Definitive Unreal "Engine.ini" changes with the goal to remove most stutters, improve performance and stability, decrease input latency, improve picture clarity. All with no visual loss.
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Changelogs
Version 14.1
Further optimized VRAM usage
Further lowered input latency
Improved stability and further mitigated the risk of crashes
Version 14
Added further AA and Sharpness optimizations (to reduce/fix the shimmering of fine details like hair/fur/grass/foliage)
Engine.ini is now pre-set to "Read-only"
Version 13
Reduced ghosting when using DLSS/FSR
Version 12.5
Added a new VRAM optimization
Fixed textures not loading properly for specific configs
Version 12.4
Fixed random ambience audio and background music dropouts
Version 12.3
Fixed minor visual artifacts around hair/fur/foliage
Version 12.2
Further reduced micro-stutters
Version 12.1
Further improved performance
Further reduced input latency
Mitigated pop-in during camera movements
Version 12
Fixed a performance regression (especially in 1% Lows during towns/cities' traversal)
Fixed possible game overrides once and for all by purposedly duplicating all parameters at the bottom of the (sequentially read) Engine.ini in [ConsoleVariables] section (so the game will first try to apply them all following official UE guidelines and if that's not enough and/or it will try to override them during launch, those will be re-entered again at the end at Console level, which should then finally stick)
Version 11
Improved stability and further mitigated the risk of crashes
Fixed a slight image oversharpening
Version 10
Rebuilt the Engine.ini from scratch with a much improved/re-organized and more readable structure. That's why the new versioning ;)
Highlighted and commented parameters to preserve Film Grain and Chromatic Aberration for personal preference
Added many new Async optimizations
Added many new Parallel computing / Multi-threading optimizations
Added new GPU optimizations
Added new Streaming optimizations
Further reduced logging overhead
All the above should provide even less stutters and/or additional performance (with no visuals' quality loss)
Compared to v2.0 stability should also be improved now, but if you still experience fatal errors/crashes revert to previous version
Version 1.1
Removed "r.Lumen.Reflections.AsyncCompute=1" as sometimes created visual artifacts (like white flashes/flickering)
After many hours of testing, I would like to share my definitive custom "Engine.ini" changes for the game.
My goal was to just include as many optimizations as possible (both for CPU/GPU/RAM/SSD) in order to remove most stuttering, improve performance, reduce input latency and improve picture clarity (e.g. by removing Film Grain & Chromatic Aberration, optimize DLSS/FSR upscaling and more) all without any visual loss nor introducing glitches or crashes.
You can directly download my Engine.ini to paste/replace in:
%localappdata%\Alabama\Saved\Config\WinGDK
(Xbox / Game Pass version only)
(Press Win + R , type the path above and click Enter to open the folder directly)
then Right-Click on it -> Properties -> make sure the "Read-Only" box is selected -> Apply/OK
For Steam versions only:
Go and paste/replace it into:
%localappdata%\Alabama\Saved\Config\Windows
(Press Win + R , type the path above and click Enter to open the folder directly)
then Right-Click on it -> Properties -> make sure the "Read-Only" box is selected -> Apply/OK
(To Uninstall just delete the Engine.ini)
DO NOT USE TOGETHER WITH OTHERS "OPTIMIZATION" MODS (any other mod will be compatible)
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