base_convars.txt

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// ================ Preferences ================

// --- 1. Outlines ---
citadel_boss_glow_disabled                  "1"             // Disables boss and walker glow/highlight effect.                  [def: "0]
citadel_damage_offscreen_indicator_disabled "true"          // The little trooper portraits that show up behind walls.          [def: "true"]
citadel_player_glow_disabled                "0"             // Disables player glow/highlight effect when pinged.               [def: "0"]
citadel_trooper_glow_disabled               "1"             // 1 = Disable friendly/enemy minion glow.                          [def: "0"]
citadel_unit_status_allies_see_thru_walls_max_distance "40" // How far to make allied players' unit status show through walls.  [def: "0"] (0 means no limit)

// --- 2. Field of View ---
// These commands both affect fov but do so in different ways. citadel_camera_hero_fov changes the field of view using typical degrees but doesn't modify the punch zoom in. This means that if you have a high fov value the zoom in can be disorienting.
citadel_camera_hero_fov                     "106"           // The field of view angle of the camera when following a hero.     [def: "90"]
//r_aspectratio                               "2.10"          // This command is commented out, represented by the // at the beginning of the line. Editing it will not do anything. To mess with it remove the //
// r_aspectratio changes the zoom of the camera which in turn doesn't make the punch zoom in as jarring, but the command is not as intuitive to set precisely
// 1.75=80fov | 2.15=90fov | 2.49=100fov (every .15 interval = 5 fov). 

// --- 3. HUD ---
//citadel_unit_status_use_v2                "0"             // Set to 1 to enable the new health bar that allows you to  see enemy stamina. [def: "0"]
//citadel_unit_status_use_v2_for_nonplayers "0"             // Set to 1 to enable the new health bar but for troopers, objs, and camps.     [def: "0"]
citadel_crosshair_hit_marker_duration       "0.00001"       // Removes the hitmarker when shooting people.                      [def: "0.1"]
citadel_damage_report_enable                "1"             // Enables/Disables incoming/outgoing damage tab (tuning this off is very questionable but okay). [def: "1"]
citadel_damage_text_batching_window_ability "1000"          // How long to wait until batching damage text.             
citadel_hideout_ball_show_juggle_count      "1"             // Shows a fun juggle count minigame for hideout ball.              [def: "0"]
citadel_hideout_ball_show_juggle_fx         "1"             // Shows juggle visual FX for hideout ball minigame.                [def: "0"]
citadel_hud_objective_health_enabled        "2"             // 0=Off, 1=Shrines, 2=T1/T2, 3=Barracks.                           [def: "2"]
citadel_unit_status_use_new                 "1"             // This uses new Health Bar, to use old Health Bar change "true" to "false".    [def: "0"]

// --- 4. Lighting & Shadows ---
lb_enable_baked_shadows                     "1"             // *Disables baked shadows (game looks bright if this is on while stationary lights = 1). [def: "1"]
lb_enable_dynamic_lights                    "1"             // *Disables dynamic lights eg. walker, shop, tp, character abilities etc. (hero silhouettes go dark in menus as a side effect) [def: "1"]
lb_enable_stationary_lights                 "1"             // *Disables stationary lights (map looks flatter but more performant).         [def: "1"]

// --- 5. Skybox Rendering ---
r_draw3dskybox                              "0"             //  Enables drawing the 3D skybox layer (distant geometry).         [def: "1"]

// --- 6. FPS Caps & Minimized Throttling ---
engine_low_latency_sleep_after_client_tick  "true"          // Sleeps strategically after client tick to reduce latency/stutter (low-latency pacing). [def: "false"]
engine_no_focus_sleep                       "20"            // Milliseconds the engine sleeps per frame when unfocused (0 = no sleep, not recommended for low-end PC). [def: "20"]
fps_max                                     "0"             // Max FPS while in game, limit fps to your monitor refresh rate. [def: "400"]
panorama_max_fps                            "30"            // Menu FPS.                                                        [def: "120"]
panorama_max_overlay_fps                    "30"            // Fps In the settings/esc menu.                                    [def: "60"]

// --- 7. Object Culling ---
r_size_cull_threshold                       "0.9"           // *Culls small objects sooner based on screen size threshold (higher = more culling). [def: "0.8"]

// --- 8. Camera Tweaks ---
citadel_camera_soft_collision_angle         "360"           //
r_citadel_clip_sphere_min_opacity           "0"             // Removes the blur from the pinhole camera                         [def: "40"]
//r_citadel_clip_sphere_skin                "0.01"          //                                                                  [def: "0.01"]
//r_citadel_clip_sphere_cone_angle          "40"            //                                                                  [def: "40"]
//r_citadel_clip_sphere_distance_max        "75"            //                                                                  [def: "75"]
// These are various commands for messing with the pinhole camera. I don't fully understand them and they can be ignored for now.

// --- 9. Texture Quality ---
r_texture_budget_threshold                  "0.7"           // Reduce texture memory pool size when this percentage of the budget is full. [def: "0.8"]
r_texture_budget_update_period              "0.5"           // Time (in seconds) between updating texture memory budget.        [def: "0.1"]
r_texture_stream_mip_bias                   "1"             // Worth adjusting, practically how good your textures will look.
r_texturefilteringquality                   "3"             // Texture filtering, has very low fps impact. 0: Bilinear, 1: Trilinear, 2: Aniso 2x, 3: Aniso 4x, 4: Aniso 8x, 5: Aniso 16x

// --- 10. Render Distance ---
r_farz                                      "7000"          // This controls the far clipping plane, ie building/player popin   [def: "-1"]
r_mapextents                                "7000"          // Far clipping plane, this will make buildings pop in and out      [def: "16384"] damn that's an oddly specific number

// ================ IMPORTANT ================ 
r_particle_max_size_cull                    "999"           //                                                                  [def: "1200"]
// Particle systems larger than this in every dimension skip culling to save CPU.  They will be drawn anyway 
// So particle culling is handled by the CPU in deadlock, if you have GPU overhead to spare, consider lowering this value. 

// ================= UI ================
citadel_damage_text_show_effectiveness      "0"             // Shows extra “effectiveness” info in damage text (e.g., resist/weakness style feedback). [def: "0"]
closecaption                                "false"         // I assume this does what it says on the tin                       [def: "false"]
panorama_allow_transitions                  "false"         // Turns off UI anim (shop,etc)                                     [def: "1"]
panorama_disable_blur                       "1"             // Disables UI blur effects in the UI.                              [def: "0"]
panorama_disable_box_shadow                 "1"             // Disables UI box shadows in the UI (less GPU/UI cost).            [def: "0"]
panorama_temp_comp_layer_min_dimension      "128"           // Based on the name I'm implied to believe this is the minimum size for panorama compositing, ie blur, rounded corners, etc. [def: "512"]
r_citadel_enable_pano_world_blur            "true"
r_dashboard_render_quality                  "0"             // Sets dashboard/UI render quality (lower = cheaper UI rendering). [def: "1"]

// ================ Shadows ================
cl_globallight_shadow_mode                  "0"             // No idea. It is disabled based on the name.                       [def: "2"]
lb_barnlight_shadowmap_scale                "0.5"           // Scale for computed barnlight shadowmap size (lower = cheaper).   [def: "1"]
lb_csm_cascade_size_override                "1"             // Enables overriding CSM cascade sizing rules (forces engine to use override values). [def: "1536"]
lb_csm_draw_alpha_tested                    "0"             // Prevents alpha-tested geometry from being included in CSM passes (cheaper, possible missing leaf/fence shadows). [def: "1"]
lb_csm_draw_translucent                     "0"             // Prevents translucent objects from rendering into CSM (cheaper, fewer shadow details). [def: "1"]
lb_csm_override_staticgeo_cascades          "0"             // Disables realistic static cascades/ shadows from being cast around dynamic shadows such as heroes, uses low quality baked shadows instead. [def: "1"]
lb_csm_override_staticgeo_cascades_value    "-1"            // Base range of static cascade affects around player shadows. (-1 = minimal/disabled override behavior). [def: "-1"]
lb_dynamic_shadow_resolution_base           "256"           // Base resolution for dynamic shadows (lower = cheaper).           [def: "1536"]
lb_enable_shadow_casting                    "0"             // Disables baked shadows I believe                                 [def: "1"]
lb_ssss_samples                             "1"             // Subsurface sample count                                          [def: "11"]
lb_sun_csm_size_cull_threshold_texels       "30"            // Culls tiny CSM contributions below a texel threshold (performance).              [def: "10"]
r_citadel_gpu_culling_shadows               "1"             // Enables GPU-driven culling for shadow casters (performance).     [def: "0"]
r_citadel_shadow_quality                    "0"             // Deadlock/Citadel shadow quality level (0 = lowest).              [def: "2"]
r_shadows                                   "0"             // Disables dynamic shadows.                                        [def: "1"]
r_size_cull_threshold_shadow                "1"             // Threshold of shadow map size percentage below which objects get culled (higher = cull more to save shadow cost). [def: "0.2"]
sc_disable_spotlight_shadows                "1"             // Disables spotlight shadows.                                      [def: "0"]
sparseshadowtree_disable_for_viewmodel      "0"             // Disable SST generation and runtime for viewmodel (use original CSM rendering).   [def: "1"]
sparseshadowtree_enable_rendering           "1"             // Enables Sparse Shadow Tree, rendering static geometry into shadow cascades.      [def: "0"]

// ================ Lighting ================
cl_retire_low_priority_lights               "1"             // Replaces/drops low-priority dynamic lights when higher-priority lights are present (helps cap dlight clutter/cost). [def: "0"]
mat_async_shader_load                       "1"             // I have no reason to believe the name doesn't match the function  [def: "0"]
mat_set_shader_quality                      "0"             // Force shader quality setting (valid values are 0 or 1).          [def: null]
r_citadel_distancefield_farfield_enable     "0"             // Disables long-range distance field effects.                      [def: "1"]
r_citadel_ssao_quality                      "0"             // SSAO quality level (0 = lowest/off-ish).                         [def: "3"]
r_citadel_ssao_thin_occluder_compensation   "0"             // Disables special handling for thin occluders in SSAO (cheaper).  [def: "0.5"]
r_citadel_sun_shadow_slope_scale_depth_bias "1.0"           // \\                                                               [def: "3.54"]
r_directlighting                            "false"         // Set to true to have your characters not be black in the shop     [def:"true"]
r_distancefield_enable                      "0"             // Disables/ Enables distance-field system (used by some lighting/shadowing/occlusion features). [def: "1"]
r_light_flickering_enabled                  "1"             // Enables light flicker effects where used.                        [def: "1"]
r_lightmap_bicubic_filtering                "1"             // Enables bicubic filtering on lightmaps.                          [def: "1"]
r_lightmap_size                             "4"             // Maximum lightmap resolution..                                    [def: "65536"]
r_lightmap_size_directional_irradiance      "4"             // Sets directional irradiance lightmap data size (lower = less detail) (-1 = uses value of r_lightmap_size ). [def: "-1"]
r_multiscattering                           "1"             // Enables multi-scattering lighting approximation.                 [def: "1"]
r_rendersun                                 "0"             // Disables sun lighting.                                           [def: "1"]
r_ssao                                      "0"             // Disables screen-space ambient occlusion.                         [def: "1"]
r_ssao_strength                             "0"             // AO strength multiplier (0 = no AO contribution).                 [def: "1.2"]

// ================ Ragdolls ================
cl_disable_ragdolls                         "0"             // Keep set to 0 - enabling this (disabling ragdolls) can cause issue with doorman's ultimate. [def: "0"]
cl_ragdoll_limit                            "-1"            // Limit of how many ragdolls can be rendered at once.              [def: "-1"]
ragdoll_parallel_pose_control               "1"             // Multithreaded ragdoll handling, better performance (if ragdolls aren't disabled). [def: "0"]

// ================ Models ================
animgraph_enable_parallel_op_evaluation     "1"             // Allows animgraph operator evaluation to run in parallel (performance).   [def: "0"]
animgraph_enable_parallel_preupdate         "1"             // Allows animgraph pre-update work to run in parallel (performance).       [def: "0"]
cl_fasttempentcollision                     "1000"          // Limits/controls fast collision processing for temporary entities (impacts/tracers/etc.); higher usually = more work. [def: "5"]
cloth_sim_on_tick                           "0"             // Update the cloth simulation every tick                           [def: "1"]
enable_boneflex                             "0"             // Disables bone flexes (procedural facial/mesh flex drivers).      [def: "1"]
ik_fabrik_align_chain                       "0"             // Disables FABRIK chain alignment in IK (cheaper).                 [def: "1"]
ik_final_fixup_enable                       "0"             // Disables final IK fixup pass (cheaper animations, potentially less accurate). [def: "1"]
phys_threaded_cloth_bone_update             "1"             // I am inclined to believe this makes the cloth update threaded    [def: "0"]
phys_threaded_kinematic_bone_update         "1"             // I am inclined to believe this makes the cloth kinematics threaded    [def: "0"]
phys_threaded_transform_update              "1"             // Same as above                                                    [def: "0"]
props_break_max_pieces_perframe             "0"             // Makes boxes and troopers break into a single piece               [def: "16"]
// In future updates hopefully this being set to 0 will cause them to not leave any pieces behind
r_hair_ao                                   "0"             // Disables hair ambient occlusion/shading pass.                    [def: "1"]

// ================ Visual Clarity ================
cl_show_splashes                            "0"             // Disables splash effects (water/impact splashes).                 [def: "1"]
mat_colorcorrection                         "1"             // Disables/ Enables color correction (game looks less vibrant when off).   [def: "1"]
r_character_decal_resolution                "1"             // Resolution of character decal texture.                           [def: "1024"]
r_decals                                    "1"             // Maximum number of decals allowed. (lower = fewer bullet holes/blood/impact marks). [def: "2048"]
r_decals_default_fade_duration              "1"             // How quickly decals (bullet holes) fade                           [def: "3"]
r_depth_of_field                            "0"             // Disables depth of field.                                         [def: "1"]
r_drawdecals                                "1"             // *Render decals.                                                  [def: "1"]
r_effects_bloom                             "0"             // Disables effects bloom.                                          [def: "1"]
r_post_bloom                                "0"             // Disables post-process bloom.                                     [def: "1"]
sc_clutter_enable                           "false"         // Disables clutter props, improves visibility & FPS.               [def: "true"]
violence_ablood                             "0"             // Disables alien/other blood effects.                              [def: "1"]
violence_agibs                              "0"             // Disables alien/other gibs.                                       [def: "1"]
violence_hblood                             "0"             // Disables human blood effects.                                    [def: "1"]
violence_hgibs                              "0"             // Disables human gibs.                                             [def: "1"]
volume_fog_intermediate_textures_hdr        "false"         // See below                                                        [def: "true"]
// Based on the name I would assume that this changes the color depth of the fog. Since the majority of users don't have hdr panels or want bloom, setting this to false is beneficial

// ================ Network ================
// Don't mess with network commands yet
cl_async_usercmd_send                       "true"          // Makes the client send updates asyncronously I belive. Seems to smooth over network jank, although you will need to remove it from lower down in the gameinfo.gi [def: "false"]
//cl_updaterate                             "128"           // Client snapshot update rate requested from the server (higher = more frequent updates).      [def: "128"]
//cl_interp                                 "0.01"          // Client-side interpolation time (smoothing delay) for rendering other players/entities.       [def: 0]
//cl_interp_ratio                           "1"             // Multiplier that affects interpolation time (often cl_interp_ratio / cl_updaterate).              [def: "0"]
//cl_smoothtime                             "0.01"          // Smooth client's view after prediction error over this many seconds (Lower = snappier but more abrupt, higher = smoother but floaty). [def: "0.2"]
//cl_resend                                 "15"            // Delay in seconds between reconnect attempts (higher = less frequent, helps avoid kicks/timeouts on unstable connections). [def: "0.5"]

// ================ System Related ================
// Chances are these don't matter so you can ignore them
battery_saver                               "0"             // Disables battery saver mode (no automatic throttling).                   [def: "0"]
cpu_level                                   "1"             // CPU level.                                                               [def: "2"]
enable_priority_boost                       "true"          //
gpu_mem_level                               "1"             // GPU Memory level.                                                        [def: "2"]
//think_limit                               "0.001"         // Limits how much “think” time/entities can process per tick (CPU cap).    [def: "10"]
//^ *TODO I am going to need to test this to make sure lowering it doesn't cause problems.

// ================ Input ================
cl_input_enable_raw_keyboard                "1"             // Enables raw keyboard input handling (more direct input path).[def: "0"]

// ================ Particles ================
cl_particle_batch_mode                      "1"             // Has a range of 1 or 2, 2 will make celeste's auto rebound look weird and 0 will make them not batch [def: "1"]
cl_particle_fallback_base                   "10"            // Base for falling back to cheaper effects under load.             [def: "0"] 
cl_particle_fallback_multiplier             "20"            // Multiplier for falling back to cheaper effects under load.       [def: "0"]
cl_particle_sim_fallback_base_multiplier    "40"            // How aggressive the switch to fallbacks will be depending on how far over the cl_particle_sim_fallback_threshold_ms the sim time is.  Higher numbers are more aggressive. [def: "5"] 
cl_particle_sim_fallback_threshold_ms       "0.001"         // Amount of simulation time that can elapse before new systems start falling back to cheaper versions [def: "6"] 
particle_cluster_nodraw                     "1"             // Skips drawing particle “clusters”/grouped particle batches (performance, fewer small effects). [def: "0"]
r_RainParticleDensity                       "0"             // Density of Particle Rain 0-1.                                    [def: "1"]
r_draw_particle_children_with_parents       "0"             // I believe this handles the drawing of little visual flourish particles. [def: "-1"]
r_late_particle_job_sync                    "true"          // No idea                                                          [def: "false"]
r_limit_particle_job_duration               "true"          // Seems to help with particle clutter, although I am not sure.             [def: "false"]
r_particle_allowprerender                   "false"         // I imagine it renders particles prematurely, which we do not care for.    [def: "true"]
r_particle_batch_collections                "true"          // Batches collections of particles, typically batch rendering is faster so this is set to true. [def: "false"]
r_particle_max_detail_level                 "1"             // The maximum detail level of particle to create.                  [def: "3"]
r_particle_max_texture_layers               "4"             // Anything below 4 will make infernus afterburn, paige fire, and drifter's passive look very weird and blocky [def: "-1"]
r_particle_model_per_thread_count           "64"            // I believe it is how many particle models a thread is allowed to handle.  [def: "32"]
r_particle_skip_postsim                     "true"          // Not entirely sure what it does, going off of the name I'd imagine it skips the post simulation, this is a testvar [def: "false"]
r_particle_timescale                        "1.1"           // Speeds up particle simulation, thus making them end sooner, however this causes visual desyncs, most notably with big effects that last a while such as infernus ult. Please tweak this to what you are comfortable with. [def: "1"]
r_physics_particle_op_spawn_scale           "0"             // Prevents physics-based particle spawns.                          [def: "1"]
r_world_wind_strength                       "0"             // Disables wind effects, cosmetic only.                            [def: "40"]

// ================ Lod & Culling ================
//sc_instanced_mesh_size_cull_bias          "10"            // Bias for size culling of instanced meshes                        [def: "1.5"]
citadel_use_pvs_for_players                 "true"          // Default culls players when out of view                           [def: "false"]
mat_viewportscale                           "0.01"          // Scale down the main viewport I belive this gets overwritten by video.txt [def: "1"]
phys_cull_internal_mesh_contacts            "true"          // Don't simulate the bones inside of a mesh.                       [def: "false"]
sc_aggregate_bvh_threshold                  "128"           // Not fully sure what these do. Don't change them.                 [def: "128"]
sc_fade_distance_scale_override             "100"           // Distance objects fade in and out                                 [def: "-1"]
sc_instanced_mesh_lod_bias                  "0.15"          // Bias for LOD selection of instanced mesh                         [def: "1.25"]
sc_instanced_mesh_lod_bias_shadow           "0.10"          // Bias for LOD selection of instanced meshes in shadowmaps         [def: "1.75"]
sc_instanced_mesh_motion_vectors            "0"             // Set 1 if you use motion blur                                     [def: "1"]
sc_instanced_mesh_size_cull_bias_shadow     "10"            // Bias for size culling instanced meshes in shadowmaps             [def: "2"]
sc_layer_batch_threshold                    "128"           // Not fully sure what these do. Don't change them.                 [default: "128"]
sc_layer_batch_threshold_fullsort           "80"            // Not sure what these do. Jasper said to leave them at default     [def: "80"]
sc_screen_size_lod_scale_override           "0.5"           // Controls LOD scale. Lower values will have less polys            [def: "-1"]
skeleton_instance_lod_optimization          "false"         // Compute LOD mask internally like since 2016, i.e. force all LOD groups' bones to compute [def: "false"]

// ================ Misc ================
cl_batch_entity_list_ops_during_latch       "true"          // Batch entity list adds / removes while latching interpolated variables to avoid mutex contention.    [def: "false"]
cl_interp_parallel                          "true"          // Run interpolation in parallel for entities with no children.     [def: "false"]
cl_modifier_parallel_gather_status_effect_updates   "true"  // Not sure                                                         [def: "false"]
cl_phys_assume_fixed_tick_interval          "false"         // Assume the client uses a fixed tickrate like the server (which may not always be true)actual [def: "true"]
engine_max_ticks_to_simulate                "2"             // Max number of ticks to simulate per frame, after which simulation will start to slow down compared to real time. [Def: "-1"]
nav_obstruction_async_update                "true"          // Not fully sure but async good wowie                              [def: "false"]
parallel_perform_invalidate_physics         "true"          // Not sure                                                         [def: "false"]
r_async_compute_fog                         "true"          // Just whether to asyncroniously render fog                        [def: "false"]
r_citadel_depth_prepass_dynamic_objects     "false"         // Should be not prepassing entities that move                      [def: "true"]
r_low_latency                               "1"             // This acts as the convar which enables low latency, hardware dependent    [def: "1"]
r_renderdoc_auto_shader_pdbs                "false"         // Automatically generate shader debug info on capture.             [def: "true"]
save_parallel                               "true"          // Absolutely no idea but typically paralell processing is good.    [def: "false"]
sc_force_materials_batchable                "true"          // I would imagine this functions as the variable is named.         [def: "false"]
r_max_portal_render_targets                 "2"             // Maxium number of Doorman doors to allow rendering.               [def: "0"]
// ^ This will cause visual bugs when set to 1, either set it to 2 or 0 to disable them.

// ================ Grass ================
r_grass_end_fade                            "0"             // When to cull grass when far                                      [def: "300"]
r_grass_quality                             "0"             // Quality of the grass                                             [def: "2"]
r_grass_start_fade                          "0"             // When to cull grass when it's close I think                       [def: "0"]

// ================ Creep AI ================
ai_strong_optimizations_no_checkstand       "1"             // Not fully sure what exactly this does, but I would imagine given the name of the convar it optimizes ai. [def: "0"]
citadel_npc_force_animate_every_tick        "false"         // Don't change this, it does what it says on the tin.              [def: "true"]
cl_simulate_dormant_entities                "false"         // Based on the name I would imagine it does what it says.          [def: "true"]

// ================ Audio ================
audio_enable_vmix_mastering                 "false"         // Whether the engine uses vmix to master the audio, might be a dev command [def: "true"]
snd_mixahead                                "0.05"          // Adds some latency that shouldn't be percivable to save cpu       [def: "0.001"]
snd_occlusion_bounces                       "0"             // Limits audio occlusion to save cpu                               [def: "1"]
snd_occlusion_rays                          "0"             // Occlusion bounces, this effectively disables them.               [def: "4"]
snd_soundmixer_version                      "1"             // [def: "2"]
snd_steamaudio_reverb_order_rendering       "0"             // The amount of directional detail in the rendered audio by Steam Audio. [def: "0"]
snd_ui_positional                           "false"         // Disables positional audio to save cpu                            [def: "true"]
snd_steamaudio_num_threads                  "4"             // Audio thread count                                               [def: "4"]
// README This ^ probably depends on how good your cpu is, the better it is the more threads you can allow

// ================ Csm Shadows. ================
// According to jasper these shouldn't do anything, but I'm keeping them because they seemed to provide a performance increase with them disabled
// I need to do benchmarks of the config with and without these commands, however I am LAZY
csm_cascade0_override_dist                  "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_cascade1_override_dist                  "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_cascade2_override_dist                  "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_cascade3_override_dist                  "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_max_dist_between_caster_and_receiver    "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_max_num_cascades_override               "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_max_shadow_dist_override                "1"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_max_visible_dist                        "0"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_res_override_0                          "1"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_res_override_1                          "1"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_res_override_2                          "1"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_res_override_3                          "1"             // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.
csm_viewmodel_shadows                       "false"         // All of these commands should reduce shadow quality.


// =============== No Clue What These do But it's Probably Important. ===============
//If you test these please report to me on your findings 
//r_pipeline_stats_flush_before_sleeping true
//r_pipeline_stats_present_flush true
//r_wait_on_present true

// ================ Convars You Shouldn't/Can't Mess With But I Want to Maintain the Documentation ================ 
//cl_particle_max_count                     "1500"          // Maximum allowed particles. Setting it too low will cause issues. With flooding from the console.  [def: "0"]
//cl_phys_enabled                           "false"         // You can disable physics and might see an improvement in framerate, however a lot will be buggy.   [def: "true"]
gpu_level                                   "1"             // GPU level literally doesn't matter, gets set to 2 in the engine
r_citadel_npr_force_solid_outline           "false"         // Causes odd visual bugs with dragons and neutrals when set to true    [def: "false"]
r_citadel_npr_outlines                      "false"         // Enable outlines on enemy players.                                [def: "true"]
r_citadel_npr_outlines_max_dist             "1"             // Limits outline distance to reduce unnecessary processing.        [def: "1000"]
r_citadel_selection_outline2_alpha          "0.2"           // Outlines on enemy players and abilities on a scale of 0-1.       [def: "0.8"]
r_drawskybox                                "true"          // Can't be changed anymore                                             [def: "true"]


// IN TESTING
//panorama_worldpanel_update_culling              "true"        // Messes with health bar rendering. it is weird.
r_citadel_distancefield_max_distance            "16"
r_citadel_distancefield_min_screen_space_size   "99"
r_citadel_gpu_culling                           "true"
r_citadel_gpu_culling_shadows                   "true"
r_citadel_gpu_culling_two_pass                  "true"
sc_aggregate_gpu_culling_conservative_bounds    "true"
sc_aggregate_gpu_culling_show_culled            "true"
sc_aggregate_render_mesh_shader                 "false"
sc_force_materials_batchable                    "true"
sc_aggregate_debug_draw_meshlets                "-1"
sc_aggregate_debug_draw_meshlets_bounds         "true"
//sc_aggregate_show_outside_vis                   "true" //this makes the entire map stop rendering
sc_allow_dithered_lod                           "false"
sc_force_materials_batchable                    "true"
cl_batch_entity_list_ops_during_latch           "true"
phys_batch_ray_test                             "16"
cl_aggregate_particles                          "true"
sc_aggregate_gpu_culling_conservative_bounds    "true"


//  Major thanks to all of these individuals from the bottom of my heart. They are all lovely.
//- Sqooky:             I am the primary developer and maintainer of the project, but without everyone else here this project would not be maintained to this degree
//- JasperP:            My personal hero.  
//- Artemon121:         Made the Citadel cvar unhider, which helped Abdalla fetch cvars and test in-game.  
//- Boot:               Provided the csm cvars which had a notable performance improvement.  
//- Brullee:            Removed fake cvars, redundant commands, added cvarlist.md, and reformatted config  
//- Dacooder:           Made a wonderful video highlighting me and the config.  
//- Kaizuchaneru:       While not directly invovled in the deveopment, they tested most cvars  
//- Kin:                Did an insane amount of benchmarking unprompted.  
//- Maihdenless:        Started the original OptimisationLock & its Discord.  
//- Piggy:              Let me mirror his config.  
//- Soulx:              Gave me five dollars and told me about spirolactone (fucking sick I love you)
//- Tamara Mochaccina:  Contributed vindicta scope fix and the fog fix.  

// Cool people I've met because of this project who I want to thank anyway
//- 6Daves
//- Anartoast
//- Boot
//- GoreDaughter
//- Jaden
//- Jasper
//- Jb
//- Kin
//- Krisha
//- Masteroms
//- PeachCebo
//- Tamara Mochaccina
//- And you, thank you for using this and making my day <3. Please take care of yourselves.
// --------------------------------- END OF CONFIG OptimizationLock -- ver. 2.2 ------------------------------- \\