Turning down the population quality setting seems to turn down the density of other characters. That isn’t a fluke - or, at least, it doesn’t appear like one. In addition, you can see three students sitting in the Ultra screenshot that isn’t present in the others. Hogwarts, in particular, is washed out in dust and fog that mostly disappears at lower-quality settings. The devil is in the details.įirst, notice how much more fog there is in the air with the Ultra preset. These images were taken after a full reboot of the game to verify that the changes were applied, as well. As you can see in the screenshot above, there’s very little difference between the Low preset, Ultra preset, and my recommended settings. Hogwarts Legacy‘s quality settings are deceptive. After running around Hogwarts and Hogsmeade for a few hours, here are the best settings I found for Hogwarts Legacy: Hogwarts Legacy includes a benchmark that will automatically apply recommended settings based on your hardware, but you shouldn’t trust it.

If you played the game during the early access period, make sure you update to get the latest performance fixes on PC. Hogwarts Legacy received a day-one patch on PC that improved stability and fixed stuttering issues.

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