How to keep the game above 60fps

[stealthptr]

Firstly, I love this game. I am using a 1080ti at 1440p and lock to 60fps with Riva Tuner (I believe it can be done in-engine also). It took some experimenting because the game sometiems dips indoors, and sometimes in populated areas, so here is some info for you guys.

SHADOWS: The main culprit. Anything below HIGH is fugly (unfortunate because MEDIUM offers a huge boost to FPS). Running above HIGH seems to decrease FPS linearly with only some improvements to resolution, so use the HIGH setting.
LIGHTING: Effects performance mostly indoors. Going from HIGH to VERY HIGH offers a nice improvement in visuals, going to ULTRA only offers a small improvement, so use the VERY HIGH setting.
SHADERS: This one is intruiging, taking screenshots at various settings hasn't revealed exactly what this does, but keep it on HIGH to optimize performance in populated regions.
OBJECT DISTANCE: This one has a big impact where there are lots of objects (think cities). Keep this slider at half way.
ALL OTHER SETTINGS: I have all other settings at VERY HIGH, because ULTRA is not optimal. All other sliders can be maxed.

Here is what my config looks like, its located at C:\Users\username\Saved Games\kingdomcome\profiles\default\attributes.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?>
<Attributes Version="31">
<Attr name="LodRatio" value="50" />
<Attr name="MergedMeshesRatio" value="100" />
<Attr name="ViewDistRatio" value="100" />
<Attr name="controls_invertController" value="false" />
<Attr name="controls_invertMouse" value="false" />
<Attr name="controls_sensitivity" value="20" />
<Attr name="fov" value="90" />
<Attr name="fps" value="0" />
<Attr name="gamma" value="0" />
<Attr name="keybinds_settings" value="&lt;keybinds /&gt;&#10;" />
<Attr name="nat_res_x" value="0" />
<Attr name="nat_res_y" value="0" />
<Attr name="r_MotionBlur" value="1" />
<Attr name="res_fs" value="1" />
<Attr name="res_quality" value="0" />
<Attr name="res_x" value="2560" />
<Attr name="res_y" value="1440" />
<Attr name="sound_music" value="0.33" />
<Attr name="sound_sound" value="0.99" />
<Attr name="sound_video" value="0.66" />
<Attr name="sound_voice" value="0.66" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_GameEffects" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_ObjectDetail" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Particles" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Physics" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_PostProcessing" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Shading" value="3" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Shadows" value="3" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Texture" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Vegetation" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_VolumetricEffects" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_Water" value="4" />
<Attr name="sys_spec_light" value="4" />
<Attr name="tobii_cleanui_on" value="true" />
<Attr name="tobii_eview_sensitivity" value="1" />
<Attr name="tobii_ext_view_on" value="true" />
<Attr name="tobii_interact_on" value="true" />
<Attr name="tobii_lock_target_on" value="true" />
<Attr name="wh_ui_BubblesEnabled" value="false" />
<Attr name="wh_ui_SubtitlesEnabled" value="false" />
</Attributes>


TLDR: Use the VERY HIGH preset, then manually drop SHADOWS and SHADERS to HIGH. If you are running a lower end card then drop to 1080p.