Since the initial release of the New Colossus Tweaker for Wolfenstein II, I was asked by a few people if there was a way to disable the rendering of the fog, which is prevalent in many levels throughout the game. As in the previous games, there is indeed a way to stop rendering the fog, which I included as an option in the new version v0.2 of the mod. As with the head bobbing, you can use a corresponding toggle binding to switch the effect on or off from within the game.
However, unlike for example Wolfentein: The Old Blood, where the fog was used rather conservatively, the levels in New Colossus were deliberately designed with the fog in mind. Most notably, it has a big influence on how levels are lit. While some areas in my opinion look flat out better without the fog, others arguably look weird or at least very different.
I compiled a series of screenshots to highlight the differences for several areas. You can right click an image and open it in a new tab for a full size version.
The first thing I noticed was how many areas are using fog at least in some way. Even many indoor areas, such as Evas Hammer, use fog to a certain degree; mostly to create light shaft effects, which I often found to be a bit too intense.
In some areas, such as Venus, the fog actually hides a lot of detail that is almost invisible with the fog enabled.
Other outdoor areas hide details behind the fog too, but sometimes also backgrounds that are of poorer quality.
Darker areas often have the most severe differences in appearance. One obvious example is the enigma version of the Mesquite farmhouse.
There are also levels that are clearly designed with the fog in place and show really weird lighting when it is disabled; for example some New Orleans areas.
If you want to try it out for yourself, you can find the mod along with additional information on PC Gaming Wiki here.
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