Starting anew - Vanilla Skyrim with *.ini tweaks

[Shredy777]

Hey guys,

 

I started anew with a fresh install and I'm having some problems with my rendering distance. (Current FPS is 50-60)

 

 

 

First question: Is it possible to increase rendering distance so I can have objects (grass, trees, etc.) where the crosshair is pointing at?

 

Second question: Did I forget anything important when tweaking the ini files? Is there anything I can change to make the vanilla version look better?

 

Here are my skyrim.ini and skyrimprefs.ini

 

Skyrim.ini

 

 

[General]

sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=36

[Display]

fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0

fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0

fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048

bAllowScreenshot=1

uGridsToLoad=9

uExterior Cell Buffer=100

[Audio]

fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0

fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0

fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0

fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]

bAllowCreateGrass=1

bAllowLoadGrass=0

iMinGrassSize=20

[GeneralWarnings]

SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]

sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa

sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]

fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0

fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]

fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0

bEnableLogging=0

bEnableTrace=0

bLoadDebugInformation=0

[Water]

bReflectLODObjects=1

bReflectLODLand=1

bReflectSky=1

bReflectLODTrees=1

[MapMenu]

uLockedObjectMapLOD=8

uLockedTerrainLOD=8

fMapWorldMaxHeight=150000.0000

fMapWorldMinHeight=1500.0000

fMapWorldZoomSpeed=0.0800

[screenSplatter]

bBloodSplatterEnabled=1

SkyrimPrefs.ini:

[General]

fBrightLightColorB=1.0000

fBrightLightColorG=1.0000

fBrightLightColorR=1.0000

iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1

bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0

[imagespace]

bDoDepthOfField=1

iRadialBlurLevel=2

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=8000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=8149

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=8149

iShadowSplitCount=2

iMaxAnisotropy=16

fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000

fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000

fGamma=1.0000

iShadowFilter=4

fDecalLOD2=1500.0000

fDecalLOD1=1000.0000

fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000

fShadowLODStartFade=1000.0000

fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000

iTexMipMapMinimum=0

iTexMipMapSkip=0

bTransparencyMultisampling=1

iWaterMultiSamples=4

iMultiSample=8

iShadowMode=4

bTreesReceiveShadows=1

bDrawLandShadows=1

bDrawShadows=1

bFull Screen=1

iSize H=1050

iSize W=1680

fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000

fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000

fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000

fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000

iScreenShotIndex=2

bShadowMaskZPrepass=0

bMainZPrepass=0

iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25

iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100

sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series"

bFXAAEnabled=1

iShadowMapResolution=8192

fShadowBiasScale=0.1500

iShadowMaskQuarter=8

iAdapter=0

iPresentInterval=1

bFloatPointRenderTarget=1

bShadowsOnGrass=1

bDeferredShadows=1

fSunShadowUpdateTime=0.000

fSunUpdateThreshold=0.100

[Grass]

b30GrassVS=1

fGrassStartFadeDistance=25000.0000

fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=25000.0000

fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=10000.0000

[Water]

iWaterReflectHeight=2048

iWaterReflectWidth=2048

bUseWaterDisplacements=1

bUseWaterRefractions=1

bUseWaterReflections=1

bUseWaterDepth=1

bUseWaterReflectionBlur=1

bReflectExplosions=1

iWaterBlurAmount=4

bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0

bForceHighDetailReflections=1

[MAIN]

bGamepadEnable=1

bCrosshairEnabled=1

fHUDOpacity=1.0000

bSaveOnPause=1

bSaveOnTravel=1

bSaveOnWait=1

bSaveOnRest=1

fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=300000.0000

[GamePlay]

bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1

bShowQuestMarkers=1

iDifficulty=2

[interface]

bDialogueSubtitles=0

bGeneralSubtitles=0

fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000

bShowCompass=1

[Controls]

fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000

fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125

bAlwaysRunByDefault=1

bInvertYValues=0

bGamePadRumble=1

bMouseAcceleration=1

bUseKinect=0

[Particles]

iMaxDesired=1000

[saveGame]

fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000

[AudioMenu]

fAudioMasterVolume=1.5000

fVal7=1.0000

uID7=0

fVal6=1.0000

uID6=0

fVal5=1.0000

uID5=0

fVal4=1.0000

uID4=0

fVal3=1.0000

uID3=94881

fVal2=0.4000

uID2=466532

fVal1=1.0000

uID1=554685

fVal0=0.8000

uID0=1007612

[Clouds]

fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000

fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000

fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000

fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000

[TerrainManager]

fTreeLoadDistance=75000.0000

fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000

fBlockLevel1Distance=100000.0000

fBlockLevel0Distance=60000.0000

fSplitDistanceMult=1.6000

bShowLODInEditor=0

[NavMesh]

fObstacleAlpha=0.5000

fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000

fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500

fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000

fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500

fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000

fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000

fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500

fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000

fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000

fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000

fEdgeThickness=10.0000

fPointSize=2.5000

[Trees]

bRenderSkinnedTrees=1

uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

[Decals]

uMaxDecals=1000

bDecals=1

bSkinnedDecals=1

uMaxSkinDecals=100

uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60

[LOD]

fLODFadeOutMultObjects=20.0000

fLODFadeOutMultItems=20.0000

fLODFadeOutMultActors=20.0000

fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000

[Launcher]

bEnableFileSelection=1

bShowAllResolutions=1

uLastAspectRatio=4

[blurShaderHDR]

bDoHighDynamicRange=1

[blurShader]

bUseBlurShader=0

Thank you :)

[myztikrice]

Put uGridsToLoad under [General], not [Display]. Also uExterior Cell Buffer= should always be (uGridsToLoad + 1)^2

Edited April 22, 2013 by myztikrice

[Shredy777]

Ok, so I did what you suggested and now I got this:

 

 

 

Thank you! :)

 

I still feel like I'm missing some grass and smaller objects though. Anything I can do to improve on this?

 

Also, is there anything else I missed when tweaking? Did I forget to tweak anything to increase the quality of the original vanilla game?

So much to do in these .ini files...maybe I did forget something?

[Shredy777]

Bump*

[Georgiegril]

Have you looked at the STEP Guide? They have very well-thought out and tested settings and tweaks.

[Shredy777]

Yeah I did! But I've actually found a lot of different things they didn't cover :P...So maybe there are more lines that I have not yet included. That's actually the reason why I'm asking. I know it's lots of code to go through...

[MightyZ0G]

apparently changing the Ugrids setting will cause CTDs at some point and will corrupt saves

it is a shame but a stable game that looks good is much better than a beautiful game that crashes often and causes frustration.

 

I noticed a couple of things in your prefs.ini that could be changed and a possible typo or mistake

 

 

 

[Display]

iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5

fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000

fShadowDistance=8000.0000

iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=8149

iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=8149

 

you can change the iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5 to iBlurDeferredShadowMask=9 which will let you increase the fShadowDistance without getting pixilated shadows up close

 

also iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=8149 and iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=8149 should be iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=8192 and iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=8192

[Shredy777]

Thnx! Guess I overlooked that typo and just copy pasted it...

Thanks again!

Keep em commin' XD

 

Btw, where does one alter the fog settings?

Edited April 22, 2013 by Shredy777

[Shredy777]

Bumpy*

[Shredy777]

srry doubble post

Edited April 22, 2013 by Shredy777