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Skyrim.ini uExterior Cell Buffer=72 - I figured a doubled buffer would be OK, it might not actually do much but it doesn't seem to have any negative effects either. fShadowLODMaxStartFade=5000.0 fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=5000.0 fLightLODMaxStartFade=5000.0 Increase these to the same value for more uniform cut of lines for shadows, specular highlights and light effects, above max but not too much of a increase, you won't really see those tiny distant objects much differently so I halved these from what I had earlier. And that's it for Skyrim.ini which only holds a few settings. SkyrimPrefs.ini iBlurDeferredShadowMask=6 This one needs testing but I assume it adds more steps to the effect and thus smooths it out, doubled as to begin with. (At worst it's a 1 - 3 value with low, medium and high with 0 for off.) fInteriorShadowDistance=6000.0000 fShadowDistance=16000.0000 Double shadow draw distance, unsure what the unit is but as I said earlier I notice nearly no performance effect (CPU limited?) so I tend to go for better image quality where possible. iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048 iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096 Higher seemed redundant as shadows don't really change as much as expected but it can certainly be set to double this if needed. iShadowSplitCount=4 Similar to the above about shadows, was hoping this split them up better but maybe that's a issue instead of a improvement if so? (Still it increases as image quality does as can be seen when comparing the preset ini files in the game folder.) fDecalLOD2=5000.0000 fDecalLOD1=2500.0000 More decals further away, blood effects and what not. (Not exactly doubled but I rounded it out to this.) fSpecularLODStartFade=5000.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=1000.0000 fLightLODStartFade=5000.0000 Similar to the ones in Skyrim.ini but shadow LOD was shorter so I kept that. (But still made a bit increase from the default 200) iWaterMultiSamples=4 iMultiSample=0 Ultra/V.High ini preset has that at 4 instead of 0 and it should smooth out water edges a bit but the soft water effect isn't used everywhere (Mostly only on larger masses of water.) so it might not be that noticeable. MSAA caused a transparency glitch on some objects so it got disabled, goes from 0 to 16 albeit capped at what the GPU card supports of course, usually 8 bTreesReceiveShadows=1 bDrawLandShadows=1 Trees can have shadows on them (Bit more demanding but pretty.) and I don't really know about that last one, was hoping for shadow effects near raised terrain or dug out terrain but it might be something else, still it was worth enabling. fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=10000000.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=10000000.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000 These cap at this value (V.High preset ini is a bunch of 9's but it gets rounded of to this when you start the game, tree distance was set same as the rest instead of being significantly shorter, mostly only covers the LOD low-detail trees anyhow and those don't affect framerate at all here.) iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=50 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=250 More splatter when slashing stuff basically but also goes for other effects. sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series" Your GPU model here, resets to auto-detect if incorrect so copy over what your file uses to avoid that. bFXAAEnabled=1 iShadowMapResolution=4096 I use FXAA as to get a form of AA at all but it adds some subtle blur instead, unsure if the .dll hack method is better but this works fine. (Also a bump in shadow resolution can be done but I think 8192 is a tad too high so I kept it at default, can go as high as the card supports for these of course but don't expect much of a difference.) fShadowBiasScale=0.1000 This bugged shadows on very low values but decreased as options were set higher and higher so I tried a bit lower than the default of 0.150 for some improvements to shadow detail. iShadowMaskQuarter=8 Again one of those more unknown shadow settings but as it increased on V.high and that I added a bit extra here too. iPresentInterval=0 No vsync also improves menu responsiveness and some say general mouse movement, especially in first person specifically but I just use it as I prefer it disabled and don't really notice screen tearing much at all. bTransparencyMultisampling=1 I don't use MSAA but I kept this enabled anyway, might improve visuals without using FXAA when MSAA is enabled as to cover vegetation and similar. iActorShadowCountInt=8 iActorShadowCountExt=8 These were in the preset files but not added, added it back (Bottom of [display] ) and doubled them, shadows from all eight basic directions sort-of, or so I had in mind. b30GrassVS=1 If it's already using 3.0 pixel shader why not 3.0 vertex shader as well, no reason to keep it disabled I imagine. fGrassStartFadeDistance=15000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=15000.0000 A little more than doubled but sets grass to render further out, looks better and the grass is pretty low-detail so it doesn't do much for performance either. (Grass really hit Oblivion in terms of performance though.) bGamepadEnable=0 Don't use one so this system got disabled. bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=1.0000 Untouched and you can set crosshair in the game options but here you can also set menu transparency, I guess 0.0000 is fully solid. bSaveOnPause=0 bSaveOnTravel=0 bSaveOnWait=0 bSaveOnRest=0 I save manually using the console command "Save Savename" and "Load Savename" so I disabled all of this. bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=4 Mostly untouched but I play on master level difficulty, might want to lower it. bDialogueSubtitles=1 bGeneralSubtitles=1 bShowCompass=1 I like the subtitles for clarity and you can disable the compass here if you would want to but finding your way to the quest location might be very difficult without clear descriptions. bMouseAcceleration=0 This shouldn't even exist so away with mouse acceleration, more precise now. iMaxDesired=2500 More particle effects (Spells and such?) please so I increased this. fTreeLoadDistance=100000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=100000.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=50000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=3.0000 The defaults I used earlier caused stability problems so I kind of doubled existing values here, fully stable so far and better draw distance for objects. uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=50 I don't quite know what it does since it's name UI unless "u" is a typo, more fully detailed trees I guess, default was 20 so I boosted it up. uMaxDecals=1000 More decals if possible, can hit performance a bit. uMaxSkinDecals=250 uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=100 As above but for characters. fLODFadeOutMultObjects=50.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=50.0000 fLODFadeOutMultActors=50.0000 Objects, items and character draw distance got a bit of a improvement from this, pretty hefty but very effective. iWaterReflectHeight=2048 iWaterReflectWidth=2048 Better water reflections, not that they reflect much of anything due to their appearance but still. And that's that.

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[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

uExterior Cell Buffer=72

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=5000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=5000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=5000.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=6
fInteriorShadowDistance=6000.0000
fShadowDistance=16000.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=2048
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=4096
iShadowSplitCount=4
iMaxAnisotropy=16
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=10000000.0000
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=5000.0000
fDecalLOD1=2500.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=5000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=1000.0000
fLightLODStartFade=5000.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=4
iMultiSample=0
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1050
iSize W=1680
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=10000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=10000000.0000
iScreenShotIndex=2
bShadowMaskZPrepass=0
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=50
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=250
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series"
bFXAAEnabled=1
iShadowMapResolution=4096
fShadowBiasScale=0.1000
iShadowMaskQuarter=8
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=0
iShadowFilter=3
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
bDrawShadows=1
iActorShadowCountInt=8
iActorShadowCountExt=8
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=15000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=15000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=0.0000
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=0
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=0
bSaveOnTravel=0
bSaveOnWait=0
bSaveOnRest=0
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=4
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=0
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=2500
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=60.0000
[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=1.0000
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.4000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
uID1=554685
fVal0=0.8000
uID0=1007612
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=100000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=100000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=50000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=3.0000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=50
[Decals]
uMaxDecals=1000
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecals=250
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=100
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=50.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=50.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=50.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=4
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=2048
iWaterReflectWidth=2048
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1