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Blindman25, on 07 November 2012 - 09:03 AM, said:

I see you paste config with High settings or for high resolution.
Can you paste code for very bad PC? With resolution 800x600 or 1024x768 and very low settings.
I would be grateful

If I remember correctly Yaros config was pretty rock-bottom.

BladeXXL, on 04 November 2012 - 02:41 PM, said:

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And here is the latest user.cfg (v1.2) from Yaros:

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;************************************************************************
;******************* 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 = 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 = 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 = 0.1
; --- [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 = 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_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 = 1
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 = 256
; --- [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 = 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.

and here the same but without the comments ans description:

Spoiler

;************************************************************************
;******************* MWO Uber Cute&Fast ******** config v1.2 ************
;************************************************************************
;***<<<<<<<< WARNING !!! BladeXXL patch is ABSOLUTE MUST !!! >>>>>>>>****
;************************************************************************---------------------------------------------
sys_DeactivateConsole = 0
con_restricted = 0
r_VSync = 0
cl_fov = 65
r_MultiGPU = 0
r_MultiThreaded = 1
r_GeomInstancing = 1
r_stereodevice = 0
gp_mech_view_zoom_transitiontime = 0.05
i_mouse_inertia = 0
i_mouse_smooth = 0
i_mouse_accel = 0
i_mouse_accel_max = 100
gp_mech_view_look_sensitivity = 0.0026
gp_mech_view_zoom_level1_sensitivity_modifier = 0.95
gp_mech_view_zoom_level2_sensitivity_modifier = 0.8
gp_mech_view_zoom_level3_sensitivity_modifier = 0.7
gp_mech_view_lead_max_pitch = 1.5
gp_mech_view_lead_max_yaw = 1.5
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
q_Quality = 1
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
e_HwOcclusionCullingObjects = 1
e_OcclusionLazyHideFrames = 1
e_ObjQuality = 1
e_Lods = 1
e_LodsForceUse = 1
e_LodRatio = 10
e_LodMin = 0
e_CharLodMin = 1
e_LodMax = 5
e_LodMinTtris = 1
e_LodCompMaxSize = 8
e_MaxViewDistSpecLerp = 0.8
e_ViewDistMin = 10
e_ViewDistRatio = 100
e_ViewDistRatioCustom = 75
e_ViewDistRatioDetail = 35
e_ViewDistRatioLights = 50
r_DrawNearZRange = 0.08
e_Dissolve = 1
e_DissolveDistband = 3
e_DissolveDistMax = 8
e_DissolveDistMin = 2
e_TerrainLodRatio = 1
e_TerrainTextureLodRatio = 2
e_TerrainDetailMaterials = 1
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistZ = 128
e_TerrainDetailMaterialsViewDistXY = 1024
e_TerrainNormalMap = 1
e_TerrainTextureStreamingPoolItemsNum = 64
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingVersion = 1
e_TerrainOcclusionCulling = 1
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingMaxDist = 120
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecision = 0.25
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingPrecisionDistRatio = 3
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSize = 4
e_TerrainOcclusionCullingStepSizeDelta = 1.05
r_VegetationSpritesTexRes = 16
e_VegetationBending = 0
e_VegetationUseTerrainColor = 1
ca_AttachmentCullingRation = 200
es_DebrisLifetimeScale = 0.5
r_TexMinSize = 64
r_TexMaxSize = 0
r_TexResolution = 1
r_TexBumpResolution = 2
r_EnvTexResolution = 0
r_EnvCMResolution = 0
r_DisplacementFactor = 0.4
r_UseMaterialLayers = 2
r_TexSkyResolution = 1
r_DynTexAtlasCloudsMaxSize = 12
r_DynTexAtlasSpritesMaxSize = 8
r_DynTexMaxSize = 64
r_EnvTexUpdateInterval = 0.1
r_TexAtlasSize = 256
r_TexMinAnisotropy = 0
r_TexMaxAnisotropy = 4
r_DetailTextures = 1
r_DetailDistance = 4
e_decals = 1
e_DecalsAllowGameDecals = 1
e_DecalsLifeTimeScale = 0.8
e_DecalsOverlapping = 0
e_DecalsHitCache = 1
e_DecalsMerge = 1
e_DecalsScissor = 1
e_DecalsPreCreate = 1
ca_useDecals = 1
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
g_radialBlur = 0
r_Reflections = 0
r_ReflectionsQuality = 0
r_Beams = 0
r_BeamsDistFactor = 1
r_BeamsMaxSlices = 16
r_HDRRendering = 1
r_HDRTexFormat = 0
r_HDRLevel = 5
r_HDROffset = 75
r_HDRBrightLevel = 0.8
r_HDRBrightOffset = 6
r_HDRBrightThreshold = 5
r_HDRBloomMul = 0.5
r_HDRGrainAmount = 0
r_HDRBlueShift = 0
r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 30
r_EyeAdaptationBase = 0.8
r_EyeAdaptationFactor = 0.85
r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 0.5
r_MSAA = 0
r_MSAA_quality = 0
r_MSAA_samples = 4
r_PostAA = 1
r_PostAAEdgeFilter = 1
r_PostAAInEditingMode = 0
r_PostAAMode = 1
r_SSAO = 0
r_SSAOQuality = 0
r_SSAODownscale = 1
r_SSAOAmount = 1
r_SSAORadius = 1.5
r_SSAOTemporalConvergence = 0.7
r_SSAOContrast = 1
e_TerrainAo = 1
r_TerrainAO_FadeDist = 4
r_ssdo = 0
r_ssdoAmount = 0
r_ssdoAmbientAmount = 0
r_refraction = 0
r_ssreflections = 0
e_GI = 0
e_GIRSMSize = 64
e_GIAmount = 0.25
e_GIMaxDistance = 80
e_GINumCascades = 1
e_GICascadesRatio = 2
e_GIIterations = 5
e_GIOffset = 0.2
e_GIPropagationAmp = 3.3
e_GICache = 7
e_DynamicLightsMaxEntityLights = 8
e_SkyBox = 1
e_SkyType = 0
e_SkyQuality = 2
e_SkyUpdateRate = 0
e_Shadows = 1
r_ShadowGen = 0
r_ShadowGenMode = 0
e_ShadowsOnAlphaBlend = 0
e_ShadowsMaxTexRes = 256
e_GsmCastFromTerrain = 1
e_ShadowsOnWater = 0
e_ShadowsClouds = 0
e_ShadowsMasksLimit = 1
e_ShadowsLodBiasFixed = 2
e_ShadowsLodBiasInvis = 3
r_ShadowBlur = 0
r_ShadowBluriness = 0
r_ShadowJittering = 1.5
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio = 0.6
e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights = 0.8
e_ShadowsAdaptScale = 2.0
e_ShadowsConstBias = 1.0
e_ShadowsSlopeBias = 1
e_GsmLodsNum = 3
e_GsmRange = 4
e_GsmRangeStep = 5
e_GsmRangeStepExtended = 6
e_GsmCache = 1
e_GsmCacheLodOffset = 1
e_GsmCacheLodOffsetExtended = 6
e_GsmExtendLastLod = 1
e_GsmExtendLastLodIncludeObjects = 0
e_GsmScatterLodDist = 50
e_Fog = 0
e_FogVolumes = 0
e_Clouds = 0
r_CloudsUpdateAlways = 0
r_ImpostersDraw = 0
r_ImpostersUpdatePerFrame = 1000
r_ImposterRatio = 4
e_ParticlesLod = 0.5
e_ParticlesQuality = 1
e_ParticlesLights = 1
e_ParticlesGI = 0
e_ParticlesDiffCM = 0
e_ParticlesShadows = 0
r_ShadowsParticleNormalEffect = 0
r_ShadowsParticleKernelSize = 0
r_ShadowsAdaptionMin = 0
r_ShadowsAdaptionSize = 0
e_ParticlesCullAgainstViewFrustum = 1
e_ParticlesMaxScreenFill= 64
e_ParticlesMaxDrawScreen = 8
e_ParticlesMinDrawPixels = 8
e_ParticlesMotionBlur = 0
e_ParticlesObjectCollisions = 1
e_ParticlesAnimBlend = 1
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
e_HwOcclusionCullingWater = 1
e_WaterOcean = 2
e_WaterOceanBottom = 1
e_WaterVolumes = 0
e_WaterWaves = 0
e_WaterOceanFFT = 0
e_WaterWavesTessellationAmount = 0.5
r_WaterCaustics = 0
r_WaterGodRays = 0
r_WaterReflections = 1
r_WaterReflectionsMGPU = 0
r_WaterReflectionsQuality = 0
r_WaterReflectionsMinVisiblePixelsUpdate = 0.1
r_WaterReflectionsUseMinOffset = 2
r_WaterUpdateDistance = 2
r_WaterUpdateFactor = 0.1
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
sys_preload = 1
i_precache = 1
r_MeshPrecache = 1
e_ParticlesPreload = 1
e_PreloadDecals = 1
e_AutoPrecacheCgfMaxTasks = 16
e_AutoPrecacheTerrainAndProcVeget = 1
e_AutoPrecacheTexturesAndShaders = 1
e_PreloadMaterials = 1
e_StatObjPreload = 1
e_AutoPrecacheCgf = 2
ca_PrecacheAnimationSets = 1
e_PrecacheLevel = 1
e_streamCgf = 0
r_TexturesStreaming=0
r_TexturesWarmup = 0
r_TexturesStreamingMipBias = 2

I have no validation for Yaros config... if it works: fine ... if not: tough

With DX11 (some day...) this config becomes outdated ... but I hope Yaros will fix it asap! :-)

#####################################################################################

Edited by Dealer, 07 November 2012 - 09:31 AM.

[Ow Chi]

AH here it is! Lost this thread with the forum upgrade.

Sad news that performance seems to be sluggish again

Keeping an eye on this for any tips for us low spec system guys, especially from Blade and Yaros...

!!!

[evlkenevl]

Thanks for the reply, Blade!

My knowledge of programming is very limited, so I like to be crystal clear on these things. I had just a precious few weeks of playable framerates without needing a custom user.cfg, now I'm back to "slide-show".

[betocorp]

Hey guys!

I am having a lot of issues with the 6th patch and my lowlow .cfg. looks like they disabled to edit a lot of things like objects, water and lights. Does someone can confirm this issue or they moved to a hidden cvar?

[Lufos]

yeah, the latest patch made performance worse for me too, just like all the other patches. its playable, but still.

[Rippthrough]

thorglen, on 04 November 2012 - 09:30 PM, said:

tried the low spec config above and it makes caustic uberbright for the first 3 min or so. any idea why?

It's the HDR settings, there's a cockup in there, it's in quite a few configs, people changing things without realising what they're actually doing I think.

Change this:

r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 30

to

r_HDREyeAdaptionCache = 6

And change:

r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 0.5

to:

r_EyeAdaptationSpeed = 4

Should make it much better without having quite the hit updating it every frame or two would.
90% of the HDR cvars in there are obsolete anyway as they're locked, so they don't work.

Edited by Rippthrough, 08 November 2012 - 06:01 AM.

[WMHorus]

I had problems with game not starting with Yaros config so i removed the top section and only used the part from Renderer down leaving the debug,controller and core off now it works fine if any one else has same prob that's the work around.

[Ow Chi]

WMHorus, on 08 November 2012 - 10:47 AM, said:

I had problems with game not starting with Yaros config so i removed the top section and only used the part from Renderer down leaving the debug,controller and core off now it works fine if any one else has same prob that's the work around.

What is your performance like after doing this?

[SirBlackhOle]

I tried all the various workarounds with no real performance gain. Once I downloaded the config.zip and installed it and implemented Yaros' config I went from 15-20fps to 35-45! Amazing gains!

The only problem I have so far is frozen city is waaaaaay to bright. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks!

[Carmaga]

Ow Chi, on 08 November 2012 - 11:05 AM, said:

What is your performance like after doing this?

It was way better. But the setback was stability. After todays hotfix I couldn't play with my own mechs. It crashed constantly. With trial mechs I had no problem. So I re-installed the whole game. If I was to chose between stability or fps, I would pick the one where I could play missions to the end.

Edited by Carmaga, 08 November 2012 - 01:32 PM.

[betocorp]

No luck here guys...

They awansered my ticket and said that they really dont want us to modify the .cfg so locked server side almost all vars to improuve stability.

So sad to hear that and I give up to mke the game smooth... It is a lot better a crash or another in 15-20fps than spiking from 1-5fps

[Ow Chi]

betocorp, on 08 November 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

No luck here guys...

They awansered my ticket and said that they really dont want us to modify the .cfg so locked server side almost all vars to improuve stability.

So sad to hear that and I give up to mke the game smooth... It is a lot better a crash or another in 15-20fps than spiking from 1-5fps

So the custom user.cfgs are worthless now?

[betocorp]

Ow Chi, on 08 November 2012 - 03:40 PM, said:

So the custom user.cfgs are worthless now?

My fps:
Closed beta 15-20 (my custom .cfg all settings works)
Last CryEng update 10-15 (my custom .cfg almost all settings works)
6th patch 4-7 (my custom .cfg started to fail in some critical settings)
8th patch 1-2 with spikes of 0.2-0.5 (my custom .cfg wont work at all)

I can see now trees, water, snow, fog, detail, useless things moving, lights, sun, sky. All things look more beautifull, but I see them in pictures when my screen froze for 5seconds.

Yes, .cfg now is useless (at least all major performance settings, cant confirm if all) and game is unplayable to low end specs until some patches when they "optimize". Looking that in 3 months the fps on game low setting only get worse, there is no any way to go.

edit: typos

Edited by betocorp, 08 November 2012 - 04:04 PM.

[Youngblood]

Custom .cfgs work for me.

[Al Bert]

Maybe this sounds rather dumb but whenever I took a look at mz user.cfg, it is a 0 Byte sized file with - of course - no content. So much I would like to work with it, so far it has been useless for me. And I tried following the steps in the OP, but it had no effect.

Any help?
Al Bert

[Dagger6T6]

Yaros525, on 07 November 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Don't know what devs changed in Nov'06 patch, but performance got much worse for me, will look at cvars again. Brawls are around 25 fps or less, was twice of that before. Caustic is unplayable for me. Don't think it's graphics code turtling the game, but netcode changes instead.

I see ~50% GPU and ~40-60% CPU usage, so...its just slow-coded.
It has something to do with line-of-sight trace, since looking at the clear scenery gives me nice 60 fps (sys_MaxFPS = 60) but once there are mechs onscreen, it gets much much worse.

Or, it's a temporary counter-memory leak measure, since I have 1- 2 sec freezes from time to time.

P.S. add gp_mech_hide_self_shadow = 0 to enjoy animated self-shadow. )

I experienced the same thing with the latest Nov6th patch... performance took a big hit, with Forest Colony being the worst

I was not using any cfg editing... I only used the lowest settings possible using the in game menu.

so now i'm going to try to use a custome cfg file to see if I can tweak enough to play the game again

[Ow Chi]

I think my best bet at this point is a fresh install and try to use the in game settings as low as possible.

Has anyone tried that?

[Rippthrough]

SirBlackhOle, on 08 November 2012 - 01:22 PM, said:

The only problem I have so far is frozen city is waaaaaay to bright. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Thanks!

See my post on HDR settings further up.

[Corvus Antaka]

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.

Spoiler

;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

Edited by Colonel Pada Vinson, 09 November 2012 - 12:11 PM.

[Ow Chi]

Ok, conflicting information here...

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.

betocorp, on 08 November 2012 - 01:51 PM, said:

No luck here guys...

They awansered my ticket and said that they really dont want us to modify the .cfg so locked server side almost all vars to improuve stability.

So sad to hear that and I give up to mke the game smooth... It is a lot better a crash or another in 15-20fps than spiking from 1-5fps

Which is it?!