Mass Effect 1 BioEngini.ini edited patch for high details and shadows

BioEngine.ini.diff

# Note: The diff is highly edited and will not apply like that. A guide is in the works
diff --git a/Config/BioEngine.ini b/Config/BioEngine.ini
index bde89c4..c6be9cd 100644
--- a/Config/BioEngine.ini
+++ b/Config/BioEngine.ini
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ TerrainMaterialMaxTextureCount=16
 BeginUPTryCount=200000
 bStaticDecalsEnabled=True
 bDynamicDecalsEnabled=True
-bForceStaticTerrain=False
+bForceStaticTerrain=True
 bUsePixelShaderComplexity=True
 bUseAdditiveComplexity=True
 MaxPixelShaderAdditiveComplexityCount=300.000000
@@ -73,16 +72,18 @@ ThumbnailParticleSystemPostProcessName=EngineMaterials.DefaultThumbnailPostProce
 ThumbnailMaterialPostProcessName=EngineMaterials.DefaultThumbnailPostProcess
 bOnScreenKismetWarnings=TRUE
 bEnableKismetLogging=FALSE
-AllowShadowVolumes=FALSE
+AllowShadowVolumes=TRUE
 ShadowVolumeLightRadiusThreshold=1000
 ShadowVolumePrimitiveScreenSpacePercentageThreshold=0.25
 bEnableVSMShadows=False
 bEnableBranchingPCFShadows=True
-ShadowFilterRadius=2
-DepthBias=.03
+ShadowFilterRadius=5.0
+DepthBias=0.027583
+MinPreShadowResolution=16
 MinShadowResolution=32
-MaxShadowResolution=512
-ModShadowFadeDistanceExponent=.2
+MaxShadowResolution=4096
+ShadowFadeResolution=128
+ModShadowFadeDistanceExponent=0.0
 CameraRotationThreshold=20.0
 CameraTranslationThreshold=4000
 PrimitiveProbablyVisibleTime=8.0
@@ -134,6 +135,14 @@ VisColorationMaterialUnloadedName=
 BioTranslucentVolumeMaterialName=
 DefaultOnlineSubsystemName=
 DynamicCoverMeshComponentName=
+bAllowBetterModulatedShadows=True
+bAllowHardwareShadowFiltering=True
+bAllowWholeSceneDominantShadows=True
+bEnableForegroundSelfShadowing=True
+bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
+bEnableTranslucentHairPass=True
+bUsePostProcessEffects=True
+maxwholescenedominantshadowresolution=4096
 LightComplexityColors=(B=0,G=0,R=0,A=1)
 LightComplexityColors=(B=0,G=255,R=0,A=1)
 LightComplexityColors=(B=0,G=191,R=63,A=1)
@@ -160,14 +168,15 @@ LocalPlayerClassName=Engine.LocalPlayer
 bUseSound=True
 bUseMusicSound=True
 bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=True
-bSubtitlesEnabled=True
-bSubtitlesForcedOff=False
-bForceStaticTerrain=False
+bSubtitlesEnabled=False
+bSubtitlesForcedOff=True
+bForceStaticTerrain=True
 DisplayLazyLoadErrors=True
 bForceCPUSkinning=False
 bOnScreenKismetWarnings=True
 bEnableKismetLogging=False
-bAllowMatureLanguage=False
+bAllowMatureLanguage=True
+AllowShadowVolumes=True
 bEnableVSMShadows=False
 bRenderTerrainCollisionAsOverlay=False
 bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
@@ -179,11 +188,13 @@ DefaultUIScenePostProcessName=EngineMaterials.DefaultUIPostProcess
 TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=60.000000
 ScoutClassName=BIOC_Base.BioScout
 MeshLODRange=0.000000
-ShadowFilterRadius=2.000000
-DepthBias=0.030000
+ShadowFilterRadius=5.000000
+DepthBias=0.027583
+MinPreShadowResolution=16
 MinShadowResolution=32
-MaxShadowResolution=512
-ModShadowFadeDistanceExponent=0.200000
+MaxShadowResolution=4096
+ShadowFadeResolution=128
+ModShadowFadeDistanceExponent=0.000000
 CameraRotationThreshold=20.000000
 CameraTranslationThreshold=4000.000000
 CameraFOVThreshold=15.000000
@@ -194,6 +205,13 @@ ShadowVolumePrimitiveScreenSpacePercentageThreshold=0.250000
 BeginUPTryCount=200000
 nGamerProfileSaveSize=1048576
 GesturePriorityToUpdate=0
+bAllowBetterModulatedShadows=True
+bAllowHardwareShadowFiltering=True
+bAllowWholeSceneDominantShadows=True
+bEnableForegroundSelfShadowing=True
+bEnableForegroundShadowsOnWorld=True
+bEnableTranslucentHairPass=True
+maxwholescenedominantshadowresolution=4096
 DefaultPackagesToLoadPerMap=BIOC_WorldResources
 DefaultPackagesToLoadPerMap=BIOC_VehicleResources
 PackagesToExcludePerMap=(MapName="BIOA_STA00",PackagesToExclude=("BIOC_WorldResources","BIOC_VehicleResources"))
@@ -250,7 +266,7 @@ NxRigidBodyCmpInitialTimeStep=0.02
 NxFluidCmpInitialTimeStep=0.02
 NxClothCmpInitialTimeStep=0.02
 NxSoftBodyCmpInitialTimeStep=0.02
-NxPrimarySceneHW=False
+NxPrimarySceneHW=True
 //Package=DefaultUISkin
 //Package=EngineMaterials
 //Package=EditorMaterials
@@ -556,10 +571,12 @@ DynamicLights=TRUE
 DynamicShadows=TRUE
 LightEnvironmentShadows=TRUE
 CompositeDynamicLights=FALSE
-ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
+ShadowFilterQualityBias=20
 DirectionalLightMaps=TRUE
-MotionBlur=TRUE
+LightShafts=TRUE
+MotionBlur=FALSE
 DepthOfField=TRUE
+RadialBlur=TRUE
 Bloom=TRUE
 QualityBloom=TRUE
 SpeedTreeLeaves=TRUE
@@ -567,70 +584,103 @@ SpeedTreeFronds=TRUE
 OnlyStreamInTextures=FALSE
 LensFlares=TRUE
 FloatingPointRenderTargets=TRUE
-Trilinear=FALSE
-SkeletalMEshLODBias=0
-ParticleLODBias=0
-DetailMode=2
-ShadowFilterQualityBias=0
-MaxAnisotropy=4
+Trilinear=TRUE
+SkeletalMEshLODBias=-1
+ParticleLODBias=-1
+DetailMode=5
+ShadowFilterQualityBias=20
+MaxAnisotropy=16
+MaxMultisamples=8
 ScreenPercentage=100
-
+AmbientOcclusion=TRUE
+Distortion=TRUE
+FilteredDistortion=TRUE
+FogVolumes=TRUE
+EnableHighPolyChars=TRUE
+MaxCharacterCinematicLightingPasses=9
+EnableLightEnvSHLights=TRUE
+SHSecondaryLighting=TRUE
+AllowSubsurfaceScattering=True
+AllowImageReflections=True
+AllowImageReflectionShadowing=True
+bAllowSeparateTranslucency=True
+bAllowPostprocessAA=False
+bAllowPostprocessMLAA=False
+bAllowHighQualityMaterials=True
+bAllowWeatherEffect=True
+bAllowPostProcess=True
+bAllowFracturedDamage=True
+ballowlightshafts=True
+DisableHWShadowMaps=True
 [TextureStreaming]
-PoolSize=140
+PoolSize=2048
 HysteresisLimit=30
-DropMipLevelsLimit=24
-StopIncreasingLimit=18
+DropMipLevelsLimit=40
+StopIncreasingLimit=30
 StopStreamingLimit=12
-FudgeFactorIncreaseRateOfChange=0.5
-FudgeFactorDecreaseRateOfChange=-0.4
+MinFudgeFactor=0.5
+FudgeFactorIncreaseRateOfChange=0.3
+FudgeFactorDecreaseRateOfChange=-0.2
 MinRequestedMipsToConsider=11
-MinTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=2
-MaxTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=12
+MinTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
+MaxTimeToGuaranteeMinMipCount=0
 StaticTextureStreamingDistance=1
-
+LoadMapTimeLimit=2
+LightmapStreamingFactor=0.02
+ShadowmapStreamingFactor=0.02
+MaxLightmapRadius=9000
+TextureFileCacheBulkDataAlignment=1
+AllowStreamingLightmaps=TRUE
+UsePriorityStreaming=TRUE
+bAllowSwitchingStreamingSystem=TRUE
+UseDynamicStreaming=TRUE
+bEnableAsyncDefrag=FALSE
+bEnableAsyncReallocation=FALSE
+MaxDefragRelocations=256
+MaxDefragDownShift=128
+UseTextureFileCache=TRUE
+//bEnableAsyncReallocation=FALSE
 [TextureLODSettings]
-//TEXTUREGROUP_Character=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_Effects=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_LightAndShadowMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget=(MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-//TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_World=(MinLODSize=16,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=2)
-TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap=(MinLODSize=16,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=2)
-TEXTUREGROUP_AmbientLightMap=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_512=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_256=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_128=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=128,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_64=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=64,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_512=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_256=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_128=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=128,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_64=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=64,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_GUI=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_1024=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_1024=(MinLODSize=8,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_APL_128=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=128,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_APL_256=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=256,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_APL_512=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=512,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_APL_1024=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Character_1024=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=1024,LODBias=0)
-TEXTUREGROUP_Promotional=(MinLODSize=32,MaxLODSize=2048,LODBias=0)
-
+//TEXTUREGROUP_Character=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+//TEXTUREGROUP_CharacterNormalMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+//TEXTUREGROUP_Effects=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+TEXTUREGROUP_LightAndShadowMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_RenderTarget=(MinLODSize=1,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Skybox=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+//TEXTUREGROUP_UI=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+//TEXTUREGROUP_Vehicle=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+//TEXTUREGROUP_VehicleNormalMap=(MinLODSize=256,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Weapon=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+TEXTUREGROUP_WeaponNormalMap=(MinLODSize=4096,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=-1)
+TEXTUREGROUP_World=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_WorldNormalMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_AmbientLightMap=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Diff=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Norm=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Character_Spec=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_512=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_256=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_128=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_64=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_512=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_256=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_128=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_64=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_GUI=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Environment_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_VFX_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_APL_128=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_APL_256=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_APL_512=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_APL_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Character_1024=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
+TEXTUREGROUP_Promotional=(MinLODSize=1024,MaxLODSize=4096,LODBias=0)
 [StreamByURL]
 PostLoadPause=6.0
-
 [Editor.EditorEngine]
 LocalPlayerClassName=Editor.EditorPlayer
 bUseSound=True
-bSubtitlesEnabled=True
+bSubtitlesEnabled=False
 GridEnabled=True
 SnapScaleEnabled=True
 ScaleGridSize=5
@@ -720,6 +768,8 @@ GlobalDataStoreClasses=Engine.UIDataStore_Gamma

 [DevOptions.Shaders]
 AutoReloadChangedShaders=True
+bAllowMultiThreadedShaderCompile=True
+ThreadedShaderCompileThreshold=4

 [StatNotifyProviders]
 XmlStatNotifyProvider=false
@@ -866,11 +899,11 @@ FilterOut=EditorTips.int
 BioIni=QA

 [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]
-MaxTranslucencyLayers=2
-MaxTextureSize=2048
+MaxTranslucencyLayers=4
+MaxTextureSize=4096
 DisableHWShadowMaps=True
 BIOPixelShaderVersion=ps_3_0
-BIOVertexShaderVersion=vs_2_0
+BIOVertexShaderVersion=vs_3_0

 [DavidTestSection]
 DavidTestKey=DavidTestValue