HomeFront Tweak & Fix Guide

Try this the specified settings for improved performance, graphics and overall experience of the game.

Where to Find Config File

Go to My Documents/My Games/HOMEFRONT/GCGame/Config and open ‘GCengine.ini’ in notepad.

Fix the Mouse Acceleration issues

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bEnableMouseSmoothing=False

First, go to your ‘\steam\steamapps\common\homefront\engine\config’ directory. Back up all files before you make any changes.

1. Open ‘baseinput.ini’ – now under [Engine.PlayerInput] find “bEnableMouseSmoothing=true”, change this to

   bEnableMouseSmoothing=false

2. Next, under that, in the same section, add a line

   bViewAccelerationEnabled=false

Now that you have disabled mouse acceleration, your in-game mouse setting will reset and you may have to re-adjust sensitivity since there is a difference between accelerated and non-accelerated sensitivity.

Disable the intro startup movies

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
and put a ";" before StartupMovies:

;StartupMovies=LegalScreen_PC
;StartupMovies=THQ
;StartupMovies=ThreeLogos
;StartupMovies=DE_Logo
;StartupMovies=NVidia

How to Remove Frame Rate Smoothing For Performance

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bSmoothFrameRate=false
UseVsync=false
UseFPSSmoothing=false

Unlock the framerate cap

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE
Set MinSmoothedFrameRate=60
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=120

Possible fix for stuttering

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True

How to Force DirectX 9 For Performance Boost

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’
Set

AllowD3D10=FALSE

and add

-d3d9

command line in steam launch.

Disable nVidia Fog

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bUseLowEndFog=true

Disable PhysX

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False

(Change it to disable PhysX)

If you have an ATI Video card

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True

[FIX] No Sound

If you are not hearing any sound or you can only hear the cutscenes, try the following workarounds:

1. Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed for your sound card.
   
2. Remove My Docs\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini in your documents and restart the game.
   
3. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\homefront\GCGame\Config” . Edit DefaultEngine.ini with notepad and search MaxChannels. Change the value from 128 to 64.
   
4. Reinstalling Directx[www.microsoft.com] may fix the problem.
   
5. Change audio from Surround (4.1, 5.1..etc) to simple 2.1. To change this head to control panel and then sound and audio settings.
   
6. If nothing works then try removing the game completely and then re-download (From Steam) the game for a fresh install.

[FIX] Default Resolution Won’t Change

1. Try Changing the aspect ratio of your monitor.If you are using crossfire, disable it and then you will be able to change the resolution.
   
2. Or you can change your config file manually to change the resolution. You can find it in My Documents/My Games/homefront folder and then system config file.
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[FIX] An unexpected graphics error occurred

Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:

AllowD3D10=False
CompatLevelGPU=1

[FIX] “Failed to Run Install Script” Error

If you are facing this error during installation then try re-installing Microsoft visual C++ redistributable 2005. If it does not help then try running a windows update and that should resolve the issue.

[_Boriska_]

Not for modern standards in FPS games, I've owned a 144hz monitor for 5 years and now own a 240hz one. Would have been nice if I could use it.

[härjaren]

90 FPS is very noice tho

[_Boriska_]

You must know that removing the 90FPS cap for multiplayer is impossible.

[slimmwillis]

the fix for my gun shooting 15+ bullets in 1 shot and counting it as 15 but doing the damage of 1 bulet everytime i squeeze the trigger?

[IFaisal]

yea same here @n3gn4v

[N3gn4v]

My FPS is still on max 62 despite i changed to 120.

[whirldstar]

is there a log file to understand why my game won't run at all ?
do i need to run it with another os than W10 ?

[Shadow]

There needs to be a correction for the Mouse smoothing part, the mouse smoothing commands are found in GCInput.ini and not GCEngine.ini

[shoeliver]

I CANT FIND [Engine.PlayerInput]

[Dr.StrangeSpock]

Adjusted per above Tweak but had Error popup regarding DX11 Shaders... and I cannot copy and paste error message as should be available in Windows ..of course due to this Stupid aspect of Windows always.. One has to make a Screen Shot to record such which is INSANE. I will Play around with what I adjusted and see. I have an AMD card. I had to Change these back to False with an AMD Card and causes error message if used on a VEGA 64 and does not make sense to make TRUE anyway :

If you have an ATI Video card
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True