How to Turn Off Motion Blur in Dying Light: The Beast
Motion blur is a common complaint in first-person games, and Dying Light: The Beast is no exception. Add in film grain, depth blur, and camera shake, and it can feel like you're sprinting through vaseline. Players on PC especially need a way to clean this up fast.
Here’s how to turn off motion blur in Dying Light: The Beast, fix the locked setting, and tweak your field of view for better visibility.
How to disable motion blur in settings menu
From the main menu or in-game, go to Settings, then open the Video tab.
Now press the Advanced Settings button (usually shown as "F" on PC). In this menu, set Motion Blur Intensity to zero. You can also turn off Film Grain and Chromatic Aberration here. These effects aren’t linked to gameplay and only make things harder to see.
If Motion Blur Intensity is grayed out or blocked, use the method below to fix it.
Fix motion blur locked or missing
If the motion blur slider is disabled, go to Accessibility Settings.
Turn off the option called Reduce Motion Sickness. This setting automatically locks some visual effects like motion blur. Once it's off, go back to Advanced Video and try again.
If the setting is still blocked or not working, you can override it through a config file edit.
Turn off motion blur with config file
Go to your Documents folder and open the Dying Light The Beast folder (obviously be careful messing with any files). Inside, go to the "out" folder, then open the file called video.src using a text editor like Notepad.
At the bottom of the file, add these lines:
MotionBlur(0)
DepthOfField(0)
ExtraGameFov(40)
Save the file, then right-click it and mark it as Read Only. This keeps the game from changing the settings when it launches.
Setting ExtraGameFov to 40 boosts your field of view to around 97. You can raise or lower that number depending on what feels right.
Final Blurb
Motion blur settings in Dying Light: The Beast are oddly hidden for a modern PC game. But once you dig into the advanced video options or edit the config file, you can strip out most of the messy effects. Turning it off makes a huge difference in both clarity and control.
FAQ
Why can’t I change motion blur in the settings?
You probably have Reduce Motion Sickness turned on in Accessibility. Turn it off, then go back to the video settings.
Where is the config file for graphics?
It's inside Documents, under Dying Light The Beast, in a folder called "out." The file is named video.src.
What does ExtraGameFov(40) do?
It increases your field of view. The default is around 57. Setting it to 40 gives you about 97 in-game FOV, which is better for awareness on PC.
Why mark the file as Read Only?
If you don’t, the game may reset the values the next time it loads. Marking it as Read Only keeps your changes locked in.
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