As you move the slider to the left, more distant items will no longer be visible - see the screenshot comparison above for an example, noting all the weapons and armor strewn along the sidewalk into the distance. Item Fade: This slider controls the distance at which items such as guns, armor, mines, grenades, stimpacks etc. ini variable, and if you want to disable specularity altogether, either to further boost performance, or if you believe the game world is too shiny, then see the bDoSpecularPass variable covered in the Advanced Tweaking section. However you can also manually adjust the value of this setting by editing the fSpecularLODStartFade. Also note that oddly enough, if you select the 'Ultra' preset in the main Launcher menu page, that will set this option to a value of 20, which is beyond the limit of 15 allowed by the slider itself. The screenshot comparison above demonstrates that as the slider is lowered from far right (maximum) to midway to far left (minimum), the shine on the building to the right, the lampost in the mid distance, and the side of the blue car are gradually reduced or removed. In practice the only obvious impact of changing this setting is that some metallic objects will lose their shine. Specularity Fade: This slider controls the level of specularity in the game world, which in other words is how shiny reflective surfaces appear to be. If you want to adjust this setting beyond that allowed by the Launcher options, and see a more visible difference, check the fGrassStartFadeDistance variable as covered in the Advanced Tweaking section. The lower the setting, the less grass is visible.

Grass Fade: This slider controls the distance at which grass fades in or out of view, however the effects are only really visible in large outdoor areas at longer distances, and even then it's still not particularly noticeable. ini variable can be used to further adjust this option beyond the slider limits - see the Advanced Tweaking section. Reducing this slider can boost FPS, however obviously if it removes characters from view then that also has gameplay disadvantages, because you may miss seeing enemies or friendlies even at moderate distances, so once again it is not recommended that this slider be lowered, certainly not below around halfway. The screenshot comparison above shows that at the minimum value of 1, all NPCs except the dead ants are invisible at a low value of 2 on the slider, the caravan in the middle of the screen (two people and a brahmin) becomes visible, and still at a relatively low value of 4, and at all values above, the Deputy Weld robot to the right, and Mickey the bum to the left are in view.

ini variable in the Advanced Tweaking section.ДЄctor Fade: This slider controls the distance at which other characters and creatures are visible. It can be adjusted further using the fLODFadeOutMultObjects. On balance I really don't recommend lowering this below the mid-point of the slider, if at all.

While this will improve FPS, objects such as street lamps, cars, rubble, railings, fences and so forth suddenly popping into view just as you come to a few feet away from them while wandering the game world will really detract from immersion and reality, and will also annoy you, because an area which seems open from a distance might suddenly be completely blocked off by wreckage or a fence upon closer inspection.

However by the time the slider reaches the far left, more prominent items such as the fence as well as various mounds of rubble and the guard rail to the right are all removed. As you can see, as the Object Fade distance drops to the mid-point, only a few minor items in the distance are removed. See the screenshot comparison above for an indication of the effects of this slider at its maximum (15), middle (8) and minimum (1) positions. As you move the slider to the left, many less important objects will be faded out of view. Object Fade: This slider controls the distance at which non-major objects such as fences, boxes, wrecked cars etc.

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