The First Descendantis the latest multiplayer title from NEXON that makes good use of Unreal Engine 5. There are plenty of settings to tweak in-game, but a few notable omissions as well. Similar to a few recent Unreal Engine 5 titles, the game has a distinct lack of downsampling options despite upscaling technologies available. If you want to enable DSR or VSR in The First Descendant externally, here is how you may do that.
Enable DSR in The First Descendant
To enable DSRor VSR support inThe First Descendant, you can eithermanually set the resolution of your desktop to your target super resolution, orautomate the processusingAutoActions.
In my case, I have a 1080p monitor, but I like to use DSR as well as DLDSR to play at a higher resolution on my smaller screen for improved image quality, even at the cost of performance. Sadly, The First Descendant maxes out on your default resolution, which is 1080p in my case.
Here is how you can address this.
Change Desktop Resolution
The first solution is pretty straightforward but can be a bit tedious. Simply change the resolution of your desktop to a higher value that you plan on downsampling from. For example, you may set the resolution to 4K if you want to use factors until that point in-game.
After that, the desired resolutions will show up in-game. However, this method has a few caveats.
Use AutoActions
AutoActions is an open-source free automation tool that allows you to create profiles that change resolution, framerate, HDR, and even color depth upon launching and closing an application.
It’s very easy to set up, and I’ll explain the steps below.
Now that we have created a profile, we can force The First Descendant to use it.
After you’re done setting up the profile, minimize AutoActions, and launch The First Descendant. You’ll now see more resolution options, and the refresh rate will be set to your desired value accordingly.
Upon closing the game, AutoActions will change the desktop resolution and set the refresh rate accordingly. This makes it really easy to handle titles that sadly don’t have proper support for downsampling.
PC users can run into other potential issues while playing The First Descendant, including not being able tosave their settings, or theDirectX 12 error. For more on The First Descendant, make sure tocheck out our dedicated section.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
