Setting Shadow distance

[GreaT_Cornholio]

ok i see people talking about setting the shadows farther in the ini files(?) how do you do it and what distance, thanks for the help!

[GreaT_Cornholio]

really no one is on?

[pyrojoe34]

Go to the city, save the game, get an idea what your fps is.

quit and go to: Documents>My Games>Fallout4>Fallout4Prefs.ini

find these two values:

fDirShadowDistance=5000.0000
fShadowDistance=5000.0000

for reference: ultra= 20000, high=14000, med=3000

choose a starting point (maybe 8000-10000), save the file, load the game

see what your fps is in the city, if it's too low, drop the values by 1000-2000, if it's high raise it by 1000

repeat

once you find your sweet spot then you're all set. 5000 was my sweet spot on a GTX980/FX8120

[Aries the Grinning]

Who in their right mind is setting shadow distances further?

And if you can't figure it out by checking the numerous ini tweak tutorials... It's basically making the numbers larger in the ini instead of toning them down.

[pyrojoe34]

Originally posted by Aries the Everdying:

Who in their right mind is setting shadow distances further?

And if you can't figure it out by checking the numerous ini tweak tutorials... It's basically making the numbers larger in the ini instead of toning them down.

Yea the shadow distance is the number one issue causing low fps in the city. I was getting 20fps on a GTX980 until I adjusted the values. You don't want to raise it higher, even people with SLI 980Ti were having fps issues until they lowered this value.

[FrancisRossi]

Originally posted by pyrojoe34:

Go to the city, save the game, get an idea what your fps is.

quit and go to: Documents>My Games>Fallout4>Fallout4Prefs.ini

find these two values:

fDirShadowDistance=5000.0000
fShadowDistance=5000.0000

for reference: ultra= 20000, high=14000, med=3000

choose a starting point (maybe 8000-10000), save the file, load the game

see what your fps is in the city, if it's too low, drop the values by 1000-2000, if it's high raise it by 1000

repeat

once you find your sweet spot then you're all set. 5000 was my sweet spot on a GTX980/FX8120

5000 is my sweet spot too. 10000 is to high and 3000 looks uninmersive.

[vito2ooo]

What's the difference between "fDirShadowDistance" and "fShadowDistance" do I have to tweak both simultaneously?

[Marky Poo!]

I want to know what the difference is too.

[Mikeš]

And if i set it on 0?

[vito2ooo]

Originally posted by Trolčím:

And if i set it on 0?

try it out

[Gordon Freeman]

Originally posted by pyrojoe34:

Go to the city, save the game, get an idea what your fps is.

quit and go to: Documents>My Games>Fallout4>Fallout4Prefs.ini

find these two values:

fDirShadowDistance=5000.0000
fShadowDistance=5000.0000

for reference: ultra= 20000, high=14000, med=3000

choose a starting point (maybe 8000-10000), save the file, load the game

see what your fps is in the city, if it's too low, drop the values by 1000-2000, if it's high raise it by 1000

repeat

once you find your sweet spot then you're all set. 5000 was my sweet spot on a GTX980/FX8120

Where in the city are you testing ?

[FrancisRossi]

Originally posted by RaGinGBl00d:

Originally posted by Trolčím:

And if i set it on 0?

try it out

No shadows xD

[vito2ooo]

Originally posted by FrancisRossi:

Originally posted by RaGinGBl00d:

try it out

No shadows xD

Who wouldve thought lol