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[Crimson Corsair]

Hello all,

I have read on here till my eyes nearly bled. Trying to figure out why, after a certain patch I dont remember which one, or windows update, Mwo started running like hell. I have set power plans to what the forums have said, I have used different user configs, with a tuner. My gpu will run at nearly 100% just idling on mwo main screen. I, for the life of me dont know what else to try. Like I said before, the game at one point ran perfectly without any fps drops. Ill post system specs from a benchmark test and my user config

If I,ve overlooked something or havent posted something fully or correctly let me know please, im not ultra tech savvy.


CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile)
SSD: Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
RAM: Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB
MBD: Dell XPS 15 9560

the above didnt post that the intigrated is a intel hd 630


Hopefully im smart enough to have done the spoiler below with the user.config in it right, if not i apologize.

In the Nvidia control panel i have bot the Global settings, and program setttings for mwo set to high performance Nvidia processor(got the setup for this from a mwo post about optimization settings being close to the settings for pubg)?

Spoiler

--; *****************
--; * SYSTEM *
--; *****************

--; 0) normal - all cores / PROPER *DECIMAL* INPUT AFFINITY CONTROL
--sys_affinity = 56

--; Sets the upper limit for frame time (in ms) when monitoring budget | 33) normal ( 30 fps )
--sys_budget_frametime = 16

--; sets the upper limit for number of draw calls per frame. | 3000) normal
--sys_budget_numdrawcalls = 2000

--; 1) normal - enable optimization / 0) disable optimization
--sys_deferAudioUpdateOptim = 0

--; Enables budget monitoring. | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--sys_enable_budgetmonitoring = 1

--; Speedup files loading from DVD | 0) normal - off - ALL OPTIONS LOCKED
--sys_FileReadSequencer =

--; Controls curve tessellation. Larger values result in coarser, more angular curves | 1) normal
--sys_flash_curve_tess_error = 1

--; Enables/disables edge anti-aliased rendering of flash files | 1) normal
--sys_flash_edgeaa = 0

--; Clears stencil buffer alternate mode | 0) normal - clear command / 1) draw rect
--sys_flash_newstencilclear = 1

--; Specifies the size (in kb) of the static memory pool for flash objects / 0) normal - use dynamic pool / +) set limit - CRASHES?
--sys_flash_static_pool_size = 16384

--; Enables creation of temporary instances through designated memory arena | 1) normal
--sys_flash_use_temp_arena = 1

--; Sets verbosity level for CryEngine related warnings | 1) normal - log warning / 2) log warning and display message / 0) omit warning
--sys_flash_warning_level = 0

--; Enable the JobSystem | 1) enabled, each job is invoked in one of the worker threads / 0) disabled, each job is executed in its invoking thread.
sys_job_system_enable = 0

--; Sets the number of threads to use for the job system | 8) normal - PC / 4) console / 0) as many threads as available cores
--sys_job_system_max_worker = 0

--; Limits p_num_threads to physical CPU count | 1) normal - limit? / 0) dont limit ?
--sys_limit_phys_thread_count = 0

--; Limits the frame rate to specified number | 0) normal / wouldnt call this overly reliable ...
--sys_MaxFPS = -1

--; Preload Game Resources | 0) normal ? / 1) ?
--sys_preload = 1

--; Set the statobj geometry memory limit to check streaming (Mb/sec)
--sys_LocalMemoryGeometryLimit = 40

--; Stat object geometry streaming speed limit (approx, Mb/sec)
--sys_LocalMemoryGeometryStreamingSpeedLimit = 40

--; it will log the numeric values
--sys_LocalMemoryLogText = 1

--; Optimal calculation time (MSec) per secundum
--sys_LocalMemoryOptimalMSecPerSec = 100

--; Set the texture memory limit to check streaming (Mb/sec)
--sys_LocalMemoryTextureLimit = 40

--; Texture streaming speed limit (approx, Mb/sec)
--sys_LocalMemoryTextureStreamingSpeedLimit = 40

--; Specifies the maximum physics step in a separate thread
--sys_max_step = 0.016

--; Specifies the minimum physics step in a separate thread
--sys_min_step = 0.01

--; Reduce frame rate if window is not in focus | 0) use full resources (STREAMERS!) / 1) normal - reduce usage when alt-tabbed
sys_SleepIfInactive = 0

--; Enables capping of max streaming bandwidth in MB/s
--sys_streaming_max_bandwidth = 40

--; Maximum stream finalizing calls per frame to reduce the CPU impact on main thread | 0) normal - disable limit
--sys_streaming_max_finalize_per_frame = 256



--; *************************
--; * RESOLUTION *
--; *************************
--; THIS DOES NOT SET A RESOLUTION, BUT LOGS THE 'CURRENT' RESOLUTION
r_Width
r_Height

--; HIGH DEF SCREENSHOT RESOLUTION, USE WITH A FULL WINDOW FOR HIGHER RESOLUTION THAN YOUR SCREEN CAN HANDLE
--r_Width = 7680
--r_Height = 4320

--; ABSOLUTE MINIMUM RESOLUTION
--r_Width = 720
--r_Height = 576


--; *************************
--; * NETWORK *
--; *************************

--; Packet rate on client | this will jump fairly wildly sometimes, maybe a stable rate is better for some
cl_packetRate = 60

--; Whether or not mech on mech collisions should boost correction priority. This improves fidelity at the cost of bandwidth.
--gp_mech_movement_collision_boost_priority = 0

--; Allow net syncing/binding of breakage entities | could be bad form ?
--net_breakage_sync_entities = 1

--; Balances TCP friendlyness versus prioritization of game traffic
--net_bw_aggressiveness = 0.5

--; Display bandwidth statistics per-channel
net_channelstats = 0

--; Max bytes to send across the network across all blocks per second
--net_max_block_bytes_per_second = 0

--; Max block size in bytes
--net_max_block_size_bytes = 1024

--; Sets the maximum packet size we will attempt to send (not including UDP/other headers)
--net_maxpacketsize = 1000

--; Min block size in bytes
--net_min_block_size_bytes = 0

--; Minimum bitrate allowed for TCP friendly transmission
--net_minTCPFriendlyBitRate = 30000

--; When set to 1, this will try to minimize the number of packets sent on a channel.
net_new_queue_behaviour = 0

--; Controls the length of time between ping packets. | could be considered bad form
--net_ping_time = 5


--; *********************************
--; * SCALEFORM - HUD *
--; *********************************

--; Time in ms to wait between each mouse move hardware event |
gfx_inputevents_mouse_move_threshold = 0.002

--; How many frames till we update the AMS
gp_hud_ams_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the compass marker
gp_hud_compass_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the ECM.
gp_hud_ecm_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the engine.
gp_hud_engine_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the heading.
gp_hud_heading_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the heat.
gp_hud_heat_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the stealth armour.
gp_hud_stealth_armour_update = 1

--; How many targets to update per frame
gp_hud_targetinfo_update = 1

--; How many text warnings to update per frame
gp_hud_textwarning_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the throttle.
gp_hud_throttle_update = 1

--; How many frames till we update the weapons.
gp_hud_weapon_update = 1

--; Allow autotarget to be explicitly disabled | 0) normal, autotarget under reticle / 1) disable autotarget
gp_mech_disable_autotarget = 1

--; Toggle local ping (f9) | 0) normal - disabled / 1) enabled
gp_mech_ping = 1

--; Toggle local show fps (f9) | 0) normal - disabled / 1) enabled
gp_mech_showfps = 1

--; Toggle local position (f9) | 0) normal - disabled / 1) enabled
gp_mech_showpos = 1

--; *********************************
--; * MATERIAL EFFECTS *
--; *********************************

--; Enables MaterialEffects. | 1) LOCKED
--mfx_Enable =

--; Enable attached effects (characters, entities...) | 1) LOCKED
--mfx_EnableAttachedEffects =

--; Enabled Flowgraph based Material effects. | 1) LOCKED
--mfx_EnableFGEffects =

--; min distance, in meters, before two effects are to be considered positionally overlapping (for suppression purposes)
--mfx_overlap_dist = 5

--; min time, in seconds, before two effects are to be considered temporally overlapping (for suppression purposes) | 0.05) normal
--mfx_overlap_time = 0

--; Impact threshold for particle effects. Default: 2.0
--mfx_ParticleImpactThresh = 0

--; Max dist (how far away before scale is clamped) | 35) normal
--mfx_pfx_maxDist = 1

--; Max scale (when particle is far) | 1.5) normal
--mfx_pfx_maxScale = 0

--; Min scale (when particle is close) | 0.5) normal
--mfx_pfx_minScale = 0

--; Impact threshold for sound effects if we're rolling. | 3.5) normal
--mfx_RaisedSoundImpactThresh = 0

--; Serialize Flowgraph based effects | 1) normal - LOCKED
--mfx_SerializeFGEffects =

--; Impact threshold for sound effects. | 1.5) normal
--mfx_SoundImpactThresh = 0

--; Timeout (in seconds) to avoid playing effects too often | 0.01) normal
--mfx_Timeout = 60

--; *************************
--; * DECALS *
--; *************************

--; Activates drawing of decals (game decals and hand-placed) | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
--e_Decals = 0

--; Allows creation of decals by game (like weapon bullets marks) | 1) all / 0) disable ?
--e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 0

--; Clip decal geometry by decal bbox | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_DecalsClip = 0

--; decals deferred | 1) normal - make all game play decals deferred / 2) make all game play decals non deferred
--e_DecalsDefferedDynamic =

--; switch all non-planar decals placed by level designer to deferred | 1) enabled / 0) ?
--e_DecalsDefferedStatic = 0

--; force to convert all decals to use deferred ones | 1) normal - force / 0) disable ?
--e_DecalsForceDeferred = 0

--; Use smart hit caching for bullet hits (may cause no decals in some cases) | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_DecalsHitCache = 0

--; Allows to increase or reduce decals life time for different specs | 1) low / 2) med / 4) stupid high
--e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 0

--; Do not create decals on objects having more than X triangles | 8000) normal / 0) ?
--e_DecalsMaxTrisInObject = 0

--; Maximum number of static decal render mesh updates per frame | 4) normal / 0) ?
--e_DecalsMaxUpdatesPerFrame = 0

--; Number of frames after which not visible static decals are removed | 600) normal
--e_DecalsMaxValidFrames = 0

--; Combine pieces of decals into one render call | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--e_DecalsMerge = 1

--; If not zero - new decals will force old decals to fade in X seconds | 4) normal
--e_DecalsNeighborMaxLifeTime = 0

--; If zero - new decals will not be spawned if the distance to nearest decals less than X | 1) all / 0) ?
--e_DecalsOverlapping = 0

--; Pre-create decals at load time | 1) normal - ? / 0) ?
--e_DecalsPreCreate = 0

--; Less precision for decals outside this range | 20) normal / 0) ?
--e_DecalsRange = 0

--; Enable decal rendering optimization by using scissor | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0)
--e_DecalsScissor = 0

--; Toggles deferred decals | 1) general pass darken / 2) light buffer darken / 3) alpha blended / 0) Disable
r_DeferredDecals = 0

--; *************************
--; * ENGINE *
--; *************************

-- pool size for temporary allocations in kb, ( must be set before game launch )
--e_3dEngineTempPoolSize = 32768

--; Force auto pre-cache of CGF render meshes | 1) LOCKED - pre-cache all mehes around camera / 2) pre-cache only important ones (twice faster)
--e_AutoPrecacheCgf = 0

--; Maximum number of parallel streaming tasks during pre-caching | 8) normal ?
--e_AutoPrecacheCgfMaxTasks = 6

--; Force auto pre-cache of terrain textures and procedural vegetation | 0) LOCKED - disabled ? / 1) enabled ?
--e_AutoPrecacheTerrainAndProcVeget = 1

--; Force auto pre-cache of general textures and shaders | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) enabled ?
--e_AutoPrecacheTexturesAndShaders = 1

--; Activates drawing of bounding boxes | 0) LOCKED
--e_BBoxes = 1

--; Min LOD for character objects | 0) normal / ?
--e_CharLodMin = 0

--; Check for crazy sized COctreeNode m_objectsBoxes | 0) do nothing / 1) normal- CryWarning / 2) CryWarning and __debugbreak()
--e_CheckOctreeObjectsBoxSize = 0

--; Activates usage of software coverage buffer. | 1) camera culling only / 2) camera culling and light to object check / 0) disable ?
--e_CoverageBuffer = 0

--; expanding the AABB's of the objects to test to avoid z-fighting issues in the Coverage buffer | 0.007) normal - ?
--e_CoverageBufferAABBExpand = 0.01

--; Checking of OBB boxes instead of AABB or bounding rects
--e_CoverageBufferAccurateOBBTest = 1

--; Coverage buffer z-biasing | 0.05) normal
--e_CoverageBufferBias = 0.05

--; Use re-projection technique on CBuffer / 2) normal - ?
--e_CoverageBufferReproj = 2

--; Max time for unlimited AddRenderMesh / 2) normal - ?
--e_CoverageBufferMaxAddRenderMeshTime = 0

--; Resolution of software coverage buffer | 64) normal - ? / 128) ?
--e_CoverageBufferResolution = 384

--; Activates usage of coverage buffer for terrain | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_CoverageBufferTerrain = 1

--; Controls tessellation of terrain mesh | 2) normal / 0) disable ?
--e_CoverageBufferTerrainLodShift = 1

--; which version of the coverage buffer| 1) Vladimir's / 2) MichaelK's
--e_CoverageBufferVersion = 2

--; Vegetation activation distance limit | 50) normal - ? / 0) disables visibility-based culling (= unconditional activation)
--e_CullVegActivation = 0

--; use gray illumination as default | 0) LOCKED
--e_DefaultMaterial =

--; Enable to Perform some physics events deferred as a task/spu job | 0) normal - LOCKED ?
--e_DeferredPhysicsEvents =

--; Enable / Disable morph based deformable objects | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_DeformableObjects = 0

--; Activates dynamic light sources | 1) LOCKED
--e_DynamicLights =

--; debug option, no help given | 1) normal
--e_DynamicLightsConsistentSortOrder = 0

--; Convert all lights to deferred (except sun) | 1) LOCKED - enabled ?
--e_DynamicLightsForceDeferred =

--; Activates global height/distance based fog | 1) LOCKED - enabled ?
--e_Fog =

--; Activates local height/distance based fog volumes | 1) LOCKED - enabled ?
--e_FogVolumes =

--; Activates usage of HW occlusion test for objects | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) enabled ? ( causes glitch?)
--e_HwOcclusionCullingObjects = 1

--; Activates usage of HW occlusion test for ocean | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_HwOcclusionCullingWater = 0

--; Activates drawing of Mechs | 1) normal - LOCKED
--e_Mechs =

--; Allow game to activate/deactivate object layers | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_ObjectLayersActivation = 1

--; Allow game to create/free physics of objects | 0) Disable / 1) All / 2) Water only.
--e_ObjectLayersActivationPhysics = 1

--; Render or not all objects
--e_Objects = 0

--; Enable occlusion volumes(antiportals) | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_OcclusionVolumes = 0

--; Specifies the maximum size of vegetation objects that are physicalized on-demand | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_OnDemandMaxSize = 1

--; Turns on on-demand vegetation physicalization
--e_OnDemandPhysics = 0

--; Enables physicalized foliage | 1) only for dynamic objects / 2) for static and dynamic / 0) disable ?
--e_PhysFoliage = 0

--; Min size of cell in physical entity grid | 2) normal
--e_PhysMinCellSize = 0

--; Cell size for ocean approximation in physics | 0.5) normal / 0) assumes flat plane ?
--e_PhysOceanCell = 0

--; Maximum allowed triangle count for phys proxies
--e_PhysProxyTriLimit = 100

--; Pre-render objects right after level loading | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--e_PrecacheLevel = 1

--; Preload all materials for decals | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_PreloadDecals = 1

--; Preload level materials from level cache pak and resources list | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_PreloadMaterials = 1

--; Enable to Prepare deformable objects at load time instead on demand, prevents peaks but increases memory usage | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) enabled?
--e_PrepareDeformableObjectsAtLoadTime = 1

--; Show procedurally distributed vegetation | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_ProcVegetation = 0

--; Maximum number of instances per chunk | 512) normal
--e_ProcVegetationMaxObjectsInChunk = 128

--; Maximum number of 64x64 meter sectors cached in memory | 16) normal
--e_ProcVegetationMaxSectorsInCache = 32

--; If 0 - will skip recursive render calls like render into texture | 1) normal ? / 0) ?
--e_Recursion = 0

--; disable occlusion tests for recursive render calls like render into texture | 0) normal - use
--e_RecursionOcclusionCulling = 1

--; Set all view distances shorter by factor of X | 0.1) normal / 0) ?
--e_RecursionViewDistRatio = 0

--; Set output image file format for hires screen shots. Can be JPG or TGA | tga) normal - save tga / jpg) save jpeg
--e_ScreenShotFileFormat = jpg

--; 1 - occlusion test on render node level, 2 - occlusion test on render mesh level
--e_StatObjBufferRenderTasks = 0

--; Load level CGF's in efficient way | 1) normal
--e_StatObjPreload = 1

--; Set they way pre-tessellated version of meshes is created | 0) no pre-tessellation / 1) normal - load from disk / 2) generate from normal mesh on loading
--e_StatObjTessellationMode = 0

--; Activates sun light source | 0) disabled / 1) normal - enabled - LOCKED
--e_Sun = 1

--; Voxel Terrain, pretty much all 'actual' terrain ... | 0) normal - enabled / 1) disabled - will crash *when* you load mechlab
--e_VoxTer = 0

--; Actuate all terrain meshes and textures available marked as needed for game play | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerActivateAll =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerAddBrushes = 0

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerAsyncPhysicalization = 1

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) ? / 2) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerBorderLodPlus = 0

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerHideIntegrated =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerInGameTextureStreaming = 0

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? - normal / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerIntegrateBoxes =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? - normal / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerIntegrateVegetations =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 5) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMaxMeshBuildDepth =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 5) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMaxMeshBuildDepthLimit =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 2000) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMaxMeshesInMem = 4000

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 9) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMaxMeshLods = 1

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMeshSimplify = 0

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 2) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerMeshSize =

--; Store blend info, base color and normals in textures | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerMixMask =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerOnTheFlyIntegration =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerOptimizeLods =

--; Use overlay blending mode | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerOverlayBlend =

--; no help offered | 0) ? / 10) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerPaintSleep = 0

--; no help offered | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerPlanarProjection = 1

--; Use X vertex relaxation passes during voxel terrain mesh generation | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerRelaxation = 1

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerRoadsCheck =

--; no help offered | 0) ? / 4) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerRoadsCullDist =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerShadows =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerShapeCheck =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerTexBuildOnCPU = 1

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 256) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexBuildsPerFrame =

--; Mega-texture format | 22) normal - eTF_DXT1 / 24) eTF_DXT5 / 7) eTF_A4R4G4B4 / 8) eTF_R5G6B5
--e_VoxTerTexFormat = 24

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexRangeScale =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerTexRebuildEveryFrame =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexResBumpDownscale = 0

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 256) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexResFinal =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 256) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexResInternal =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerTexTiling =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerUpdateTextures =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerVegetationEx =

--; no help offered ... | 0.5) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerViewDistRatio = 1

--; no help offered ... | 0.5) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_VoxTerViewDistRatioMeshActivate =

--; no help offered ... | 0) ? / 1) normal - ?
--e_VoxTerViewDistRatioPrediction =

--; *************************
--; * GAME *
--; *************************

--; Enable/Disable battledust | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--g_battleDust_enable = 0

--; Sets a budget for procedurally breakable objects (in KBs) | 0) normal - auto ?
--g_breakage_mem_limit = 0

--; attached view camera lagging issue in cinematics recording | 1) MWO normal / 0) crytek normal - dropship bounce lol mode
--g_deferredviewsystemupdate = 1

--; GameObjects IsProbablyVisible->TRUE && IsProbablyDistant()->FALSE | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--g_forceFastUpdate = 1

--; Prevents secondary procedural breaks (to keep down memory usage)
--g_no_secondary_breaking = 0

--; Radial blur on explosions. | 1) normal - enabled / 0) to disable
--g_radialBlur = 0

--; show fullscreen info (and which one to show) | 0) normal - ? / ?
--g_show_fullscreen_info = 1

--; Maximum distance from a previously made cut that allows reusing
--g_tree_cut_reuse_dist = 0.35


--; *************************
--; * RENDERING *
--; *************************


--; Enables conditional rendering | 0) normal - enabled ? / 1) disabled ?
--r_ConditionalRendering = 1

--; Enables/Disables ambient processing | 0) disabled - goes weird / 1) normal - vis + outdoors / 2) outdoors only - debug
--r_DeferredShadingAmbient = 1

--; Toggles deferred shading combined depth bounds test + stencil test | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
--r_DeferredShadingDBTstencil = 0

--; Toggles deferred shading depth bounds test. | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
--r_DeferredShadingDepthBoundsTest = 0

--; Toggles deferred environment probes rendering | 1) normal - enabled / 0) this fixes some weird lighting behaviours ...
r_DeferredShadingEnvProbes = 0

--; Toggles experimental height based ambient | 1) normal - enabled / 0) goes weird ...
--r_DeferredShadingHeightBasedAmbient = 0

--; Enables/Disables lights processing | 0) disable most lights / 1) normal - on
--r_DeferredShadingLights = 1

--; Sets screen ratio for deferred lights to use stencil | 0.21) 21% of screen ...
--r_DeferredShadingLightStencilRatio = 0

--; Toggles Light volumes for deferred shading | 0) ? / 1) normal - enabled
--r_DeferredShadingLightVolumes = 0

--; Toggles deferred shading scissor test | 0) ? / 1) normal - enabled
--r_DeferredShadingScissor = 0

--; Sorts light by influence | 0) off / 1) ?
--r_DeferredShadingSortLights = 1

--; Toggles deferred shading stencil pre pass. | 0) ? / 1) normal - enabled
--r_DeferredShadingStencilPrepass = 0

--; How close to the 'camera' to draw things | 0.08) all / 0.1) crytek default
--r_DrawNearZRange =

--; no help offered | 0) ? 1) normal
--r_LightsSinglePass = 0

--; no help offered | 0) ? / 1) ? / 2) normal - ?
--r_OptimisedLightSetup = 0

--; Enables point light shafts | 0) normal - off / 1) on
--r_pointslightshafts = 1

--; Enables per-pixel culling for deferred volumetric fog pass | -0.0005) normal -
--; 0) culling disabled
--; > 0) fixed linear world space culling depth
--; < 0) optimal culling depth will be computed automatically based on camera direction and fog settings
--r_FogDepthTest = 0

--; Enables deferred volumetric fog shadows
--r_FogShadows = 1

--; intended for SLI setups | 0) disabled / 1) extra overhead to allow SLI or Crossfire / 2) normal - auto, nvidia only(?)
r_MultiGPU = 1

--; Sets renderer to ignore hardware gamma correction | 1) normal - disabled / 0) enabled
--r_NoHWGamma = 0

--; Sets maximum view distance (in meters) for deferred rain reflection layer | 50) normal
--r_RainMaxViewDist_Deferred = 50

--; Sets fullscreen scratches post-process effect usage. | 0) force off / 1) force on / 2) on in game mode only / 3) on but independent of sun
--r_Scratches = 2

--; Enable asynchronous shader activation | 0) normal - synchronous shaders activation / 1) insta crash
--r_ShadersAsyncActivation = 0

--; nothing offered ... | 1) normal
--r_ShadersAsyncMaxThreads = 5

--; Toggles post processed soft alpha test for shaders supporting this | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
--r_SoftAlphaTest = 0

--; Enables material layers rendering | 2) normal - enabled optimized / 1) debug with no optimiztion / 0) disable ?
--r_UseMaterialLayers = 0

--; Enables motion blur merged with DOF | 1) normal - half res mode / 2) full res mode / 3) quality mode / 0) ?
--r_UseMergedPosts = 2

--; Toggles alpha blended objects | 1) normal - enable alpha blends / 0) disable alpha blending ( bad idea ... )
--r_UseAlphaBlend = 1

--; Toggles Z pass | 1) on - normal / 0) disabled - goes whack / 2) reprojection technique
--r_UseZPass = 2

--; Toggles vertical sync | 0) disabled / 1) enabled / 2) asynchronous swaps ( on X360 )
--r_VSync = 0

--; Toggles under water caustics deferred pass | 0) disabled / 1) enabled / 2) normal - enabled with prepass
--r_WaterCausticsDeferred = 0

--; Toggles Z pass depth sorting. | 0) No depth sorting / 1) Sort by depth layers (default) / 2) Sort by distance
--r_ZPassDepthSorting = 0



--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_ENVIRONEMNT *
--; *********************************

--; Enable clouds rendering | 1) normal - enabled all settings / 0) disabled ?
--e_Clouds = 0

--; Activates dynamic light sources | 1) normal - enabled - LOCKED
--e_DynamicLights =

--; Convert all lights to deferred (except sun) | 1) normal - enabled - LOCKED
--e_DynamicLightsForceDeferred =

--; Sets maximum amount of dynamic light sources | 512) normal - LOCKED
--e_DynamicLightsMaxCount =

--; Set maximum number of lights affecting object | 0) disable - goes whack / 1) min - weird / 7) low / 11) medium / 16) high
--; changing this value from what the settings are results in light flickering before spawn
--e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 16

--; Activates drawing of entities and brushes | 1) normal - enabled - LOCKED
--e_Entities = 0

--; Enable/disable global illumination | 0) low - disabled / 1) med + high - enabled
--e_GI = 1

--; Sparse temporal caching for RSM rendering. Measured in framed per generation | 7) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
--e_GICache = 0

--; Multiplier for brightness of the global illumination (X times brighter) | 0.6) PGI default / 25) cryengine default
--e_GIAmount =

--; The less number of propagation iterations the shorter the light propagation distance | 10) MWO default / 6) cryengine default / 32) Max
--e_GIIterations =

--; The less the distance the better the quality | 400) PGI Default / 320) PGI min / 50) cryengine default / 150) cryengine recommended max
--e_GIMaxDistance =

--; Sets number of cascades for global illumination | 1) normal - default / 0) disable ?
--e_GINumCascades =

--; Set the default reflective shadow map size | 256) PC normal / 128) consoles / 64) minimum / 512) crashes
--e_GIRSMSize = 64

--; Type of sky used | 1) normal - dynamic / 0) static
--e_SkyType =

--; Percentage of a full dynamic sky update calculated per frame | 0.5) low / 1) med + high / 0) no updates ?
--e_SkyUpdateRate = 1

--; Activate deferred terrain ambient occlusion | 0) low / 1) med + high
--e_TerrainAo = 1

--; Allows in-game terrain surface deformations | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--e_TerrainDeformations = 1

--; Activates drawing of detail materials on terrain ground | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_TerrainDetailMaterials = 0

--; Set heightmap LOD | 3) low / 2) med + high / 1.5) REALLY high / 0) full at maximum distance, big performance penalty
e_TerrainLodRatio = 1

--; Use terrain normal map for base pass if available | 0) low / 1) med + high
--e_TerrainNormalMap = 1

--; Adjust terrain base texture resolution on distance | 5) low / 2) med / 1) high / 0) stupid high ? or disabled ?
e_TerrainTextureLodRatio = 1

--; Specifies number of textures in terrain base texture streaming pool | 64) low+med / 256) high [REQUIRE_LEVEL_RELOAD]
--e_TerrainTextureStreamingPoolItemsNum = 256

--; Allow blend with terrain color for vegetations | 1) normal - enabled / 0) ?
--e_VegetationUseTerrainColor =

--; Activates drawing of ocean. | 1) normal - LOCKED - use fast path with merged fog / 2) use usual rendering path
--e_WaterOcean =

--; Activates drawing bottom of ocean | 1) normal - LOCKED
--e_WaterOceanBottom =

--; Activates fft based ocean | 1) normal - all sys_spec / 0) disables 'oceans'
--e_WaterOceanFFT = 1

--; Set tessellation amount | 1) low / 10) med+high / 0) min
--e_WaterTessellationAmount = 0

--; Set tessellation on X axis | 10) low + med + high / 85) very high / 2) BAIT recommended min
--e_WaterTessellationAmountX = 2

--; Set tessellation on Y axis | 10) low + med + high / 85) very high / 2) BAIT recommended min
--e_WaterTessellationAmountY = 2

--; Set the swath width for the boustrophedonic mesh stripping | 10) normal / 0) min
--e_WaterTessellationSwathWidth = 2

--; Activates drawing of water volumes | 2) normal - LOCKED
--e_WaterVolumes =

--; Toggles light (not laser) beams | 3) normal - optimized with glow / 0) disable / 1) full resolution / 2) fake beams
--r_Beams = 2

--; Distance between slices | 0.5) low + med / 0.05) high
--r_BeamsDistFactor = 0

--; Number of volumetric slices allowed per light beam | 32) low / 64) med / 128) high / 200) very high
--r_BeamsMaxSlices = 1

--; Toggles light beams clip type | 1) normal - software clipping / 0) harware clipping
--r_BeamsSoftClip = 0

--; Toggles updating of clouds each frame | 0) normal - off / 1) on ?
--r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0

--; Distance used for per-pixel detail layers blending | 4) low / 8) high / 6) crytek default
--r_DetailDistance = 0

--; Toggles detail texture overlays | 1) normal - on / 0) off
--r_DetailTextures = 0

--; Enables selective supersampled antialiasing | 0) off / 1) on - will not disable once flipped
--r_MSAA = 0

--; Enable temporary workaround for resolvesubresources poor performance on AMD
--r_MSAA_amd_resolvessubresource_hack = 0

--; Quality level used when multisampled antialiasing is enabled | different values enable different hardware modes on cards ....
--r_MSAA_quality = 0

--; Number of subsamples used when multisampled antialiasing is enabled | different values enable different hardware modes on cards ....
--r_MSAA_samples = 0

--; Toggles reflections | 0) low - off / 1) med + high - on
--r_Reflections = 0

--; Toggles reflections quality | 3) normal - everything / 2) terrain + particcles + brushes / 1) terrain + particles / 0) terrain only
--r_ReflectionsQuality = 0

--; Enables refraction | 0) low - disabled / 1) med - enabled
--r_refraction = 0

--; Do a partial screen resolve before refraction | 2) normal - enabled / 1) non optimized enable / 0) disable
--r_RefractionPartialResolves = 0

--; Screen space ambient occlusion | 0) low - disabled / 1) med - SSAO + normals / 2) high - SSAO + normals + temporal / 3) Volumentric with jitter / 4) volumetric with jitter and temporal / 5) volumetric with multiple radii
--r_SSAO = 0

--; Controls how much SSAO affects ambient | 1) normal
--r_SSAOAmount = 1.1

--; Margin for brightening in multi-radii SSAO | 1.0) no brigtening / 1.1) some parts up to 10% brigter
--r_SSAOBrighteningMargin = 1.1

--; SSAO contrast coefficient (higher contrast highlights edges) | 1) normal
--r_SSAOContrast = 1

--; Use downscaled computations for SSAO | 1) med - half resolution / 0) high - disabled
--r_SSAODownscale = 1

--; Scale factor for large radius in multi-radii SSAO
--r_SSAOLargeRadiusRatio =

--; SSAO shader quality | 0) low spec / 1) medium spec 2) high spec / 3) highest spec
--r_SSAOQuality = 0

--; Controls size of area tested | 1.5) normal
--r_SSAORadius =

--; Scale factor for small radius in multi-radii SSAO | 0.3) normal
--r_SSAOSmallRadiusRatio =

--; Temporal SSAO update/convergence speed | 0.7) normal
--r_SSAOTemporalConvergence =

--; Glossiness value below which reflections are disabled |
--r_SSReflCutoff =

--; Screen space reflections | 0) normal - minimum / 1) noisy sharp / 2) glossy blurred / 3) alternate blur / 4) specular diffuse
--r_SSReflections = 0

--; Screen Space Directional Occlusion | 0) disabled - low - high / 1) enabled for local lights and sun - very high !DONT USE WITH SSAO!
--r_ssdo = 0

--; Strength of SSDO ambient occlusion | 1) normal
--r_ssdoAmbientAmount =

--; Strength of the directional occlusion | 1.2 - normal
--r_ssdoAmount =

--; SSDO radius | 0.4) normal
--r_ssdoRadius =

--; Max clamped SSDO radius | 0.2 ) normal
--r_ssdoRadiusMax =

--; Min clamped SSDO radiuS | 0.06) normal
--r_ssdoRadiusMin =

--; Toggles under water caustics | 0) low - disabled / 1) med - enabled / 2) ?
--r_WaterCaustics = 0

--; Toggles under water caustics deferred pass | 2) normal - enabled with pre-pass / 1) enabled / 0) disable
--r_WaterCausticsDeferred = 0

--; Enables under water god rays | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled ?
r_WaterGodRays = 0

--; Toggles water reflections | 1) normal - water reflects / 0) disabled ?
r_WaterReflections = 0

--; Activates water reflections if visible pixels above a certain threshold | 0.05) normal
--r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.05

--; Activates water reflections quality setting | 3) normal - everything / 2) terrain + particcles + brushes / 1) terrain + particles / 0) terrain only
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0

--; Enables hw water tessellation | 0) normal - low - high - disabled ? / 1) very high - on - enabled ?
--r_WaterTessellationHW = 1

--; no help offered | 1) low + med / 0.2) high
--r_WaterUpdateDistance = 2

--; Distance factor for water reflected texture updating. | 0.1) low / 0.05) med / 0.16) good sync to 60fps
--r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0.16


--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_OBJECTDETAIL *
--; *********************************

--; Allow a skeleton animation to spawn more than one instance of an effect with the same name on the same instance | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--ca_AllowMultipleEffectsOfSameName = 1

--; ration between size of attachment and distance to camera | 120) low / 160) med / 300) high / 0) ?
--ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 0

--; Joint velocity preservation code mode | 2) normal - animation driven / 1) physics driven / 0) disable
--ca_ApplyJointVelocitiesMode = 1

--; if you set this to 0, there won't be any frequest warnings from the animation system | 3) normal ?!? / 0) disable
--ca_AnimWarningLevel = 0

--; Disable Animation Unloading | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1)
--ca_DisableAnimationUnloading =

--; if this is 0, will not draw the attachments objects | 1) normal / 0) disabled
--ca_DrawAttachments =

--; if this is 0, will not draw the skin attachments objects | 1) all
--ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 0

--; Character LOD ratio | 6) normal / 0) ?
--ca_lod_ratio = 0

--; Enable Precaching of Animation Sets per Character | 0) normal - disable ? / 1) enable
--ca_PrecacheAnimationSets = 0

--; if set to 1, then have no Animation-LOD (debugging feature for animation LOD) | 1) normal
--ca_UseAllJoints = 0

--; enable/disable creation of decals on characters | 1) all - enable / 2) alternate method / 0) disable
--ca_UseDecals = 0

--; Objects alphatest_noise_fading out on distance and between lods | 2) normal - all / 0) disable - things 'pop' in and out of viewable distance / 1) weird broken alpha effect ...
e_Dissolve = 0

--; Affects LOD selection for big objects, small number will switch more objects into lower LOD | 8) normal / 0) ?
--e_LodCompMaxSize = 9

--; Max LOD for objects | 6) normal - LOCKED
--e_LodMax = 2

--; Min LOD for objects | 0) normal
--e_LodMin = 0

--; LODs with less triangles will not be used | 300) normal - LOCKED
--e_LodMinTtris =

--; LOD distance ratio for objects | 5) low / 11) med / 15) high / 20) very high / 40) stupid high
--e_LodRatio = 25

--; Load and use LOD models for static geometry | 1) all / 0) disable
e_Lods = 1

--; Force using LODs even if triangle count do not suit | 1) normal - ? / 0) ?
--e_LodsForceUse = 0

--; Far clipping plane distance | -1) normal - unlimited - LOCKED
--e_MaxViewDistance = 1

--; Values between 0 and 1 - will lerp between high and low spec max view distances | 0.5) low / 1) med / 0) minimum - causes issues
--e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 0.5

--; Object detail quality | 1) low / 2) med / 3) high / 4) very high / 0) ?
--e_ObjQuality = 1

--; Skip per object occlusion test for very far objects - culling on tree level will handle it | 1) all / 0) ?
--e_OcclusionCullingViewDistRatio = 0

--; Activates drawing of visareas content | 1) normal - LOCKED
--e_Portals = 0

--; Show procedurally distributed vegetation | 1) all / 0) ?
--e_ProcVegetation = 0

--; Max view distance of terrain XY materials | 2048) all
--e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 128

--; Max view distance of terrain Z materials | 128) all
--e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 196

--; heightmap occlusion culling with time coherency | 1) normal - LOCKED / 0) off
--e_TerrainOcclusionCulling =

--; Max length of ray | 130) low / 200) med + high / 0) ?
--e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 200

--; HW geometry tessellation | 0) low - high - not allowed / 1) very high - allowed / 2) ?
--e_Tessellation = 1

--; listed as a debug option @ 1| 0) low + med / 1) high
--e_VegetationBending =

--; Minimal size of static object, smaller objects will be not rendered | 0.5) low / 0) med / 1)
--e_VegetationMinSize =

--; Clamps SpriteDistRatio setting in vegetation properties | 0.6) low / 1) med / 2) stupid high
--e_VegetationSpritesDistanceCustomRatioMin = 2

--; Allows changing distance on what vegetation switch into sprite | 0.5) low / 0.7) med / 1) high / 1.5) very high / 3) stupid high
--e_VegetationSpritesDistanceRatio = 3

--; Min distance on what far objects will be culled out | 10) all
--e_ViewDistMin = 75

--; View distance ratio for objects | 50) low / 75) med / 100) high
--e_ViewDistRatio = 75

--; View distance ratio for special marked objects (Players,AI,Vehicles) | 60) low / 100) med
--e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 75

--; View distance ratio for detail objects | 25) low / 35) med / 100) high
--e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 25

--; View distance ratio for light sources | 25) low / 50) med + high /
--e_ViewDistRatioLights = 50

--; View distance ratio for portals | 60) normal setting
e_ViewDistRatioPortals = 75

--; View distance ratio for vegetation | 40) low / 60) med / 90) high / 100) very high !RESTRICTED TO BE SYS_SPEC VALUES!
--e_ViewDistRatioVegetation = 75

--; no help offered, I think this is like severed limbs fade out time| 0.6) low / 0.8) med / 1) high
--es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0

--; lower the detail of 'damage glow' | 1) low + med / 0) high / 2) super low definition damage glow
gp_reducedamagemasksize = 0


--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_PARTICLES *
--; *********************************

--; Activates drawing of particles | 1) normal - LOCKED
--e_Particles =

--; Blend between animated texture frames | 1) normal - allow / 2) force / 0) disable - messes with particle smoke effects ...
--e_ParticlesAnimBlend = 1

--; Cull particles against the view frustum | 0) normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_ParticlesCullAgainstViewFrustum = 1

--; Apply diffuse cubemaps to appropriate particle effects | 1) normal - allow / 2) force / 0) disable
--e_ParticlesDiffCM = 0

--; no help offered
--e_ParticlesEmitterPoolSize = 32768

--; Apply global illumination to appropriate particle effects | 1) normal - allow / 2) force / 0) disable
e_ParticlesGI = 1

--; Allows to have light source attached to every particle | 0) low - off / 1) med+ - deferred lights (DAKKA LIGHTING)
e_ParticlesLights = 0

--; Set particles lights view distance ratio | 256) normal
--e_ParticlesLightsViewDistRatio = 0

--; Multiplier to particle count | 1) normal / 0.5) half 'size'
e_ParticlesLod = 0.75

--; Screen size max per particle (fade out earlier) | 2) normal
--e_ParticlesMaxDrawScreen = 4

--; Screen size max of total particles to draw | 32) low / 64) med / 128) high / 160) very high !RESTRICTED TO BE SYS_SPEC VALUES!
--e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill = 64

--; Alpha cutoff for rendering particles | 0) ?
--e_ParticlesMinDrawAlpha = 0.01

--; Pixel size min per particle (fade out earlier) | 1.5) low / 1) med / 2) ?
--e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 3

--; Motion blur for particles | 0) low - high / 1) very high / 2) force
--e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0

--; Enable particle/object collisions for SimpleCollision: | 2) all - include dynamic / 1) static objects only / 0) disable ?
--e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 0

--; Particles pool memory size in KB | 0) normal - unlimited
--e_ParticlesPoolSize = 0

--; Enable preloading of all particle effects at the beginning | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) ?
--e_ParticlesPreload = 0

--; Particles detail quality | 1) low / 2) med / 3) high / 4) very high / 0) full detail / 5) disables
--e_ParticlesQuality = 1

--; Render particles with soft intersection | 1) normal - allow / 2) force / 0) disable
--e_ParticlesSoftIntersect = 0

--; Shadows on particles | 0) low - high - off / 1) very high - on / 2) force
--e_ParticlesShadows = 0

--; Allows searching for level-specific version of effects files | 0) off - normal / 1) enable - ?
--e_ParticlesUseLevelSpecificLibs = 1

--; Toggles use of geometry shader particles (DX11 only) | 1) normal - disabled / 0) enabled
--r_UseGSParticles = 0

--; Enables glow particles. | 0) disabled ?
--r_UseParticlesGlow = 0

--; Enables rendering of particles of specified blend operation in half resolution. | 1) (low+med) half resolution / 0) off (high) - full resoluton / 2) alpha - occlusion bug
--r_UseParticlesHalfRes = 0

--; Forces all particles of specified blend operation to be rendered in half resolution | 0) normal - off / 1) force on
--r_UseParticlesHalfResForce = 0

--; Global illumination amount for particles without material. | 0.15) normal
--r_UseParticles_GIAmount = 0

--; Threshold of estimated particle coverage needed before half-res rendering enabled | 0) ? / 1) normal
--r_UseParticlesHalfResMinCoverage = 10

--; Enables merging of particles drawcalls. | 0) normal / 1) bugs out hard ...
--r_UseParticlesMerging = 0

--; Enables refractive particles | 0) ? / 1) normal
--r_UseParticlesRefraction = 0

--; Enables soft particles. | 0) low / 1) med + high
--r_UseSoftParticles = 0


--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_PHYSICS *
--; *********************************

--; dont mess with physics, nothing good will come of it

--; *****************************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_POSTPROCESSING *
--; *****************************************

--; Enables color grading | 2) all ? / 1) ? / 0) ?
--r_ColorGrading = 1

--; Enables depth of field | 1) low - enabled / 2) med + high - hdr time of day dof enabled / 3) undocumented experimental mode
r_DepthOfField = 0

--; Sets depth of field bokeh type (only for dof mode 3)
--r_DepthOfFieldBokeh = 1

--; Enables depth of field stencil prepass | 0) normal - disabled / 1) enabled
--r_DepthOfFieldStencilPrepass =

--; HDR rendering eye adaptation base value (smaller values result in brighter adaption) | 0.25) normal - LOCKED
--r_EyeAdaptationBase =

--; HDR rendering eye adaptation factor | 0.5) normal - LOCKED / 0) no adaption / 1) full adaption
--r_EyeAdaptationFactor =

--; HDR rendering eye adaptation local (localise adaption area?) | 0) normal - off / 1) 4x4 / 2) 16x16 / 3) 256x256
--r_EyeAdaptationLocal = 0

--; HDR rendering eye adaptation speed | 16) normal - LOCKED
--r_EyeAdaptationSpeed =

--; Toggles the anamorphic flares effect. | 1) all - enabled / 0) disabled (check for lock)
--r_GlowAnamorphicFlares =

--; Toggles HDR debugging | 0) normal - off / 1) gamma-corrected no HDR / other possible modes really are debug ...
--r_HDRDebug = 1

--; HDR bloom multiplier | 0.7) all / 0) disable HDR blooming / 0.15) 'nice' minimal value
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.15

--; Default is 0 (disabled). Set to 1 to use max blue shift strength | 0) all / 1) max
--r_HDRBlueShift = 0

--; HDR rendering level (bloom multiplier, tweak together with threshold) | 0.85) all / 1.25) crytek default
--r_HDRBrightLevel = 0

--; HDR brightness | 1) all
--r_HDRBrightness = 0

--; HDR rendering bright offset | 5) all / 8) crytek default
--r_HDRBrightOffset = 0

--; HDR rendering bright threshold. | 6) all / 8) crytek default
--r_HDRBrightThreshold = 0

--; Enable/Disable eye adaptation caching overframes | 10) low / 6) med / 2) high / 0) very high (always update) / 4) crytek default
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 0

--; Forces updating HDR textures | / 0) normal ?
--r_HDRForceUpdateTextures =

--; HDR camera grain amount | 0) all
--r_HDRGrainAmount = 1

--; HDR rendering range level (color multiplier tweak together with hdr offset) | 3) all / 6) crytek default
--r_HDRLevel = 0

--; HDR rendering range offset (color multiplier tweak together with hdr level) | 10) all (+crytek default)
--r_HDROffset = 0

--; Enable/Disable HDR range adaptation (improve precision - minimize banding) | 0) off? / 1) normal - crytek default
--r_HDRRangeAdapt = 0

--; HDR range adaption speed | 4) normal ?
--r_HDRRangeAdaptationSpeed = 0

--; Set range adaptation max adaptation for light buffers (improve precision - minimize banding) | 0.125) normal / 0.25) crytek default
--r_HDRRangeAdaptLBufferMax = 0

--; Set range adaptation max range adaptation for light buffers (improve precision - minimize banding) | 2) normal
--r_HDRRangeAdaptLBufferMaxRange = 0

--; Set HDR range adaptation max adaptation (improve precision - minimize banding) | 1) normal
--r_HDRRangeAdaptMax = 0

--; Set HDR range adaptation max adaptation (improve precision - minimize banding) | 4) normal
--r_HDRRangeAdaptMaxRange = 0

--; Toggles HDR rendering | 1) all (film curve tone mapping) / 0) disable entire HDR system
--r_HDRRendering = 1

--; HDR saturation | 0.875) normal / 1) crytek default
--r_HDRSaturation = 0

--; HDR s-curve max output | 0.95) normal
--r_HDRSCurveMax = 0

--; HDR s-curve min output | 0) normal
--r_HDRSCurveMin = 0

--; HDR texture format | 0) normal - low precision (faster) / 1) high precision
--r_HDRTexFormat = 1

--; HDR viggneting | 1) normal - enabled / 0) off ?
--r_HDRVignetting = 0

--; Enables per object and camera motion blur | 0) off / 1) on - camera motion blur / 2) camera and object motion blur
--r_MotionBlur = 0

--; Enables motion blur.adaptive sampling setting depending on movement amount | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) disabled ?
--r_MotionBlurAdaptiveSampling = 0

--; Enables motion blur.frame time scaling - visually nicer on lower frame rates | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) enabled ?
--r_MotionBlurFrameTimeScale

--; Sets motion blur max view distance for objects | 16) low / 64) med / 100) high / 0) ?
--r_MotionBlurMaxViewDist =

--; Enables post processing effects parameters smooth blending | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) disable ?
--r_PostProcessParamsBlending = 0

--; Sets post processing effects parameters smooth blending time scale | 12) normal (blend over 12 frames?) /
--r_PostprocessParamsBlendingTimeScale = 6

--; Enables post processing special effects | 1) normal - LOCKED
--r_PostProcessEffects =

--; Enables post processing special effects filters | 1) normal - LOCKED
--r_PostProcessFilters =

--; Enables post processing special effects game fx | 1) normal - LOCKED
--r_PostProcessGameFx =

--; Toggles 3d hud post processing | 1) normal - on / 0) off ?
r_PostProcessHUD3D = 0

--; Enables 3d hud caching overframes | 30) low / 10) med / 2) high / 0) very high
--r_PostProcessHUD3DCache =

--; Enables sun shafts. | 0) low - disabled / 1) med - enabled
--r_sunshafts = 1

--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_QUALITY *
--; *********************************

--; Defines the quality of Renderer | 0) super low / 1) med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_Renderer = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of FX | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderFX = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of General | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderGeneral = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Glass | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderGlass = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of HDR | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderHDR = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Ice | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderIce = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Metal | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderMetal = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of PostProcess | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderPostProcess = 0

--; Defines the shader quality of Shadow | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderShadow = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Sky | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderSky = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Terrain | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderTerrain = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Vegetation | 0) super low / 1) low + med / 2) high / 3) very high
--q_ShaderVegetation = 3

--; Defines the shader quality of Water | 0) super low / 1) low / 2) med + high / 0) minimum ?
--q_ShaderWater = 3

--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_SHADOWS *
--; *********************************

--; Cache sun shadows maps over several frames | 0) all - off / 1 ) update the sun / sun shadows, less often, alot less often
e_GsmCache = 0

--; Makes first X GSM lods not cached | 3) normal / 0) ?
--e_GsmCacheLodOffset = 0

--; How fast to update terrain GSM lod | 6) normal / 0) ?
--e_GsmCacheLodOffsetExtended = 6

--; Cast shadows from terrain | 0) normal - disabled / 1) looks cool here and there, but will destroy the shadow system in other places
--e_GsmCastFromTerrain = 0

--; Make last cascade bigger and use less frequent updates | 0 normal - ? / 1) ?
--e_GsmExtendLastLod = 0

--; Includes object shadows into last very big shadow frustum | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--e_GsmExtendLastLodIncludeObjects = 1

--; Enable Additive Blending on shadows from terrain | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) ?
--e_GsmExtendLastLodUseAdditiveBlending = 1

--; Enable Variance Shadow mapping on shadows from terrain | 0) normal / 1) ?
--e_GsmExtendLastLodUseVariance = 1

--; Number of GSM lods | 0) none ? / 4) all / 5) suggested max / 6) max ?
--e_GsmLodsNum = 6

--; Size of LOD 0 GSM area (in meters) | 3) all / 0) none ?
--e_GsmRange = 6

--; Range of next GSM lod is previous range multiplied by step | 3) normal / 0) none ?
--e_GsmRangeStep = 4

--; gsm_range_step for last gsm lod containing terrain | 8) normal / 0) none ?
--e_GsmRangeStepExtended = 9

--; Size of Scattering LOD GSM in meters | 70) normal / 0) none ?
--e_GsmScatterLodDist = 0

--; 0) normal - world axis aligned GSM layout / 1) Rotate GSM frustums depending on view camera
--e_GsmViewSpace = 1

--; Activates drawing of shadows | 0) low - disabled / 1) med + high enabled
--e_Shadows = 0

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen | 2.72) normal / 0) none ?
--e_ShadowsAdaptScale =

--; View dist ratio for shadow maps casting from objects | 0.4) low / 0.3) med / 0.6) high / 0) none ?
--e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 100

--; View dist ratio for shadow maps casting for light sources | 1) normal / 0) none ?
--e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = 100

--; Extension to character bounds when rendering into GSM shadows | 0) normal - disabled / 1) high detail ?
--e_ShadowsCharacterExtend = 1

--; Cloud shadows (not overly present in MWO levels?) | 1) normal / 0) ?
--e_ShadowsClouds =

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen | 1) normal / 0) ?
--e_ShadowsConstBias = 4

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen (high quality mode) | 0.05) normal / 0) ?
--e_ShadowsConstBiasHQ = 0.5

--; Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels | 1) normal / 0) none ?/ 2) ?
--e_ShadowsLodBiasFixed = 0

--; Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels, if object is not visible in main frame | 0) normal
--e_ShadowsLodBiasInvis = 1

--; Maximum amount of allocated shadow mask textures | 0) normal - disable limit / 1) one texture / 2) two textures (8 channels, 8 lights)
--e_ShadowsMasksLimit = 2

--; Set maximum resolution of shadow map | 1024) all - normal - crytek high / 512) crytek medium / 256) crytek min (fast)
--e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 512

--; Enable/disable shadow-caster test against the occlusion buffer | 0) normal ? / 1) ?
--e_ShadowsOcclusionCulling = 1

--; Clips the caster extrusion to the zero height. | 0) normal ? / 1) ?
--e_ShadowsOcclusionCullingCaster = 1

--; Enable shadows on alphablended | 0) all - ? / 1) ?
--e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0

--; Enable/disable shadows on water | 0) all - normal ? / 1) ?
--e_ShadowsOnWater = 1

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen | 3.4) all - ?
--e_ShadowsResScale = 10

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen | 1) normal - ?
--e_ShadowsSlopeBias = 2

--; Shadows slope bias for shadowgen (for high quality mode) | 0.25) normal - ?
--e_ShadowsSlopeBiasHQ = 1

--; Maximum cascade number to render tessellated shadows (0 = no tessellation for sun shadows) | 0) all
--e_ShadowsTessellateCascades = 5

--; Disable/enable tessellation for local lights shadows | 0) normal
--e_ShadowsTessellateDLights = 0

--; View dist ratio for shadow maps updating for shadowpool | 128) normal
--e_ShadowsUpdateViewDistRatio = 256

--; Self shadow intensity of volume objects | 0) min / 0.4) normal / 1) max
--e_VolObjShadowStrength = 1

--; Enables deferred volumetric fog shadows | 0) med / 1) high + very high
--r_FogShadows = 1

--; Selected shadow map screenspace blurring technique | 1) low / 2) high / 3) very high / 0) no blur
--r_ShadowBlur = 0

--; Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowBlur is activated. | 1) normal / 0.1) minimal / 16) maximal
--r_ShadowBluriness =

--; shadowmap generation | 1) normal - enable shadow map updates / 0) disable shadow map updates
--r_ShadowGen = 1

--; Use geometry shader for shadow map generation (DX11 only) !CRASHES! | 0) normal - off / 1) on - crash mode
--r_ShadowGenGS = 1

--; mode selection for shadow generation | 0) normal - use Frustoms Mask / 1) regenerate all sides
--r_ShadowGenMode = 1

--; Activate shadow map jittering | 1) med / 2.5) high
--r_ShadowJittering = 0

--; Process shadow pass | 1) normal - enabled ? / 0) disabled ?
--r_ShadowPass = 1

--; Maximum number of frames a shadow can exist in the pool | 30) normal ?
--r_ShadowPoolMaxFrames = 30

--; Max number of time sliced shadow pool updates allowed per frame | 1) normal ?
--r_ShadowPoolMaxTimeslicedUpdatesPerFrame = 1

--; starting kernel size, to avoid blocky shadows | 0.35) normal / 0) 'blocky' / 1) 'blurry'
--r_ShadowsAdaptionMin = 0.35

--; maximum range between caster and reciever to take into account | 0.02) PGI normal / 0.01) crytek default / 1) maximum
--r_ShadowsAdaptionRangeClamp = 0

--; Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowsBias is activated | 0.3) normal / 0) none / 10) rapidly changing
--r_ShadowsAdaptionSize = 0.3

--; Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowsBias is activated. | 8e-005) normal - ? / 0.1) crytek minimal / 16) crytek maximal / 0) disable ?
--r_ShadowsBias = 0

--; no help offered | 1) normal - use light volumes / 0) quad light bounds
--r_ShadowsDeferredMode = 0

--; use NV Depth Bound extension | 0) normal - disable / 1) use NV Depth Bound extension - make shadows 'cheaper' ( possibly only for nvidia cards )
r_ShadowsDepthBoundNV = 1

--; use Forward prepare depth maps pass | 1) normal - use Forward prepare depth maps pass / 0) disable ?
--r_ShadowsForwardPass = 1

--; Selects algorithm to use for shadow mask generation | 1) normal - enable shadow snapping / 0) disable shadow snapping
--r_ShadowsGridAligned = 0

--; Saves video memory by using lower resolution for shadow masks except first one | 0) per pixel shadow mask / 1) half resolution shadow mask
--r_ShadowsMaskDownScale = 0

--; reduce shadow detail | 0) normal - per pixel shadow mask / 1) horizontal half resolution shadow mask / 2) horizontal and vertical half resolution shadow mask
--r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 0

--; Amount of animated jittering for particles shadows. | 1) normal ?
--r_ShadowsParticleAnimJitterAmount = 0

--; Amount of jittering for particles shadows | 0.5) normal
--r_ShadowsParticleJitterAmount = 0

--; Blur kernel size for particles shadows | 1) normal - blur / 0) hard edge
--r_ShadowsParticleKernelSize = 0

--; Shadow taps on particles affected by normal and intensity (breaks lines and uniformity of shadows) | 1) normal
--r_ShadowsParticleNormalEffect = 1

--; Use Stencil pre-pass for shadows | 1) normal - enable / 0) disable ?
--r_ShadowsStencilPrePass =

--; no help offered ... | 1) all - enable / 0) disable
--r_ShadowsUseClipVolume = 0

--; shadow texture format | 0) R16G16 / 1) R16 / 2) R32F / 3) ATI DF24 / 4) NV D24S8 / 5) NV D16
--r_ShadowTexFormat = 0

--; no help offered ...| 1) normal ? - enable / 0) disable ?
--r_UseShadowsPool = 0

--; Activate shadow map blur. | 1) normal / 0) disable ?
--r_VarianceShadowMapBlurAmount = 1

--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_SOUND *
--; *********************************

--; Sets maximum number of ADPCM Decoder | 32) normal
--s_ADPCMDecoders = 64

--; Controls whether to allow sound load requests that are not cached in the AFCM or not | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disable
--s_AllowNotCachedAccess = 0

--; Internal minimum file block alignment in bytes | 8192) normal / -1) 2048 bytes, FMOD default
--s_BlockAlignSize = -1

--; Sets the threshold where we check priority if we are using more then % of sound channels | 0.9) normal
--s_ChannelThreshold = 1

--; Toggles disk access on reading files | 1) normal - indirect file access via StreamingSystem with wait / 0) direct file access via CryPak
--s_FileAccess = 0

--; Sets the size in KiB the AFCM will allocate from the heap | 163840 ) normal
--s_FileCacheManagerSize = 327680

--; Sets max of open file handles | 30) normal
--s_FileOpenHandleMax = 64

--; Toggles internal resampling method | 0) none / 1) linear - normal / 2) cubic / 3) spline
--s_FormatResampler = 2

--; Sets the output sample rate | 48000) 48 khz / 44100) 44.1 khz
--s_FormatSampleRate = 44100

--; Sets the format data type | 1) PCM 8bit / 2) normal - PCM 16bit / 3) PCM 24bit / 4) PCM 32bit / 5) PCM 32bit float
--s_FormatType = 3

--; Enable and disable HDR sound | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) enable
--s_HDR = 1

--; Toggles extra lowpass filter for enhanced HRTF | 0) normal - enabled / 1) disabled ?
--s_HRTF_DSP = 1

--; Sets the number of sound hardware channels to use | 0) normal - disabled ?
--s_HWChannels = 128

--; Sets the maximum number of active sounds | 64) low / 128) high
--s_MaxActiveSounds = 128

--; Sets the maximum number of sound channels | 64) low / 128) high
--s_MaxChannels = 128

--; Sets the size in MB of the primary sound memory pool | 60) normal
--s_MemoryPoolSoundPrimary = 128

--; Sets the size in MB of the sound system memory pool | 0) normal - auto, 2.5 MB!?!
--s_MemoryPoolSystem = 64

--; Sets maximum number of MPEG Decoder | 32) normal
--s_MPEGDecoders = 64

--; enable/disable music | 0) normal - enable ? / 1) disable ?
--s_MusicEnable = 1

--; Defines the way music is loaded and handled | 0) auto - defined by pattern / 1) stream from disk / 2) enforce preloading
--s_MusicStreaming = 2

--; Allows for overriding the application's master volume when the window lost focus. | 0) normal - silence on alt tab / 1) full volume, even when task swapped
s_NoFocusVolume = 1

--; Controls rejection of sounds lower(higher) than this priority if 80% of voices are used. | 45) normal / 0) disable
--s_PriorityThreshold = 0

--; Toggles unloading of sound data by the AssetManager | 1) normal - enable ? / 0) disable unloading ?
--s_UnloadData = 0

--; Sets limiter to control sound variation | 1) all - normal / 0) ?
--s_VariationLimiter = 0


--; *********************************
--; * SYS_SPEC_TEXTURE *
--; *********************************

--; no help offered | 16) low / 24) med / 32) high
--r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 64

--; no help offered | 16) low + med / 32) high / 0) ?
--r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 64

--; no help offered | 50) low / 60) med / 80) high / 0) ?
--r_DynTexMaxSize = 128

--; Sets resolution for target environment cubemap, in pixels | 0) low / 1) med / 2) high
--r_EnvCMResolution = 2

--; Sets the interval between environmental cube map texture updates (ms) | 0.04) normal
--r_EnvCMupdateInterval = 0.016

--; Sets resolution for 2d target environment texture, in pixels | 0) 64px / 1) low - 128px / 2) med / 3) high - 512px
--r_EnvTexResolution = 3

--; Sets the interval between environmental 2d texture updates | 1) low / 0.5) med / 0.1) high / 0.001) crytek default
--r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.016

--; llows to scale the texture resolution of imposters (clouds) | 2) low - quarter detail / 1.5) med / 1) high - full detail
--r_ImposterRatio = 1

--; Toggles imposters drawing ( clouds ) | 1) normal - enable / 0) disable
--r_ImpostersDraw = 0

--; base texture resolution | 512) low / 2048) med / high
r_TexAtlasSize = 2048

--; reduce texture resolution | 2) low - quarter / 1) med - half / 0) high - none
r_TexBumpResolution = 0

--; Specifies the maximum level allowed for anisotropic texture filtering | 8) normal
--r_TexMaxAnisotropy =

--; Specifies the minimum level allowed for anisotropic texture filtering. | 8) all ? / 0) abide by the filtering setting in each material
--r_TexMinAnisotropy =

--; no help offered ... | 0) normal - unlimited ?
--r_TexMaxSize =

--; no help offered ... | 64) normal
--r_TexMinSize =

--; Disables loading of textures | 0) normal - textures load / 1) texture glitch mode
--r_TexNoLoad =

--; no help offered | 0) normal - disabled ? / 1) postpone high detail textures ?
--r_TexPostponeLoading = 1

--; no help offered || 0) normal - disabled
--r_TexPreallocateAtlases =

--; Reduces texture resolution | 2) low - quarter / 1) med - half / 0) high - none
r_TexResolution = 0

--; no help offered / Reduces texture resolution | 1) low - / 0) med - none / 2) super low ?
--r_TexSkyResolution = 0

--; Specifies the default level for anisotropic texture filtering
--r_Texture_Anisotropic_Level = 1

--; Defines which texture compressor is used (fallback is DirectX) | 1) normal - squish / 0) nvDXT
--r_TextureCompressor = 0

--; Controls dynamic LOD system for textures used in materials. | -1) normal - completely off / 0) full LOD / 1) ?
--r_TextureLodDistanceRatio = 1

--; Enables textures uploading to video memory after level loading | 1) normal - enabled / 0) disabled
--r_TexturesWarmup = 1

--; No help offered ... | 64) normal
--r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 32

Thank you

[Mister Maf]

Have you tried setting the Windows power options on your laptop to "high performance" and using a cooling pad?

Edited by Mister Maf, 27 October 2018 - 09:53 AM.

[Tarl Cabot]

Mister Maf, on 27 October 2018 - 09:51 AM, said:

Have you tried setting the Windows power options on your laptop to "high performance" and using a cooling pad?

Though the OP said he set it but not in detail like he did with Nvidia power management setting, he definitely needs to double check (edited) Windows Power Options, since GPU running at near 100% is a clear indicator of CPU running at a low speed but he did not note that or tool he is using is monitoring CPU speed.

• And how long have you had the laptop? If for several months, check heat vents / dust build up, or that not blocked/obstructed.
  
• Rename your user.cfg for the time being.
  
• Run the Repair Tool 2x.
  
• Is AC power plugged in? Remove battery and run it. If MWO plays normally have the battery checked out/replaced. Could also be a motherboard issue. Simply reading Amazon reviews /shudders..

Also check that XBox features are disabled, especially DVR.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 28 October 2018 - 02:26 PM.

[Mister Maf]

Tarl Cabot, on 28 October 2018 - 02:39 AM, said:

Though the OP said he set it but not in detail like he did with Nvidia power management setting, he definitely needs to double check it, since GPU running at near 100% is a clear indicator of CPU running at a low speed but he did not note that or tool he is using is monitoring CPU speed.

I saw that he said he set MWO to high performance in his Nvidia settings, but I'm referring to this:



This Windows setting is critically important for playing video games on a laptop. Also, for real, a cooling pad.

Edited by Mister Maf, 28 October 2018 - 05:09 AM.

[Tarl Cabot]

edited and changed it to Windows Power Options. I was agreeing with you able him needing to double check Power Options, for emphasis

[Crimson Corsair]

Yes power options are all set to high, I'll try the repair tool a few times and yah it's plugged in.yah not my finest purchase

[Tarl Cabot]

Have you had a need to replace the battery or charger since purchase?

Crimson Corsair, on 28 October 2018 - 04:37 PM, said:

Yes power options are all set to high, I'll try the repair tool a few times and yah it's plugged in.yah not my finest purchase

Things happen. Have you removed the battery and played? Most likely it is either a battery or charger but leaning more towards it being a battery issue. Removing the battery and running without it costs nothing. iirc there had been two players who had similar issues and it ended up being the battery for one and battery AND charger for the other.

Also, if it says your battery is fully charged, change the Power Options for battery to High Performance (remember to change this back later) and play some matches without the AC adapter plugged in. At least one player had been using a lower wattage power adapter than what the laptop was supposed to have been using and this is how he discovered he gotten the wrong replacement.

Edited by Tarl Cabot, 29 October 2018 - 05:04 AM.

[MrVaad]

I don't know about your computer but most of your activated user.cfg lines have a BIG negative impact on performance.

-Two or Three times faster refresh of your hud items.
-Display more objects, farther and with more details.
-Bigger textures on terrain
-Bigger textures on shadows.
-Rendering engine speed improvements deactivated.
etc ...

Some of those lines are what i use to improve the look of the game on my desktop PC (GTX 1080).

I would start by deleting this user.cfg file.
Then put everything on low in MWO, disable cockpit glass and monitors, activate vsync.

If the problem is solved, you can try to improve some settings (via MWO menus).
If the problem continue, i can perhaps provide you a few lines to improve performance.

[Channu]

This could be the reason - "sys_SleepIfInactive = 0"

Set it to 1 and report back please.

Edited by Channu, 29 December 2018 - 08:47 AM.