Can you remove yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws?

How to disable yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws.
Players wanting to disable yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws need to look no further (Image via Ubisoft)

Yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws are used to signal the next path, designate climbable surfaces, or put emphasis on interactive or breakable objects. While this feature has several obvious benefits and is especially useful for newcomers or casual players, some people find it intrusive and immersion-breaking at the very least. Thankfully, players can disable this in only a few steps.

Star Wars fans are looking forward to trying Star Wars Outlaws, set in the cinematic universe between The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) timeline. Coming across yellow paint highlights while exploring the world can be distracting, which is why Ubisoft has provided a way for players to disable them. Doing so results in the game becoming more visually immersive.

In this article, we shall take a look at how players can disable the usage of yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws, released on August 30, 2024.


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How can you disable yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws

Accessing the settings menu in Star Wars Outlaws (Image via Ubisoft)
Accessing the settings menu in Star Wars Outlaws (Image via Ubisoft)

Players first come across these novice player-friendly yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws while following the plot where Kay Vess, a young rascal organizes a big theft to pay off a crime syndicate. Along with this, gamers are also looking for ways to remove the cinematic black bars in the game so that they can get on with their shenanigans alongside their trusty partner-in-crime, Nix.

The gameplay tab houses many player-friendly features (Image via Ubisoft)
The gameplay tab houses many player-friendly features (Image via Ubisoft)

The Steps to disable yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws

Step 1) Open the settings menu after getting into the game

Step 2) Go to the Gameplay menu in the settings tab

Step 3) Find the Visual section in the Gameplay menu

Step 4) Turn on the Explorer Mode to disable yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws.

Turning on the Explorer mode disables yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws (Image via Ubisoft)
Turning on the Explorer mode disables yellow paint highlights in Star Wars Outlaws (Image via Ubisoft)

This will allow players to explore and unravel the mysteries in this Star Wars universe by themselves, and add a touch of immersion to the already existing open world developed with the Star Wars cinematic universe in mind.

An important point to note about the Explorer Mode is that it cannot be enabled while the High-Contrast Mode is active and vice versa. You can only enable one of them in the settings menu.


More on Star Wars Outlaws

Kay and Nix against the Galactic Empire (Image via Ubisoft)
Kay and Nix against the Galactic Empire (Image via Ubisoft)

Star Wars Outlaws is the latest release from the devs at Ubisoft, launched on August 30, 2024.

The minimum system requirements for it are:

  • Operating System - WINDOWS 10 / 11 WITH DIRECTX 12
  • CPU - INTEL® CORE™ i7-8700K / AMD RYZEN™ 5 3600
  • Graphics - GEFORCE® GTX 1660 · 6GB / AMD RX 5600 XT · 6GB / INTEL® ARC A750 · 8GB (REBAR ON)
  • RAM - 16 GB (dual-channel mode)
  • Storage - 65 GB SSD
  • Resolution - 1080p / 30 Fps / Low Preset with Upscaler Set to Quality

However, the recommended system requirements for Star Wars Outlaws are:

  • Operating System - WINDOWS 10 / 11 WITH DIRECTX 12
  • CPU - INTEL® CORE™ i5-10400, AMD RYZEN™ 5 5600X
  • Graphics - GEFORCE® RTX™ 3060 TI · 8GB, AMD RX 6700 XT · 12GB
  • RAM - 16 GB (dual-channel mode)
  • Storage - 65 GB SSD
  • Resolution - 1080p / 60 Fps / High Preset with Upscaler Set to Quality

With a scenic setting and a gameplay structure that can take Star Wars fans back to a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars Outlaws provides a memorable experience as a game set in this cinematic universe.


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