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Quality

Quality preset - 0: Low, 1: Medium, 2: High, 3: Full, 4: Custom

Default: 4


Enabled

Enable sun shadows using rendered shadow maps.

Default: true


Darkness

Darkness of shadows.

Default: 0.75


NightMinDarkness

Darkness of shadows during dark moon phase. Set to 0 to disable shadows completely when there is no moon.

Default: 0.35


OrthoMapResolution

Resolution of the texture used to store the ortho map.

Default: 256


OrthoRadius

Max distance for rendering of ortho map.

Default: 8000


UsePointShadowsDay

Whether to cast shadows from point lights. Requires a slight darkening of the entire screen.

Default: false


UsePointShadowsNight

Whether to cast shadows from point lights during Nights. Requires a slight darkening of the entire screen.

Default: false


SunSmoothing

SmoothSun

Smooth the sun rotation by interpolating between positions.

Default: 1


QuantizeSun

Quantize the sun rotation by making sure the sun moves in constant size increments, instead of constantly.

Default: 1


SmoothingFactor

[0.0-1.0] Lower number means slower smoothing between positions, higher means more instantenous.

Default: 0.1


YawStepSize

[0.0-15.0] Step size for changes in the horizontal rotation of the sun, angle in degrees.

Default: 1.0


PitchStepSize

[0.0-15.0] Step size for changes in the vertical rotation of the sun, angle in degrees.

Default: 0.25


MaxJumpAngle

[5.0-30.0] A maximum angle difference for which smoothing works, if higher the jump is instaneous. Required for time jumps / waiting.

Default: 5.0


FormsNear

Activators

Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Actors

Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


AlphaEnabled

Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Apparatus

Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Books

Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Containers

Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Doors

Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Furniture

Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Lod

Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


MinRadius

Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.

Default: 1.0


Misc

Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Statics

Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Terrain

Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Trees

Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


FormsMiddle

Activators

Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Actors

Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


AlphaEnabled

Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Apparatus

Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Books

Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Containers

Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Doors

Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Furniture

Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Lod

Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


MinRadius

Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.

Default: 1.0


Misc

Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Statics

Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Terrain

Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Trees

Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


FormsFar

Activators

Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Actors

Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


AlphaEnabled

Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Apparatus

Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Books

Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Containers

Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Doors

Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Furniture

Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Lod

Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


MinRadius

Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.

Default: 10.0


Misc

Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Statics

Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Terrain

Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Trees

Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


FormsLod

Activators

Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Actors

Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


AlphaEnabled

Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Apparatus

Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Books

Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Containers

Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Doors

Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Furniture

Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Lod

Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


MinRadius

Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the shadowmaps.

Default: 10.0


Misc

Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: false


Statics

Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Terrain

Whether to include Terrain when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


Trees

Whether to include Trees when rendering shadowmaps.

Default: true


FormsOrtho

Activators

Whether to include objects with "Activator" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Actors

Whether to include objects with "Actors" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


AlphaEnabled

Whether to take into account alpha of objects when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Apparatus

Whether to include objects with "Apparatus" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Books

Whether to include objects with "Books" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Containers

Whether to include objects with "Containers" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Doors

Whether to include objects with "Doors" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Furniture

Whether to include objects with "Furniture" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


Lod

Whether to include objects with "Lod" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: false


MinRadius

Whether to include objects with a radius of less than x pixels on the screen in the ortho map.

Default: 1.0


Misc

Whether to include objects with misc flags when rendering ortho map.

Default: true


Statics

Whether to include objects with "Statics" flag when rendering ortho map.

Default: true


Terrain

Whether to include Terrain when rendering ortho map.

Default: true


Trees

Whether to include Trees when rendering ortho map.

Default: true


ScreenSpace

BlurRadius

Blur strength for denoising screenspace shadows

Default: 5.0


Enabled

Wether to render screen space contact/detail shadows

Default: true


RenderDistance

Max distance at which to compute screen space shadows

Default: 12000


ShadowMaps

Mode

Shadow mode, higher means higher quality, but higher computational cost. 0: VSM, 1: EVSM2, 2: EVSM4

Default: 2


Format

Texture format, higher means higher quality, but higher bandwidth cost. 0: 16 bit, 1: 32 bit

Default: 0


CascadeResolution

Resolution used for shadow cascades. 0: 1024, 1: 1536, 2: 2048

Default: 2


Prefilter

Enable prefiltering the shadow maps. Prefiltering is a blur.

Default: true


MSAA

Enable multisample antialiasing for shadow maps.

Default: true


Mipmaps

DISABLED. Enable mipmaps for the shadow maps.

Default: false


Anisotropy

DISABLED. Anisotropic filteric for mipmaps, 0: disabled, 1: 8x, 2: 16x

Default: 0


Distance

Distance to render shadows for. The unit is the same as the game uses for i.e. fog values.

Default: 6000


CascadeLambda

[0.0-1.0] Controls how cascades are split, higher value means nearer cascades get higher resolution.

Default: 0.9


LimitFrequency

Limit the update frequency of the furthest cascade (once per four frames).

Default: true


Ortho

Resolution

Resolution of the texture used to store the ortho map. 0: 128, 1: 256, 2: 512, 3: 1024, 4: 2048

Default: 2


Distance

Distance to render ortho for. The unit is the same as the game uses for i.e. fog values.

Default: 3000


LimitFrequency

Limit the update frequency of the ortho map (one per four frames).

Default: true


Status

Enabled

Post process sun and pointlights shadows in exteriors.

Default: true