutions.
Modder GP-Unity has released his new graphics overhaul mod for Batman: Arkham City and he hasn’t skimped on the details here either. However, modders can always take a game one higher, developers max out at 10, mods go to 11 so to speak. The Batman series has long been a strong contender when it comes to giving your graphics cards a bloody good workout, with some stunning open worlds, physics, and a truckload of post processing effects.