Ultime Bethesda.ini Options Walkthrough Comments

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// PRIMARY PARTS:
// threaded  <--   Controls multiple core usage (supposedly) of specific tasks. Threaded on improves loading times; except for AI.
//                       Do not turn AudioThreading on. Known to crash.
// backgroundLoad    <-- Background loader helps to reduce stutter significantly. Tradeoff is lag spikes when loading exterior cells.
// preloadsize   <-- This .ini configured to make use of 10GBs of loadcache. Higher settings do not have significantly better effect.
// harddrivecache    <-- Set to 0 to prevent using paging files/HDD space. Improves performance by forcing game to use RAM.


uGridDistantCount=7
uGridsToLoad=7

// Anything with 7 is set to 7 so it is in line with uGridsToLoad 7.
// Engine actually loads uGridsToLoad*8+1 cells into data.
// uExterior Cell Buffer number raised automatically by engine to accommodate
// need for memory. In-game console reports 64 when using 7 for uExterior Cell Buffer.

// DistantCount set to 7 to help performance while outside.


uInterior Cell Buffer=0
uExterior Cell Buffer=7

// Interior is 0 to force game engine to unload interior cell data as soon as player exits interior cell.
// When using high preloadSize numbers, this helps to eliminate stuttering after leaving a building/tunnel etc.
// When using low preloadSize numbers, interior cells will have red "!" markers, missing textures and NPC bodies, etc.
// if still set to 0.


// Exterior cell buffer set to a number in line with uGridsToLoad to prevent game from storing too much data
// in RAM. This forces it to unload data from cells no longer within 7 cell view distance.


bUseThreadedBlood=1
bUseThreadedMorpher=1

bUseObliqueFrustumCulling=1

// FrustumCulling is a leftover from Oblivion. Method may have been deprecated as of Fallout 3. May still be in code.
// Supposedly improves performance.

bPreemptivelyUnloadCells=1


// bPreemptivelyUnloadCells can potentially cause instability on other set-ups. If crashing, set to 0.
// A symptom of this are glossy white textures appearing on body parts of characters after extended play in this set-up config.
// (If you see these textures, save immediately and restart game).

// This should improve performance with this .ini set-up when using RAM. If HardDriveCache is 1 and
// this is on, it may cause hang-ups, lock-ups, and crashes.


iPreloadSizeLimit=10737418240
bUseHardDriveCache=0

// bUseHardDriveCache 0 forces it to use RAM to load and unload data. I have my .exe hexxed to set the Large Address Aware flag
// to 1 to enable the app up to 3GBs of data before crashing. Coupled with the background loader and bPreemptivelyUnloadCells, it
// should stay around 2GBs of Windows program alloted memory usage with large amounts of mods for a few hours.


bUseThreadedParticleSystem=1

bUseThreadedAI=0
iNumHWThreads=2

// Supposedly the number of CPU cores to use. It crashes for me when set to anything other than 2 or when missing
// from the ini file.

// Threaded AI off to help AI performance. Seems to reduce stutter with it off, needs more testing.




bLoadFaceGenHeadEGTFiles=1

// As far as NV testing goes: Randomly generated NPCs or generic NPCs may have mismatched head/body colors with this on.
//                            Manually created, specific NPCs have improved skintone matching with this on.
//                            Undoubtedly varies by game, textures in /data/ and set-up, etc.
//                            Set to 0 again if skintone matching is not improved.


fDecalLifetime=5000.0000


// Optional. Sets decals like blood to stay around for 5000 seconds.


fLightLODDefaultStartFade=6022.0000
fLightLODRange=6024.0000
fLightLODMinStartFade=6021.0000
fLightLODMaxStartFade=6024.0000
fShadowLODDefaultStartFade=3024.0000
fShadowLODRange=3024.0000
fShadowLODMinStartFade=100.0000
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0000
fSpecularLODDefaultStartFade=1022.0000
fSpecularLODRange=1024.0000
fSpecularLODMinStartFade=1020.0000
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=1024.0000


// Above is optional. Increases specularity viewing distance, while increasing light/shadow viewing distance (up to 6 cells away)
//  If lowering UGrids, be sure to set below 6000 units



bAllow30Shaders=1

// Optional, graphical change non-performance related.
// As far as NV Testing goes:   With ENB, grass and foilage alphas are most noticeably affected with it on/off.


iMaxDecalsPerFrame=1000

// Optional, allows for more blood and other decals on screen at once.


///iActorShadowCount=0    <-- If you have problems with ENB and actor shadowing. Can also turn off bDrawShadows=1.




iPresentInterval=0

// iPresentInterval is v-sync. V-sync always off my Nigerian friends.



fMinBloodDamage=1.0

// Minimum damage taken before a blood splotch appears on an NPC or character.

iShadowFilter=2
iShadowMapResolution=2048



iActorShadowCountInt=12
iActorShadowCountExt=12


// Optional, graphical change non-performance related. Increases shadow res and sets a moderate number of shadows per actor.


bEnableEnviroEffectsOnPC=1
iAudioCacheSize=32768


// Optional, audio change non-performance related. Increases audio chache moderately and turns on
// physcadellic acid induced audio enviro effects for dialog where appropriate.


iConsoleHistorySize=500

// Increases messages stored in developer console.


iBackgroundLoadExtraMaxFPS=30
iBackgroundLoadExtraMinFPS=1

// Engine locks and hangs if Max is above 50 or minimum is too high (or not 1). Too much performance chokes engine,
// too little performance when loading massive files chokes engine.


iBackgroundLoadExtraMilliseconds=4

// Decreases stuttering, but potentially introduces a bug that causes uneven terrain to bounce creatures/NPCs on it in a
// rubberbanding trampoline fashion. Quite amusing.


bUseBackgroundFileLoader=0
bBackgroundLoadLipFiles=1
bLoadBackgroundFaceGen=1
bCloneModelsInBackground=1

// Important: FileLoader 0 does decrease performance between cell loads, but if set to 1 in tandem with other
// backgroundloaders decreases stability. Lip, FaceGen, and CloneModels help to eliminate stutter with lots of
// NPCs on screen, generally.

// These settings can be reversed. FileLoader = 1 and the rest 0. This is somehow stable and stuttering is reduced when
// actors running evaluate package commands or doing lots of pathing calculations are present.

// Setting Lip, FaceGen, or Clone Models on or off independently seems to decrease stability.


fLODFadeOutMultObjects=7
fLODFadeOutMultActors=7

// Coincides with uGridstoLoad. Do not set above UGridsToLoad or it will cause crashes.