How to enable native MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering - FLHDE/freelancer-hd-edition GitHub Wiki

NOTE: the Freelancer: HD Edition installer already offers MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering options out of the box. They can be enabled when either the dgVoodoo or DxWrapper Graphics API option has been selected during the installation.

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However, MSAA and Anisotropic Filtering can still be applied manually after the installation. N.B. This will only work if you have enabled either the dgVoodoo or DxWrapper Graphics API when installing this mod!

DxWrapper

  1. Open the EXE folder where Freelancer: HD Edition has been installed
  2. Right-click dxwrapper.ini, and open Properties
  3. Make sure the attribute Read-only is unchecked
  4. Open dxwrapper.ini with a text editor
  5. Find line 63 which starts with AnisotropicFiltering
    1. Change the number right to the = sign to one of the following values:
      1. 0 = Off
      2. 1 = Automatically choose the highest option your graphics card supports
      3. 2 = 2x
      4. 4 = 4x
      5. 8 = 8x
      6. 16 = 16x
  6. Find line 64 which starts with AntiAliasing
    1. Change the number right to the = sign to one of the following values:
      1. 0 = Off
      2. 1 = On
  7. Save the file and exit.
    1. If the file doesn't save, try running your text editor as an administrator.

dgVoodoo

  1. Open the EXE folder where Freelancer: HD Edition has been installed
  2. Right-click dgVoodoo.conf, and open Properties
  3. Make sure the attribute Read-only is unchecked
  4. Extract the dgVoodooCpl.7z file using an archive program like 7-Zip; the password can be found in the dgVoodooCpl_password.txt file
  5. Open dgVoodooCpl.exe as an administrator
  6. Make sure Config folder / Running instance is set to the installation directory of Freelancer: HD Edition
  7. Open the DirectX tab
  8. Change the Texture Filtering option accordingly
  9. Change the Antialiasing (MSAA) option accordingly
  10. Press Apply and OK