Lower settings with the .ini

[christianp9]

Is there a way to lower the textures quality by modifying the .ini file? I've moved the folder with the saves I'm playing and somehow it got back to the ultra settings - which with the mods are making my GPU's fan run like a Vertibird.
I've already managed to lower some settings, like water refractions, shadows and some more.
However I can't find the line related to the texture quality, which once in a while gives also FPS issues.
Of course I've already tried to change them with the FO4 launcher, both with the folder in the new place and in the default one. When in the default place the settings are changed as I want, but as I move it back in the new path they goes back to the ultra ones.
And when it's in the new path, the changes I do with the FO4 launcher does not affect the game.

[Jonny Sparta]

Can't you change texture quality in the launcher? I can't remmember.

I do remember you can manually adjust object quality distance settings which can have a big impact on more cpu bound performance issues.

I'ts in prefs.ini
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fBlockLevel2Distance=110000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=90000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=60000.0000

you can take those down pretty far, like 90k, 60k, 20k, 5k

[christianp9]

Originally posted by Jonny Sparta:

Can't you change texture quality in the launcher? I can't remmember.

I do remember you can manually adjust object quality distance settings which can have a big impact on more cpu bound performance issues.

I'ts in prefs.ini
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=250000.0000
fBlockLevel2Distance=110000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=90000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=60000.0000

you can take those down pretty far, like 90k, 60k, 20k, 5k

As said, the changes I do in the launcher are useless since as I move the folder with the saves they returns to the ultra ones, and when the folder is in the new place the changes made in the launcher does not affect the game.
I've already lowered these settings by modifying the .ini manually, but I need to lower the texture quality from ultra to at least medium.

[ZOD]

Sounds like you didn't symlink the folder. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

[christianp9]

Originally posted by ZOD:

Sounds like you didn't symlink the folder. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

I'm not that good for this kind of things, I've understood only a minimum of all that steps.
Is there an easy way to link the folders?

[Oloferno]

iTexMipMapSkip controls texture quality from the launcher, 0 is ultra, 1 high and 2 is medium.

[christianp9]

Originally posted by Oloferno:

iTexMipMapSkip controls texture quality from the launcher, 0 is ultra, 1 high and 2 is medium.

Great! It worked a bit, do you also know the line for the lights settings?

[Oloferno]

Hmm, "Lighting Quality" in the launcher does absolutely nothing ultra only enables Subsurface Scattering which is bScreenSpaceSubsurfaceScattering in ini.

The only thing from the lighting that has serious effect on the performance are the godrays iVolumetricLightingQuality controls the intensity of it 0 is lowest 2 is highest
bVolumetricLightingEnable disables it if put on 0.

[christianp9]

Originally posted by Oloferno:

Hmm, "Lighting Quality" in the launcher does absolutely nothing ultra only enables Subsurface Scattering which is bScreenSpaceSubsurfaceScattering in ini.

The only thing from the lighting that has serious effect on the performance are the godrays iVolumetricLightingQuality controls the intensity of it 0 is lowest 2 is highest
bVolumetricLightingEnable disables it if put on 0.

Looks like it was just a lucky shot, since today (with both graphic and lights lowered) the GPU's fans sounded like a Vertibird.
I guess I'll have to move back the files in the default path, hopefully it'll work.