Console command that may improve your FPS

[Karsi]

Press the ~ key in-game to bring up the console. Type (or copy/paste) the following in it:

sg.EffectsQuality 0

Press enter.

Doing this improved my framerate by about 20%. This is the only console command I tried that had any effect on framerate. If I come across any others, I will post them in this thread.

Note: You will have to redo this each time you load the game. If you apply changes via the options menu after doing this, it will undo it.

Also, type the following in the console to see your current FPS and ms:

stat fps

[MimicKingAxl ttv]

what exactly is this reducing?

[Karsi]

Originally posted by Axl Yin:

what exactly is this reducing?

Several things. I'm not an expert in the matter, I just found the command. Just try it and see for yourself. Turning it off doesn't make the game ugly, that's for sure.

Mine was on sg.EffectsQuality 3 by default. If you type sg.EffectsQuality by itself, it will show you what yours is currently set to. You can set it 0, 1, 2, or 3. It's the same as the low, medium, high, and epic choices in the drop down menus in the options. 0 = low. EffectsQuality is just one they left out of the options menu for some reason.

[Karsi]

Bump. Curious as to whether this works at all for others.

[Lord Þøopenheimer]

Hi Karsi,

I just tried this, and it did give my fps a boost. Tiny, but effective. I have no idea what it's reducing, but I don't mind the graphics change, and the frame rate is now running 29~40fps instead of the 22-35fps I had before. These frame rates are from walking from my base with lots of dinosaurs into an inland river into a forest. Just thought people might want to give the command a try.

[di eshor ribly]

While it's not exactly related to fps, another command that may help people who wish to play the less JJ Abrams version of ARK:
r.bloomquality 0
Severely reduces lens flares!

[ChuchoTheCatLord]

i'm curious to know if there are any more graphical commands ... since i've been googleing for like 20m and i only find "admin commands or cheats" but nothing to change graphics via console.

[SilvaDreams]

r.bloomquality 0
r.lightshafts 0
These two together will save your eyes from extreme cases of OHGODMYEYES!!! On the beaches or when facing the sun.

[Boneless]

i noticed better frames right away doing this thank you so much!

[Will Strife]

I got a nice boost on fps with that command, got from 37 - 41 to 45 - 50 fps, thanks for it :)

[Sutha]

Originally posted by SilvaDreams:

r.bloomquality 0
r.lightshafts 0
These two together will save your eyes from extreme cases of OHGODMYEYES!!! On the beaches or when facing the sun.

I can vouvhe for this one roflmao. Will have to try the OP's command.

[Northlander]

r.bloomquality 0
r.lightshafts 0
r.shadowquality 0

The last one turns off shadows. Great performance increase, but definitely has an impact on the way things look.

[-Smirnoff-]

Originally posted by Northlander:

r.bloomquality 0
r.lightshafts 0
r.shadowquality 0

The last one turns off shadows. Great performance increase, but definitely has an impact on the way things look.

Cool! Thanks!

[SenseiMurn]

Why does none of these commands work on the PS4?

[Serenity]

I have no idea what this does but my fps went crazy up....thank you...

[Splićo]

why open console every time when you can set it in GameUserSettings ?