Why this guide exists Let’s be honest: Nioh on PC is a fantastic game buried under a few baffling defaults. Team Ninja gave us a solid port, but the settings menu lied to you. Mouse acceleration? On by default. 60 FPS cap? Yep. A hidden lag spike tied to your controller type? Absolutely.
Go back to Engine.ini in WindowsNoEditor and add: nioh pcgamingwiki
[SystemSettings] r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=0 r.DefaultFeature.AmbientOcclusion=False This disables the muddy, crush-black AO. The game looks flatter but cleaner , and you’ll stop walking past Kodama spirits because they’re hidden in fake shadow. Skip the 4K texture packs. Skip the reshades. Go to the PCGamingWiki page and find the link to “Nioh Resolution Scaling Fix” (or the “Disable Adaptive Resolution” mod). Why this guide exists Let’s be honest: Nioh