[Display]
bActorSelfShadowing
Default is 0. In Oblivion, this setting enabled actor self-shadowing, but was broken.
bActorSelfShadowing=(0,1)
bAllow20HairShader
bAllow20HairShader is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference in the hair was noticed. Since Skyrim requires use of shader model 3.0, it probably is disabled.
Default is 1.
bAllow20HairShader=(0,1)
bAllow30Shaders
bAllow30Shaders is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed, and it definitely did not turn off shader model 3.0. Since Skyrim requires use of shader model 3.0, it probably is disabled.
Default is 0.
bAllow30Shaders=(0,1)
bAllowPartialPrecision
bAllowPartialPrecision is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bAllowPartialPrecision=(0,1)
bAllowScreenShot
bAllowScreenShot toggles the ability to create screenshots in BMP format by pressing the PrintScreen key. Once over three megabytes in size, the files seem to become corrupt.
Default is 0 (although default set by the game from the Skyrim_default.ini is 1).
bAllowScreenShot=(0,1)
bAutoViewDistance
bAutoViewDistance toggles a method of automatically determining how far one can see. Unfortunately, the setting is bugged, and causes distant scenery to flash if enabled.
Default is 0. Recommended is 0.
bAutoViewDistance=(0,1)
bCompileOnRender
bCompileOnRender is believed to be unused by the game. This was likely a debug setting targeting shader compilation during development.
Default is 1.
bCompileOnRender=(0,1)
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDecalsOnSkinnedGeometry=(0,1)
bDo30VFog
bDo30VFog is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, setting this to 0 produced identical fog appearance to having it enabled. This does not entirely prove that this setting is unused, but merely shows that it does not affect appearance. It possibly toggles shader model 3.0 for fog, but since Skyrim requires use of shader model 3.0, it probably is disabled.
Default is 1.
bDo30VFog=(0,1)
bDoAmbientPass
bDoAmbientPass is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDoAmbientPass=(0,1)
bDoDiffusePass
bDoDiffusePass is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDoDiffusePass=(0,1)
bDoSpecularPass
bDoSpecularPass is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDoSpecularPass=(0,1)
bDoTallGrassEffect
bDoTallGrassEffect is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDoTallGrassEffect=(0,1)
bDoTestHDR
bDoTestHDR is believed to be unused by the game. HDR rendering support was dropped in Skyrim.
Default is 0.
bDoTestHDR=(0,1)
bDoTexturePass
bDoTexturePass is believed to be unused by the game. In Oblivion this turned textures off, but in Skyrim it seems to do nothing upon testing.
Default is 1.
bDoTexturePass=(0,1)
bDynamicWindowReflections
bDynamicWindowReflections is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bDynamicWindowReflections=(0,1)
bEquippedTorchesCastShadows
bEquippedTorchesCastShadows is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
bEquippedTorchesCastShadows=(0,1)
bForce1XShaders
bForce1XShaders is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
bForce1XShaders=(0,1)
bForceMultiPass
bForceMultiPass is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bForceMultiPass=(0,1)
bForcePow2Textures
bForcePow2Textures probably was a workaround for graphics cards that cannot use textures that were not powers of 2, forcing all textures to become powers of 2. However, the setting merely causes the game to crash upon loading.
Default is 0.
bForcePow2Textures=(0,1)
bIgnoreResolutionCheck
bIgnoreResolutionCheck is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
bIgnoreResolutionCheck=(0,1)
bImageSpaceEffects
bImageSpaceEffects toggles imagespace effects, which evidently are necessary, since disabling them induces CTD.
Default is 1.
bImageSpaceEffects=(0,1)
bLODNoiseAniso
Default is 1.
bLODNoiseAniso=(0,1)
bLoadMarkers
Default is 1.
bLoadMarkers=(0,1)
bLowHealthIModEnabled
bLowHealthIModEnabled toggles the blurring effect that occurs when your health is low.
Default is 1.
bLowHealthIModEnabled=(0,1)
bMTRendering
bMTRendering when enabled does something to the rendering in order to--cause the game to freeze up and not do anything!
Default is 0.
bMTRendering=(0,1)
bReportBadTangentSpace
bReportBadTangentSpace is believed to be unused by the game. This was likely a debugging setting for reporting wrong tangents on meshes during development.
Default is 0.
bReportBadTangentSpace=(0,1)
bShowMarkers
bShowMarkers toggles markers for objects and their bounds like seen in the Creation Kit.
Default is 0.
bShowMarkers=(0,1)
bShowMenuTextureUse
bShowMenuTextureUse is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 1.
bShowMenuTextureUse=(0,1)
bSimpleLighting
bSimpleLighting is a broken setting that causes graphical issues when enabled.
Default is 0.
bSimpleLighting=(0,1)
bStaticMenuBackground
In Oblivion this allowed the game to run while in menus and reading books, but it appears broken in Skyrim.
Default is 1.
bStaticMenuBackground=(0,1)
bUse Shaders
bUse Shaders toggles the ability of the game to use shaders. Turning it off result in the followin error message: "Failed to initialize renderer. ShaderModel3 required but not supported by your video card."
Default is 1.
bUse Shaders=(0,1)
bUseFakeFullScreenMotionBlur
Default is 0. As per the Fallout INI wiki: "Determines if the blur effect caused by motions is displayed like in full screen mode when playing in windowed mode. Setting this to 1 is useful only when playing in windowed mode."
bUseFakeFullScreenMotionBlur=(0,1)
bUseRefractionShader
Default is 1.
bUseRefractionShader=(0,1)
bUseSunbeams
bUseSunbeams is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
bUseSunbeams=(0,1)
fDecalLOD0
Default is 800.
fDecalLOD=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fDecalLifetime
fDecalLifetime sets the time in seconds that some decals will stay visible.
Default is 30.
fDecalLifetime=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fDefault1stPersonFOV
Default is 65.
fDefault1stPersonFOV=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fDefaultFOV
fDefaultFOV sets the default field of view in menus, such as the lockpicking interface and inventory.
Default is 65.
fDefaultFOV=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fDefaultWorldFOV
fDefaultWorldFOV sets the default field of view of the world, which is what your character sees, in both first and third person.
Default is 65.
fDefaultWorldFOV=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fEnvMapLOD1
Default is 1500.
fEnvMapLOD1=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fEnvMapLOD2
Default is 1800.
fEnvMapLOD2=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fEyeEnvMapLOD1
Default is 500.
fEyeEnvMapLOD1=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fEyeEnvMapLOD2
Default is 800.
fEyeEnvMapLOD2=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fGammaMax
Default is 0.6000000238.
fGammaMax=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fGammaMin
Default is 1.3999999762.
fGammaMin=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLODNoiseMipBias
Default is 0.
fLODNoiseMipBias=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLandLOFadeSeconds
Default is 15.
fLandLOFadeSeconds=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLightLODDefaultStartFade
fLightLODDefaultStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no change was noticed. It is possible that the value for this setting once changed the default value of fLightLODStartFade, but it does not do that anymore, if it ever did.
Default is 1000.
fLightLODDefaultStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLightLODMaxStartFade
fLightLODMaxStartFade sets the maximum distance that Light Fade (fLightLODStartFade) can be set to in the in-game Settings > Display menu. It appears to have no actual effect.
Default is 1200 (although default set by the game from the Skyrim_default.ini is 3500).
fLightLODMaxStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLightLODMinStartFade
fLightLODMinStartFade sets the minimum distance that Light Fade (fLightLODStartFade) can be set to in the in-game Settings > Display menu. It appears to have no actual effect.
Default is 200.
fLightLODMinStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLightLODRange
fLightLODRange sets how far away light will fade from the start fade distance (fLightLODStartFade, which is Light Fade in the in-game Settings > Display menu). It is recommended to set it to 50000.
Default is 500. Recommended is 50000
fLightLODRange=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLinePrimitiveWidth
Default is 8.
fLinePrimitiveWidth=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLowHealthIModInterval
fLowHealthIModInterval sets the time interval in half seconds of the blurring effect that occurs when your health is low. Setting it to 0 will cause the blur to be constant.
Default is 2.
fLowHealthIModInterval=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLowHealthIModStrengthMax
fLowHealthIModStrengthMax sets the maximum strength of the blurring effect that occurs when your health is low.
Default is 1.5.
fLowHealthIModStrengthMax=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fLowHealthIModStrengthMin
fLowHealthIModStrengthMin sets the minimum strength of the blurring effect that occurs when your health is low.
Default is 0.8000000119.
fLowHealthIModStrengthMin=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fMeshLODFadeTime
Default is 1.
fMeshLODFadeTime=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fMipBias
Default is 0.
fMipBias=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fNear1stPersonDistance
Default is 5.
fNear1stPersonDistance=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fNearDistance
Default is 15.
fNearDistance=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fNoLODFarDistanceMax
Default is 10240.
fNoLODFarDistanceMax=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fNoLODFarDistanceMin
Default is 100.
fNoLODFarDistanceMin=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fNoLODFarDistancePct
Default is 1.
fNoLODFarDistancePct=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fScopeScissorAmount
fScopeScissorAmount is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.3000000119.
fScopeScissorAmount=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fShadowFadeTime
fShadowFadeTime is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed. In previous games, this setting set the time in seconds that shadows fade into view, but it appears to be broken in Skyrim.
Default is 1.
fShadowFadeTime=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fShadowLODDefaultStartFade
fShadowLODDefaultStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 200.
fShadowLODDefaultStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fShadowLODMaxStartFade
fShadowLODMaxStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 300 (although default set by the game from the Skyrim_default.ini is 1000).
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fShadowLODMinStartFade
fShadowLODMinStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 100.
fShadowLODMinStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fShadowLODRange
fShadowLODRange is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 200.
fShadowLODRange=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSkinnedDecalLOD0
fSkinnedDecalLOD0 is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 300.
fSkinnedDecalLOD0=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSkinnedDecalLOD1
Default is 500.
fSkinnedDecalLOD1=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSkinnedDecalLOD2
Default is 800.
fSkinnedDecalLOD2=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSpecularLODDefaultStartFade
fSpecularLODDefaultStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 500.
fSpecularLODDefaultStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 600 (although default set by the game from the Skyrim_default.ini is 2000).
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSpecularLODMinStartFade
fSpecularLODMinStartFade is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 200.
fSpecularLODMinStartFade=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSpecularLODRange
fSpecularLODRange is believed to be unused by the game. In testing, no difference was noticed.
Default is 300.
fSpecularLODRange=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSunShadowUpdateTime
fSunShadowUpdateTime sets the speed of sun-shadow transitions in seconds. Setting this to 0 will cause the transition to be immediate, but jarring.
Default is 1.
fSunShadowUpdateTime=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
fSunUpdateThreshold
fSunUpdateThreshold sets the time between sun-shadow transitions. A value of 0.05 is equal to 1 second, so a value of 1 equals 20 seconds. Increasing this also increases the distance the shadows will move during the transition. Setting this to 0 will cause the shadows to constantly be moving outdoors with the sun (not recommended).
- fSunUpdateThreshold=0
- fSunUpdateThreshold=0.05
- fSunUpdateThreshold=0.5
- fSunUpdateThreshold=1
- fSunUpdateThreshold=1.5
Default is 0.5.
fSunUpdateThreshold=(...,-0.0001,0,0.0001,...)
iAdapter
iAdapter sets which screen will display Skyrim in a multi-monitor setup. If it is set incorrectly, it will cause an error saying "Failed to initialize renderer. Bad Adapter Name or Adapter not found."
Default is 0.
iAdapter=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iAutoViewHiFrameRate
Default is 40.
iAutoViewHiFrameRate=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iAutoViewLowFrameRate
Default is 20.
iAutoViewLowFrameRate=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iAutoViewMinDistance
Default is 2000.
iAutoViewMinDistance=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iDebugTextLeftRightOffset
Default is 10.
iDebugTextLeftRightOffset=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iDebugTextSubPage
iDebugTextSubPage is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
iDebugTextSubPage=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iDebugTextTopBottomOffset
Default is 20.
iDebugTextTopBottomOffset=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iLocation X
iLocation X sets the horizontal position from left of the Skyrim window in windowed mode in pixels (e.g. setting this to 200 will move the window 200 pixels right). To center it horizontally on your screen, take your screen resolution's width minus iSize W in Skyrim.ini and divide that by 2. See iLocation Y to set the vertical position.
Default is 5.
iLocation X=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iLocation Y
iLocation Y sets the vertical position from top of the Skyrim window in windowed mode in pixels (e.g. setting this to 200 will move the window 200 pixels down). To center it vertically on your screen, take your screen resolution's height minus iSize H in Skyrim.ini and divide that by 2. See iLocation X to set the horizontal position.
Default is 5.
iLocation Y=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iNPatchNOrder
iNPatchNOrder is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
iNPatchNOrder=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iNPatchPOrder
iNPatchPOrder is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is 0.
iNPatchPOrder=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iNPatches
Default is 0.
iNPatches=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iPresentInterval
iPresentInterval toggles video synchronization (VSync).
Default is 1.
iPresentInterval=(0,1)
iShaderPackageMemoryCap
iShaderPackageMemoryCap sets the maximum amount of memory the shader package is allowed to use. Once this limit has been passed, it will stop displaying objects.
Default is 409600.
iShaderPackageMemoryCap=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary
It has been verified that this setting is completely placebo. The game does not recognize the setting at all. It does not appear in game-generated INIs or in Launcher presets. Its origin is from the Skyrim_default.ini file that resides inside the main Skyrim directory, where it is set to 2048.
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=(...,-1,0,1,...)
iTrilinearThreshold
Default is 3.
iTrilinearThreshold=(...,-1,0,1,...)
sDebugText
sDebugText is believed to be unused by the game.
Default is VATS.
sDebugText=string
sScreenShotBaseName
Defines the prefix used for screenshot files and optionally the path where screenshot files are saved. It is recommended to set a specific path so screenshots are not saved in Skyrim's executable directory.
Default is ScreenShot so screenshots are saved in Skyrim's executable folder as ScreenShot1.bmp, ScreenShot2.bmp, ..., ScreenShot65535.bmp.
sScreenShotBaseName=string
Example:
sScreenShotBaseName=C:/Users/username/Pictures/Skyrim/ScreenShot
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart1
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart1 is believed to be unused by the game. It is an Oblivion remnant.
Default is 0.
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart1=(0,1,2,...)
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart2
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart2 is believed to be unused by the game. It is an Oblivion remnant.
Default is 0.
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart2=(0,1,2,...)
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart3
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart3 is believed to be unused by the game. It is an Oblivion remnant.
Default is 0.
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart3=(0,1,2,...)
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart4
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart4 is believed to be unused by the game. It is an Oblivion remnant.
Default is 0.
uVideoDeviceIdentifierPart4=(0,1,2,...)
