Object Detail Fade, What does it do?

[Charlie]

From the name I would think it would fade objects slowly so they don't just disappear or pop in, but the side-by side images show no difference

ON http://international.download.nvidia.com/webassets/en_US/shared/images/guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide/Skyrim-ObjectDetailFade-On.png

OFF http://international.download.nvidia.com/webassets/en_US/shared/images/guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide/Skyrim-ObjectDetailFade-Off.png

Can someone actually explain what it does.

[Ilja]

This is a GeForce page, but it shows perfectly what Object Fade does.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-tweak-guide#13

[SteeL]

quote from Nvidia page:
In the screenshots above it is difficult at first to detect any difference in the scene. If you flick between the shots and look closely however, when Object Detail Fade is turned On, some ivy is removed from the rocky walls in the far left, middle and mid-right of the village. A small patch of moss and a stone are also removed from the distant right of the scene. In other words there are no major changes when this setting is enabled, only changes in minor detail.
The graph shows a slight increase in FPS when Object Detail Fade is turned on. It may be worthwhile enabling this option if you need a few more FPS, especially as there is no real drop in image quality since only very minor objects will be stripped from the scene.
+1-2 fps if enabled.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by GhostMotleyX:

Object Detail Fade, What does it do?

It's the distance when the game engine stops rendering something. It's a way of relieving stress on the renderer, by specifying a cut-off point that the game can "forget" non-essential details to make performance better.

[Faint Hearted Knight]

Thanks for clearing that out i will turrn that ♥♥♥♥♥ off

[Alkpaz]

Originally posted by StalkerTheOne:

Thanks for clearing that out i will turrn that ♥♥♥♥♥ off
:cuphead:

If you do that you can't very well "mod it till it crashes", now can you? I say turn on all the options then go set your ugrids to something like 15. Go balls in or GTFO.