Little Nightmares

Little Nightmares

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"Little" shadow improvement (also works for Little Nightmares 2!)
Oleh Vlad
This guide explains how to modify the game configuration files by yourself to improve the quality of the shadows in the game.
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Requirements
The game should work without problems on your system at maximum graphics quality settings.

Choose the “Ultra” option for shadows separately or use the “Ultra” preset for graphics quality.
Necessary files
Engine.ini and Scalability.ini.

Both files are located in the WindowsNoEditor folder.

Path for Little Nightmares
Steam\steamapps\common\Little Nightmares\Atlas\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

Path for Little Nightmares 2
C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Helios\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor *

* How to show the hidden folder AppData.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files-0320fe58-0117-fd59-6851-9b7f9840fdb2
Modification
I found a new modification method that has better performance and better quality than the previous method!

1. Open the Engine.ini configuration file with a text editor (Notepad, WordPad).

2. Start a new paragraph. Write or paste the following text.

[SystemSettings]
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixel=9.675590551181102
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixelPointlight=9.675590551181102
r.Shadow.PointLightDepthBias=0.2
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixelSpotlight=9.675590551181102


3. Save the changes and close the file.

4. Open the Scalability.ini configuration file with a text editor.

5. Write or paste the following text.

[ShadowQuality@3]
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=4096
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=4096
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.02


Sixth. Save the changes and close the file.
Result
Ultra settings.

The envelope on the floor, the tin cans and the doorknob don't cast a shadow.
Six has a low-resolution shadow from her hood.

Modified settings.

Crisp, detailed shadows.
All small objects now cast a shadow.


9 Komentar
//Moshi.Chr// 5 Jun 2023 @ 10:04am 
Not sure if this is a good thing, pretty sure this game's terms of agreement said something about that you shouldn't do this kind of thing. Envelope almost kind of looks like it's hovering slightly now because of the shadow, I don't think it was meant to be but that's just my opinion.
Ptwice 9 Sep 2021 @ 12:49pm 
Oh I get it LITTLE because The games called LITTLE nightmares. I'm so smart
itz_six_from_little_nightmares 22 Nov 2020 @ 12:54pm 
. . . this is nice but its hard to see what it says on the paper.
Vlad  [pembuat] 5 Mei 2020 @ 11:36am 
Cheers!
Marleybop 5 Mei 2020 @ 9:42am 
The game already looks beautiful, however between this "little" tweak and the film grain removal... It's perfect! Thank you!
Vlad  [pembuat] 12 Sep 2019 @ 11:10pm 
You are welcome.
Alo81 12 Sep 2019 @ 6:14pm 
Hey thanks for sharing dude
Vlad  [pembuat] 8 Sep 2019 @ 1:18am 
I'm glad you appreciate it.
混合点套娃 8 Sep 2019 @ 12:33am 
Hey, that's a really nice little improvement! :yazdsmile: