Thanks, I believe that's the link I came up with 1.5 from, I tried 2 same results as 4. Now I'm wondering if it has something to do with whole numbers vs decimals, maybe the .5's. Those "other areas" are where I'm struggling atm, some I've hammered out with other ini changes, others not so much, mainly LOD pop in. I have a whole tweak log & corresponding INI backups along with graphics card settings with fSplitDistanceMult=1.5 if there's any interest in it. I'm playing on ultra with a beastly system so many of my current values I've set above what bethINI sets for ultra, sourced from old STEP ini guide, sse step ini default values, step forums & rarely "other sources". Averaging 60 fps, smooth gameplay for the most part. Back to square one now with BethINI tweaked presets and decimals for fSplitDistanceMult or maybe try raising my other lod values before messing with split distance.