This mod lets potato computers to run the game at playable fps. A bunch of effects are removed and internal rendering resolutions tinkered.
Permissions and credits
Author's instructions
You can only use my work in these two conditions: 1. You're gonna extend on the idea and modify files that I have not managed to. 2. You're gonna do fine tuning based on my files and it indeed gives better performance and graphics than my files.
File credits
chipmunk's Internal resolutions mod did the first research/work on downscaling. velocityra did the first effect removal mod (shadows)
Donation Points system
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v1.1 News: 0.75x_hyper_performance file is added. Try it, it may give the best performance out of the bunch.
What this mod does:
Removes post processing, volumetric lighting and shadows, and reduces bloom and DOF.
Improves menu performance.
Reduces the quality of some of the remaining effects and visuals.
Lets the game to run at ~30 fps on shit laptops (i5 1.7ghz, geforce 820m)