Just thought id make a thread about how you set your MGE when playing morrowind.
Just curious as to how everyone sets theirs and what FPS you get on average. Also list your PC specs.

Ill start by posting how i set mine up

First of all i play at 1920x1200 with 8x AA and 16x AF with a FOV of 85

http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm449/DDevilMonkey_666/MGE/Misc.gif
Distant Land Creation
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm449/DDevilMonkey_666/MGE/LandTExtures.gif
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm449/DDevilMonkey_666/MGE/LandMeshes.gif
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm449/DDevilMonkey_666/MGE/Statics.gif
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm449/DDevilMonkey_666/MGE/DistantLand.gif

The only shaders i currently use (until i find any more i like) are
ImprovedWaterCaustics06a
knx_SSA0_v09

My PC specs
Q6600 @ 3.2ghz
4GB OCZ RAM @ 1066Mhz
nVidia BFG 260 OC

EDIT: Forgot to mention my average FPS, DOH!
I Get around 3-40 whilst walking around morrowinds mainland and TR.

So fire away all! :flamethrower:

How did you set your fov? FPS opt? Mine is auto set to 75 in mge and i cant change it.

I noticed you dont have an hdr or bloom shader, i suggest trying the gimp_HDRBloom shader if you haven't allready.

My settings are 4xaa 4xAF
1920x1080
same misc page as sgmonkeys
world texture 2048
world nrml map 1024
med world mesh det
min static size is 400
15 draw distance (wish i could keep this around 30, but i hate playing at 15fps)
no blur
auto set other distances checked
relfect landscape, nearby statics, and sky
shaders:
gimp_hdrbloom_v1_3_vt2
Knx_ssao_v09

good old xp 32
QX6700
2gigs 1066 Mhz
evga 295 gt
all stock speeds

Outdoors I never get under 18fps and it usually stays around 25, sometimes jumps up to 35

There was an updated .dll for MGE to enable the FPS option. You should be able to find it in the MGE thread, if not i can upload it for ya

I don't use FPS Optimizer :brokencomputer:

Awesome, i found it. Upping the fov really brings the game up a notch. Thanks for the info.

Link might be nice for some other people...

Not nearly the best system around here, but very solid and get's the job done

PC
CPU: Q6600 at 3.2GHz (8x400)
GPU: EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 (65nm version)
SSD: Intel X25-M

MGE Settings
Resolution: 1680x1050
World Texture: 2048
World Norml Map: 1024
World Mesh Detail: Highest
Minimum Static Size: 0 (with exception list, though... excluding some things, enhancing others)
Draw Distance: 10 (I used to do 15, but got to feel like it was too far)

Shaders
Improved Water Caustics
Sunshaft Rays

ENB
Bloom/Blur
HDR
Color Adjustment


Ranges from around 20fps (Balmora and some other areas) to 40fps, 60fps interior (capped). Although some of the wilderness areas dip just as low now that I use Vurt's awesome ashtrees =)

Where can I get that ENB thing?

Resolution: 1280x1024, default FOV

4x AA
8x AF

Range Vertex Fogging

All the shader boxes on the misc tab except Hook texture loads (Never seen a mod that needs it)

HDR Reaction time 5,00

CPU Idle box checked -> Idle Time 0 ms (apparently that's beneficial)

Thread Loading box ticked

Distant land:

World Texture: 2048
World Normal Map: 1024
World Mesh Detail: High

static size: 180
mesh detail: 90%
Grass density: 90%

Draw distance: 4,0 cells (No blur)

Above water fog: 3.0 to 4.0
Below water fog: -1.0 to 0.8
Distant interior fog: 0 to 0.9

All water reflection options checked

Shaders:

ImprovedWaterCaustics 06a
sunshaft_v002a
GIMP_HDRBloom_v1_3_vt2
I reluctantly removed the SSAO shader for a FPS boost.

I'm using Phal's water shader with waves.


Around 60-70 FPS indoors, 20-25 outdoors. But the outdoors FPS also has a lot to do with tree replacers and a much larger number of NPCs (Starfire's NPC additions+Children of Morrowind).

System:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Ghz
4 GB RAM
ATI Sapphire HD4850 512 MB

OS: Windows XP Professional 64 bit

FYI, posting your MGE.ini is easier (Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind\mge3\MGE.ini), added in one of the post-3.8.0 revisions:

[DLWizard Settings]Plugins view sort order=Load orderWorld texture resolution=8192World normalmap resolution=8192 **reduced to 1024 using image editor**Create world texture in two steps=TrueWorld mesh detail=AutoMinimum static size=0 **gonna bump this up next run, it's lovely but a bit too much**Grass density=100Mesh detail=Full **I'll probably mess around with this**Skip mipmap levels=0 **need to mess around with this**Include activators=TrueInclude misc objects=FalseUse old simplification algorithm=FalseUse static overrides=TrueStatics for behave like exterior cells=OnStatics for interiors with water=On[DLWizard Plugin Dirs][DLWizard Plugins][Global Graphics]Antialiasing Level=4xZ-Buffer Format=D24S8VWait=DefaultRefresh Rate=Default[Render State]Scaling Filter=AnisotropicMipmap Filter=LinearAnisotropic Filtering Level=8xMipmap LOD Bias=0Fog Mode=Depth pixelInitial Zoom=3Screen Rotation=0Horizontal Screen FOV=75Enable Fog=TrueMGE FPS Counter=OnMGE Messages=OnHardware Shader=OnAA Colour Fix=OnScreenshot Format=BMPScreenshot Output Directory=""Screenshot Name Prefix="MGE Screenshot "Screenshot Number Min Lenght=1[Input]Input Lag Fix=On[Misc]Internal MWSE Disabled=FalseCamera Effects Affect The HUD=FalseCorrect Aspect Ratio When Zooming=FalseUse Texture Hooks=FalseUpdate Shader Vars=TrueUpdate Shader Depth=TrueUse HDR=TrueHDR Reaction Time=1.5Keep FPS=OffDesired FPS=30FPS Tolerance=5Max View Distance=7168Min View Distance=2500Bind AI To View Distance=OffForce CPU Idle=TrueIdle Time=0[Distant Land]Distant Land=OnDistant Statics=OnDisable In Interiors=FalseDistant Land Initially Disabled=FalseMW Blending Initially Disabled=FalseDraw Distance=9Auto Distances=TrueDistant Blur Strength=0Near Statics End=2Far Statics End=4.5Very Far Statics End=8Far Static Min Size=100Very Far Static Min Size=150Water Reflects Land=TrueWater Reflects Near Statics=TrueWater Reflects Far Statics=TrueEnable Sky Reflections=TrueAbove Water Fog Start=1.62Above Water Fog End=9Below Water Fog Start=-3.60000005364418Below Water Fog End=1.8Interior Fog Start=0Interior Fog End=0.9[DLWizard Static Overrides]I:\Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind\mge3\stuff.ovr

Shaders:
knx_SSAO_v10_beta
ImprovedWaterCaustics06a
sunshaft_v002a
zBloom **edited with lastshader**

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.16 Ghz @ 3 Jiggyhurts
4GB RAM (but 32 bit OS)
GeForce 8800GTX