Debug Menu

[PlotinusRedux]

This is only for people comfortable finding and editing configuration files.

To enable the Debug Menu, open:

My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth\config.ini

Under [User Settings], change:

DebugPanel = 0

to:

DebugPanel = 1

To access the Debug Menu, in the game hold CTRL and hit the tilde (~) key. Do the same to close it.

The most useful thing I've found there is the Graphics Panel, which lets you adjust settings like DOF, Bloom, etc., on the fly. Most of these correspond to settings in GraphicSettings.ini, so once you find the settings you like, you can edit them there to make your preferences the default.

Note if you've already turned off a setting like DOF in GraphicSettings.ini, toggling it in the Graphics Panel won't change anything, so you might want to start with the default GraphicSettings.ini if you've already edited it.

I haven't found what key in GraphicSettings.ini the Graphics Panel's "DistanceFog" corresponds to--anyone have a clue? I really like it off.

[PlotinusRedux]

Still haven't found the INI setting to disable DistanceFog, but found another fun one, in config.ini, set "Minimum Zoom Level = 4.000000". Let's you really zoom in and see the details of the unit and terrain models.

[PlotinusRedux]

Anyone found the .ini setting to disable DistanceFog? I can keep turning it off via the debug menu every time I start, but it would be nice to default it to off. I've tried a number of .ini settings with no luck.

[PlotinusRedux]

Bump. Anyone found a .ini setting to turn off DistanceFog yet? I can keep using the debug menu to turn it off in each game, but it would be nice to have the game default to DistanceFog off without using the Debug Menu.

[PlotinusRedux]

Still can't find any way to turn off DistanceFog without using the debug menu....

[X_MasterDave_X]

Have the same problem, also want the Distant Fog gone.

Even worse, with my german keyboard i cant activate the Debug Panel. Maybe no chance to type the "~" in Beyond Earth, as the Key only zooms the map, as it also is the "+" key in our keyboards. No CTRL, or as we have STRG or ALT or ALT Gr possible in combination with the "*+~" Key close to the "Return" key.

I can still use the "ö" key, that worked fine in Civ5, where i was able to use the Graphic panel, and always first deactivated the Distant Fog. But now with "ö" i just get a Console-Window where i can type in text commands. typing "help" tells me that there are also "panel" commands, but i didnt got it to work. Nothing happened as i typed "panel graphic" or such commands.

Anybody knows what to do? really want that DistantFog gone....and need my Graphic Panel "back". BTW the key above TAB also didnt worked at all. :(

[X_MasterDave_X]

ok found it out now:

its ALT gr key with "ö" key. Then the panel shows up.