Best™ GZDoom settings

Last Updated: GZDoom 4.1.3

Customize Controls:
	(user preference)

Mouse Options:
	Always Mouselook: On

Player Setup:
	Autoaim: 0
	Switch on pickup: Off
	Always Run: On

HUD Options:
	Scaling Options:
		User Interface Scale: Adapt to Screen Size
		Messages: 3 (or 4, or whatever)
		Console: Use Default Scale
		Status Bar: Scale to Fullscreen
		Fullscreen Hud: Scale to Fullscreen
		Alternative Hud: Use Default Scale
		HUD Preserves Aspect Ratio: On

	Menu dim: 0

Miscellaneous Options:
	Save/Load confirmation: Off

Display Options:
	Hardware Renderer:
		Stereo 3D VR:
			3D mode: Normal
			Enable Quad Stereo: Off
			Distance Between Your Eyes: 0.062
			Distance From Your Screen: 0.8

		Postprocessing:
			Bloom Effect: On
			Lens Distoriton Effect: On
			Ambient Occlusion Quality: High
			Portals with AO: 0 if using BrutalDOOM, otherwise 4
			FXAA Quality: Extreme
			Dither Output: 12 BPC
			Tonemap Mode: Off

			Tonemap Palette Exponent: 2.0
			Tonemap Palette Order: Reverse

		Sector Light Mode: Software
		Banded SW Lightmode: Off
		Fog mode: Radial
		Fog forces fullbright: No
		Weapon light strength: 8.0
		Environment map on mirrors: On
		Enhanced night vision mode: On
		ENV shows stealth monsters: Any fixed colormap
		Adjust sprite clipping: Smarter
		Smooth sprite edges: On
		Fuzz style: Smooth Noise
		Sprite billboard: Y Axis
		Sprites face camera: Off
		Particle style: Smooth
		Rendering quality: Quality

		Menu Blur: 0.00

		Multisample: Off

	Software Renderer
		TrueColor Options:
			Linear filter when downscaling: On
			Linerar filter when upscaling: On
			Use mipmapped textures: On
		Trasparency render mode: Precise

		Sky render mode: Capped
		Linear skies: Off
		Fullbright overrides sector color: On
		Scaled fuzz effect: On
		Models: On

	Vulkan Options (Experimental)
		Enable Vulkan: Off
		Vulkan Device ID: (this depends on your computer)
		High Dynamic Range: Off

	Texture Options:
			Texture Filter mode: None
			Antiscotropic filter: 16x
			Enable hires textures: Yes
			High Quality Resize mode: XBRZ
			High Quality Resize multiplier: 2x (or higher if desired)
			Resize textures: On
			Resize sprites: On
			Resize fonts: On
			Precache GL textures: Yes
			Sort draw lists by texture: Yes

	Dynamic Light Options:
		Dynamic Lights (Software): On
		Dynamic Lights (Hardware): On
		Lights affect sprites: Yes
		Lights affect particles: Yes
		Lights shadowmaps: Yes
		Shadowmap quality: 1024
		Shadowmap filter: PCF (High)

	Screen Size: 11 (user preference)
	Gamma correction: 1.00 (user preference)
	Brightness: 0.00 (user preference)
	Contrast: 1.0 (user preference)
	Saturation: 1.00 (user preference)

	Screen wipe style: Melt (user preference)
	Use fuzz effect: Fuzz
	Classic transparency: ZDoom (Forced)
	Lost Soul translucency: 1.00 (user preference)
	Use fake contrast: On
	Rocket Trails: Sprites
	Blood Type: Sprites & Particles
	Bullet Puff Type: Sprites & Particles
	Number of Particles: 10000 (maxed, turn down if you experience FPS issues)
	Number of Decals: 10000 (maxed, turn down if you experience FPS issues)
	Show player sprites: on
	Death camera: On
	Teleporter zoom: On
	Earthquake shake intensity: 1.00 (user preference)
	Interpolate monster movement: Yes

Set video Mode:
	Render Mode: Hardware accelerated
	Fullscreen: Yes
	Notebook Switchable GPU: High-Performance
	Force aspect ratio: Off (user preference)
	Forced Ratio Style: Letterbox (user preference)
	Resolution scale: Scaled (Nearest)
	Scale Factor: 1.00 (turn up to 2 if you have a real powerhouse system)

	Vertical Sync: Off (turn on if you experience screen tearing or jittering)
	Rendering Interpolation: On

	Don't fuck with Custom Pixel Scaling unless you know what you're doing. I don't.