Luxus Silentium: A Config by Taowolf (Featured in PCGamer!)

[Taowolf51]

Enhanced by Exodus

Well, many of you have heard of it, and now it is here.
My custom configs for Crysis.
These configs will work for any system, and will significantly increase graphical quality with almost no effect in performance.
XP users may actually get an increase in performance.

I do recommend any light-based settings to be on as high as your system will allow, though.

I have to thank Belloni, because I used the way he made his config file (autoexec) to create my configs.

I would also like to thank CryKitty and Flamed Up for testing my configs, and providing some screenshots.

Here are a few screenshots of it:









Here is a (very bad) comparison of standard vs. luxus. It also has framerates on the top left of the screen.

Standard game:


With my mod:


I have to say, that these screenshots don't do the beauty of Crysis with my config justice, but trying it will. And I ask you to please try it. You won't be dissappointed.

Installation Directions:
Download the Luxus_Silentium.zip file to your desktop
Unzip it, and grab the autoexec.cfg file, and put it on your desktop.
Drag and drop the autoexec.cfg file into your base Crysis folder (not in your configs folder, in the "program files/electronic arts/crytek/crysis" folder)
Enjoy!

You can also modify the settings as well.

Modification directions:
Right click the autoexec.cfg file
Click "open with"
Select "Notepad"
Have fun tweaking!

If you have some good tweaks, share them here if you wish.


I hope everyone has fun with this.

Download link is below.

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[CHIef]

Looks sweet, thanks. I will give this a test!

[snurregrekk]

well, these are basically the same as belloni's config except for the addition of shadow blur (i usually disable it to gain fps..) and enabled color grading for depth of field which imo is barely noticeable. darkening on flat open surfaces is also slightly adjusted and i'm sure those who have yet to try these or belloni's settings will be more than happy. personally, i get better fps using my own custom settings, so i will stick with those for now. nice screens

[Belloni]

I'll run a comparison between the two when i am able to run Crysis again (I accidently snapped off the CD-ROM drive holder so no go there!)

Looks good though, and thanks for the mention.

[snurregrekk]

I accidently snapped off the CD-ROM drive holder so no go there

don't drink and cd-rom drive....

[yeknom]

I accidently snapped off the CD-ROM drive holder so no go there

don't drink and cd-rom drive....

that was terrible xDD brownie points for trying though

[Taowolf51]

well, these are basically the same as belloni's config except for the addition of shadow blur (i usually disable it to gain fps..) and enabled color grading for depth of field which imo is barely noticeable. darkening on flat open surfaces is also slightly adjusted and i'm sure those who have yet to try these or belloni's settings will be more than happy. personally, i get better fps using my own custom settings, so i will stick with those for now. nice screens

These don't look at all like Belloni's configs.
Belloni's configs have extremely strong colors, very very dark shadows (basically black), and is much much stronger then my config.
I made these configs because I didn't like his configs. (No offense to him, though.)

[snurregrekk]

These don't look at all like Belloni's configs. Belloni's configs have extremely strong colors, very very dark shadows (basically black), and is much much stronger then my config. I made these configs because I didn't like his configs. (No offense to him, though.)

i don't mean they look the same on screen, there is a noticable difference and personally i think yours look better. my ssao_darkening is set to 1.5 so i think we both agree on the colors and dark shadows. my point is your tweaks are basically the same except for the features i mentioned which i personally disable to gain some performance and it was only to point out that this won't make much difference performance wise if you already are using his settings. it's all a matter of taste, and his tweaks + your visual adjustments are without a doubt a good combination.

[Belloni]

haha it was accident no lie!

None taken Tao, i am taking in all the feedback i got, and waiting on the patch, i'll try to hit everyones expectations, but that's harder done then said.

[breno]

Hmm, visually not much different from Belloni's except longer draw distances, i prefer Belloni's at ssao_darkening @1.5 and motionblur to 0..don't think much of motion blur.

[Taowolf51]

That's strange, when I tried Belloni's, everything had very dark colors, and the shadows were flat black.

[Dark Energy]

I'll try this... Does it help dispose of jaggies on palm trees?

[snurregrekk]

I'll try this... Does it help dispose of jaggies on palm trees?

yes it applies edge blurring using r_UseEdgeAA=2 (works great on foliage). if you already have anti aliasing applied, your current settings will actually override this one.. if that is the case i suggest you turn it off.

[CriticalMass]

  Seems to work pretty good   This pic look like ass though    everything looked better in game  lol

[CryKitty]

Glad you finally got the config posted Tao. Thanks again for time and effort put into it as well as allowing Flamed Up and I a chance to test.

A few more Luxus Silentium Config screenshots. 

[Dark Energy]

I love you man.

Got rid of all the jaggies on trees and made my performance go up for some reason. One thing though, is there a way to get rid of the awful looking "low shader" grass?

[rabidzebu]

Holy crap? What did you do to my computer !
I had been getting 20-25 fps, now it's 30-35!
Thanks a bunch

[CryKitty]

Holy crap? What did you do to my computer !
I had been getting 20-25 fps, now it's 30-35!
Thanks a bunch

That would be the power of the Silentium.  Much like the famed and fabled Flux Capacitor the Silentium needs 1.21 gigawatts of power to run crysis at 30fps...haha

[Havoc]

Oh Taowolf, you make my life so much better. I'm going to start stalking you~

You'll love me, you'll see!



Downloading the config right now, I'll edit this post in a bit to relay the results.

[Taowolf51]

I'm glad some people like it.

There is more to this config then you guys think.
It is not only good for the regular Crysis game, but I also made it to work perfectly in conjunction with the lighting system (TOD) in my mod. It delivers absolutely incredible lighting that I still can't get over.