Performance Commands

Where to find Performance Commands

Go to the Developer Console, you can find all the needed commands with find cvar <input>

Command

Information

find cvar

Displays information about cvar and the commands that include cvar.

find cvar r_

Displays ALL performance commands.

find cvar r_ shadow

Displays commands that affect shadows.

find cvar r_ texture

Displays commands that affect textures.

find cvar r_ water

Displays commands that affect water.

The space after r_ is important for finding all the performance-based commands that includes the word after it.

Recommended Performance Commands

Reduce the values of the following (lower value = better performance):

r_antialiasing

r_dof

r_hdrBloom

r_shadowAtlasWidth

r_textureLodBias

r_waterReflections

r_waterReflectionsTAA

Set the following to 1:

r_skipDecals

r_skipMaterialBlending

See Also

Console Variables (CVAR)