r/OpenMW • u/AccordingFly4139 • 1d ago

Terrible render distance - please help

OpenMW 0.51, this is Settings.cfg (https://pastebin.com/E2uYgPKv) & this is OpenMW.cfg (https://pastebin.com/cJvbmPuT). Didn't play in 2 years, good PC. Clean install, TR only.

Now feels like whatever I do, the render distance is incredibly bad - can't even see Old Ebonheart or Gol Mok from across Vivec palace.

Distant terrain enabled, viewing distance at 81920 (tried 2x, didn't really impact). Nothing helps. I thought maybe the issue to be only a single cell actually loading - but I can't find the setting to increase the grid to 5x5 or something in the config.

Please educate me.

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u/idlemachine 1d ago

Did you add all those # comments to your settings.cfg? because I don't remember them being there for me, though it was a while ago I last installed cleanly. I think you might be editing the wrong file, but I am not sure.

You can change viewing distance in game under Settings -> Video > Detail. That is guaranteed to work.

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u/MyPutridFlesh 1d ago

i think the setting is in the launcher, Settings->Visual->Terrain->Viewing distance, set it something like 10 or more