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All the settings and tweaks I use to achieve good framerates and clarity, whislt keeping as much visual quality as possible.
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ENGINE INI
Basic performance tweaks curtosey of qmqz these are the only ones that are required that seemingly improve frametimes but not nessecarily overall framerate.
Improved LOD for Foilage, trees and bushes
Increased Shadow Quality
Cleaner Lumen Reflections and Scopes reflect world elements (NPCs and certain objects wont reflect in scope)
Exposure transition adjustment.
Disables Vignette (for standing only, if you want to remove crouch vignette grab the mod )
Disables Chromatic Aberration
Has the fix for Flashlight Customizer Mod
Adjusted TAA Values for sharper image (Does cause slight noise at the expense of sharpness, delete these lines if you prefer default. You will also need to reduce sharpening with this adjustment if you have it high already otherwise it will look poop)
Enables Raw Input for Mouse and disables smoothing
Basic performance tweaks curtosey of qmqz these are the only ones that are required that seemingly improve frametimes but not nessecarily overall framerate.
Improved LOD for Foilage, trees and bushes
Increased Shadow Quality
Cleaner Lumen Reflections and Scopes reflect world elements (NPCs and certain objects wont reflect in scope)
Exposure transition adjustment.
Disables Vignette (for standing only, if you want to remove crouch vignette grab the mod )
Disables Chromatic Aberration
Has the fix for Flashlight Customizer Mod
Adjusted TAA Values for sharper image (Does cause slight noise at the expense of sharpness, delete these lines if you prefer default. You will also need to reduce sharpening with this adjustment if you have it high already otherwise it will look poop)
Enables Raw Input for Mouse and disables smoothing
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INSTALL
Drop file into - C:\Users\~youruser~\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows
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IN GAME SETTINGS
INSTALL
Drop file into - C:\Users\~youruser~\AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows
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IN GAME SETTINGS
Display Settings
1440p
Fullscreen Exclusive
240fps Cap
VSync - off
Graphics Settings (BenchmarKing youtube)
Texture Quality - Epic
Hair - Low
Object Details - Epic
Effects Quality - Epic
Materials - Epic
Post Processing - High
Anti Aliasing - Epic
Motion Blur - Off / 0% (Preference)
Depth of Field - Low (Prefrence)
Light Shafts - Enabled
Sharpness - 12% (W TAA Adjustements if default use 24%)
Upscaling Method - DLSS (For AMD use FSR and reduce sharpening to 20%)
Upscaling Quality - DLAA (Can use quality for more frames) (For AMD use Native AA/Quality)
DLSS Frame Gen - On (For AMD FSR)
Shading Quality - Medium
Global Illumination - High (Dont use Epic you will get weird shadow AO on grass)
Reflections - Epic
Shadow Quality - High
Clouds - Medium
Fog - Epic
Sky - High
Foliage Quality - High
Enviroment Draw Distance - Epic
1440p
Fullscreen Exclusive
240fps Cap
VSync - off
Graphics Settings (BenchmarKing youtube)
Texture Quality - Epic
Hair - Low
Object Details - Epic
Effects Quality - Epic
Materials - Epic
Post Processing - High
Anti Aliasing - Epic
Motion Blur - Off / 0% (Preference)
Depth of Field - Low (Prefrence)
Light Shafts - Enabled
Sharpness - 12% (W TAA Adjustements if default use 24%)
Upscaling Method - DLSS (For AMD use FSR and reduce sharpening to 20%)
Upscaling Quality - DLAA (Can use quality for more frames) (For AMD use Native AA/Quality)
DLSS Frame Gen - On (For AMD FSR)
Shading Quality - Medium
Global Illumination - High (Dont use Epic you will get weird shadow AO on grass)
Reflections - Epic
Shadow Quality - High
Clouds - Medium
Fog - Epic
Sky - High
Foliage Quality - High
Enviroment Draw Distance - Epic
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NVIDIA REFLEX
Reflex seems to sometimes disable even if the setting says its enabled, it helps a lot with input lag.
To avoid having to turn on and off or be uncertain, force enable via the nvidia control panel
Manage 3D Settings > Add Stalker 2 exe > Scroll to Low Latency Mode and set to ON (Don't use ultra or boost it just adds input lag)
DLSS UDPATE
Replace DLSS dll with the latest version for slightly less blurry visuals and better performance - DLL Download
Go to (Your game drive)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\DLSS\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64
Rename nvngx_dlss.dll to whatever so you have the original as backup. Then place the new downloaded one in the folder.
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NVIDIA REFLEX
Reflex seems to sometimes disable even if the setting says its enabled, it helps a lot with input lag.
To avoid having to turn on and off or be uncertain, force enable via the nvidia control panel
Manage 3D Settings > Add Stalker 2 exe > Scroll to Low Latency Mode and set to ON (Don't use ultra or boost it just adds input lag)
DLSS UDPATE
Replace DLSS dll with the latest version for slightly less blurry visuals and better performance - DLL Download
Go to (Your game drive)\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\DLSS\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64
Rename nvngx_dlss.dll to whatever so you have the original as backup. Then place the new downloaded one in the folder.
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My System Specs
5800x3d
32GB 3800mhz CL14 Ram
4090
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5800x3d
32GB 3800mhz CL14 Ram
4090
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MODS
Stalker 2 Tweak - Increased weapon FOV, Skip Intro Movies, Enable Console, Fix Mouse X/Y Values DL Here
Flashlight Customizer - Enabling Cast Shadows and set to be left sided headtorch to match the animation of Skif turning it on and off
Bodes Unlimited Saves - Removes the 30 or so save file limit
Player Voice Modulator Effects - Enables Radio and Gas Mask effects for Skif depending on armour
Remove Crouch Vignette - ...
Hide Low Radiaton Effect - Don't get the sparkle screen effect unless you go over 20% rads
Axxii's Anomaly Beep Disabler - remove the beeper more difficult more i m m e r s i o n
Remove HUD Backgrounds - removes the black background from the UI
Petey's Remove Interact Dots - removes the interact dots from items more i m m e r s i o n
1440P will get 100-180 FPS | 4K will get 70-120 FPS depending on area (Steam FPS counter top left of pics)
If any other tweaks come out that are good / work that i see i will add to newer versions.
Shout out to qmqz.
Enjoy.