Maximum Quality Visuals Test

This "experiment" consists of going through all the draw distance/level-of-detail/param-based visual improvement modifications I could find, and along with extensive testing, making the visual quality of the game as high as possible, without crashing. As an added challenge, it must not crash with ray-tracing set to maximum 💀

All suggestions are welcome and encouraged. I do not know what the majority of the modified fields are responsible for, so I'm more-or-less flying blind. If you're feeling helpful, I would love for someone to impart their knowledge of these fields.

Update!

I have documented my testing under the Articles tab. The result is Maximum Quality Visuals Stable. Please note this is stable on my machine and may cause game crashes on yours. Back up your saves before use. I plan to release an unstable version that improves grass render distance and density, and (hopefully) does not crash. At least not immediately. 🙃

Environment:

GPU: 7900XTX

CPU: 7900X, OC +0. 1 GHz

Settings: max, RT max (or off)

Resolution: 3440x1440

Mods: Skip intro videos

If you would like to participate in this experiment, let me know what your environment is!

Testing:

Ray-tracing maximum:

1. Load game in lower-FPS area

2. Have VFX item equipped (e.g. a torch)

2. Trigger "Downpour" weather

3. Do not move player or camera for... an amount of time.

4. Run in circle and spin camera for one minute (hold both sticks left/right) (causes a crash with ray-tracing max)

Ray-tracing off:

1. Play the game

Param Value Changes:

all values a maximum of 9999

GrassLodRangeParam:

- The field value is the maximum field value found among all the rows, with exceptions for rows greater than 211

GrassTypeParam (_Lv1) (_Lv2):

- baseDensity *= 1. 5

LoadBalancerDrawDistScaleParam:

- Lv.. = 9999

LoadBalancerNewDrawDistScaleParam_win64:

- .+_Scale.+ = 9999

PartsDrawParam: