How to turn off film grain, motion blur, lens flares, depth of field, and change to an alternate FOV

This will show you what to edit and how to turn off the film grain effect, motion blur, lens flares, depth of field, and change to an alternate FOV for wider screen monitors.

Where to find the config file and what sections you need to add

The file you're looking for should be at:
C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\StateOfDecay2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini

In that file, add these three sections:
[/script/engine.renderersettings]
[/script/engine.localplayer]
[SystemSettings]

To turn off lens flare

Under [/script/engine.renderersettings], add this line:

r.DefaultFeature.LensFlare=False

To turn off motion blur

Under [/script/engine.renderersettings], add this line:

r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=False

To turn off depth of field

Under [/script/engine.renderersettings], add these lines:

r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.DepthOfField.MaxSize=0

To change the FOV to a wider area

Under [/script/engine.localplayer], add this line:

AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV



There's not much for FOV options, it's either this one or the default. Personally, I prefer this one.

Turn off the film grain effect

Under [SystemSettings], add these lines:

r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

A complete Engine.ini

An Engine.ini file with all the above options enabled will look like this:

[Core.System]
Paths=../../../Engine/Content
Paths=%GAMEDIR%Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/TrueSkyPlugin/Content
Paths=../../../StateOfDecay2/Plugins/Wwise/Content

[WindowsApplication.Accessibility]
StickyKeysHotkey=False
ToggleKeysHotkey=False
FilterKeysHotkey=False
StickyKeysConfirmation=True
ToggleKeysConfirmation=True
FilterKeysConfirmation=True

[/script/hardwarecaps.hardwarecapsconfig]
bHasCheckedMinspec=True

[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.DefaultFeature.LensFlare=False
r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=False
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.DepthOfField.MaxSize=0

[/script/engine.localplayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

[SystemSettings]
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

[SnabbSpelare]

To anyone confused: If you prefer using a mod, go ahead, but don’t call a config file useless just because of it—that’s not a reasonable stance. Salad Guy, that response doesn’t really address the issue. A config file is better in some ways, mainly because you can back it up, set it to read-only to prevent accidental changes (unless something has admin access or exploits your system), and it gives you more control. It may also contain additional settings the mod author isn’t aware of. I'm not a debugger, so I can't suggest ways to find more, but this guide still has value. And Winnie the Piece... Of course, the file doesn’t contain everything. The author said you need to add the lines yourself—just copy and paste the full engine.ini section into the config file, and you should be good!

[3xDr4go616]

thx

[Winnie the Piece of Shit]

the file doesn't contain any of the things listed in this

[Evangela]

There are Motion Blur and FoV settings in the game menu already. Should we still do it in .ini file or just use in-game settings? Did they add these options to the game in later patches or something?

[Azrael ♡]

Thanks, got rid of awful film grain with ease.

[Red Rum]

WHY THE FCK DO I HAVE TO BE A PROGRAMMER TO PLAY THIS GAME ,, WHY DO I HAVE TO FCK WITH THE CODE OF THE GAME.. THIS GAME MAKES MY GPU RUN AT 100% EVEN ON THE LOWEST SETINGS......1080 ...

[stimpatch]

Thanks! I'm on an ultrawide monitor and had been having terrible lag when approaching enclaves, outposts, and my main base at night. Something about the lighting inside the buildings was causing the lag. This fixed all the issues with it!

[KiloAlpha4]

nice ty

[[RAID]Missionary]

I dont have any of those settings like "[/script/engine.renderersettings]"
Do I just add it?

[Nonaloth]

Thank you, helped so much, except the game insists on the motion blur.
FUCK FILM GRIN, FUCK LENS FLARE.
Devs should know that by the millionth game people complain about this shit.