Legend: If low/med/high/ultra is not present assume same as default. 1e+007 = 10000000
Existing Settings/Default Values Low Med High Ultra Known Range
Confirmed Addable Description
Skyrim.ini This file does not appear to be altered when selecting a default display setting.
sLanguage=ENGLISH
uGridsToLoad=5
uInterior Cell Buffer=3
uExterior Cell Buffer=36
fEncumberedReminderTimer=30.0000 Set to 3600 to get an encumbrance reminder once every hour instead of 30 secs.
bBorderRegionsEnabled=1 True=1 False=0 Setting this to false will remove the invisible wall around the map. Without mods this will allow you to walk off the edge of the world space and see area's that are not completed. This setting is essential for Tamriel world space expansions because removing or disabling the region through a plugin alters every playable cell in the main world space.
bDisableAllGore=0 Setting to 1 will remove all blood decals from the game. Unknown if the also disables decapitation.
[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1
fSunShadowUpdateTime=1
fSunUpdateThreshold=0.5
fDefaultWorldFOV=65 Entering and exiting the skills menu will override the FOV stored in your save and will then be permanent on any save made after that.
[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0
[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0
fGrassWindMagnitudeMin=5.0000 Set both min and max to 0 to disable grass movement.
fGrassWindMagnitudeMax=125.0000
[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 - Voicesixtra.bsa
[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0
f1PArrowTiltUpAngle=2.0 These settings determine how much gravity arrows ignore.
f3PArrowTiltUpAngle=2.5 Set to 0 for full gravity effects on arrows.
[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=0
bReflectLODTrees=1
[MapMenu]
bWorldMapNoSkyDepthBlur=0
fWorldMapNearDepthBlurScale=4
fWorldMapDepthBlurScale=0.3
fWorldMapMaximumDepthBlur=0.45
fWorldMapFocalDepth=45000
sMapCloudNIF=Meshes\Sky\SkyrimWorldMapCloudBank.nif Leave blank and clouds will be removed from the world map.
[ScreenSplatter]
bBloodSplatterEnabled=1 Set to 0 to disable
[Interface]
bShowTutorials=1 Set this to 0 to disable all tutorial popups.
[Trees]
bEnableTreeAnimations=1 This enables tree, plants, shrubs animations. Set to 0 to disable.
[Camera]
fOverShoulderCombatAddY=-100.0000 Adjust camera position relative to the PC(back= - /forward= +) while in combat(hands or weapon/spell readied).
fOverShoulderCombatPosZ=20.0000 Adjusts camera height relative to the PC while in combat(hands or weapon/spell readied).
fOverShoulderCombatPosX=0.0000 Adjusts camera position relative to the PC(left= - /right= +) while in combat(hands or weapon/spell readied.
fOverShoulderPosZ=-10.0000 Adjusts camera height relative to the PC while out of combat.
fOverShoulderPosX=30.0000 Adjusts camera position relative to the PC(left= - /right= +) while out of combat.
Low/Medium/High/VeryHigh.ini
It is unknown whether or not these files are directly referenced by the engine during startup because there are two settings that appear only in these files.
[Display]
iActorShadowCountInt= 2 4 4 6
iActorShadowCountExt= 2 2 2 6