SpaceEngine main configuration file for low end computer

main.cfg

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// SpaceEngine main configuration file // 
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// display settings 
WindowSizeX 1040	// window width 
WindowSizeY 744	// window height 
WindowPosX 1592	// window x position 
WindowPosY -132	// window y position 
Maximized true	// start with a maximized window 
FullScreen 0	// 0 - window mode, 1 - fullscreen window mode, 2 - hardware fullscreen mode 
ChangeMode true	// use fullscreen mode with custom display resolution 
ScreenResX 1280	// screen resolution (width) in the hardware fullscreen mode 
ScreenResY 720	// screen resolution (height) in the hardware fullscreen mode 
DisplayRefresh 60	// refresh frequency in the fullscreen mode 
AspectRatio 1	// aspect ratio for displays with non-square pixels 

// OpenGL settings 
InitInShutterMode false	// when changing to the hardware shutter stereoscopic mode, the engine should be restarted with this key set to true 
VSync 0	// vertical synchronization (0 - disabled, 1 - enabled, 2 - auto) 
AnisotropyLevel 0	// anisotropy filtering level (0 - disable anisotropy) 
LineWidth 2.0	// lines width 
DepthBufferMode 0	// Z-buffer mode (0 - standard, 1 - log in vertex shader, 2 - log in pixel shader) (remove cache to apply changes) 
ShipDrawMode 1 // use 1 for DepthBufferMode = 0, and 2 or 3 otherwise 

// memory settings 
VideoMemoryStartupDetect false	// detect size physical video memory (VRAM) at startup 
VideoMemoryDynamicDetect false	// detect available amount of video memory (VRAM) in runtime 
VideoMemorySize 1024 // video memory size to use if VideoMemoryStartupDetect = false 
VideoMemoryMaxPercent 100	// max video memory consumption (percent) 
CacheSizeLandNode 10000	// limit on the number of terrain nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 4000 for LOD 0, 10000 for LOD 2) 
CacheSizeStarNode 50000	// limit on the number of star nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 20000 for center regions of the galaxy) 
CacheSizeGalNode 10000	// limit on the number of galaxy nodes in the memory (0 for auto, at least 10000 for dense regions of the Universe) 
CacheSizeGalaxySysModel 20	// limit on the number of galaxy subsystem models in the memory 
CacheSizeClusterStarModel 1000	// limit on the number of star cluster models in the memory 

// interface settings 
GUIMode 2	// text info mode 
GUIMessageTime 2000	// splash message duration (milliseconds) 
GUIPlanThumbSize 120 // size of solar system browser thumbnails 
GUIHardwareCursor true	// use hardware cursor or rendered by engine 
GUICursorSize 16	// textured cursor size 
GUIJournalSize 100	// maximum size of autopilot journal 
GUIBottomInfoHUD false // draw bottom HUD 

// texture rendering settings 
TRMaxImpostors 16	// max number of impostors 
TRMaxSkyBoxes 1	// max number of skyboxes 
TRFloat true	// use floating-point impostors (for HDR) 
TRImpResolution 0.500	// impostor resolution (fraction of window width) 
TRSkyResolution 0.750	// skybox resolution (fraction of window width) 
TRImpUpdateThreshold 0.005	// impostor update threshold 
TRSkyUpdateThreshold 0.0006	// skybox update threshold 
TRSkyMinFOV 20.0	// skybox min FOV 
TRSkyMaxStep 1e-7	// skybox max velocity (normalized on object's radius) 
TRFishEyeFaceResolution 1024	// fish eye skybox resolution 
TRLensFlareConvRadius 3 // "super" lens flare convolution radius 

// atmosphere settings 
AtmoAnalyticTransm true	// use analytic transmittance calculations (remove cache to apply changes) 
AtmoFixHorizon true	// fixes artifacts at horizon (remove cache to apply changes) 
AtmoBottomOffset 0.0	// shift atmosphere down to fix artifacts at horizon (in units of atmosphere height) 

// planets settings 
PlanetMipmaps true	// use mipmapping for landscape textures 
PlanetTextureRes 128	// texture resolution (use only power of 2!) 
PlanetTextureBorder 1	// texture border 
PlanetSphereMeshLOD 5	// spherical mesh detail 
PlanetCubeMeshLOD 5	// landscape mesh detail 
PlanetRingsSubdiv 16	// planetary rings detail 
PlanetCloudsTerra 3	// max number of cloud layers for terrestrial planets 
PlanetCloudsGasGiant 7	// max number of cloud layers for gas giant planets 
PlanetDetailCraters 3.0	// approx. min radius of craters on terrestrial planets (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailTerra 0.01	// approx. per vertex detail on terrestrial planets (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailAsteroid 0.001 // approx. per vertex detail on asteroids (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailClouds 0.1	// approx. per vertex detail on clouds (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailGasGiant 1.0	// approx. per vertex detail on gas giant planets (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailSun 1.0	// approx. per vertex detail on stars surface (kilometers) 
PlanetDetailTexScale 16384 // scale of detail textures 
PlanetDetailTextures true	// use detail noise textures (remove cache to apply changes) 

// stars settings 
StarColorShift 0.0	// color shift ("+" red, "-" blue) 
StarColorSaturation 1.5	// color saturation 
StarFrustumClipFOV 30.0	// max frustum clipping FOV 
StarSolTexBright 2.1	// surface texture brightness (temperature) multiplier 

// magnitude limit settings 
PlanetMagnLimit 7.0	// planets limiting magnitude 
StarMagnLimit 7.0	// stars limiting magnitude 
GalaxyMagnLimit 7.0	// galaxies, nebulae and clusters limiting magnitude 
GlowMagnLimit 4.0	// galaxies and nebulae sprites limiting magnitude 
PlanetBrightMin 0.03	// planets cutoff pixel brightness 
StarBrightMin 0.03	// stars cutoff pixel brightness 
GalaxyBrightMin 0.03	// galaxies, nebulae and clusters cutoff pixel brightness 
GlowBrightMin 0.006	// galaxies and nebulae sprites cutoff pixel brightness 

// physics settings 
PhysicsTick 0.015	// physics iteration time (seconds) 

// screenshots and other settings 
ScreenshotFormat "png"	// screenshot format (jpg, png, dds, tga, tif) 
SkyBoxFormat "tga" // skybox export format (jpg, png, dds, tga, tif) 
JpegQuality 95	// jpeg compression quality 
RealTime true	// use RealTime mode (velocity not depend on FPS) 
RealTimeFPS 24.0	// RealTime mode velocity calibration (FPS for video capture) 
ConvertRGBAtoPNG false	// if true, any loaded RGBA or Grayscale images are saved in PNG format in the same directory 
NSplashImages 20	// number of splash window textures (data\textures\common\splash*.*) 

// debug settings 
ShowGalaxiesOctree false	// show catalog galaxies octree 
ShowCatStarsOctree false	// show catalog stars octree 
ShowGalSysOctree false	// show galaxy subsystems octree 
ShowPlanetsQuadtree false	// show planets bounding boxes 
ShowGalaxiesBBoxes false	// show galaxy model bounding boxes 
ShowNebulaeBBoxes false	// show nebula model bounding boxes 

// solution of the compatibility issues 
IgnoreCriticalCheck false	// ignore checking of OpenGL version and support of critical extensions 
IgnoreShaderBinary true // disable binary shader cache 
IgnoreSyncObjects false	// disable GL_ARB_sync 
PlanetHeightmapFormat 13	// format of the terrain heightmap textures: 13 - R32F, 16 - RGBA32F 
MipmapsMode 1	// mipmaps generation mode: 0 - disable, 1 - default OpenGL function, 2 - SpaceEngine function 

// loading settings 
PreloadGalaxies true	// preload nearby galaxy models 
PreloadShipTextures true	// preload ship textures (do not render ship until all its textures get loaded) 
PreloadGenShaders 1	// preload procedural generator shaders: 0 - none, 1 - all 
PreloadDrawShaders 2	// preload renderer shaders: 0 - none, 1 - all, 2 - some 
LoaderBenchmark false	// log loading/creating times 
LoaderMode 1	// loader mode: 0 - immediate, 1 - interleaved, 2 - asynchronous 
LoaderMulticontext true	// use miltiple OpenGL contexts 
LoaderShadersAsync true	// load shaders in asynchronous mode 
LoaderQueueSizeGPU 128	// size of loader request queue (landscape tiles) 
LoaderQueueSizeCPU 256	// size of loader request queue (all other resources) 
LoaderMaxTilesPF 2	// max landscape textures created per frame 
LoaderMaxTimePF 20.0	// max loading/creating time per frame (milliseconds) 
CleanMaxTimePF 20.0	// max memory cleaning time per frame (milliseconds) 
ReplaceDuplicateMat true	// for import from OBJ: replace duplicate materials with existing ones 
LogTimeStamp false	// print time stamp into se.log 
LogThreadStamp true	// print thread ID into se.log