[Tutorial] Change FOV, Remove Blur, Uncap FPS, FIX Stuttering, Better Textures, Antialiasing, Grain Filter, Resolution, Battery Life

[HDxDaniel]

YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SIMILAR GUIDE:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=176247453
Thanks for this Awesome Game :)
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First of All *Very Important*

1.Locate the folder which contains the files we are going to edit:
Documents > My Games > Outlast > OLGame > Config

2.Copy the contents of that folder into another one.

▶ PLEASE note that once you modify a file you have to tick the 'Read Only' box, to do this: Right click on the file, Properties, and tick the read only box.

How to Change the FOV

Open "OLGame.ini" with a text editor (such as Notepad++) and look for "DefaultFOV=" and "RunningFOV=", then change the values to whatever you want.

Please note that 110º in this game looks like 90º in others, like Call of duty.

Example:
DefaultFOV=110.0
RunningFOV=120.0

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↓↓IMPORTANT (CAMERA FOV)↓↓: When you look through your camera you have a different FOV. To change it you have to edit the following lines:

CamcorderNVMaxFOV=83.0
CamcorderMaxFOV=83.0

▶ ↓Just replace 83 with your normal fov, if your defaultfov is 110 then :↓

CamcorderNVMaxFOV=110.0
CamcorderMaxFOV=110.0

How to Change FPS limit (Uncap FPS)

IMPORTANT:
The following lines are repeated a few times in the file, so you MUST change it all to False and 0 in order to FULLY Unlock the Frames Per Second limit.

Open "OLEngine.ini" and look for these lines:
bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62


▶ ↓If you want no FPS limit do this:↓
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=0
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=0

(0 means UNLIMITED, you can change it to whatever you want)

Remove Motion Blur

PLEASE TICK THE 'READ ONLY' BOX IN THIS FILE!

I only recommend turning off Motion Blur if you run this game at 60fps or higher.

Open "OLSystemSettings.ini", change this:

MotionBlur=True
MotionBlurPause=True
MotionBlurSkinning=1
AllowRadialBlur=True
MaxFilterBlurSampleCount=16
MobilePostProcessBlurAmount=32.0

▶ ↓To this:↓

MotionBlur=FALSE
MotionBlurPause=FALSE
MotionBlurSkinning=0
AllowRadialBlur=FALSE
MaxFilterBlurSampleCount=8
MobilePostProcessBlurAmount=16.0

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If the above method doesn't work for you, you can try this modded file made by LoneWolfDon (just replace the necessary files): https://www.dropbox.com/s/i0t6dhppi8mkio8/OLSystemSettings.zip

Thx to LONEWOLFDON

Better Textures Resolution

In "OLEngine.ini" look for these lines and change 1024 and 256 to the desired values:

MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=1024
MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=256


▶ ↓Example:↓

MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=2048
MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=1024

FIX Stuttering

2 Methods, (use both to have better results)

1. - Go to "OLEngine.ini", under "[TextureStreaming]" Edit "Poolsize=", and set it to 280 at least: (mine is at 1024 = 1 GB VRAM (I have 3GB)

Examples: (just test)
PoolSize=1024
PoolSize=280
PoolSize=560

Originally posted by Caiobrz:

(http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1963500)
[TextureStreaming]
...
[...]As a matter of fact, increase it anyway. Suggested value: 560 on high-end GPU, 280 on others. Defragmenting your drive might also help with stuttering/small freezes.

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2. - In the same file (OLEngine.ini), look for "TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=". Change the value to 3600.

▶ Like this: TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=3600

Originally posted by MBgeek:

(http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17496804&postcount=14)
[...]
TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=10

I set it to 20 and now I got the stutter every 20 seconds...I then bumped it up to 3600 (1 hour) and haven't seen it since.

Who knows what will happen after an hour...lol

Hope that helps someone, it was making me nuts

MB Geek

Antialiasing (MSAA) [Working fine on my AMD GPU*]

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*UPDATE*

Originally posted by SKINNIE:

The DLC broke the MSAA Antialiasing[/b] for me. Turns everything really dark to the point of being unplayable. Have to switch bAllowD3D9MSAA in the OLSystemSettings.ini back to False.
Su**s cause MSAA was working so well for me before I bought the DLC. :(

*UPDATE 2*

Originally posted by chillgreg:

[...]this setting causes strange (unplayable) lighting:
bAllowD3D9MSAA=True
Set back to FALSE, no problems

Originally posted by Eggahertz:

The culprit for this appears to be the setting

AllowSkin=TRUE

(located in OLSystemSettings.ini), which is enabled when effects are set to high/very high. Changing this setting to FALSE under the heading that corresponds to your effects setting ([SystemSettingsBucket4] for high and [SystemSettingsBucket5] for very high) eliminates the lighting problem, although the artifacts from before persist.

Please note that I don't know what the AllowSkin setting actually does (I couldn't tell the difference one way or the other), only that it doesn't play nice with MSAA.

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*Works good on AMD and NVIDIA (I think)

In "OLSystemSettings.ini", change this:

MaxMultiSamples=1
bAllowD3D9MSAA=False

▶ ↓To this:↓

MaxMultiSamples=2
bAllowD3D9MSAA=True


(In "MaxMultiSamples=" you can use 2, 4, or 8 I think)

[nVidia Users Only] Antialiasing (SGSSAA) (CalinTM)

Originally posted by CalinTM:

To use SGSSAA, you need a nvidia GPU and follow these steps from here:

This does require a powerful system!

- Download Nvidia Inspector
- Open up the program
- Open up the Profile settings ( Tool button on the right side of driver version )
- Open the Outlast profile ( if you havn't created it yet, look in the previous section )
- Paste 0x000010C1 in the "Antialiasing Combatibility" section
- Set "Antialiasing - Mode" to: Override any application setting
- Set "Antialiasing - Setting" to: 2x [2x Multisampling]
- Set "Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling" to: 2x Sparse Grid Supersampling
- Set "Lod Bias" to: -0.500 for 2x
- -1.000 for 4x
- -1.500 for 8x

Note: you can set it to 4x or even 8x if your system is powerful enough, always be sure that the values in multisampling and supersampling match up.


Should look like this:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wXxQY5OF4Ic/UieZZ_OSnHI/AAAAAAAAAc4/305PasjIkFc/s919/AA.png


"Taken from my thread...

Also if you want to enable Physx on the GPU instead of CPU, modify this to False
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False (found in OLEngine.ini)"

Also:

Originally posted by CalinTM:

You can downsample and disable AA, almost the same effect. My 120hz monitor can't downsample at 120hz...if you have a 60hz monitor you can downsample to 1440p.

Change Resolution

In "OLSystemSettings.ini", look for:
ResX=
ResY=

▶ ↓Change it to whatever you want (800x600, 1920x1080, etc)↓

For Example:

ResX=1920
ResY=1080

(If you see a black screen you can change "fullscreen=true" to "fullscreen=false" or change screen resolution to a lower one or check your drivers or and install/update directX...)

Change Battery Life

Note: Changing battery life is only recommended if you are stuck somewhere or you ran out of batteries :).

Go to "OlGame.ini" and change "BatteryDuration=150.0" to the desired value.
(The value is measured in seconds)

For example you can change the value to 300, so you have 300 seconds of battery life .

Modify Grain Filter

Note:*I think it does not remove the film grain at all*

Go to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Outlast\Engine\Config

Then open "ConsoleVariables.ini" and under "[Startups]" write:
"ImageGrain = 0.0" or the desired value.

▶ ↓So it looks like:↓

[Startup]
ImageGrain = 0.0

UPDATE:
It seems that is possible to remove the grain filter, but I think it removes the night vision effect (I haven't personally tried this):
http://steamcommunity.com/app/238320/discussions/0/540741131475598122/

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OTHER TWEAKS

Originally posted by mooner:

Set 'OneFrameThreadLag=False' in OLSystemSettings.ini for increased mouse responsiveness.

Originally posted by SoulesS:

Originally posted by ruk80:

Does anyone know how to disable messages like "press left click to open the door"? (I can't turn off in the subtitle menu) They distract and ruin the atmosphere!

Try this in OLGame.ini

[OLGame.OLHUD]
bAlwaysShowPrompts=false

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▶ Remember to backup all the files before edit them. Also tick the Read Only box in every modified file.

Note: If your game doesn't run then delete the .ini files and start the game again. As a result the game will create new and fresh files :)
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THANKS :)

[HDxDaniel]

I'm 80% sure you can edit those files without any consecuense on your achivements.

Originally posted by minazu.ruka:

I have a question.
I wanted to change the battery life so I have more life... since I tend to push the R button ofren after I played another game where I need R to loot. So I wanted to have more battery life so it's not so bad if I loose one or two batteries more.

Now a friend told me that changing these files could be ceating and could result in Achievements not being recognized. Do you know if changing any of these OLGame files would prevent me from getting the achivements?

I'm really confused right now...

[Terminal]

When I try to remove motion blur in OLSystemSettings, save, then play.. After trying to see if it worked (doesn't seem like it) when I go back to the file, MotionBlur, etc, is set back to True.

[BigDanger]

That battery tho.

[iDuL]

A guide that literally optimizes the game for you, thanks for this!

[Rick C-137]

Thanks :D

[Pellaeon]

When I use the AA tweaks the graphics get messed up and renders game unplayable (NVIDIA). I tried the .ini method and the NVIDIA Inspector method. Has anyone using NVIDIA figured out a way to use AA without breaking the game?

[VivaLala]

its great thanks

[t3npu]

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игра супер!!!

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Thanks, all worked great except the ini anti aliasing which removed half the graphics in the game but Nvidia Inspector worked. One thing though when I put the grain to 0.0 it still seems to be there to an extent. Any way to fully remove it?

[HDxDaniel]

Originally posted by Hong Kong Phooey:

Thanks, all worked great except the ini anti aliasing which removed half the graphics in the game but Nvidia Inspector worked. One thing though when I put the grain to 0.0 it still seems to be there to an extent. Any way to fully remove it?

I'm not sure if there is a way to fully remove it, sorry.

[Turtle Power]

как уровень сложности сменить?

[thc]

Hello! I'm trying to use 8:9 (960x1080) resolution and the game opens correctly, but after logo images it automatically changes to fullscreen, but "fullscreen=false" on "OLSystemSettings.ini" and OFF on game's menu. What should I do?
Thanks.

[TripleForteMatt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqYBu5_FTBs

[Cyandos]

I went into the files and modified:

MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=1024
MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=256

Into the example given in the thread:

MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=2048
MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=1024

But i really didn't get any improvements on textures or lighting. I made them into these since these are my exact resolution settings:

MaxProcBuildingLODColorTextureSize=1920
MaxProcBuildingLODLightingTextureSize=1080

They don't work either. Help, please?