IMPORTANT NOTE - uVideoDeviceModifier is not the same for you as it is for me I've left it blank here, oblivion will update it when you load. This may cause the game to turn your shadows back on, if your machine doesnt take a hit in performance from them, by all means leave them on. If not just go into your menu settings and turn them off (By sliding the bars all the way down).
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[Display]
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart1=
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart2=
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart3=
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart4=
fDecalLifetime=10.0000
bEquippedTorchesCastShadows=0
bReportBadTangentSpace=0
bStaticMenuBackground=1
bForcePow2Textures=0
bForce1XShaders=0
bHighQuality20Lighting=0
bAllow20HairShader=1
bAllowScreenShot=1
iMultiSample=0
bDoTallGrassEffect=1
bForceMultiPass=1
bDoTexturePass=1
bDoSpecularPass=1
bDoDiffusePass=1
bDoAmbientPass=1
bDoCanopyShadowPass=0
bDrawShadows=0
bUseRefractionShader=1
bUse Shaders=1
iNPatchNOrder=0
iNPatchPOrder=0
iNPatches=0
iLocation Y=0
iLocation X=0
bFull Screen=1
iSize W=[COLOR="Red"]1024[/COLOR]
iSize H=[COLOR="Red"]768[/COLOR]
iAdapter=0
iScreenShotIndex=0
SScreenShotBaseName=ScreenShot
iAutoViewMinDistance=2000
iAutoViewHiFrameRate=40
iAutoViewLowFrameRate=20
bAutoViewDistance=0
fDefaultFOV=75.0000
fNearDistance=10.0000
fFarDistance=3000.0000
iDebugTextLeftRightOffset=10
iDebugTextTopBottomOffset=10
bShowMenuTextureUse=1
iDebugText=2
bLocalMapShader=1
bDoImageSpaceEffects=1
fShadowLOD2=300.0000
fShadowLOD1=150.0000
fLightLOD2=1000.0000
fLightLOD1=500.0000
fSpecularLOD2=1050.0000
fSpecularLOD1=750.0000
fEnvMapLOD2=500.0000
fEnvMapLOD1=300.0000
fEyeEnvMapLOD2=150.0000
fEyeEnvMapLOD1=100.0000
iPresentInterval=0
fSpecualrStartMax=750.0000
fSpecularStartMin=0.0000
iActorShadowIntMax=10
iActorShadowIntMin=0
iActorShadowExtMax=10
iActorShadowExtMin=0
fGammaMax=0.6000
fGammaMin=1.4000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10
bDynamicWindowReflections=1
fShadowFadeTime=1.0000
fGamma=1.0000
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=1
iShadowFilter=2
bAllowPartialPrecision=1
iShadowMapResolution=256
bShadowsOnGrass=0
bActorSelfShadowing=0
iActorShadowCountInt=0
iActorShadowCountExt=0
bAllow30Shaders=0
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bDoStaticAndArchShadows=0
bDoActorShadows=0
bIgnoreResolutionCheck=0
fNoLODFarDistancePct=1.0000
fNoLODFarDistanceMax=10000.0000
fNoLODFarDistanceMin=1500.0000
Water was the first thing I changed, which means I remember the least about it, I was able to make it look really good and it didnt bring the framerate down. Mainly I changed uSurfaceFrameCount to 32 and I played with the points and alpha stuff to produce much better looking water. In shallows it looks great...theres a problem in places without a proper beach that enables you to pretty much see the whole bottom of the water area. Its good though since you cant edit the underwater fog from this file.
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[Water]
fAlpha=0.5000
uSurfaceTextureSize=128
SSurfaceTexture=water
SNearWaterOutdoorID=NearWaterOutdoorLoop
SNearWaterIndoorID=NearWaterIndoorLoop
fNearWaterOutdoorTolerance=1024.0000
fNearWaterIndoorTolerance=512.0000
fNearWaterUnderwaterVolume=0.0000
fNearWaterUnderwaterFreq=0.0000
uNearWaterPoints=16
uNearWaterRadius=300
uSurfaceFrameCount=32
uSurfaceFPS=32
bUseWaterReflectionsMisc=1
bUseWaterReflectionsStatics=1
bUseWaterReflectionsTrees=1
bUseWaterReflectionsActors=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterHiRes=0
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterShader=1
uDepthRange=250
bUseWaterDepth=1
bUseWaterLOD=1
fTileTextureDivisor=4.7500
fSurfaceTileSize=2048.0000
uNumDepthGrids=3
bUseObliqueFrustumCulling=1
More Work on LOD's. If you want a big performance boost set bEnableTrees=0 :-p
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[SpeedTree]
iTreeClonesAllowed=12
fCanopyShadowGrassMult=0.5000
iCanopyShadowScale=768
fTreeForceMaxBudAngle=-1.0000
fTreeForceMinBudAngle=-1.0000
fTreeForceLeafDimming=-1.0000
fTreeForceBranchDimming=-1.0000
fTreeForceCS=-1.0000
fTreeForceLLA=-1.0000
fTreeLODExponent=0.2000
bEnableTrees=1
bForceFullLOD=0
fLODTreeMipMapLODBias=0.0000
fLocalTreeMipMapLODBias=0.0000
[LOD]
fLodDistance=300.0000
bUseFaceGenLOD=0
iLODTextureTiling=2
iLODTextureSizePow2=16
fLODNormalTextureBlend=0.5000
bDisplayLODLand=1
bDisplayLODBuildings=1
bDisplayLODTrees=1
bLODPopTrees=0
bLODPopActors=0
bLODPopItems=0
bLODPopObjects=0
fLODFadeOutMultActors=8.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=5.7600
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=8.0000
fLODMultLandscape=0.5000
fLODMultTrees=1.3000
fLODMultActors=7.0000
fLODMultItems=7.0000
fLODMultObjects=7.0000
iFadeNodeMinNearDistance=400
fLODFadeOutPercent=0.9000
fLODBoundRadiusMult=3.0000
fTalkingDistance=2000.0000
fTreeLODMax=8.0000
fTreeLODMin=0.0200
fTreeLODDefault=0.5000
fObjectLODMax=10.0000
fObjectLODMin=1.0000
fObjectLODDefault=5.0000
fItemLODMax=8.0000
fItemLODMin=1.0000
fItemLODDefault=2.0000
fActorLODMax=8.0000
fActorLODMin=2.0000
fActorLODDefault=5.0000
bLODUseCombinedLandNormalMaps=0
bForceHideLODLand=0
fLODQuadMinLoadDistance=65536.0000
fLODFadeOutActorMultInterior=1.0000
fLODFadeOutItemMultInterior=1.0000
fLODFadeOutObjectMultInterior=1.0000
fLODFadeOutActorMultCity=1.0000
fLODFadeOutItemMultCity=1.0000
fLODFadeOutObjectMultCity=1.0000
fLODFadeOutActorMultComplex=1.0000
fLODFadeOutItemMultComplex=1.0000
fLODFadeOutObjectMultComplex=1.0000
fLODLandVerticalBias=0.0000
Lastly Grass is a big performance hurter. You can decrease the density of grass by INCREASING iMinGrassSize. its default at 80, I found it looks great at 130. 170 seems to be the threshold between decently dense and sparse. If you find differently please let me know, but if I set 171 it's really sparse and if I set 170 it's dense again. I've found some areas in the west weald forest that are really heavy with shrubbery and they brought my comp down to 15 fps. If you are around the same specs as I am you might consider setting this up to 170, or if you want to be extreme 171 if you intend on exploring densely shrubbed areas. Another major performance enhancer is to set iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure to 1. This stops the game from loading extra meshes that you probably wont notice, I certainly can't tell the difference in my screenshots. I increased the wind value slightly to spice up the world a little more. Don't be afraid to crank up the distance now that you don't have 5000 grass poly's right under your feet
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[Grass]
iMinGrassSize=130
fGrassEndDistance=8000.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
bGrassPointLighting=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
iGrassDensityEvalSize=5
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=1
fWaveOffsetRange=1.7500
fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=150.0000
fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=0.0000
fTexturePctThreshold=0.3000
I've changed values here and there on the INI, I will post a much more regulated solution in the next week or two. In the next post is the complete INI, post your results and/or problems so I can direct my studies for making this stuff better.
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