Adjusted Ultra Graphics Config

This is a custom user.cfg file intended for players using maxed-out ultra graphics. Players using very high to low settings won't see any performance gains, as the config file was made with Ultra graphics settings in mind. To these players, I would suggest checking out Optimized Graphic Presets or Ultimate Performance Graphics instead.

I made this config file because Ultra graphics users don't really have one specifically made for them. The configs I listed above lower or disable many graphic effects that don't affect performance for high-end hardware/ultra graphics. There were other commands in these configs that actually decreased performance (looking at you, r_BatchType).

You can expect better performance in places like Rattay and other towns, but there is only so much I can do with Warhorse's optimization in towns. On a RTX 3060Ti & i7-10700k at 1080p I can walk around Ratty at a mostly stable 60fps, but even with this config I still have a few drops in the 50's. Just being honest; my config will increase FPS but don't expect it to make all your performance problems in towns go away - they probably never will as these areas of the game never got optimized on an engine-level. Nevertheless, this config is a huge improvement for my system over the vanilla config and I hope it helps increase performance for others as well.

To start, I was annoyed jumping from config file to config file trying to gather the best settings. So I condensed them all into this configuration file. The config owes credit to the following mods, and adds their tweaks and settings when applicable:

Ultimate Performance Graphics

Pixelated edges Be-Gone

Texture streaming improvements - No more texture pop in

Ambient Occlusion Fix

Fix for to sharp shadows and eyeholes in shadows

better distance view, LODs and shadows

Bow Dot Reticle

In best case scenarios, you can expect up to a 40FPS boost in places like Rattay and Skalitz! (Note: My mod is not affecting the lighting here. The lighting looks slightly different due to cloud shadows when I took the screenshot)

How is this possible? To keep it simple, the shadow distance settings in the default config have a huge impact to performance with little visual difference, akin to something like Fallout 4's ultra shadows. I have provided these heavy performance settings right at the top of the config file so that they are easy to find and you can tweak them to your heart's content.

-- HEAVY PERFORMANCE SETTINGS

e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioLights=0. 3

e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatioMulInvis=0. 3

e_ShadowsCastViewDistRatio=0. 8

r_DeferredShadingAreaLights=1

Can you see the difference in shadow distance? I personally cannot. What I do see is a huge boost in my FPS though! After 30+ hours of using this config, I can honestly say I don't really notice any shadow pop-in while in-motion either. That is why I called this mod adjusted, unfortunately modders can't magically optimize this game so the closet thing we can do is adjust settings that don't have a significant visual impact. Lower dynamic shadow distance is the trade off, but again you'd struggle to notice the difference.

You may also be wondering about r_DeferredShadingAreaLights. This setting controls light bounces in interiors but can cost quite a bit of FPS, as seen in this comparison. However, in other scenarios the setting doesn't cost any FPS and lights up room quite nicely as seen in this comparison. This is enabled by default with Ultra graphics, I kept the line in the config file in case you want to disable it.

The last command that gave a nice boost was r_BatchType. As I mentioned previously, other configs set this to 1 and see [url=http