Notes

GameUserSettings.ini tweaks
Note: Game must be closed before any updates can be done.
Location:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Hotta\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini
Custom Resolutions
- These can adjust your resolution to sizes that are not supported by default even though the game can actually do it. I use this to deal with super ultrawide monitor issues (31:9).
- Size is in pixels
- You may not have these settings yet if you have not set a resolution in game and exited.
ResolutionSizeX=3840
ResolutionSizeY=1440
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=3840
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=1440
Scalability Groups
- These are used to scale quality according to UE4 standards. Basically, 0 is lowest quality and 4 is max quality. Scale these to what you feel like and if you feel like performance is hit too much, lower by 1.
- sg.ResolutionQuality can be lowered between 0-100. 100 being the default resolution, and any lower should scale the resolution down.
[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=4
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=4
sg.ShadowQuality=4
sg.PostProcessQuality=4
sg.TextureQuality=4
sg.EffectsQuality=4
sg.FoliageQuality=4
sg.ShadingQuality=4
sg.GraphicQuality=4
Frame Rate Limit
- Lets you set the frame rate beyond what is allowed ingame.
FrameRateLimit=120.000000
Engine.ini tweaks
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Hotta\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini
All these tweaks go under a section called [SystemSettings]. You shouldn't have this section by default so you'll have to create it at the bottom of the file.


Custom Resolutions
- These can adjust your resolution to sizes that are not supported by default even though the game can actually do it. I use this to deal with super ultrawide monitor issues (31:9).
- Size is in pixels
- You may not have these settings yet if you have not set a resolution in game and exited.
ResolutionSizeX=3840
ResolutionSizeY=1440
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=3840
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=1440
Scalability Groups
- These are used to scale quality according to UE4 standards. Basically, 0 is lowest quality and 4 is max quality. Scale these to what you feel like and if you feel like performance is hit too much, lower by 1.
- sg.ResolutionQuality can be lowered between 0-100. 100 being the default resolution, and any lower should scale the resolution down.
[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=100.000000
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=4
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=4
sg.ShadowQuality=4
sg.PostProcessQuality=4
sg.TextureQuality=4
sg.EffectsQuality=4
sg.FoliageQuality=4
sg.ShadingQuality=4
sg.GraphicQuality=4
Frame Rate Limit
- Lets you set the frame rate beyond what is allowed ingame.
FrameRateLimit=120.000000
Engine.ini tweaks
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Hotta\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini
All these tweaks go under a section called [SystemSettings]. You shouldn't have this section by default so you'll have to create it at the bottom of the file.
[SystemSettings]
; post processing
r.BlurGBuffer=-1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.AmbientOcclusionRadiusScale=1.0
r.AmbientOcclusionMipLevelFactor=0.5
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=3
r.RenderTargetPoolMin=400
r.LensFlareQuality=3
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=1
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=2
r.BloomQuality=5
r.FastBlurThreshold=7
r.Upscale.Quality=3
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=1
r.HighQualityLightMaps=1
r.MotionBlurQuality=4
r.Tonemapper.Quality=5
r.ToneMapper.Sharpen=1
r.ParticleLightQuality=2

; LOD
r.ViewDistanceScale=40
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.MipMapLODBias=-2
foliage.LODDistanceScale=4
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.25
r.SkeletalMeshLODRadiusScale=0.25
r.LandscapeLODBias=-2
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=3
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=3
r.LODFadeTime=3
r.UITextureLODBias=-2

; Foliage
foliage.DensityScale=1.0
grass.DensityScale=1.0
foliage.DitheredLOD=5

; shadow
r.ShadowQuality=5
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=10
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=8192
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=8192
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=5
r.ContactShadows=1
; FilterMethod=0 is standard style. 1 = PCSS, for more diffused softer realistic shadows. Pick based on preference.
r.Shadow.FilterMethod=0
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixel=3
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=10

; Adds cool bloom cross lighting
r.Bloom.Cross=0.6

; Enable screen space global illumination. Very gpu intensive. Disable if low fps. NO LONGER WORKS WITH 2.0!
;r.SSGI.Enable=0
;r.SSGI.HalfRes=1
;r.SSGI.Quality=4
- These settings will take a while to explain but you can always leave default the ones you don't need by deleting the line.
- In general for LOD and pop in issues, you want to leave the # lod section. This makes the big difference
- The # shadow section is one of the more heavy sections. If you're okay with shadows as it is now, remove this section.
- For r.Shadow.FilterMethod=1, you may use 0 if you want a more "anime" shadow look. With 1, it uses a more realistic shadow casting system but the shadows are less sharp and more dithered and faded based on distance.
- # post processing section generally increases the AA quality and other post processing effects like blur, lens flare, some lighting. This can impact performance a lot so remove it if it's not running well.
- r.PostProcessAAQuality=5 This can be lowered to 4 if you're not using DLSS and you feel like the FPS impact is too high. You can go even lower to 3. If you lower to 1 or 2, this will use FXAA instead of TAA.
Engine.ini (cont.) Tweaks for DLSS Settings:
Some people may not like DLSS settings so you can turn this completely off under SystemSettings.
Add the line:
r.NGX.Enable=0
r.NGX.DLSS.Quality=1
- -2: Ultra Performance
- -1: Performance (default)
- 0: Balanced
- 1: Quality
- 2: Ultra Quality
I recommend Quality over Ultra Quality since the performance loss is high and I don't think there's much visual difference. Quality is better than the default Performance already.
DLSS Sharpness can be set too, ranging between -1.0 to 1.0, from soften to sharpen image.
r.NGX.DLSS.Sharpness=0.3
With DLSS disabled, you can now use the extra settings:
r.ScreenPercentage=100
You can set this below 100 to scale the internal resolution below 100%. This helps if you're having trouble reaching your desired framerates.
If you set this above 100, it acts as supersampling. Basically 150 means 150% resolution you can display. It can help sharpen the image a lot if you have the spare GPU power.
To adjust your anti alias, do so in the game menu between 0x - 8x.
Enabling enhanced TAA:
TAA requires DLSS to be disabled!
This enables Gen 5 TAA for the game and it should be better than the default for performance and quality:
; Temporal AA upgrades, only works with dlss off.
r.PostProcessAAQuality=5
r.TemporalAA.Algorithm=1
r.TemporalAASharpness=1
; Increase to reduce ghosting at cost of performance: (4, 8=default, 16, 32, 64).
r.TemporalAASamples=16
; Set 1 when using r.ScreenPercentage < 100 to use TAA for better upscaling.
; r.TemporalAA.Upsampling=1
; Use to scale with TAA. Set < 100 when FPS goals not met. 80 is generally decent for higher resolution.
; r.ScreenPercentage=80
You can actually combine this with r.ScreenPercentage=80 for much better FPS and the screen quality will look 99% similar to native res. It's very nice to reach the desired FPS.
Engine.ini (cont.) Tweaks for Ultrawide monitors:
- This prevents the game from zooming too close and chopping stuff off on really wide monitors.
- There are some bugs I noticed for it so it might not be preferred, like the full screen UI effects scale strangely for a few abilities
- Try it out to see if you like it. It also makes 31:9 displays workable (with the defects I mentioned above)
[SystemSettings]
r.MaterialQualityLevel=2

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
; Maintain aspec ratio for ultrawide monitors.
; Enable if you have wide monitor and you feel like zoom is too close.
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV


Engine.ini tweaks
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Hotta\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini
All these tweaks go under a section called [SystemSettings]. You shouldn't have this section by default so you'll have to create it at the bottom of the file.
[SystemSettings]
; post processing
r.BlurGBuffer=-1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=2
r.AmbientOcclusionRadiusScale=1.0
r.AmbientOcclusionMipLevelFactor=0.5
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=3
r.RenderTargetPoolMin=400
r.LensFlareQuality=3
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=1
r.EyeAdaptationQuality=2
r.BloomQuality=5
r.FastBlurThreshold=7
r.Upscale.Quality=3
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=1
r.HighQualityLightMaps=1
r.MotionBlurQuality=4
r.Tonemapper.Quality=5
r.ToneMapper.Sharpen=1
r.ParticleLightQuality=2

; LOD
r.ViewDistanceScale=40
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.MipMapLODBias=-2
foliage.LODDistanceScale=4
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.25
r.SkeletalMeshLODRadiusScale=0.25
r.LandscapeLODBias=-2
r.LandscapeLODDistributionScale=3
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=3
r.LODFadeTime=3
r.UITextureLODBias=-2

; Foliage
foliage.DensityScale=1.0
grass.DensityScale=1.0
foliage.DitheredLOD=5

; shadow
r.ShadowQuality=5
r.Shadow.CSM.MaxCascades=10
r.Shadow.MaxResolution=8192
r.Shadow.MaxCSMResolution=8192
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=5
r.ContactShadows=1
; FilterMethod=0 is standard style. 1 = PCSS, for more diffused softer realistic shadows. Pick based on preference.
r.Shadow.FilterMethod=0
r.Shadow.TexelsPerPixel=3
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=10

; Adds cool bloom cross lighting
r.Bloom.Cross=0.6

; Enable screen space global illumination. Very gpu intensive. Disable if low fps. NO LONGER WORKS WITH 2.0!
;r.SSGI.Enable=0
;r.SSGI.HalfRes=1
;r.SSGI.Quality=4
- These settings will take a while to explain but you can always leave default the ones you don't need by deleting the line.
- In general for LOD and pop in issues, you want to leave the # lod section. This makes the big difference
- The # shadow section is one of the more heavy sections. If you're okay with shadows as it is now, remove this section.
- For r.Shadow.FilterMethod=1, you may use 0 if you want a more "anime" shadow look. With 1, it uses a more realistic shadow casting system but the shadows are less sharp and more dithered and faded based on distance.
- # post processing section generally increases the AA quality and other post processing effects like blur, lens flare, some lighting. This can impact performance a lot so remove it if it's not running well.
- r.PostProcessAAQuality=5 This can be lowered to 4 if you're not using DLSS and you feel like the FPS impact is too high. You can go even lower to 3. If you lower to 1 or 2, this will use FXAA instead of TAA.
Engine.ini (cont.) Tweaks for DLSS Settings:
Some people may not like DLSS settings so you can turn this completely off under SystemSettings.
Add the line:
r.NGX.Enable=0
r.NGX.DLSS.Quality=1
- -2: Ultra Performance
- -1: Performance (default)
- 0: Balanced
- 1: Quality
- 2: Ultra Quality
I recommend Quality over Ultra Quality since the performance loss is high and I don't think there's much visual difference. Quality is better than the default Performance already.
DLSS Sharpness can be set too, ranging between -1.0 to 1.0, from soften to sharpen image.
r.NGX.DLSS.Sharpness=0.3
With DLSS disabled, you can now use the extra settings:
r.ScreenPercentage=100
You can set this below 100 to scale the internal resolution below 100%. This helps if you're having trouble reaching your desired framerates.
If you set this above 100, it acts as supersampling. Basically 150 means 150% resolution you can display. It can help sharpen the image a lot if you have the spare GPU power.
To adjust your anti alias, do so in the game menu between 0x - 8x.
Enabling enhanced TAA:
TAA requires DLSS to be disabled!
This enables Gen 5 TAA for the game and it should be better than the default for performance and quality:
; Temporal AA upgrades, only works with dlss off.
r.PostProcessAAQuality=5
r.TemporalAA.Algorithm=1
r.TemporalAASharpness=1
; Increase to reduce ghosting at cost of performance: (4, 8=default, 16, 32, 64).
r.TemporalAASamples=16
; Set 1 when using r.ScreenPercentage < 100 to use TAA for better upscaling.
; r.TemporalAA.Upsampling=1
; Use to scale with TAA. Set < 100 when FPS goals not met. 80 is generally decent for higher resolution.
; r.ScreenPercentage=80
You can actually combine this with r.ScreenPercentage=80 for much better FPS and the screen quality will look 99% similar to native res. It's very nice to reach the desired FPS.
Engine.ini (cont.) Tweaks for Ultrawide monitors:
- This prevents the game from zooming too close and chopping stuff off on really wide monitors.
- There are some bugs I noticed for it so it might not be preferred, like the full screen UI effects scale strangely for a few abilities
- Try it out to see if you like it. It also makes 31:9 displays workable (with the defects I mentioned above)
[SystemSettings]
r.MaterialQualityLevel=2

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
; Maintain aspec ratio for ultrawide monitors.
; Enable if you have wide monitor and you feel like zoom is too close.
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
Engine.ini (cont). Optimizations:
- These are general optimizations done to the shader systems and texture streaming. This can help on high end systems that experience more stutter than it should.
[SystemSettings]

; optimizations
niagara.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
D3D12.PSO.DiskCache=1
D3D12.PSO.DriverOptimizedDiskCache=1
r.HZBOcclusion=0
r.AllowOcclusionQueries=1
r.Shaders.Optimize=1
r.ShaderPipelineCache.StartupMode=3
r.ShaderPipelineCache.Enabled=1
r.ShaderPipelineCache.ReportPSO=1
r.ShaderPipelineCache.GameFileMaskEnabled=0
r.ShaderPipelineCache.LazyLoadShadersWhenPSOCacheIsPresent=1
r.ShaderPipelineCache.BatchSize=50
r.XGEShaderCompile=1
r.XGEShaderCompile.Mode=1
r.XGEShaderCompile.Xml.BatchGroupSize=256
r.XGEShaderCompile.Xml.BatchSize=16
r.XGEShaderCompile.Xml.JobTimeout=0.500000
r.GPUParticle.Simulate=1
r.GTSyncType=1

; might help with lag and stutter at cost of input lag
r.OneFrameThreadLag=1

; Allow tearing when you have a VRR capable monitor
r.D3D11.UseAllowTearing=1
r.D3D12.UseAllowTearing=1

; Extra stutter optimizations for streaming and GC
r.Shadow.WholeSceneShadowCacheMb=2000
gc.TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=900
gc.NumRetriesBeforeForcingGC=5
gc.MinDesiredObjectsPerSubTask=20
s.ForceGCAfterLevelStreamedOut=0
s.ContinuouslyIncrementalGCWhileLevelsPendingPurge=0
r.ShaderPipelineCache.BatchTime=2
r.ShaderPipelineCache.BackgroundBatchTime=0
r.ShaderPipelineCache.PrecompileBatchTime=0
s.AsyncLoadingTimeLimit=2
s.PriorityAsyncLoadingExtraTime=1
s.UnregisterComponentsTimeLimit=2
s.LevelStreamingActorsUpdateTimeLimit=2
s.PriorityLevelStreamingActorsUpdateExtraTime=1
s.LevelStreamingComponentsUnregistrationGranularity=10
s.LevelStreamingComponentsRegistrationGranularity=50
r.Streaming.NumStaticComponentsProcessedPerFrame=500

; Enable this if you're still getting some stutter. Experimental.
; r.LevelStreamingDistanceScale=999999

; Extra optimizations for streaming
r.Streaming.Boost=1
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=1
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=2
r.bForceCPUAccessToGPUSkinVerts=True
r.Streaming.FramesForFullUpdate=2
r.Streaming.DropMips=0
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=0
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.Streaming.UseAllMips=1
r.Streaming.UseMaterialData=1
r.Streaming.UseNewMetrics=1
r.Streaming.UsePerTextureBias=1
r.Shaders.Optimize=1
r.Shaders.FastMath=1
r.UseShaderCaching=1
r.UseShaderPredraw=1
r.UseAsyncShaderPrecompilation=1
r.TargetPrecompileFrameTime=13
r.PredrawBatchTime=13
r.AccelPredrawBatchTime=0
r.AccelTargetPrecompileFrameTime=0
r.Streaming.DefragDynamicBounds=1
r.Streaming.PoolSize=8000
r.Streaming.MaxTempMemoryAllowed=1000