Preferences: Graphics¶
Me → Preferences → Graphics has the quick graphics controls. For every individual setting, click Advanced Settings…; all of those are explained on Graphics & performance.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Preset in use | The graphics preset you loaded last, or (None) if you've changed things since. |
| Quality & speed | One slider from Low to Ultra that sets many graphics options at once. Left is faster, right looks better. Fine-tune afterwards in Advanced Settings…. |
| Draw distance | How far you can see, in metres (up to 4096). Lowering it is one of the quickest ways to speed things up. |
| Avatar display | Limit by complexity: avatars above the complexity limit are drawn as simple solid shapes ("jelly dolls"). Always show friends: the same, but friends are always drawn fully. Only show friends: only your friends are drawn fully. |
| Avatar maximum complexity | How visually heavy an avatar can be before it's simplified. Lower helps a lot in crowds. |
| Maximum number of animated avatars | How many avatars get full treatment. Avatars beyond this number are still drawn, but cast no shadows, animate at a lower rate and switch to simpler mesh sooner, which saves a lot in crowds. Your own avatar always gets full treatment. |
| Exceptions… | Avatars you've chosen to always or never draw fully (right-click an avatar → Appearance to set this). |
| Brightness (exposure) | Overall brightness of the world. |
| Save settings as a preset…, Load preset…, Delete preset… | Save and switch between your own graphics setups. Presets also keep your FPS limit and VSync. See Presets. |
| Reset to recommended settings | Goes back to the settings Slipstream picked for your computer. |
| Automatic adjustments settings | Opens the automatic adjustment options of the Improve graphics speed window (also in World → Improve graphics speed…). These tools come from the official viewer and aren't yet tuned for Slipstream's renderer; improvements are planned. |
| Advanced Settings… | Every graphics setting. See Graphics & performance. |
Known limitations
A few controls in Advanced Settings… come from the official viewer and currently have no effect in Slipstream's renderer: Post process quality, Max. nearby lights, Sky and HDR and Emissive. They are left out of Graphics & performance for that reason.