dx12user.settings

[naton566]

I found deleting my "dx12user.settings" in "documents/witcher3" and then booting the game up magically allowed me to change some settings and them actually be effective. for example changing my resolution now actually gives me an FPS boost now whereas before quality would change but no boost.
DLSS gives a decent boost but not much difference between quality and balanced.

there are some RTGI settings in dx12user file that can be changed but i don't know what the lower and upper limits are on these to make actual changes appear in game. someone with better knowledge of the .settings file will know more than me but it's worth exploring.

these are all the settings form that file:

[Rendering/RT/HBIL]
UseHBIL=false
HBILImpact=1
[Gameplay/EntityPool]
SpawnedLimit=130
[Hidden]
HasSeenGotyWelcomeMessage=true
HasSetup=true
WorldMapPreviewMode=1
uiVerticalFrameScale=1
uiHorizontalFrameScale=1
[RTXGI/GlobalGrid]
ProbeMaxRayDist=128
[Localization]
RequestedSpeechLanguage=
SpeechLanguage=EN
RequestedTextLanguage=
TextLanguage=EN
Subtitles=false
[Viewport]
VSync=true
Resolution="2560x1440"
ReflexMode=2
FullScreenMode=2
VSyncThreshold=0
OutputMonitor=0
[Hud]
MinimapRotation=false
MinimapDuringFocusCombat=true
ObjectiveDuringFocusCombat=true
MinimapPoiCompletedIcons=false
[RTXGI]
SkyLightSaturation=1
SkyLightIntensity=1
[Budget]
TerrainTileMipDataBudget=100
TerrainTileMinTimeout=2
TerrainTileTimeout=10
OcclusionQueryAdditionalMemory=5
TerrainTileLoadingTimeout=5
[ContentManager/Mods]
MaxNameLength=64
Enabled=true
[Audio]
DynamicRange=1
MusicVolume=40
Subtitles=true
[LoadingScreen/TCR]
ShowProgress=true
[Game]
DoNotPauseWhileStopped=false
[Scripts]
DebugScriptsForceFlush=true
DebugScriptsLogDir=
[PostProcess]
SharpenAmount=1
MotionBlurPositionTreshold=0.05
DLSSQuality=1
FSR2Sharpness=0.3
LockhartPerformanceMode=true
RCASAmount=0.2
AAMode=6
DLSSGMode=0
MotionBlurRotationTreshold=1
FogUseDistInColorLerp=1
AllowMotionBlur=false
FSR1Quality=0
AllowLensEffects=true
SSAOEnabled=true
EnableFSR1=true
AllowBlur=false
FSR2Quality=0
[Input]
PadVibrationEnabled=true
KeyboardCooldownSpeed=0.1
InvertCameraXOnMouse=false
InvertCameraYOnMouse=false
CameraAutoRotX=true
FreeCameraSpeed=1
PadVibrationAmount=10
InvertCameraX=false
UIMouseSensitivity=1
CameraAutoRotY=true
RightStickCameraSensitivity=1
InvertCameraY=false
RightStickAimSensitivity=1
MouseSensitivity=1
SteamController=0
ForceDisablePad=false
FreeCameraSensitivity=1
AdaptiveTriggersEnabled=true
AdaptiveTriggersAmount=10
[DLC]
DlcEnabled_dlc_010_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_015_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_005_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_007_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_013_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_004_001=0
DlcEnabled_dlc_017_001=0
DlcEnabled_dlc_006_001=0
DlcEnabled_dlc_001_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_008_001=0
DlcEnabled_dlc_011_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_020_001=0
DlcEnabled_dlc_002_001=1
DlcEnabled_ep1=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_014_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_009_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_018_001=1
DlcEnabled_bob_000_000=1
DlcEnabled_abob_001_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_012_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_003_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_016_001=1
DlcEnabled_dlc_011_002=0
[Rendering/RT/RoughnessRemap]
RemapDerivative0=0
RemapDerivative3=1
RemapDerivative2=1
RemapDerivative1=2
[Gameplay]
ConsentTelemetry=false
DisableAutomaticSwordSheathe=true
Difficulty=3
CrossProgression=true
EnableAlternateSignCasting=1
HudTutorialEnabled=false
EnableUberMovement=1
[LevelOfDetail]
SwarmHideDistance=200
DecalsHideDistance=90
DimmerHideDistance=60
DynamicDecalsHideDistance=20
StripeHideDistance=60
[General]
ConfigVersion=5
[LoadingScreen/Editor]
Disabled=false
[Rendering/RT]
EnableAOSSSampling=true
EnableRT=true
Shadows=true
EnableRtRadiance=true
RTAOEnabled=true
EnableAOPretrace=true
[LoadingOverlay/TCR]
FadeOutCooldownExtraTime=1
FadeInSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveSpinnerTime=3
FadeOutSpinnerTime=1
NoninteractiveEndCooldown=1
[RTXGI/Grid1]
ProbeMaxRayDist=128
[Visuals]
HdrPaperWhite=300
AllowClothSimulationOnGpu=false
InventoryBgColorScaleB=0.036
InventoryFixedLuminance=0.25
HdrGamma1=1.1
InventoryBgColorScaleG=0.034
MovieFramerate=30
GammaValue=1.12
MaxTVBrightness=900
InventoryBgColorScaleR=0.02
HdrGamma2=8
[Galaxy]
regUrlPlain=
DevSaveMarks=false
regUrlCoded=
tokenRefA="x1D03i763DltgxsZHdHR50VWakblsEHXCezYfedCvSY6Ozwb-RzzIVnEgSfcbya3"
RewardsState=
regTokenExpiryH=0
regTokenPlain=
regQRCode=
SaveAllowTickMarks=true
regTokenCoded=
tokenRefX=
regTokenExpiryL=0
[Rendering]
AllowReflex=true
ShowStreamlineConsole=false
GrassDensity=3500
DecalsSpawnDistanceCutoff=10
GlobalOceanTesselationFactor=52
CascadeShadowFadeTreshold=1
HairWorksGlobalWidthLimit=5
CascadeShadowDistanceScale2=1.2
MaxTextureAnizotropy=16
AllowDLSS=true
HairWorksGlobalDensityQuality=1
CascadeShadowDistanceScale3=1.2
HairWorkstGlobalDensityLimit=2
TextureStreamingHeadsDistanceLimitSq=100
MeshLODDistanceScale=1.5
ScaleformTextureUnstreamDelay=2.5
DecalsChance=1
MaxAtlasTextureSize=4096
TerrainReadAheadDistance=200
AllowDLSSG=true
SSREnabled=true
HairWorksLevel=0
MaxTextureArraySize=2048
TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold=1.6
TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThresholdFar=3.5
TextureStreamingCharacterDistanceLimitSq=225
MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount=4
TextureStreamingDistanceLimitSq=40000
HairWorksGlobalDetailLODFactor=1
AllowStreamline=true
TextureMipBias=-2
DeveloperMode=false
TextureInFlightCountBudget=12
DynamicResolutionPercentage=-1
CascadeShadowmapSize=2048
CascadeShadowDistanceScale0=1
MeshRenderingDistanceScale=1.5
CascadeShadowQuality=1
TextureInFlightCountBudgetLoadingMode=256
CascadeShadowDistanceScale1=1
[Input/Gestures]
EnableSwipe=true
EnablePan=true
EnableGestures=true
EnablePinch=true
[Visuals4K]
PerformanceMode=false
[LoadingScreen]
FadeInTime=3
SkipShowWithAnyKey=true
GameRevealTime=3
SkipHideDelay=3
SkipInputDelay=0.25
FadeOutTime=1.5
SkipAutoshow=false
[Rendering/TAA]
CASPacked=false
CASDistanceDecayStrength=0.6
CASAmountNear=1
CASAmount=1
CASDistanceDecayPower=1.5
CASDenoise=true
TAAUseLDS=false
CASDistanceBased=true
CASFast=false
CASAmountFar=0
EnableCAS=true
[Engine]
LimitFPS=60
[Rendering/SpeedTree]
GrassGenerationEfficiency=0.075
GrassDistanceScale=2
FoliageDistanceScale=1.5
FoliageShadowDistanceScale=16
GrassRingSize=6291456
[Rendering/TrimGrass]
trimSlopeMost=0.6
trimSizeMedium=0.65
trimSlopeMedium=0.07
trimSizeBig=1.2
trimSizeSmall=0.1
trimSlopeLeast=0.01
[Gameplay/BoatCamera]
BoatLocalSpaceCamera=false
[Save]
ShowCompatWarning=false
[Kinect]
Kinect=true
[Foliage]
MaxVisibilityDepth=12

[killall]

wlp, this actually works very well

[Wrocu]

I was playing with this file, changed some lines RT related, lowered them and unfortunetly nothing changed. MAYBE 1fps here and there but I think dx12 is broken so much that 90% of setting are not working properly or dont change a thing in terms of fps

[Enterax]

Originally posted by Wrocu:

I was playing with this file, changed some lines RT related, lowered them and unfortunetly nothing changed. MAYBE 1fps here and there but I think dx12 is broken so much that 90% of setting are not working properly or dont change a thing in terms of fps

dx12 is heavily CPU bound, so msot settings will have effect on visual but not on performance, unlesss its something cpu is involved as well
-one thing could be changing cloth simulation settings, which for some reason have "false" value, while the "true" should reduce strain on CPU and move it to GPU