Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition - 60 FPS Mod Switch

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 60 FPS MOD
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 60 FPS MOD
General
Author	redforge, masagrator
Type	Game Hacks
Version	2020
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2020/06/20
Links
	Download
	Website

60 FPS mod for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.

In order to achieve the desired framerate, certain sacrifices need to be made, and in this case, it involves adjusting the resolution of the game. The graphics ini file included in the mod sets the docked resolution to a lower 640x504. Some anti-aliasing and other settings have been adjusted to recover some detail, but it still looks noticeably worse that the default 720p. UI retains full resolution.

The author have configured the graphics settings to look as good as possible while running consistently keeping up a constant 60 FPS in docked and handheld modes. If, at any point, the game fails to maintain 60 FPS, it will drop to 30 FPS. While the game itself will continue running at full speed, the user interface (UI) will run at half speed. Due to the game's utilization of frameskip instead of deltatime, achieving a fully dynamic framerate is not possible with this method.

Installation

Atmosphere is required (other CFWs might work if you rename stuff, haven't tested)

Extract XenobladeDE-60fps-upd1.zip to the root of your switch's SD card.

The atmosphere folder in the zip should be merged with the one on the SD card. Make sure you have the included files in exactly the right place.

Included files (Delete these to uninstall):

/atmosphere/contents/0100FF500E34A000/romfs/monolib/shader/lin_nx.ini - Graphics config.
/atmosphere/exefs_patches/xcde_60fps/1EC9082CB52ECAF561EE45BC00FF318E9912232B.ips - Patch to unlock framerate.

Make sure you have the 1.1.1 day-one update. For 1.1.2 you can try this update by moddingiscool.

User guide

Overclock (sys-clk) is highly recommended as this needs as much performance as it can get.

Recommended OC settings (will not stay at 60 FPS without this):

docked_cpu=1785
docked_gpu=921
handheld_cpu=1224
handheld_gpu=537

Screenshots

Docked mode, 30 FPS, default settings

Docked mode, 60 FPS, included settings

Changelog

Upd1 2020/06/20

Updated the zip to use Massagrator's updated 60fps patch. Make sure to delete the old patch if updating.

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