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[AvatarofWhat]

Tried both the patch and setting attributes to zero. Neither seems to make the game accept my user.cfg file. Any help would be appreciated.

[BladeXXL]

AvatarofWhat, on 09 November 2012 - 02:17 PM, said:

Tried both the patch and setting attributes to zero. Neither seems to make the game accept my user.cfg file. Any help would be appreciated.

Which of your user.cfg commands are NOT accepted?


Within the last patch Yaro's seems to lower the fps more then in helps... I have to try Pada's one...


@Al Bert: what do you expect having a 0-byte user.cfg?

[AvatarofWhat]

BladeXXL, on 09 November 2012 - 07:59 PM, said:

Which of your user.cfg commands are NOT accepted?


Within the last patch Yaro's seems to lower the fps more then in helps... I have to try Pada's one...

I assume they are not accepted because I can't see any visual difference and the fps remains the same if not a bit lower. I am using Yaros config. I'll try Pada's config as well and see if I can notice any difference, ill post the results tomorrow when I wake up since its very late here. As of the latest patch even the command to turn on Bitchi'n betty does not seem to work anymore. I'm not sure if any user.cfg commands do work, but I have not noticed any that do. I followed the instructions to the letter and I'm not exactly sure what part of the process is the problem.

[Devil God]

i changed the sys_spec to 0 in attributes.xml under my username profle

then open the game to drag the setting to left to set them to the lowest, and save it

now the sys_spec under attributes.xml all go back to 1 except shadow is 0, but I still see shadows in the game

the user.cfg file has 0 kb in it ???

i am new to this, and can anyone explain in more detail ?

i try this is because i have memory leak issue, and the graphic glitch ( slow dow or lag ) after 3 games

i have to restart the game every 3 games, and it's annoying, so I want to see if manual lower the graphic will help or not

thanks in advance

[Dreddix]

Colonel Pada Vinson, on 09 November 2012 - 12:11 PM, said:

Custom configs work just fine.

I've adjusted the user.cfg file for low-mid range pcs - posted below. Adjust values as needed. This user.cfg is based on the newest PGI low settings, and combines that with some minor tweaks to get better visual quality.

Solid map like forest colony frost runs 20-30 FPS for the most part, caustic is stable too. Forest colony normal continues to give serious FPS problems & crashes at times.

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;Default 3 -
;
;========================================================================================================
;*********************************Independantly added items*********************************************
;default high settings
;r_MultiThreaded = 1
;r_GeomInstancing=1
;e_decals=1
;e_DecalsHitCache=1
e_particles_thread = 1
gpu_particle_physics = 1
gp_mech_sound_system_disable_bitchinbetty = 0
;Field of View inside Cockpit (Default:75)
cl_fov = 85
;Mouse Options
i_mouse_smooth = 0
i_mouse_accel=0
;mouse speed (working - 0.1 - windows mouse at 6 notch, 1200 dpi mouse raise/lower as needed)
cl_sensitivity = 0.1
;MSAA fix for ATI - toggle as needed.
r_PostMSAA = 0
r_PostMSAAMode = 0
r_FSAA = 0
=================================================================================================
;Environment
e_WaterOceanFFT = 1
e_WaterTessellationAmount = 1
e_WaterTessellationAmountX = 10
e_WaterTessellationAmountY = 10
e_WaterTessellationSwathWidth = 10
r_WaterCaustics = 0
r_WaterReflections = 0
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0
r_WaterTessellationHW = 0
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 0
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0
e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 8
e_GI = 1
e_GIAmount = 0.6
e_GIMaxDistance = 50
e_GINumCascades = 2
e_SkyType = 1
e_SkyUpdateRate = 0
e_TerrainAo = 0
e_TerrainNormalMap = 0
e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1
r_DetailDistance = 0
r_DetailTextures = 1
r_ssdo = 0
r_SSAO = 0
r_SSAOQuality = 0
r_SSAODownscale = 0
r_refraction = 0
r_SSReflections = 0
r_Beams = 3
r_BeamsDistFactor = 0.05
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 64
e_Clouds = 0
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0
r_Reflections = 0
;GameEffects
i_lighteffects = 1
g_ragdollUnseenTime = 2
g_ragdollMinTime = 8
g_ragdollDistance = 15
;ObjectDetail
e_ObjQuality = 1
e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 1
e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 2
e_DecalsOverlapping = 1
e_Dissolve = 2
e_LodRatio = 10
e_Lods = 1
e_LodMin = 0
e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 1
e_OcclusionCullingViewDistRatio = 1
e_ProcVegetation = 1
e_streamCgf = 0
e_VegetationBending = 1
e_VegetationMinSize = 0
e_VegetationSpritesDistanceCustomRatioMin = 0.6
e_VegetationSpritesDistanceRatio = 1
e_ViewDistMin = 10
e_ViewDistRatio = 100
e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 100
e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 50
e_ViewDistRatioLights = 40
e_ViewDistRatioVegetation = 30
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 1536
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 128
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 0
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 100
ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0.6
i_rejecteffects = 1
e_Tessellation = 0
e_DecalsForceDeferred = 1
r_DrawNearZRange = 0.06
;Particles
e_ParticlesQuality = 2
e_ParticlesLights = 1
e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill = 64
e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 1.5
e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 1
r_UseParticlesHalfRes = 1
r_UseSoftParticles = 1
;Physics
g_breakage_particles_limit = 120
g_joint_breaking = 1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist = 0
e_CullVegActivation = 0
e_FoliageWindActivationDist = 0
e_PhysFoliage = 0
e_PhysOceanCell = 0.5
p_gravity_z = -36.3
p_joint_damage_accum = 2
p_joint_damage_accum_threshold = 0.2
p_max_MC_iters = 4000
p_max_object_splashes = 3
p_max_substeps_large_group = 3
p_num_bodies_large_group = 50
p_splash_dist0 = 7
p_splash_dist1 = 30
p_splash_force0 = 10
p_splash_force1 = 100
p_splash_vel0 = 4.5
p_splash_vel1 = 10
v_vehicle_quality = 4
es_MaxPhysDist = 50
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible = 15
;PostProcessing
r_ColorGrading = 0
r_DepthOfField = 0
r_EyeAdaptationBase = 0.1
r_EyeAdaptationFactor = 0.85
r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 4
r_GlowAnamorphicFlares = 1
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.9
r_HDRBlueShift = 0
r_HDRBrightLevel = 0.95
r_HDRBrightOffset = 10
r_HDRBrightThreshold = 6
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 10
r_HDRGrainAmount = 0
r_HDRLevel = 3
r_HDROffset = 10
r_HDRRendering = 1
r_MotionBlur = 0
r_MotionBlurMaxViewDist = 0
r_PostProcessHUD3DCache = 30
r_RainMaxViewDist_Deferred = 0
r_Sunshafts = 1
r_UseEdgeAA = 0
;Shading
q_Renderer = 3
q_ShaderFX = 3
q_ShaderGeneral = 3
q_ShaderGlass = 3
q_ShaderHDR = 3
q_ShaderIce = 3
q_ShaderMetal = 3
q_ShaderPostProcess = 2
q_ShaderShadow = 3
q_ShaderSky = 3
q_ShaderTerrain = 3
q_ShaderVegetation = 3
q_ShaderWater = 3
;Shadows
e_Shadows = 0
e_GsmCache = 0
e_GsmLodsNum = 0
e_GsmRange = 0
e_ParticlesShadows = 0
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 0
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 0
e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0
e_ShadowsResScale = 0
e_ShadowsTessellateCascades = 0
r_ShadowBlur = 0
r_ShadowJittering = 0
r_ShadowsPCFiltering = 0
r_ShadowsUseClipVolume = 0
r_FogShadows = 0
;Sound
s_MPEGDecoders = 32
s_Obstruction = 1
s_ObstructionAccuracy = 1
s_ObstructionUpdate = 0.1
s_SoundMoodsDSP = 1
s_VariationLimiter = 1
;Textures
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 32
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 32
r_DynTexMaxSize = 50
r_EnvCMResolution = 1
r_EnvTexResolution = 1
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 1
r_ImposterRatio = 1
r_TexSkyResolution = 0
r_TexAtlasSize = 1024
r_TexMinAnisotropy = 0
r_TexBumpResolution = 0
r_TexResolution = 0
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 32
r_TexturesStreaming = 0

When i use standart game low settings it is barely playable 15-23 FPS, and i have 5FPS bug every 7 game, so i restart client after every 5-6 game. When i use any *.cfg my in game fps is good, 40-60 fps, but 5FPS bug is every 2-3 game. Disturbing... What may cause such a behavior? why is it happening so often with using user.cfg?

[AvatarofWhat]

Ok tried Pada's config. I've noticed that my view of the cockpit was changed(sitting further back in the cockpit) so thats at least one thing that is accepted. However the levels still looked the same and there were no graphical changes. FPS also remained the same.

edit- the mouse sensitivity seemed different as well

Edited by AvatarofWhat, 10 November 2012 - 08:28 AM.

[tsk]

Dreddix, on 10 November 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:

When i use standart game low settings it is barely playable 15-23 FPS, and i have 5FPS bug every 7 game, so i restart client after every 5-6 game. When i use any *.cfg my in game fps is good, 40-60 fps, but 5FPS bug is every 2-3 game. Disturbing... What may cause such a behavior? why is it happening so often with using user.cfg?

The issue is likely connected to memory leak in VRAM.
As to the cause - it's a software problem and only decreasing VRAM usage may give you more time.
I wouldn't put much blame on custom configs unless they increase texture resolution - how fast 4FPS bug occurs depends mostly on amount of different graphic objects that game loads.
That means it will happen with different regularity depending on maps drawn / types of mechs in matches / time spent in mechlab etc.

Edited by tsk, 10 November 2012 - 08:35 AM.

[Dreddix]

tsk, on 10 November 2012 - 08:34 AM, said:

The issue is likely connected to memory leak in VRAM.
As to the cause - it's a software problem and only decreasing VRAM usage may give you more time.
I wouldn't put much blame on custom configs unless they increase texture resolution - how fast 4FPS bug occurs depends mostly on amount of different graphic objects that game loads.
That means it will happen with different regularity depending on maps drawn / types of mechs in matches / time spent in mechlab etc.

I do not blame custom configs, i`m absolutely grateful for thouse! They are the only acceptable option to play this game!
I`m just compareing results. And results are very different. So i wanted to know why is it like that.
I did found out by my self long time ago, that VRAM i causing it, i tryed to find some program for VRAM cleaning, as there are programs for RAM memory, but i did not found any... Too bad.

[MatKall]

Yaros ! Your's low low low configs let me play since august ...now...ehh, pliz do smth ! Take out this damn textures out of this game !

[BladeXXL]

Devil God, on 10 November 2012 - 12:20 AM, said:

i changed the sys_spec to 0 in attributes.xml under my username profle

then open the game to drag the setting to left to set them to the lowest, and save it

now the sys_spec under attributes.xml all go back to 1 except shadow is 0, but I still see shadows in the game

the user.cfg file has 0 kb in it ???

i am new to this, and can anyone explain in more detail ?

i try this is because i have memory leak issue, and the graphic glitch ( slow dow or lag ) after 3 games

i have to restart the game every 3 games, and it's annoying, so I want to see if manual lower the graphic will help or not

thanks in advance

THIS won't fix any memory leaks or fps bugs!!!

THIS is for people who want to tweak graphics via user.cfg...
If you don't and also have no experience "how to" ... just stay with the standard!

Just be patient with PGI working on performance improvements...

btw.: you have to move the sliders to the left and save first and then change ALL attributes containing the string sys_spec to 0!

[Wonderful Greg]

No matter what I do, in what order etc. I can't desable shadows. After all changes to config files they still work. Even when in game setting menu say is't "off"

[Ow Chi]

I have tried the latest user.cfgs and still had crappy FPS. Uninstalled, reinstalled and without touching the files just set it to low spec. And now it's MUCH better, I top out at around 40 FPS and get down to 20ish. Doesn't look all that great but it's a big improvement.

YMMV

[BladeXXL]

Wonderful Greg, on 11 November 2012 - 04:46 AM, said:

No matter what I do, in what order etc. I can't desable shadows. After all changes to config files they still work. Even when in game setting menu say is't "off"

did you add e_Shadows = 0 to user.cfg AND set <Attr name="OptionCfg.sys_spec_Shadows" value="0"/> in attributes.xml?

[Max Immelmann]

sure wish the location of the files we are suppose to change was given. alot this does for non savy comp users.

[Yaros525]

Here's my latest config.

Squeezed some little fps, but it has several major advantages:
[] No freezes, zero drops to the desktop. (It may give you black screen on launch for the very first time, after that all will be ok)
[] No overbright Arctic.
[] No (Forest) blackout while heavy laser action (or glowing Catapults) onscreen.
[] No more muted sounds, ever.

> Bottled max fps at 60, it keeps your GPU COOL while vsync is disabled. No like? sys_MaxFPS = XX
> FOV is 65. cl_fov = XX to change
> Mouse sensitivity is at default. Uncomment cl_sensitivity and set yours.
> Still have shadows (/me likes); e_shadows=0 to remove.

>>> Delete Cache folder before start.

Comment!

Spoiler

;************************************************************************
;******************* MWO Uber Cute&Fast ******** config v1.3 ************
;************************************************************************
;***<<<<<<<< WARNING !!! BladeXXL patch is ABSOLUTE MUST !!! >>>>>>>>****---------------------------------------------
; http://mwomercs.com/...ost__p__1067699
;************************************************************************---------------------------------------------
;---
;============================ Debug =====================================
sys_DeactivateConsole = 0
; --- 0: normal console behavior / 1: hide the console <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
con_restricted = 0
; --- 0=normal mode / 1=restricted access to the console <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
e_DisplayMemoryUsageIcon = 1
; --- Turns On/Off the memory usage icon rendering: 1 on, 0 off. <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
;============================ Core ======================================
;---
sys_MaxFPS = 60
r_VSync = 0
cl_fov = 65
; --- Main view frustum FoV
r_MultiGPU = 0
; --- Enable if SLI/CrossFire
r_MultiThreaded = 1
; --- 0=disabled, 1=enabling rendering in separate thread, 2(default)=automatic detection
r_GeomInstancing = 1
r_stereodevice = 0
; --- Sets stereo (visual) device (only possible before app start)
;---
;============================ Controller ================================
;---
; cl_sensitivity = 2
i_mouse_inertia = 0
;--- Set mouse inertia. It is disabled (0.0) by default.
i_mouse_smooth = 0
;--- [1..30] Set mouse smoothing value, also if 0 (disabled) there will be a simple average between the old and the actual input.
i_mouse_accel = 0
; --- usually a small number, 0.1 is a good one
i_mouse_accel_max = 100
; --- Set mouse max mouse delta when using acceleration.
;============================= Renderer ================================
;---
sys_spec_Environment = 1
sys_spec_GameEffects = 1
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 1
sys_spec_Particles = 1
sys_spec_PostProcessing = 1
sys_spec_Shading = 1
sys_spec_Shadows = 1
sys_spec_Texture = 1
sys_spec_Physics = 3
sys_spec_Sound = 3
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------
q_Renderer = 1
; --- Should be set besides q_Quality
q_Quality = 1
; --- If called with a parameter it sets the quality of all q_.. variables
; --- but to be 100% sure:
q_ShaderGeneral = 1
q_ShaderMetal = 1
q_ShaderGlass = 1
q_ShaderVegetation = 1
q_ShaderIce = 1
q_ShaderTerrain = 1
q_ShaderShadow = 1
q_ShaderWater = 1
q_ShaderFX = 1
q_ShaderPostProcess = 1
q_ShaderHDR = 1
q_ShaderSky = 1
e_Recursion = 0
; --- [Default:1] If 0 - will skip recursive render calls like render into texture
;---
;============================= ObjectDetail =============================
;--- Occlusion -----
e_HwOcclusionCullingObjects = 1
; --- [Default:0] Activates usage of HW occlusion test for objects
e_OcclusionLazyHideFrames = 1
; --- [Default:0] Makes less occluson tests, but it takes more frames to detect invisible objects
; ---
;----------------------------- Object LODs --------------------------
e_ObjQuality = 1
e_Lods = 1
; --- Load and use LOD models for static geometry
e_LodsForceUse = 1
e_LodRatio = 10
; --- LOD distance ratio for objects
e_LodMin = 0
e_CharLodMin = 1
; --- Min LOD for character objects
e_LodMax = 5
e_LodMinTtris = 1
; --- LODs with less triangles will not be used
e_LodCompMaxSize = 8
; --- Affects LOD selection for big objects, small number will switch more objects into lower LOD
; ---
;e_MaxViewDistance = 150
; --- [Default: -1] Far clipping plane distance
e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 0.8
; --- [Default: 1]
; 1 - use max view distance set by designer for very high spec
; 0 - for very low spec
; Values between 0 and 1 - will lerp between high and low spec max view distances.
; ---
e_ViewDistMin = 10
; --- Min distance on what far objects will be culled out
e_ViewDistRatio = 100
; --- View distance ratio for objects
e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 75
; --- View distance ratio for special marked objects (Players,AI,Vehicles)
e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 35
; --- View distance ratio for detail objects
e_ViewDistRatioLights = 50
; --- View distance ratio for light sources
;e_ViewDistRatioVegetation = 40
; --- [Default: 30] View distance ratio for vegetation
r_DrawNearZRange = 0.08
;----------------------------- Dissolve ---------------------------------
e_Dissolve = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Objects alphatest_noise_fading out on distance
e_DissolveDistband = 3
; --- [Default: 3] Over how many metres transition takes place
e_DissolveDistMax = 8
; --- [Default: 8] At most how near to object MVD dissolve effect triggers (10% of MVD, clamped to this)
e_DissolveDistMin = 2
; --- [Default: 2] At least how near to object MVD dissolve effect triggers (10% of MVD, clamped to this)
;---
;----------------------------- Terrain ------------------------------
;---
e_TerrainLodRatio = 1
; --- lower is better, 0 is disabled terrain LOD
e_TerrainTextureLodRatio = 1
; --- Adjust terrain base texture resolution on distance
e_TerrainDetailMaterials = 0
; --- Activates drawing of detail materials on terrain ground
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 128
; --- [Default:128]
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 1024
; --- [Default:2048]
e_TerrainNormalMap = 0
e_TerrainTextureStreamingPoolItemsNum = 64
; --- [Default: 64] Specifies number of textures in terrain base texture streaming pool
; ---
;----------------------------- Terrain Occlusion ---------------------
; ---
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingVersion = 1
; >>> 0 - old, 1 - new <<<
; ---
e_TerrainOcclusionCulling = 1
; --- heightmap occlusion culling with time coherency 0=off, 1=on
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 120
; --- [Default: 200] Max length of ray (for version 1)
;e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxSteps
; --- [Default: 50] Max number of tests per ray (for version 0)
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecision = 0.25
; --- [Default: 0.25] Density of rays
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecisionDistRatio = 3
; --- [Default: 3] Controls density of rays depending on distance to the object
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSize = 4
; --- [Default: 4] Initial size of single step (in heightmap units)
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSizeDelta = 1.05
; --- [Default: 1.05] Step size scale on every next step (for version 1)
;---
;----------------------------- Vegetation -----------------------------
;---
;e_VegetationSprites = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activates drawing of sprites instead of distributed objects at far distance
;e_VegetationSpritesMinDistance = 8
; --- [Default: 8] Sets minimal distance when distributed object can be replaced with sprite
;e_DissolveSpriteMinDist = 4
; --- [Default: 4] The min dist over which vegetation sprites dissolve
;e_DissolveSpriteDistRatio = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.1] The fraction of vegetation sprite draw distance over which to dissolve
;e_VegetationSpritesBatching = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activates batch processing for sprites, optimizes CPU usage in case of dense vegetation
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 16
e_VegetationBending = 0
; --- [Default: 1] Simulates "wind bending"
;e_VegetationAlphaBlend = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_VegetationMinSize = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
;e_VegetationSpritesDistanceCustomRatioMin = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_VegetationSpritesDistanceRatio = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Allows changing distance on what vegetation switch into sprite
;e_CullVegActivation = 8
; --- [Default: 10] Vegetation activation distance limit; 0 disables visibility-based culling (= unconditional activation)
;e_ProcVegetation = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1
;---
;----------------------------- Other...----------------------------------
;---
;e_OcclusionCullingViewDistRatio = 0.5
; --- [Default: 0.5] Skip per object occlusion test for very far objects - culling on tree level will handle it
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
; --- [Default: 5000] Ration between size of attachment and distance to camera
;ca_DrawAttachments = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0.5
; --- [Default: 1]
;---
;============================= Textures =================================
;---
r_TexMinSize = 64
; --- [Default: 64]
r_TexMaxSize = 0
; --- [Default: 0 / unlimited (auto)]
r_TexResolution = 1
;--- Diffuse. When 0 (default) texture resolution is unaffected, 1 halves, 2 quarters etc.
;r_TextureLodDistanceRatio = 4
; --- [Default: -1 (off)] ; [-1, 0 and bigger] Controls dynamic LOD system for textures used in materials.
; 0 = full LOD to all textures used in frame.
; > 0 will activate texture LOD selection depending on distance to the objects.
r_TexBumpResolution = 2
;--- Reduces bump texture resolution. (Behaviour) same as r_TexResolution.
r_EnvTexResolution = 0
;--- Sets resolution for 2d target environment texture, in pixels. 0: 64 / 1: 128 / 2: 256 / 3: 512
r_EnvCMResolution = 0
;--- Sets resolution for target environment cubemap, in pixels. 0: 64 / 1: 128 / 2: 256
r_DisplacementFactor = 0.4
; --- [Default = 0.4f] Global displacement amount. Parallax?
r_UseMaterialLayers = 0
;--- [0/1/2] Default is 2 (optimized). Set to 1 for enabling but with optimization disabled (for debug).
r_TexSkyResolution = 1
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 12
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 8
r_DynTexMaxSize = 64
; --- [Default: 80]
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.001]
r_TexAtlasSize = 256
; --- [Default: 1024]
r_TexMinAnisotropy = 0
r_TexMaxAnisotropy = 4
; --- ^^^ Lowered to make textures look sharper, since MSAA is enabled.
; r_TexturesFilteringQuality = 1
; --- 0: Highest quality ; 1: Medium quality ; 2: Low quality
; ---
;----------------------------- Detail Textures -------------------------
r_DetailTextures = 0
; r_DetailNumLayers = 1
r_DetailDistance = 4
; --- [1-20] Default is 6.
;----------------------------- Object Decals --------------------------
e_decals = 0
e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 0
e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 0.8
e_DecalsOverlapping = 0
e_DecalsHitCache = 1
;e_DecalsForceDeferred = 0
e_DecalsMerge = 1
e_DecalsScissor = 1
e_DecalsPreCreate = 1
ca_useDecals = 0
; --- Decals on characters / base cap frame
;---
;================ Post-Processing / HDR / DOF / Motion Blur ============
;---
r_PostProcessEffects = 0
r_PostProcessFilters = 0
r_PostProcessGameFx = 0
r_ColorGrading = 1
r_Glow = 1
r_GlowAnamorphicFlares = 1
r_DepthOfField = 0
r_dofMinZScale = 0
r_dofMinZ = 1
r_DepthOfFieldBokeh = 0
r_DepthOfFieldBokehQuality = 0
r_PostProcessHUD3DCache = 30
r_sunshafts = 0
r_pointslightshafts = 0
r_Coronashafts = 0
r_Coronas = 0
r_Flares = 1
r_MotionBlur = 0
r_MotionBlurMaxViewDist = 0
r_MotionBlurShutterSpeed = 0.00001
ca_MotionBlurMovementThreshold = 0.00001
r_Reflections = 0
r_ReflectionsQuality = 0
r_Beams = 0
r_BeamsDistFactor = 1
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 16
;--------------------------------- HDR ------------------------------
r_HDRRendering = 1
;--- [Default:1] [0/1/2/etc] Default is 1 (on), exponential tone mapping; 2 - exponential tone mapping with s-curve output.
r_HDRTexFormat = 0
;--- [Default:0] HDR texture format. [Value] 0:(low precision - cheaper/faster), 1:(high precision)
r_HDRLevel = 3
;--- [Default:8.0] HDR rendering range level (color multiplier tweak together with hdr offset) <<< Bigger = brighter highlights
r_HDROffset = 10
;--- [Default is 10.0]. HDR rendering range offset (color multiplier tweak together with hdr level) <<< Bigger = darker shadows
;r_HDRBrightness = 1
;--- [Default:1]
;r_HDRSaturation = 1
;--- [Default:0.875]
r_HDRBrightLevel = 0.2
;--- [Default is 1.25] <--- HDR Glow ?
r_HDRBrightOffset = 10
;--- [Default is 8.0] ^^^ Controls the general Brightness/Glow of lighting;
; Lowering increases brightness, raising - darkens the HDR effect.
r_HDRBrightThreshold = 6
;--- [Default is 8.0]
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.4
;--- [Default is 0.8]
r_HDRGrainAmount = 0
;--- [Default is 0.6]
r_HDRBlueShift = 0
;--- [Default is 0]
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 10
;--- Default is 4. 0 - always update, 1 - every other frame, 2 - every two frames, etc
;--- Enable/Disable eye adaptation caching overframes
r_EyeAdaptationBase = 0.1
; --- [Default:0.25] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation base value (smaller values result in brighter adaption)
r_EyeAdaptationFactor = 0.85
; --- [Default:0.85] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation factor (0 means no adaption to current scene luminance, 1 means full adaption)
r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 0.5
; --- [Default:2.0] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation speed
;---
;============================= MSAA / EdgeAA / FSAA / SSAA ============================
;---
r_MSAA = 0
; --- [Default: 0] Enables selective supersampled antialiasing.
r_MSAA_quality = 0
; --- [Default: 0] See config/MSAAProfiles*.txt for samples.
r_MSAA_samples = 4
; --- [Default: 4] See config/MSAAProfiles*.txt for samples.
r_PostAA = 1
; --- [0/1]1: 2x SSAA, 0: disabled; Enables amortized super sampling.
r_PostAAEdgeFilter = 1
; --- [0/1]. 0: disabled, 1: SMAA t2x, 2: SMAA 2x; Enables morphological edge antialiasing algorithm.
r_PostAAInEditingMode = 0
; --- Debug
r_PostAAMode = 1
; --- [1: to enable 2x distributed SSAA, 2: video capture mode (TBD); Enables supported AA modes.
;r_PostAAStencilCulling
; --- Enables post processed AA stencil culling.
; ---
;r_Supersampling = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Use supersampled antialiasing (1 - 1x1 no SSAA, 2 - 2x2, 3 - 3x3 ...)
;r_SupersamplingFilter
; --- Filter method to use when resolving supersampled output
; 0 - Box filter; 1 - Tent filter; 2 - Gaussian filter ;3 - Lanczos filter
;---
;============================= SSAO ====================================
;---
r_SSAO = 0
; --- [Default: 4]
; 0 - disabled
; 1 - SSAO technique with normals
; 2 - SSAO technique with normals and temporal accumulation
; 3 - Volumetric Obscurance technique with jittering <<< Looks the best, relatively fast too.
; 4 - Volumetric Obscurance technique with jittering and temporal accumulation
r_SSAOQuality = 0
; --- [Default: 2] SSAO shader quality [0 - Low spec, 1 - Medium spec, 2 - High spec, 3-3 Highest spec]
r_SSAODownscale = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Use downscaled computations for SSAO
r_SSAOAmount = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Controls how much SSAO affects ambient
r_SSAORadius = 1.5
; --- [Default: 1.5] Controls size of area tested. The lower the better. the higher this number gets, the darker the shadows get.
r_SSAOTemporalConvergence = 0.7
; --- [Default: 0.7] Temporal SSAO update/convergence speed
r_SSAOContrast = 1
; --- [Default: 1] SSAO contrast coefficient (higher contrast highlights edges)
e_TerrainAo = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activate deferred terrain ambient occlusion
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist = 4
; --- [Default: 8] this defines how much shading you see from things like trees and vegetation. The higher the number, the less self shadowing the shrubs and vegetation produce.
; ---
;--------------------------- SSDO (DirectX11 only?) -------------------------
r_ssdo = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
r_ssdoAmount = 0
; --- [Default: 2]
r_ssdoAmbientAmount = 0
; --- [Default: 1]
r_refraction = 0
; --- [Default: 1]
r_ssreflections = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
;---
;============================= GI / Sky / Light / Shading ===========================
;---
e_GI = 0
; --- [Default: 0 (Disabled)] Enable/disable global illumination <<< Disabled, can't see any visual difference...
e_GIRSMSize = 64
; --- [Default: 384] minimum: 64, maximum: 512 ; Set the default reflective shadow map size.
e_GIAmount = 0.25
; --- [Default: 1]
e_GIMaxDistance = 80
; --- [Default: 50. Max: 150] Maximum distance of global illumination in meters. The less the distance the better the quality.
e_GINumCascades = 1
e_GICascadesRatio = 2
; --- Slope ratio
e_GIIterations = 5
; --- [Default: 10. Max: 32] Maximum number of propagation iterations global illumination.
; The less number of propagation iterations the shorter the light propagation distance.
e_GIOffset = 0.2
; --- [Default: 0.2 Min: 0 Max: 1] Offset of GI in front of camera in percents [0;1].
e_GIPropagationAmp = 3.3
; --- [Default: 3.3 Min: 1 Max: 5] Light amplification during each propagation iteration.
e_GICache = 7
; --- [Default: 7 Min: 0 (disabled)] Sparse temporal caching for RSM rendering. Measured in framed per generation.
e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 8
;----------------------------------- Sky ----------------------------------
e_SkyBox = 1
e_SkyType = 0
; --- Type of sky used: 0 (static), 1 (dynamic).
e_SkyQuality = 2
; --- Quality of dynamic sky: 1 (very high), 2 (high).
e_SkyUpdateRate = 0
;---
;============================= Shadows =================================
;---
e_Shadows = 1
gp_mech_hide_self_shadow = 0
r_ShadowGen = 0
; --- [ Default: 1] 0=disable shadow map updates, 1=enable shadow map updates
r_ShadowGenMode = 0
; --- [ Default: 1] 0=Use Frustums Mask, 1=Regenerate all sides
; r_ShadowsBias
; --- [Default: 8e-005]
e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 128
; --- [Default: 1024]
e_GsmCastFromTerrain = 1
e_ShadowsOnWater = 0
e_ShadowsClouds = 0
; ---
e_ShadowsMasksLimit = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Maximum amount of allocated shadow mask textures. This limits the number of shadow casting lights overlapping.
; 0=disable limit(unpredictable memory requirements)
; 1=one texture (4 channels for 4 lights)
; 2=two textures (8 channels for 8 lights), ...
e_ShadowsLodBiasFixed = 2
; --- [Default: 1] Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels
e_ShadowsLodBiasInvis = 3
; --- [Default: 0] Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels, if object is not visible in main frame
r_ShadowBlur = 0
; --- [Default: 3] ; [0=no blurring(fastest)/1=blur/2=blur/3=blur without leaking(slower)]
; --- Selected shadow map screenspace blurring technique.
r_ShadowBluriness = 0
; --- [Default: 1] ; [0.1 - 16] Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowBlur is activated.
r_ShadowJittering = 1.5
; --- [Default: 3.4] "Dithered" shadow blurring, looks good and is cheap to process.
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 0.6
; --- [Default: 0.8] View dist ratio for shadow maps casting from objects
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = 0.8
; --- [Default: 1] View dist ratio for shadow maps casting for light sources
;e_ShadowsTessellateCascades = 0
; --- [Default: 1] Maximum cascade number to render tessellated shadows (0 = no tessellation for sun shadows)
;r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 2 <<<< WRECKS SHADOWS
; --- [Default: 0]
; --- 0=per pixel shadow mask; 1=horizontal half resolution shadow mask; 2=horizontal and vertical half resolution shadow mask
;r_ShadowsMaskDownScale = 1 <<<< WRECKS SHADOWS
; --- [Default: 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_ShadowsPCFiltering = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;r_UseShadowsPool = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;-------------- Shadows slope bias for shadowgen -----------------
e_ShadowsAdaptScale = 2.0
; --- [Default: 2.72]
e_ShadowsConstBias = 1.0
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_ShadowsResScale = 2.0
; --- [Default: 2.8]
e_ShadowsSlopeBias = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
e_GsmLodsNum = 3
; --- [Default: 5]
e_GsmRange = 4
; --- [Default: 3] Size of LOD 0 GSM area (in meters)
e_GsmRangeStep = 5
; --- [Default: 3] Range of next GSM lod is previous range multiplied by step
e_GsmRangeStepExtended = 6
; --- [Default: 6] Extended gsm_range_step for last gsm lod containing terrain
;e_GsmViewSpace
; --- [Default: 0] 0=world axis aligned GSM layout, 1=Rotate GSM frustums depending on view camera
e_GsmCache = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Cache sun shadows maps over several frames 0=off, 1=on if MultiGPU is deactivated
e_GsmCacheLodOffset = 1
; --- [Default: 3] Makes first X GSM lods not cached
e_GsmCacheLodOffsetExtended = 6
; --- [Default: 6] <<< Important ! How fast to update terrain GSM lod (player's mech shadow I would say) >>>
e_GsmExtendLastLod = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Make last cascade bigger and use less frequent updates
e_GsmExtendLastLodIncludeObjects = 0
; --- [Default: 0] Includes object shadows into last very big shadow frustum
e_GsmScatterLodDist = 50
; --- [Default: 70] Size of Scattering LOD GSM (in meters)
;---
;============================= Volumetrics =============================
;---
e_Fog = 0
; --- Activates global height/distance based fog
e_FogVolumes = 0
; --- Activates local height/distance based fog volumes
e_Clouds = 0
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0
r_ImpostersDraw = 0
; --- Default is 1 (on). Set to 0 to disable imposters (Clouds).
r_ImpostersUpdatePerFrame = 1000
; --- [Default = 6000 (6 megabytes)] ; [1000-30000]
r_ImposterRatio = 4
;--- Default is 1 (1:1 normal). Bigger values can help to save texture space. (e.g. value 2 results in 1/4 texture memory usage)
;---
;============================ Particles ================================
;---
e_ParticlesLod = 0.5
; --- Multiplier to particle count
e_ParticlesQuality = 1
e_ParticlesLights = 1
;i_lighteffects = 1
e_ParticlesGI = 0
e_ParticlesDiffCM = 0
; --- Apply diffuse cubemaps to appropriate particle effects
e_ParticlesShadows = 0
r_ShadowsParticleNormalEffect = 0
; --- [Default: 1 (on)] Shadow taps on particles affected by normal and intensity (breaks lines and uniformity of shadows).
r_ShadowsParticleKernelSize = 0
; --- Blur kernel size for particles shadows.
r_ShadowsAdaptionMin = 0
; --- starting kernel size, to avoid blocky shadows.
r_ShadowsAdaptionSize = 0
; --- Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowsBias is activated.
e_ParticlesCullAgainstViewFrustum = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Cull particles against the view frustum
e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill= 64
; --- [Default: 64] Screen size max of total particles to draw
e_ParticlesMaxDrawScreen = 4
; --- [Default: 2] Screen size max per particle -- fade out earlier
e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 4
; --- [Default: 1]
e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 1
; e_ParticlesPoolSize = 4096
; --- [Default: 12288]
; e_ParticlesEmitterPoolSize = 2048
; --- [Default: 6144]
e_ParticlesAnimBlend = 1
; --- [0,1,2 = Disable, Allow, Force]. Blend between animated texture frames.
r_UseParticlesHalfRes = 1
r_UseParticlesHalfResForce = 1
r_UseSoftParticles = 0
r_UseParticlesRefraction = 0
r_UseParticlesGlow = 1
r_UseParticlesMerging = 0
r_Rain = 0
r_RainAmount = 0
r_RainMaxViewDist_Deferred = 20
e_ParticlesThread = 1
r_UseParticlesMerging = 0
;---
;============================ Water / Ocean ===================================
e_HwOcclusionCullingWater = 1
; --- Activates usage of HW occlusion test for ocean
;---
e_WaterOcean = 2
;--- Activates drawing of ocean. 1: use usual rendering path; 2: use fast rendering path with merged fog
e_WaterOceanBottom = 1
e_WaterVolumes = 0
e_WaterWaves = 0
e_WaterOceanFFT = 0
; e_WaterTesselationAmount = 0.5
e_WaterWavesTessellationAmount = 0.5
; e_WaterTesselationAmountX = 10
; e_WaterTesselationAmountY = 10
; e_WaterTesselationSwathWidth = 5
r_WaterCaustics = 0
r_WaterGodRays = 0
r_WaterReflections = 1
r_WaterReflectionsMGPU = 0
; --- Default is 0 (single render update), 1 (multiple render updates)
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0
; --- Default is 0 (terrain only), 1 (terrain + particles), 2 (terrain + particles + brushes), 3 (everything)
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.05]
;r_WaterReflectionsMinVisUpdateDistanceMul
; --- [Default: 10] --- Activates update distance multiplier when water mostly occluded.
;r_WaterReflectionsMinVisUpdateFactorMul
; --- [Default: 20] --- Activates update factor multiplier when water mostly occluded.
r_WaterReflectionsUseMinOffset = 2
; --- [Default: 1] --- Activates water reflections if visible pixels above a certain threshold.
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 2
; --- [Default: 2]
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.01] <<< Update Ratio ???
;---
;============================ Physics ==========================
;---
;g_breakage_particles_limit = 50
;g_joint_breaking = 1
;g_tree_cut_reuse_dist = 0
;e_FoliageWindActivationDist = 15
;e_PhysFoliage = 1
;e_PhysOceanCell = 0.5
;p_gravity_z = -36.3
;p_joint_damage_accum = 2
;p_joint_damage_accum_threshold = 0.2
p_max_MC_iters = 8000
;p_max_object_splashes = 3
;p_max_substeps_large_group = 5
;p_num_bodies_large_group = 50
;p_splash_dist0 = 7
;p_splash_dist1 = 15
;p_splash_force0 = 10
;p_splash_force1 = 100
;p_splash_vel0 = 4.5
;p_splash_vel1 = 10
;v_vehicle_quality = 4
;es_MaxPhysDist = 120
; 200
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible = 25
;---
;============================ Sound ===================================
;---
;s_FormatSampleRate = 48000
s_MaxChannels = 128
; --- [Default: 64]
s_MaxActiveSounds = 256
; --- [Default: 100]
;s_MPEGDecoders = 32
;s_Obstruction = 1
;s_ObstructionAccuracy = 1
;s_ObstructionUpdate = 0.1
;s_ReverbType = 1
;s_SoundMoodsDSP = 1
;s_VariationLimiter = 1
;s_PrecacheData = 1
;s_SoftwareChannels
; --- [Default: 256]
;s_HWChannels
; --- [Default: 0]
;s_PriorityThreshold = 0
; --- [Default: 45]
s_ObstructionUpdate = 1
; --- [Default: 0.1]
;s_FindLostEvents = 1
;s_Obstruction = 0
;s_ReverbType = 0
;s_SpamFilterTimeout = 0
;---
;============================ PRECACHE ================================
;---
sys_preload = 1
i_precache = 1
;----------------------------------------------- Disabled shader precache block for compatibility reasons
;r_ShadersAsyncCompiling = 3
; --- Enable asynchronous shader compiling
; 0 = off, (stalling) shaders compiling
; 1 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are rendered in yellow
; 2 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are not rendered
; 3 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel in precache mode
;r_ShadersAsyncMaxThreads = 3
;r_ShadersPreactivate = 1
;r_ShadersPrecacheAllLights = 1
;r_ShadersUseInstanceLookUpTable = 0
; --- Use lookup table to search for shader instances. Speeds up the process, but uses more memory. Handy for shader generation.
; -----------------
;r_PrecacheShaderList = 1
;r_PrecacheShadersLevels = 1
;r_PrecacheShaders = 1 <<< 'Precache shaders' HANGING AFTER OCT.09 PATCH
; ---------------------------------------------
r_MeshPrecache = 1
e_ParticlesPreload = 1
; --- Enable preloading of all particle effects at the beginning
e_PreloadDecals = 1
; --- Preload all materials for decals
e_AutoPrecacheCgfMaxTasks = 16
; --- [Default: 8]. Maximum number of parallel streaming tasks during pre-caching
e_AutoPrecacheTerrainAndProcVeget = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of terrain textures and procedural vegetation
e_AutoPrecacheTexturesAndShaders = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of general textures and shaders
e_PreloadMaterials = 1
; --- Preload level materials from level cache pak and resources list
e_StatObjPreload = 1
; --- Load level CGF's in efficient way
e_AutoPrecacheCgf = 2
; --- Force auto pre-cache of CGF render meshes. 1=pre-cache all mehes around camera. 2=pre-cache only important ones (twice faster)
ca_PrecacheAnimationSets = 1
; --- Enable Precaching of Animation Sets per Character.
e_PrecacheLevel = 1
; --- Pre-render objects right after level loading
;---
;============================ STREAMING ===============================
;---
e_streamCgf = 0
; --- Enable streaming of static render meshes
r_TexturesStreaming = 0
; *** r_TexturesStreaming=1 is HARD-CODED into the engine core after Sept/19,25 patch, so BLADEXXX patch is OBLIGATORY. ***
;r_TexturesWarmup = 0
; --- Enables textures uploading to video memory after level loading. [0,1]
;r_TexturesStreamingMipBias = 4
; --- [Default: 0], Usage: [-4..0..4] Controls how texture LOD depends from distance to the objects.
; >>> !!! Increasing this value will reduce amount of memory required for textures. !!! <<<
; r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedJobs=1
; --- Maximum number of tasks submitted to streaming system. Default is 256.
; e_StreamPredictionUpdateTimeSlice = 0.1
; --- Maximum amount of time to spend for scene streaming priority update in milliseconds
; r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedMB=2.0
; --- Maximum amount of texture data requested from streaming system in MB. Default is 2.0(MB)
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSysSize=256
; --- Size of system memory pool for managed textures in MB. Default is 800 MB for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSize=128
; --- Size of pool for textures streaming in MB. Default is 128(MB) for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamingMinReadSizeKB=128
; --- Minimal read portion in KB. Default is 32
; r_texturesstreamingPostponeThresholdMip=1
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmaps. Default is 1
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeThresholdKB=1024
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmap loads in KB. Default is 1024(KB)
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeMips=1
; --- Postpone loading of high res mipmaps to improve resolution ballance of texture streaming. Default is 1 (on).
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyEnabled=1
; --- Toggle for resident textures streaming support
; r_TexturesStreamingSync=0
; --- Force only synchronous texture streaming. All textures will be streamed in the main thread. Default is 0, 1 for enable
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyThrottle=1
; --- Default is 0.5. Max is 1.0 means textures will become resident sooner, Min 0.0 means textures will not become resident
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyTime=600
; --- Time to keep textures resident for before allowing them to be removed from memory, in seconds.
; r_texturesstreampooldefragmentation=0
; >>> Enabled CPU (1), GPU(2) and disable (0) textures stream pool defragmentation.

Yours Yaros.

[Lufos]

thank you. i will test this tomorrow :-)

[Dagger6T6]

Thanks Yaros... trying this one tonight

***update... I can't say that it helped my framerates all that much... but I was able to remove the shadows... and it also removed the very annoying blurr effect for the horizon that occurs about 500+ meters

Edited by Dagger6T6, 12 November 2012 - 09:54 PM.

[Onyx Rain]

Ok I have a couple User.cfg files that are working which are for lower end systems, even more so then the yaros v1.2 (I put "r_TexturesStreaming=0" at the end of each one. Don't know if it was needed, but didn't seem to hurt)

I've had a real hard time hitting 30fps, even with custom configs... I believe both these configs have given me over 30 fps. The fps is best the first 4 matches after a client restart, but remain over 30 much of the time 10 games in. River City seems to run the worst for me, at around 20-27fps. I hit over 30 fps on forest colony most of the time. When adding or changing configs it may be good to delete your shader folder first before restarting the game. Setting the processor priority did seem to help some.

Other things that have helped me...

Keeping my CPU as cool as possible. (I actually have my case on its side with a 2ftx2ft box fan blowing into it. I did this because my fan pins holding it to the cpu are broke, and I use a 2lb weight to make sure the fan is in contact but the fan may help you too)

Getting as many unnecessary processes shut down as possible (except ones for performance booting utilities like game booster)

Game booster 3.5 beta:
http://www.freenew.n...beta/545118.htm
(Old beta before they partnered with Razer, still works great...no sign up or waiting)

Game booster razer edition (gotta sign up for this beta)
http://www.razerzone.com/gamebooster
(Gotta wait till you get into beta to DL this)

Using utilities like Advanced system care 5's turbo boost feature, ram cleaner, etc..etc...
http://download.cnet...tml?tag=mncol;1

I use Blade's patch with both of these configs...

This first one I forget where it came from but it has been tweaked for low end pc specs...
(I think frozen city is fine on this one...but laser glow (r_glow = 0) may be turned off which some people don't like. You're fairy won't glow either. Performance from both configs in this post were about the same for me)

Spoiler

;Default 3 - with October 9th patch this produces 10-12 FPS. ( NOTE: empty user.cfg with default PGI all ;low currently produces 20-45 FPS ingame at 1920x1200 on an E8400/4GB/HD4870)
;
;Culling from 3 to obtain prepatch image quality settings and FPS gains. Specifically, Film Grain. Basing ;work on pre-patch user.cfg that yielded 20-50 FPS ingame on all maps including forest colony.
;
;CURRENT NOTES: colorgrading/depth of field may be cause of film grain etc issues. disabled.
;
;========================================================================================================
;*********************************Independantly added items*********************************************
;default high settings
r_MultiThreaded = 1
r_GeomInstancing=1
e_decals=1
e_DecalsHitCache=1
e_particles_thread = 1
gpu_particle_physics = 1
;Field of View inside Cockpit (Default:90)
cl_fov = 60
;Mouse Options
i_mouse_smooth = 0
i_mouse_accel=0
;mouse speed (working - 0.1 - windows mouse at 6 notch, 1200 dpi mouse raise/lower as needed)
;cl_sensitivity = 0.1
; MSAA fix for ATI - toggle as needed.
r_PostMSAA = 0
r_PostMSAAMode = 0
r_FSAA = 0
=================================================================================================
;Environment
e_WaterOceanFFT = 1
e_WaterTessellationAmount = 10
e_WaterTessellationAmountX = 10
e_WaterTessellationAmountY = 10
e_WaterTessellationSwathWidth = 10
r_WaterCaustics = 0
r_WaterReflections = 0
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0
r_WaterTessellationHW = 0
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 0
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0
e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 12
e_GI = 1
e_GIAmount = 0.4
e_GIMaxDistance = 50
e_GINumCascades = 2
e_SkyType = 1
e_SkyUpdateRate = 0
e_TerrainAo = 0
e_TerrainNormalMap = 1
e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1
r_DetailDistance = 4
r_DetailTextures = 1
r_ssdo = 0
r_SSAO = 0
r_SSAOQuality = 0
r_SSAODownscale = 0
r_refraction = 1
r_SSReflections = 0
r_Beams = 3
r_BeamsDistFactor = 0.05
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 200
e_Clouds = 1
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0
r_Reflections = 0
;GameEffects
i_lighteffects = 1
g_ragdollUnseenTime = 2
g_ragdollMinTime = 13
g_ragdollDistance = 30
;ObjectDetail
e_ObjQuality = 1
e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 1
e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 2
e_DecalsOverlapping = 1
e_Dissolve = 2
e_LodRatio = 20
e_Lods = 1
e_LodMin = 0
e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 1
e_OcclusionCullingViewDistRatio = 1
e_ProcVegetation = 1
e_streamCgf = 0
e_VegetationBending = 1
e_VegetationMinSize = 0
e_VegetationSpritesDistanceCustomRatioMin = 0.6
e_VegetationSpritesDistanceRatio = 1
e_ViewDistMin = 10
e_ViewDistRatio = 80
e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 80
e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 50
e_ViewDistRatioLights = 50
e_ViewDistRatioVegetation = 50
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 1536
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 96
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 0
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 150
ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0.6
i_rejecteffects = 1
e_Tessellation = 0
e_DecalsForceDeferred = 1
r_DrawNearZRange = 0.04
;Particles
e_ParticlesQuality = 1
e_ParticlesLights = 1
e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill = 96
e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 1
e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 1
r_UseParticlesHalfRes = 0
r_UseSoftParticles = 1
;Physics
g_breakage_particles_limit = 96
g_joint_breaking = 1
g_tree_cut_reuse_dist = 0
e_CullVegActivation = 0
e_FoliageWindActivationDist = 0
e_PhysFoliage = 0
e_PhysOceanCell = 0.5
p_gravity_z = -36.3
p_joint_damage_accum = 2
p_joint_damage_accum_threshold = 0.2
p_max_MC_iters = 4000
p_max_object_splashes = 3
p_max_substeps_large_group = 3
p_num_bodies_large_group = 50
p_splash_dist0 = 7
p_splash_dist1 = 30
p_splash_force0 = 10
p_splash_force1 = 100
p_splash_vel0 = 4.5
p_splash_vel1 = 10
v_vehicle_quality = 4
es_MaxPhysDist = 50
es_MaxPhysDistInvisible = 25
;PostProcessing
r_ColorGrading = 0
r_DepthOfField = 0
r_EyeAdaptationBase = 0.1
r_EyeAdaptationFactor = 0.5
r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 4
r_GlowAnamorphicFlares = 1
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.7
r_HDRBlueShift = 0
r_HDRBrightLevel = 0.85
r_HDRBrightOffset = 5
r_HDRBrightThreshold = 6
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 30
r_HDRGrainAmount = 0
r_HDRLevel = 6
r_HDROffset = 10
r_HDRRendering = 1
r_MotionBlur = 0
r_MotionBlurMaxViewDist = 0
r_PostProcessHUD3DCache = 30
r_RainMaxViewDist_Deferred = 0
r_Sunshafts = 1
r_glow = 0
;Shading
q_Renderer = 0
q_ShaderFX = 0
q_ShaderGeneral = 0
q_ShaderGlass = 0
q_ShaderHDR = 0
q_ShaderIce = 0
q_ShaderMetal = 0
q_ShaderPostProcess = 0
q_ShaderShadow = 0
q_ShaderSky = 0
q_ShaderTerrain = 0
q_ShaderVegetation = 0
q_ShaderWater = 0
;Shadows
e_Shadows = 0
e_GsmCache = 0
e_GsmLodsNum = 0
e_GsmRange = 0
e_ParticlesShadows = 0
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 0
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 0
e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0
e_ShadowsResScale = 0
e_ShadowsTessellateCascades = 0
r_ShadowBlur = 0
r_ShadowJittering = 0
r_ShadowsPCFiltering = 0
r_ShadowsUseClipVolume = 0
r_FogShadows = 0
;Sound
s_MPEGDecoders = 32
s_Obstruction = 1
s_ObstructionAccuracy = 1
s_ObstructionUpdate = 0.1
s_SoundMoodsDSP = 1
s_VariationLimiter = 1
;============================ PRECACHE ================================
;---
sys_preload = 1
i_precache = 1
;----------------------------------------------- Disabled shader precache block for compatibility reasons
;r_ShadersAsyncCompiling = 3
; --- Enable asynchronous shader compiling
; 0 = off, (stalling) shaders compiling
; 1 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are rendered in yellow
; 2 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are not rendered
; 3 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel in precache mode
;r_ShadersAsyncMaxThreads = 3
;r_ShadersPreactivate = 1
;r_ShadersPrecacheAllLights = 1
;r_ShadersUseInstanceLookUpTable = 0
; --- Use lookup table to search for shader instances. Speeds up the process, but uses more memory. Handy for shader generation.
; -----------------
;r_PrecacheShaderList = 1
;r_PrecacheShadersLevels = 1
;r_PrecacheShaders = 1 <<< 'Precache shaders' HANGING AFTER OCT.09 PATCH
; ---------------------------------------------
r_MeshPrecache = 1
e_ParticlesPreload = 1
; --- Enable preloading of all particle effects at the beginning
e_PreloadDecals = 1
; --- Preload all materials for decals
e_AutoPrecacheCgfMaxTasks = 8
; --- [Default: 8]. Maximum number of parallel streaming tasks during pre-caching
e_AutoPrecacheTerrainAndProcVeget = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of terrain textures and procedural vegetation
e_AutoPrecacheTexturesAndShaders = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of general textures and shaders
e_PreloadMaterials = 1
; --- Preload level materials from level cache pak and resources list
e_StatObjPreload = 1
; --- Load level CGF's in efficient way
e_AutoPrecacheCgf = 2
; --- Force auto pre-cache of CGF render meshes. 1=pre-cache all mehes around camera. 2=pre-cache only important ones (twice faster)
ca_PrecacheAnimationSets = 1
; --- Enable Precaching of Animation Sets per Character.
e_PrecacheLevel = 1
; --- Pre-render objects right after level loading
;---
;Textures
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 32
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 32
r_DynTexMaxSize = 80
r_EnvCMResolution = 0
r_EnvTexResolution = 0
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.001
r_ImposterRatio = 1
r_TexSkyResolution = 0
r_TexAtlasSize = 1024
r_TexMinAnisotropy = 0
r_TexBumpResolution = 2
r_TexResolution = 2
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 64
e_streamCgf = 0
; --- Enable streaming of static render meshes
; *** r_TexturesStreaming=1 is HARD-CODED into the engine core after Sept/19,25 patch, so BLADEXXX patch is OBLIGATORY. ***
r_TexturesWarmup = 0
; --- Enables textures uploading to video memory after level loading. [0,1]
r_TexturesStreamingMipBias = 4
; --- [Default: 0], Usage: [-4..0..4] Controls how texture LOD depends from distance to the objects.
; >>> !!! Increasing this value will reduce amount of memory required for textures. !!! <<<
; r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedJobs=1
; --- Maximum number of tasks submitted to streaming system. Default is 256.
; e_StreamPredictionUpdateTimeSlice = 0.1
; --- Maximum amount of time to spend for scene streaming priority update in milliseconds
;r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedMB=2.0
; --- Maximum amount of texture data requested from streaming system in MB. Default is 2.0(MB)
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSysSize=256
; --- Size of system memory pool for managed textures in MB. Default is 800 MB for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSize=128
; --- Size of pool for textures streaming in MB. Default is 128(MB) for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamingMinReadSizeKB=128
; --- Minimal read portion in KB. Default is 32
; r_texturesstreamingPostponeThresholdMip=1
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmaps. Default is 1
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeThresholdKB=1024
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmap loads in KB. Default is 1024(KB)
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeMips=1
; --- Postpone loading of high res mipmaps to improve resolution ballance of texture streaming. Default is 1 (on).
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyEnabled=1
; --- Toggle for resident textures streaming support
; r_TexturesStreamingSync=0
; --- Force only synchronous texture streaming. All textures will be streamed in the main thread. Default is 0, 1 for enable
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyThrottle=1
; --- Default is 0.5. Max is 1.0 means textures will become resident sooner, Min 0.0 means textures will not become resident
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyTime=600
; --- Time to keep textures resident for before allowing them to be removed from memory, in seconds.
; r_texturesstreampooldefragmentation=0
; >>> Enabled CPU (1), GPU(2) and disable (0) textures stream pool defragmentation.
r_TexturesStreaming=0

This one is based on one of Yaro's configs, I just took settings down even further....
(This one could use some tweaking to get frozen city to not be so bright, but I just use thermal on it anyways so no biggie for me)

Spoiler

;************************************************************************
;******************* MWO Uber Cute&Fast ******** config v1.2 ************
;************************************************************************
;***<<<<<<<< WARNING !!! BladeXXL patch is ABSOLUTE MUST !!! >>>>>>>>****---------------------------------------------
;************************************************************************---------------------------------------------
;---
;============================ Debug =====================================
sys_DeactivateConsole = 0
; --- 0: normal console behavior / 1: hide the console <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
con_restricted = 0
; --- 0=normal mode / 1=restricted access to the console <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
;e_DisplayMemoryUsageIcon = 1
; --- Turns On/Off the memory usage icon rendering: 1 on, 0 off. <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
;============================ Core ======================================
;---
r_VSync = 0
cl_fov = 65
; --- Main view frustum FoV
;r_DrawNearFoV = 30
; --- Near objects (player's weapon) FoV <<< Doesn't work for MWO ? >>>
r_MultiGPU = 0
; --- Enable if SLI/CrossFire
r_MultiThreaded = 1
; --- 0=disabled, 1=enabling rendering in separate thread, 2(default)=automatic detection
r_GeomInstancing = 1
r_stereodevice = 0
; --- Sets stereo (visual) device (only possible before app start)
;---
;---------------------------- Gameplay ----------------------------------
; --- Zoom ---
gp_mech_view_zoom_transitiontime = 0.05
; --- [Default: 0.2] Transition time in seconds between zoom levels
;---
;============================ Controller ================================
;---
i_mouse_inertia = 0
;--- Set mouse inertia. It is disabled (0.0) by default.
i_mouse_smooth = 0
;--- [1..30] Set mouse smoothing value, also if 0 (disabled) there will be a simple average between the old and the actual input.
i_mouse_accel = 0
; --- usually a small number, 0.1 is a good one
i_mouse_accel_max = 100
; --- Set mouse max mouse delta when using acceleration.
gp_mech_view_look_sensitivity = 0.0026
; --- [Default: 0.00261537] Normal View <<<<<<<<< Mouse sensitivity
gp_mech_view_zoom_level1_sensitivity_modifier = 0.95
; --- [Default:0.95] Zoom 1.5x
gp_mech_view_zoom_level2_sensitivity_modifier = 0.8
; --- [Default: 0.8] Zoom 3x
gp_mech_view_zoom_level3_sensitivity_modifier = 0.7
; --- [Default: 0.7] Zoom 4x
gp_mech_view_lead_max_pitch = 1.5
; --- [Default: 1.0] Maximum lead Pitch when looking. Up/Down
gp_mech_view_lead_max_yaw = 1.5
; --- [Default: 1.0] Maximum lead yaw when looking. Left/Right
;---
;============================= Renderer ================================
;---
sys_spec_Environment = 1
sys_spec_GameEffects = 1
sys_spec_ObjectDetail = 1
sys_spec_Particles = 1
sys_spec_PostProcessing = 1
sys_spec_Shading = 1
sys_spec_Shadows = 1
sys_spec_Texture = 1
sys_spec_Physics = 3
sys_spec_Sound = 3
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------
q_Renderer = 0
; --- Should be set besides q_Quality
q_Quality = 0
; --- If called with a parameter it sets the quality of all q_.. variables
; --- but to be 100% sure:
q_ShaderGeneral = 0
q_ShaderMetal = 0
q_ShaderGlass = 0
q_ShaderVegetation = 0
q_ShaderIce = 0
q_ShaderTerrain = 0
q_ShaderShadow = 0
q_ShaderWater = 0
q_ShaderFX = 0
q_ShaderPostProcess = 0
q_ShaderHDR = 0
q_ShaderSky = 0
e_Recursion = 0
; --- [Default:1] If 0 - will skip recursive render calls like render into texture
;---
;============================= ObjectDetail =============================
;--- Occlusion -----
e_HwOcclusionCullingObjects = 1
; --- [Default:0] Activates usage of HW occlusion test for objects
e_OcclusionLazyHideFrames = 1
; --- [Default:0] Makes less occluson tests, but it takes more frames to detect invisible objects
; ---
;----------------------------- Object LODs --------------------------
e_ObjQuality = 1
e_Lods = 1
; --- Load and use LOD models for static geometry
e_LodsForceUse = 1
e_LodRatio = 10
; --- LOD distance ratio for objects
e_LodMin = 0
e_CharLodMin = 1
; --- Min LOD for character objects
e_LodMax = 5
e_LodMinTtris = 1
; --- LODs with less triangles will not be used
e_LodCompMaxSize = 8
; --- Affects LOD selection for big objects, small number will switch more objects into lower LOD
; ---
;e_MaxViewDistance = 150
; --- [Default: -1] Far clipping plane distance
e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 0.8
; --- [Default: 1]
; 1 - use max view distance set by designer for very high spec
; 0 - for very low spec
; Values between 0 and 1 - will lerp between high and low spec max view distances.
; ---
e_ViewDistMin = 10
; --- Min distance on what far objects will be culled out
e_ViewDistRatio = 100
; --- View distance ratio for objects
e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 75
; --- View distance ratio for special marked objects (Players,AI,Vehicles)
e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 35
; --- View distance ratio for detail objects
e_ViewDistRatioLights = 50
; --- View distance ratio for light sources
;e_ViewDistRatioVegetation = 40
; --- [Default: 30] View distance ratio for vegetation
r_DrawNearZRange = 0.08
;----------------------------- Dissolve ---------------------------------
e_Dissolve = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Objects alphatest_noise_fading out on distance
e_DissolveDistband = 3
; --- [Default: 3] Over how many metres transition takes place
e_DissolveDistMax = 8
; --- [Default: 8] At most how near to object MVD dissolve effect triggers (10% of MVD, clamped to this)
e_DissolveDistMin = 2
; --- [Default: 2] At least how near to object MVD dissolve effect triggers (10% of MVD, clamped to this)
;---
;----------------------------- Terrain ------------------------------
;---
e_TerrainLodRatio = 1
; --- lower is better, 0 is disabled terrain LOD
e_TerrainTextureLodRatio = 2
; --- Adjust terrain base texture resolution on distance
e_TerrainDetailMaterials = 1
; --- Activates drawing of detail materials on terrain ground
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 128
; --- [Default:128]
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 1024
; --- [Default:2048]
e_TerrainNormalMap = 1
e_TerrainTextureStreamingPoolItemsNum = 64
; --- [Default: 64] Specifies number of textures in terrain base texture streaming pool
; ---
;----------------------------- Terrain Occlusion ---------------------
; ---
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingVersion = 1
; >>> 0 - old, 1 - new <<<
; ---
e_TerrainOcclusionCulling = 1
; --- heightmap occlusion culling with time coherency 0=off, 1=on
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 120
; --- [Default: 200] Max length of ray (for version 1)
;e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxSteps
; --- [Default: 50] Max number of tests per ray (for version 0)
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecision = 0.25
; --- [Default: 0.25] Density of rays
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecisionDistRatio = 3
; --- [Default: 3] Controls density of rays depending on distance to the object
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSize = 4
; --- [Default: 4] Initial size of single step (in heightmap units)
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSizeDelta = 1.05
; --- [Default: 1.05] Step size scale on every next step (for version 1)
;---
;----------------------------- Vegetation -----------------------------
;---
;e_VegetationSprites = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activates drawing of sprites instead of distributed objects at far distance
;e_VegetationSpritesMinDistance = 8
; --- [Default: 8] Sets minimal distance when distributed object can be replaced with sprite
;e_DissolveSpriteMinDist = 4
; --- [Default: 4] The min dist over which vegetation sprites dissolve
;e_DissolveSpriteDistRatio = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.1] The fraction of vegetation sprite draw distance over which to dissolve
;e_VegetationSpritesBatching = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activates batch processing for sprites, optimizes CPU usage in case of dense vegetation
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 16
e_VegetationBending = 0
; --- [Default: 1] Simulates "wind bending"
;e_VegetationAlphaBlend = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_VegetationMinSize = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
;e_VegetationSpritesDistanceCustomRatioMin = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_VegetationSpritesDistanceRatio = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Allows changing distance on what vegetation switch into sprite
;e_CullVegActivation = 8
; --- [Default: 10] Vegetation activation distance limit; 0 disables visibility-based culling (= unconditional activation)
;e_ProcVegetation = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1
;---
;----------------------------- Other...----------------------------------
;---
;e_OcclusionCullingViewDistRatio = 0.5
; --- [Default: 0.5] Skip per object occlusion test for very far objects - culling on tree level will handle it
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
; --- [Default: 5000] Ration between size of attachment and distance to camera
;ca_DrawAttachments = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;ca_DrawFaceAttachments = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0.5
; --- [Default: 1]
;---
;============================= Textures =================================
;---
r_TexMinSize = 64
; --- [Default: 64]
r_TexMaxSize = 0
; --- [Default: 0 / unlimited (auto)]
r_TexResolution = 1
;--- Diffuse. When 0 (default) texture resolution is unaffected, 1 halves, 2 quarters etc.
;r_TextureLodDistanceRatio = -1
; --- [Default: -1 (off)] ; [-1, 0 and bigger] Controls dynamic LOD system for textures used in materials.
; 0 = full LOD to all textures used in frame.
; > 0 will activate texture LOD selection depending on distance to the objects.
r_TexBumpResolution = 2
;--- Reduces bump texture resolution. (Behaviour) same as r_TexResolution.
r_EnvTexResolution = 0
;--- Sets resolution for 2d target environment texture, in pixels. 0: 64 / 1: 128 / 2: 256 / 3: 512
r_EnvCMResolution = 0
;--- Sets resolution for target environment cubemap, in pixels. 0: 64 / 1: 128 / 2: 256
r_DisplacementFactor = 0.4
; --- [Default = 0.4f] Global displacement amount. Parallax?
r_UseMaterialLayers = 2
;--- [0/1/2] Default is 2 (optimized). Set to 1 for enabling but with optimization disabled (for debug).
r_TexSkyResolution = 1
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 12
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 8
r_DynTexMaxSize = 64
; --- [Default: 80]
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.001
; --- [Default: 0.001]
r_TexAtlasSize = 256
; --- [Default: 1024]
r_TexMinAnisotropy = 0
r_TexMaxAnisotropy = 4
; --- ^^^ Lowered to make textures look sharper, since MSAA is enabled.
; r_TexturesFilteringQuality = 1
; --- 0: Highest quality ; 1: Medium quality ; 2: Low quality
; ---
;----------------------------- Detail Textures -------------------------
r_DetailTextures = 1
; r_DetailNumLayers = 1
r_DetailDistance = 4
; --- [1-20] Default is 6.
;----------------------------- Object Decals --------------------------
e_decals = 1
e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 1
e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 0.8
e_DecalsOverlapping = 0
e_DecalsHitCache = 1
;e_DecalsForceDeferred = 0
e_DecalsMerge = 1
e_DecalsScissor = 1
e_DecalsPreCreate = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
; --- Decals on characters / base cap frame
;---
;================ Post-Processing / HDR / DOF / Motion Blur ============
;---

r_PostProcessEffects = 0
r_PostProcessFilters = 0
r_PostProcessGameFx = 0
r_ColorGrading = 1
r_Glow = 1
r_GlowAnamorphicFlares = 1
r_DepthOfField = 0
r_dofMinZScale = 0
r_dofMinZ = 1
r_DepthOfFieldBokeh = 0
r_DepthOfFieldBokehQuality = 0
r_PostProcessHUD3DCache = 30
r_sunshafts = 0
r_glow = 0
r_pointslightshafts = 0
r_Coronashafts = 0
r_Coronas = 0
r_Flares = 1
r_MotionBlur = 0
r_MotionBlurMaxViewDist = 0
r_MotionBlurShutterSpeed = 0.00001
ca_MotionBlurMovementThreshold = 0.00001
g_radialBlur = 0
r_Reflections = 0
r_ReflectionsQuality = 0
r_Beams = 0
r_BeamsDistFactor = 1
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 16
;--------------------------------- HDR ------------------------------
r_HDRRendering = 1
;--- [Default:1] [0/1/2/etc] Default is 1 (on), exponential tone mapping; 2 - exponential tone mapping with s-curve output.
r_HDRTexFormat = 0
;--- [Default:0] HDR texture format. [Value] 0:(low precision - cheaper/faster), 1:(high precision)
r_HDRLevel = 5
;--- [Default:8.0] HDR rendering range level (color multiplier tweak together with hdr offset) <<< Bigger = brighter highlights
r_HDROffset = 75
;--- [Default is 10.0]. HDR rendering range offset (color multiplier tweak together with hdr level) <<< Bigger = darker shadows
;r_HDRBrightness = 1
;--- [Default:1]
;r_HDRSaturation = 1
;--- [Default:0.875]
r_HDRBrightLevel = 0.8
;--- [Default is 1.25] <--- HDR Glow ?
r_HDRBrightOffset = 6
;--- [Default is 8.0] ^^^ Controls the general Brightness/Glow of lighting;
; Lowering increases brightness, raising - darkens the HDR effect.
r_HDRBrightThreshold = 5
;--- [Default is 8.0]
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.5
;--- [Default is 0.8]
r_HDRGrainAmount = 0
;--- [Default is 0.6]
r_HDRBlueShift = 0
;--- [Default is 0]
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 30
;--- Default is 4. 0 - always update, 1 - every other frame, 2 - every two frames, etc
;--- Enable/Disable eye adaptation caching overframes
r_EyeAdaptationBase = 0.8
; --- [Default:0.25] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation base value (smaller values result in brighter adaption)
r_EyeAdaptationFactor = 0.85
; --- [Default:0.85] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation factor (0 means no adaption to current scene luminance, 1 means full adaption)
r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 0.5
; --- [Default:2.0] --- HDR rendering eye adaptation speed
;r_HDRRangeAdapt
; --- [Default:0]
;r_HDRRangeAdaptationSpeed
; --- [Default:4]
;r_HDRRangeAdaptLBufferMax
; --- [Default:0.125]
;r_HDRRangeAdaptLBufferMaxRange
; --- [Default:2.0]
;r_HDRRangeAdaptMax
; --- [Default:1.0]
;r_HDRRangeAdaptMaxRange
; --- [Default:4.0]
;r_HDRSCurveMax
; --- [Default:0.95]
;r_HDRSCurveMin
; --- [Default:0]
;---
;============================= MSAA / EdgeAA / FSAA / SSAA ============================
;---
r_MSAA = 0
; --- [Default: 0] Enables selective supersampled antialiasing.
r_MSAA_quality = 0
; --- [Default: 0] See config/MSAAProfiles*.txt for samples.
r_MSAA_samples = 4
; --- [Default: 4] See config/MSAAProfiles*.txt for samples.
r_PostAA = 1
; --- [0/1]1: 2x SSAA, 0: disabled; Enables amortized super sampling.
r_PostAAEdgeFilter = 1
; --- [0/1]. 0: disabled, 1: SMAA t2x, 2: SMAA 2x; Enables morphological edge antialiasing algorithm.
r_PostAAInEditingMode = 0
; --- Debug
r_PostAAMode = 1
; --- [1: to enable 2x distributed SSAA, 2: video capture mode (TBD); Enables supported AA modes.
;r_PostAAStencilCulling
; --- Enables post processed AA stencil culling.
; ---
;r_Supersampling = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Use supersampled antialiasing (1 - 1x1 no SSAA, 2 - 2x2, 3 - 3x3 ...)
;r_SupersamplingFilter
; --- Filter method to use when resolving supersampled output
; 0 - Box filter; 1 - Tent filter; 2 - Gaussian filter ;3 - Lanczos filter
;---
;============================= SSAO ====================================
;---
r_SSAO = 0
; --- [Default: 4]
; 0 - disabled
; 1 - SSAO technique with normals
; 2 - SSAO technique with normals and temporal accumulation
; 3 - Volumetric Obscurance technique with jittering <<< Looks the best, relatively fast too.
; 4 - Volumetric Obscurance technique with jittering and temporal accumulation
r_SSAOQuality = 0
; --- [Default: 2] SSAO shader quality [0 - Low spec, 1 - Medium spec, 2 - High spec, 3-3 Highest spec]
r_SSAODownscale = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Use downscaled computations for SSAO
r_SSAOAmount = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Controls how much SSAO affects ambient
r_SSAORadius = 1.5
; --- [Default: 1.5] Controls size of area tested. The lower the better. the higher this number gets, the darker the shadows get.
r_SSAOTemporalConvergence = 0.7
; --- [Default: 0.7] Temporal SSAO update/convergence speed
r_SSAOContrast = 1
; --- [Default: 1] SSAO contrast coefficient (higher contrast highlights edges)
e_TerrainAo = 1
; --- [Default: 1] Activate deferred terrain ambient occlusion
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist = 4
; --- [Default: 8] this defines how much shading you see from things like trees and vegetation. The higher the number, the less self shadowing the shrubs and vegetation produce.
; ---
;--------------------------- SSDO (DirectX11 only?) -------------------------
r_ssdo = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
r_ssdoAmount = 0
; --- [Default: 2]
r_ssdoAmbientAmount = 0
; --- [Default: 1]
r_refraction = 0
; --- [Default: 1]
r_ssreflections = 0
; --- [Default: 0]
;---
;============================= GI / Sky / Light / Shading ===========================
;---
e_GI = 0
; --- [Default: 0 (Disabled)] Enable/disable global illumination <<< Disabled, can't see any visual difference...
e_GIRSMSize = 64
; --- [Default: 384] minimum: 64, maximum: 512 ; Set the default reflective shadow map size.
e_GIAmount = 0.25
; --- [Default: 1]
e_GIMaxDistance = 80
; --- [Default: 50. Max: 150] Maximum distance of global illumination in meters. The less the distance the better the quality.
e_GINumCascades = 1
e_GICascadesRatio = 2
; --- Slope ratio
e_GIIterations = 5
; --- [Default: 10. Max: 32] Maximum number of propagation iterations global illumination.
; The less number of propagation iterations the shorter the light propagation distance.
e_GIOffset = 0.2
; --- [Default: 0.2 Min: 0 Max: 1] Offset of GI in front of camera in percents [0;1].
e_GIPropagationAmp = 3.3
; --- [Default: 3.3 Min: 1 Max: 5] Light amplification during each propagation iteration.
e_GICache = 7
; --- [Default: 7 Min: 0 (disabled)] Sparse temporal caching for RSM rendering. Measured in framed per generation.
e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 8
;----------------------------------- Sky ----------------------------------
e_SkyBox = 1
e_SkyType = 0
; --- Type of sky used: 0 (static), 1 (dynamic).
e_SkyQuality = 2
; --- Quality of dynamic sky: 1 (very high), 2 (high).
e_SkyUpdateRate = 0
;---
;============================= Shadows =================================
;---
e_Shadows = 0
r_ShadowGen = 0
; --- [ Default: 1] 0=disable shadow map updates, 1=enable shadow map updates
r_ShadowGenMode = 0
; --- [ Default: 1] 0=Use Frustums Mask, 1=Regenerate all sides
; r_ShadowsBias
; --- [Default: 8e-005]
e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 0
; --- [Default: 1024]
e_GsmCastFromTerrain = 0
e_ShadowsOnWater = 0
e_ShadowsClouds = 0
; ---
e_ShadowsMasksLimit = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Maximum amount of allocated shadow mask textures. This limits the number of shadow casting lights overlapping.
; 0=disable limit(unpredictable memory requirements)
; 1=one texture (4 channels for 4 lights)
; 2=two textures (8 channels for 8 lights), ...
e_ShadowsLodBiasFixed = 2
; --- [Default: 1] Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels
e_ShadowsLodBiasInvis = 3
; --- [Default: 0] Simplifies mesh for shadow map generation by X LOD levels, if object is not visible in main frame
r_ShadowBlur = 0
; --- [Default: 3] ; [0=no blurring(fastest)/1=blur/2=blur/3=blur without leaking(slower)]
; --- Selected shadow map screenspace blurring technique.
r_ShadowBluriness = 0
; --- [Default: 1] ; [0.1 - 16] Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowBlur is activated.
r_ShadowJittering = 1.5
; --- [Default: 3.4] "Dithered" shadow blurring, looks good and is cheap to process.
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 0.6
; --- [Default: 0.8] View dist ratio for shadow maps casting from objects
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = 0.8
; --- [Default: 1] View dist ratio for shadow maps casting for light sources
;e_ShadowsTessellateCascades = 0
; --- [Default: 1] Maximum cascade number to render tessellated shadows (0 = no tessellation for sun shadows)
;r_ShadowsMaskResolution = 2 <<<< WRECKS SHADOWS
; --- [Default: 0]
; --- 0=per pixel shadow mask; 1=horizontal half resolution shadow mask; 2=horizontal and vertical half resolution shadow mask
;r_ShadowsMaskDownScale = 1 <<<< WRECKS SHADOWS
; --- [Default: 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_ShadowsPCFiltering = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;r_UseShadowsPool = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;-------------- Shadows slope bias for shadowgen -----------------
e_ShadowsAdaptScale = 2.0
; --- [Default: 2.72]
e_ShadowsConstBias = 1.0
; --- [Default: 1]
;e_ShadowsResScale = 2.0
; --- [Default: 2.8]
e_ShadowsSlopeBias = 1
; --- [Default: 1]
;-----------------------------------------------------------------
e_GsmLodsNum = 3
; --- [Default: 5]
e_GsmRange = 4
; --- [Default: 3] Size of LOD 0 GSM area (in meters)
e_GsmRangeStep = 5
; --- [Default: 3] Range of next GSM lod is previous range multiplied by step
e_GsmRangeStepExtended = 6
; --- [Default: 6] Extended gsm_range_step for last gsm lod containing terrain
;e_GsmViewSpace
; --- [Default: 0] 0=world axis aligned GSM layout, 1=Rotate GSM frustums depending on view camera
e_GsmCache = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Cache sun shadows maps over several frames 0=off, 1=on if MultiGPU is deactivated
e_GsmCacheLodOffset = 1
; --- [Default: 3] Makes first X GSM lods not cached
e_GsmCacheLodOffsetExtended = 6
; --- [Default: 6] <<< Important ! How fast to update terrain GSM lod (player's mech shadow I would say) >>>
e_GsmExtendLastLod = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Make last cascade bigger and use less frequent updates
e_GsmExtendLastLodIncludeObjects = 0
; --- [Default: 0] Includes object shadows into last very big shadow frustum
e_GsmScatterLodDist = 50
; --- [Default: 70] Size of Scattering LOD GSM (in meters)
;---
;============================= Volumetrics =============================
;---
e_Fog = 0
; --- Activates global height/distance based fog
e_FogVolumes = 0
; --- Activates local height/distance based fog volumes
e_Clouds = 0
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0
r_ImpostersDraw = 0
; --- Default is 1 (on). Set to 0 to disable imposters (Clouds).
r_ImpostersUpdatePerFrame = 1000
; --- [Default = 6000 (6 megabytes)] ; [1000-30000]
r_ImposterRatio = 4
;--- Default is 1 (1:1 normal). Bigger values can help to save texture space. (e.g. value 2 results in 1/4 texture memory usage)
;---
;============================ Particles ================================
;---
e_ParticlesLod = 0.5
; --- Multiplier to particle count
e_ParticlesQuality = 1
e_ParticlesLights = 1
;i_lighteffects = 1
e_ParticlesGI = 0
e_ParticlesDiffCM = 0
; --- Apply diffuse cubemaps to appropriate particle effects
e_ParticlesShadows = 0
r_ShadowsParticleNormalEffect = 0
; --- [Default: 1 (on)] Shadow taps on particles affected by normal and intensity (breaks lines and uniformity of shadows).
r_ShadowsParticleKernelSize = 0
; --- Blur kernel size for particles shadows.
r_ShadowsAdaptionMin = 0
; --- starting kernel size, to avoid blocky shadows.
r_ShadowsAdaptionSize = 0
; --- Select shadow map blurriness if r_ShadowsBias is activated.
e_ParticlesCullAgainstViewFrustum = 1
; --- [Default: 0] Cull particles against the view frustum
e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill= 64
; --- [Default: 64] Screen size max of total particles to draw
e_ParticlesMaxDrawScreen = 8
; --- [Default: 2] Screen size max per particle -- fade out earlier
e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 8
; --- [Default: 1]
e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 1
; e_ParticlesPoolSize = 4096
; --- [Default: 12288]
; e_ParticlesEmitterPoolSize = 2048
; --- [Default: 6144]
e_ParticlesAnimBlend = 1
; --- [0,1,2 = Disable, Allow, Force]. Blend between animated texture frames.
r_UseParticlesHalfRes = 1
r_UseParticlesHalfResForce = 1
r_UseSoftParticles = 0
r_UseParticlesRefraction = 0
r_UseParticlesGlow = 1
r_UseParticlesMerging = 0
r_Rain = 0
r_RainAmount = 0
r_RainMaxViewDist_Deferred = 20
e_ParticlesThread = 1
r_UseParticlesMerging = 0
;---
;============================ Water / Ocean ===================================
e_HwOcclusionCullingWater = 1
; --- Activates usage of HW occlusion test for ocean
;---
e_WaterOcean = 2
;--- Activates drawing of ocean. 1: use usual rendering path; 2: use fast rendering path with merged fog
e_WaterOceanBottom = 1
e_WaterVolumes = 0
e_WaterWaves = 0
e_WaterOceanFFT = 0
; e_WaterTesselationAmount = 0.5
e_WaterWavesTessellationAmount = 0.5
; e_WaterTesselationAmountX = 10
; e_WaterTesselationAmountY = 10
; e_WaterTesselationSwathWidth = 5
r_WaterCaustics = 0
r_WaterGodRays = 0
r_WaterReflections = 1
r_WaterReflectionsMGPU = 0
; --- Default is 0 (single render update), 1 (multiple render updates)
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0
; --- Default is 0 (terrain only), 1 (terrain + particles), 2 (terrain + particles + brushes), 3 (everything)
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.05]
;r_WaterReflectionsMinVisUpdateDistanceMul
; --- [Default: 10] --- Activates update distance multiplier when water mostly occluded.
;r_WaterReflectionsMinVisUpdateFactorMul
; --- [Default: 20] --- Activates update factor multiplier when water mostly occluded.
r_WaterReflectionsUseMinOffset = 2
; --- [Default: 1] --- Activates water reflections if visible pixels above a certain threshold.
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 2
; --- [Default: 2]
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0.1
; --- [Default: 0.01] <<< Update Ratio ???
;---
;============================ Physics ==========================
;---
;---
;============================ Sound ===================================
;---
s_FormatSampleRate = 48000
s_MaxChannels=64
s_MPEGDecoders = 32
s_Obstruction = 1
s_ObstructionAccuracy = 1
s_ObstructionUpdate = 0.1
s_ReverbType = 1
s_SoundMoodsDSP = 1
s_VariationLimiter = 1
s_PrecacheData = 1
s_PriorityThreshold = 1
;---
;============================ PRECACHE ================================
;---
sys_preload = 1
i_precache = 1
;----------------------------------------------- Disabled shader precache block for compatibility reasons
;r_ShadersAsyncCompiling = 3
; --- Enable asynchronous shader compiling
; 0 = off, (stalling) shaders compiling
; 1 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are rendered in yellow
; 2 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel, missing shaders are not rendered
; 3 = on, shaders are compiled in parallel in precache mode
;r_ShadersAsyncMaxThreads = 3
;r_ShadersPreactivate = 1
;r_ShadersPrecacheAllLights = 1
;r_ShadersUseInstanceLookUpTable = 0
; --- Use lookup table to search for shader instances. Speeds up the process, but uses more memory. Handy for shader generation.
; -----------------
;r_PrecacheShaderList = 1
;r_PrecacheShadersLevels = 1
;r_PrecacheShaders = 1 <<< 'Precache shaders' HANGING AFTER OCT.09 PATCH
; ---------------------------------------------
r_MeshPrecache = 1
e_ParticlesPreload = 1
; --- Enable preloading of all particle effects at the beginning
e_PreloadDecals = 1
; --- Preload all materials for decals
e_AutoPrecacheCgfMaxTasks = 16
; --- [Default: 8]. Maximum number of parallel streaming tasks during pre-caching
e_AutoPrecacheTerrainAndProcVeget = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of terrain textures and procedural vegetation
e_AutoPrecacheTexturesAndShaders = 1
; --- Force auto pre-cache of general textures and shaders
e_PreloadMaterials = 1
; --- Preload level materials from level cache pak and resources list
e_StatObjPreload = 1
; --- Load level CGF's in efficient way
e_AutoPrecacheCgf = 2
; --- Force auto pre-cache of CGF render meshes. 1=pre-cache all mehes around camera. 2=pre-cache only important ones (twice faster)
ca_PrecacheAnimationSets = 1
; --- Enable Precaching of Animation Sets per Character.
e_PrecacheLevel = 1
; --- Pre-render objects right after level loading
;---
;============================ STREAMING ===============================
;---
e_streamCgf = 0
; --- Enable streaming of static render meshes
r_TexturesStreaming=0
; *** r_TexturesStreaming=1 is HARD-CODED into the engine core after Sept/19,25 patch, so BLADEXXX patch is OBLIGATORY. ***
r_TexturesWarmup = 0
; --- Enables textures uploading to video memory after level loading. [0,1]
r_TexturesStreamingMipBias = 2
; --- [Default: 0], Usage: [-4..0..4] Controls how texture LOD depends from distance to the objects.
; >>> !!! Increasing this value will reduce amount of memory required for textures. !!! <<<
; r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedJobs=1
; --- Maximum number of tasks submitted to streaming system. Default is 256.
; e_StreamPredictionUpdateTimeSlice = 0.1
; --- Maximum amount of time to spend for scene streaming priority update in milliseconds
; r_TexturesStreamingMaxRequestedMB=2.0
; --- Maximum amount of texture data requested from streaming system in MB. Default is 2.0(MB)
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSysSize=256
; --- Size of system memory pool for managed textures in MB. Default is 800 MB for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamPoolSize=128
; --- Size of pool for textures streaming in MB. Default is 128(MB) for PC.
; r_TexturesStreamingMinReadSizeKB=128
; --- Minimal read portion in KB. Default is 32
; r_texturesstreamingPostponeThresholdMip=1
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmaps. Default is 1
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeThresholdKB=1024
; --- Threshold used to postpone high resolution mipmap loads in KB. Default is 1024(KB)
; r_TexturesStreamingPostponeMips=1
; --- Postpone loading of high res mipmaps to improve resolution ballance of texture streaming. Default is 1 (on).
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyEnabled=1
; --- Toggle for resident textures streaming support
; r_TexturesStreamingSync=0
; --- Force only synchronous texture streaming. All textures will be streamed in the main thread. Default is 0, 1 for enable
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyThrottle=1
; --- Default is 0.5. Max is 1.0 means textures will become resident sooner, Min 0.0 means textures will not become resident
; r_TexturesStreamingResidencyTime=600
; --- Time to keep textures resident for before allowing them to be removed from memory, in seconds.
; r_texturesstreampooldefragmentation=0
; >>> Enabled CPU (1), GPU(2) and disable (0) textures stream pool defragmentation.
r_TexturesStreaming=0

If you fool with any of these and get even better FPS then my versions please let me know, because I'm always looking for better fps even at the expense of graphics.

*Disclaimer*
I have no idea what most of this stuff does. I have learned/inferred how to tweak these configs by reading the forums and comparing various configs to see what they each changed, added or took away and then experimented with the settings, sometimes mashing 2 or more configs together. Some of my changes may be unnecessary, detrimental to fps, or give you crap graphics.

What I do know is in the game's current state these 2 configs have worked best for me, and as good if not better then any others. I was hard pressed to get over 25 fps, and now I routinely hit 30-45 fps. I'm getting the best fps I've ever gotten in this game.

Edited by Onyx Rain, 13 November 2012 - 08:30 AM.

[MonnieRock]

Hello Everyone,

Are there any Max cfg's for really high end systems?

Does enabling multi gpu help with SLI?

I have everything set on very high and still 60 FPS+, would like to take it up a notch if possible.

Thank you,
Monnie

[josephlouislahure]

thanks