Graphic/Sound Settings Guide
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Graphic and Sound Settings
Before you start adjusting your graphics settings, please make sure you close all other programs to avoid any loss of data due to any unwanted occurences.
To access your in-game graphic settings, just click on the >> icon on the bottom right of the screen, then click on the PC icon. This will be the first page of the settings screen.
Graphic/Sound Settings
Here's a bit of explanation regarding the settings:
Overall Performance Settings
- This will automatically preset your graphic settings based on overall level. There are 5 levels of settings from low detail (max performance) to max detail (lowest performance)
Screen Resolution
- Let's you select game resolutions supported by your video adapter
Windowed/Fullscreen
- Let's you switch between windowed or fullscreen mode.
Aspect Ratio
- Switch between normal or widescreen 16:9 ratio
Brightness
- Screen brightness setting
Screenshot Quality
- Adjust the level of detail or quality for screenshots only. The higher the quality, the larger the filesize will be.
View Distance
- How far or how much of the landscape you can see at any one time. A further view distance will decrease system performance.
Water Surface Effects
- Adjust the level of water effects such as ripples, waves, quality. From no effects to maximum.
Water Reflection On/Off
- Set the water reflection effect on or off.
Tree Details
- Set the detail level of trees. From low detail to maximum. Details include number of trees, leaves..etc.
Grass Details
- Set the detail level of grass. From low detail to maximum. Details include amount of grass, mass...etc.
Cloud Details
- Set the detail level of clouds. From low detail to maximum. Details include number of clouds, intensity, movement..etc.
Ground Details
- Set the detail level of the ground. From low detail to maximum. Details include ground texture, bump mapping...etc.
Shadows
- Turn shadow effects on or off
Blur Effects
- Turns the infamous blurry effects on or off
Reverse Axis
- Let's you reverse the camera axis if you desire
Sun/Moon Lighting Effects
- Turns the game's sun and moon's lighting effects on or off such as solar flares...etc.
Texture Quality
- Set high texture quality on or off.
Texture Sharpness
- Set high texture sharpness on or off.
Music Volume
- Set volume of in-game background music.
Sound Effects Volume
- Set volume of in-game sound effects music.
Sound Quality
- Adjust the level of sound quality/bitrate.
There are a few buttons above the HP/MP bar which you can use to adjust certain graphic features. The left-most button is the button to set your graphics to the optimal/lowest setting for maximum performance. The the next is to set it view only very nearby non-NPC characters or players.