Skyrim .ini and advanced settings/solutions to problems

[xcorps]

Updated 12/7/11
I thought it might be a good idea to post in a single source tweaks, problems/troubleshooting, and ini settings for users.

I'll post some I found in the general thread to get started:

12/7/11
This is a 5 start guide for the ini. Thanks Trajan.

Koroush Ghazi's Skyrim tweak guide is out. He's the guy that runs TweakGuides.com and he does some of the best tweak guides around. His Oblivion tweak guide was excellent.

This guide Trajan links us to makes obsolete much of this post, but I'm going to leave it intact anyway.




To increase volume

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Go into: \Documents\My Games\Skyrim and open SkyrimPrefs.ini
Find:
fAudioMasterVolume=1.000
And increase it to your desired value (I use 2.000)

To Bind a key to an item/weapon/spell

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Just in case anyone playing the game hasn't figured out yet, you can hotkey items/spells in Skyrim by:

1) Favorite an Item/spell;

2) Open up the faovrite menu;

3) Highlight item/spell you want hotkeyed;

4) Press a number.
1.Put what ever spells/items you want into favorites.
2. Open the favorites menu and highlight an item/spell Don't click on it.
3. Press 1,2,3 . . . to bind the spell/item to that key

To help reduce mouse lag/turn off Vsynch:

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Add iPresentInterval=0 to the bottom of the [Display] section of the Skyrim.ini file in the \Users\[Username]\My Documents\My Games\Skyrim directory.

Another mouse lag tweak in skyrim.ini, not skyrimprefs.ini
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200
fMouseHeadingYScale=0.0200



To change timescale (make game minutes longer/shorter relative to real time) courtesy of YD23

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"set timescale to X" Default is 30 minutes, this means, one minute in real life is equal to 30 minutes in game time. I set mine to "set timescale to 15", and now I can get shite done and I still have pretty much all day. I guess this is more of a personal taste, but I like to have a longer day.
P.S. Probably shouldn't set it to 1, the game takes up enough real life time as is

EDIT: Ned to only enter once in console, no need for .ini editing. This also saves your console command upon any saves. You can still change the number if you decide the previous one isn't good, or want to reverse back. To check if it works, type in "show timescale"

Ini settings that potentially force Skyrim to run in Ultra mode:TESTED BY 2 USERS..BACK UP YOUR INI BEFORE YOU USE THE FOLLOWING!!!!!

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[Display]
iTexMipMapSkip=0
bFXAAEnabled=1
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=0.0000
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=0.1500
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=4
fShadowDistance=2500.0000
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=100
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iAdapter=0
iSize W=1920
iSize H=1080
iMultiSample=8
iMaxAnisotropy=16
iPresentInterval=0
bFull Screen=1
fInteriorShadowDistance=2500.0000
bFloatPointRenderTarget=1
fGamma=1.0000
iShadowFilter=4
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=400.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
iWaterMultiSamples=4
iShadowMode=4
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bDrawShadows=1
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000
iScreenShotIndex=0
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=4096
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
bAllowScreenshot=1
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=9999999.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=9999999.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=9999999.0000
iShadowSplitCount=2
iActorShadowCountInt=6
iActorShadowCountExt=6
[Imagespace]
iRadialBlurLevel=2
bDoDepthOfField=1
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultActors=20.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=20.0000
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=20.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Grass]
fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000
[Decals]
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxDecals=250
uMaxSkinDecals=50
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=40
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=40000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=150000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=40000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=25000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.1000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Launcher]
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=3
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=1024
iWaterReflectWidth=1024
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1
bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0
bForceHighDetailReflections=1
[MAIN]
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=0
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0220
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=0
fMouseHeadingYScale=0.0200
fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=1000
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=5.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=0.5000
uID3=466532
fVal2=0.8000
uID2=554685
fVal1=0.8000
uID1=1007612
fVal0=1.0000
uID0=94881
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[General]
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40

To increae memory allocation, smoother gameplay (thanks YD23)

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[Papyrus]
iMinMemoryPageSize=100000
iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000
iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=1800000000

To turn off quest markers and/or the compass:

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Deactivate quest-marker:

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini

[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=0
bShowQuestMarkers=0

But places and enemies remain! If you don't want this either:

Deactivate compass:

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\SkyrimPrefs.ini

[Interface]
bShowCompass=0

A tool that "allows Skyrim to use up more than 2GB of memory, this will increase stability of Skyrim and performance by increasing the amount that can be loaded into memory at any one time."

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=202

here's a setting that will likely make the biggest visual difference in exteriors (specifically: the wilderness and not within towns that require a load screen) but will equally be one of the biggest performance hits on your system.

For information refer to #42 . Thanks Snuggans.

The next link is for FXAA Post Process Injector on SkyrimNexus, courtesy of Banned.

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=131


Archery Tweak!
Courtesy of Vornox of http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=758
Is the auto-aim "feature" and the limited range taking away from you enjoying the game? Then simply open and edit the skyrim.ini under documents/my games/skyrim with notepad
and adjust the following settings:

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[Combat]
f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7
f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=0.7

This setting will force the arrow to start from the middle
of the cross hair, then drop down from gravity.

The 0 setting starts the arrow below the cross hair.


[Actor]
fVisibleNavmeshMoveDist=14000.0000

This setting increases the range at which you will be able hit.


PS: I have no idea, if this tweak has any other side effects,
but so far i did not notice anything.

View map in full 3d

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[MapMenu]
fMapWorldMaxPitch=360.0000
fMapWorldMinPitch=0.0000
fMapWorldYawRange=3600.0000
fMapWorldMaxHeight=130000.0000
fMapWorldMinHeight=130.0000
fMapWorldCursorMoveArea=0.9000
fMapWorldHeightAdjustmentForce=100.0000
fMapWorldZoomSpeed=0.0500
fMapLookMouseSpeed=3.0000
fMapMoveKeyboardSpeed=0.0005
fMapZoomMouseSpeed=5.0000

Remove map cloud effects

Add this entry to Skyrim.INI:

[MapMenu]
sMapCloudNIF=0


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Helpful Links
http://nerdtrek.com/skyrim-tweaks-pc/
http://segmentnext.com/2011/11/11/el...#ixzz1dbdrjqLd