Scalability Reference does not apply to standalone Game

SRombauts
Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:22:43 +0000
Platform & Builds

Hi,

I want to report here a problem with official documentation of [the Scalability Reference][1]. This leads to many (mostly unanswered) questions here and in the forums.

My reference for the following tests is the “Quick Settings” menu described by the blog post on [How to Improve Frame Rate Through Video Settings][2]. This menu we provide 7 settings group that does affect rendering inside the Editor (but not in a Launched/Packaged Game):

Here is the result I want to get:

Theoretically, a game could use the 7 corresponding commands described int [the Scalability Reference][4], but they are currently not (all) working.

I’ve tested them with the console, and in fact only individual settings are known to the console; group commands are not recognized and do not work. Here is the list of the 7 commands (where “r” might be for “Render”);

1. r.ScreenPercentage 25

2. r.ViewDistanceScale 0.4

3. r.PostProcessAAQuality 0

4. r.PostProcessingQuality 0

5. r.ShadowQuality 0

6. r.TextureQuality 0

7. r.EffectsQuality 0

Only the 3 first are known and working in the console; they are in fact individual settings, whereas the 4 others are groups of multiple individuals settings (defined in the config file BaseScalabitity.ini).

But thanks to @amiserablerobot I’ve found the corresponding 7 working commands (where “sg” might be for “Settings Group” or “Scalability Group”);

1. sg.ResolutionQuality 25

2. sg.ViewDistanceQuality 0

3. sg.AntiAliasingQuality 0

4. sg.PostProcessQuality 0

5. sg.ShadowQuality 0

6. sg.TextureQuality 0

7. sg.EffectsQuality 0

And thanks to @, here is how I configure the all settings to their minimum:

To test it, just set all settings to anything above “Low”, than “Play” the Level, and then check in the menu that all settings has been set to “Low” like in the first image.

Cheers!

See also:

1. [(AnswerHub) Trouble configuring game settings][6]

2. [(Forums) How to improve frame rate][7]

3. [(Forums) Editing graphics settings for gameplay][8]

4. [() Tutorial on a settings menu][9]

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