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HomeFront Tweak & Fix Guide
By maxXx
Try this the specified settings for improved performance, graphics and overall experience of the game.
   
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Category: Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Modding or Configuration, Multiplayer
Languages: English
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13 Nov, 2017 @ 6:18am
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Guide Index
Overview
Where to Find Config File 
Fix the Mouse Acceleration issues 
Disable the intro startup movies 
How to Remove Frame Rate Smoothing For Performance 
Unlock the framerate cap 
Possible fix for stuttering 
How to Force DirectX 9 For Performance Boost 
Disable nVidia Fog 
Disable PhysX 
If you have an ATI Video card 
[FIX] No Sound 
[FIX] Default Resolution Won’t Change 
[FIX] An unexpected graphics error occurred 
[FIX] “Failed to Run Install Script” Error 
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Where to Find Config File
Go to My Documents/My Games/HOMEFRONT/GCGame/Config and open ‘GCengine.ini’ in notepad.
Fix the Mouse Acceleration issues
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bEnableMouseSmoothing=False

First, go to your ‘\steam\steamapps\common\homefront\engine\config’ directory. Back up all files before you make any changes.

  1. Open ‘baseinput.ini’ – now under [Engine.PlayerInput] find “bEnableMouseSmoothing=true”, change this to
    bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
  2. Next, under that, in the same section, add a line
    bViewAccelerationEnabled=false
Now that you have disabled mouse acceleration, your in-game mouse setting will reset and you may have to re-adjust sensitivity since there is a difference between accelerated and non-accelerated sensitivity.
Disable the intro startup movies
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
and put a ";" before StartupMovies:
;StartupMovies=LegalScreen_PC ;StartupMovies=THQ ;StartupMovies=ThreeLogos ;StartupMovies=DE_Logo ;StartupMovies=NVidia
How to Remove Frame Rate Smoothing For Performance
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=false UseVsync=false UseFPSSmoothing=false
Unlock the framerate cap
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE Set MinSmoothedFrameRate=60 MaxSmoothedFrameRate=120
Possible fix for stuttering
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=True
How to Force DirectX 9 For Performance Boost
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’
Set
AllowD3D10=FALSE
and add
-d3d9
command line in steam launch.
Disable nVidia Fog
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bUseLowEndFog=true
Disable PhysX
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=False
(Change it to disable PhysX)
If you have an ATI Video card
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
[FIX] No Sound
If you are not hearing any sound or you can only hear the cutscenes, try the following workarounds:

  1. Make sure that you have the latest drivers installed for your sound card.
  2. Remove My Docs\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config\GCEngine.ini in your documents and restart the game.
  3. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\homefront\GCGame\Config” . Edit DefaultEngine.ini with notepad and search MaxChannels. Change the value from 128 to 64.
  4. Reinstalling Directx[www.microsoft.com] may fix the problem.
  5. Change audio from Surround (4.1, 5.1..etc) to simple 2.1. To change this head to control panel and then sound and audio settings.
  6. If nothing works then try removing the game completely and then re-download (From Steam) the game for a fresh install.
[FIX] Default Resolution Won’t Change
  1. Try Changing the aspect ratio of your monitor.If you are using crossfire, disable it and then you will be able to change the resolution.
  2. Or you can change your config file manually to change the resolution. You can find it in My Documents/My Games/homefront folder and then system config file.
    3. [/list]
[FIX] An unexpected graphics error occurred
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
AllowD3D10=False CompatLevelGPU=1
[FIX] “Failed to Run Install Script” Error
If you are facing this error during installation then try re-installing Microsoft visual C++ redistributable 2005. If it does not help then try running a windows update and that should resolve the issue.
23 Comments
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_Boriska_ 5 Jan @ 2:48pm 
Not for modern standards in FPS games, I've owned a 144hz monitor for 5 years and now own a 240hz one. Would have been nice if I could use it.
härjaren 5 Jan @ 2:31pm 
90 FPS is very noice tho
_Boriska_ 5 Jan @ 8:14am 
You must know that removing the 90FPS cap for multiplayer is impossible.
slimmwillis 15 Sep, 2021 @ 5:58pm 
the fix for my gun shooting 15+ bullets in 1 shot and counting it as 15 but doing the damage of 1 bulet everytime i squeeze the trigger?
IFaisal 26 May, 2021 @ 12:29pm 
yea same here @n3gn4v :cry_tk:
N3gn4v 30 Mar, 2021 @ 8:46pm 
My FPS is still on max 62 despite i changed to 120.
whirldstar 22 Nov, 2020 @ 5:30am 
is there a log file to understand why my game won't run at all ?
do i need to run it with another os than W10 ?
Shadow 3 Sep, 2020 @ 10:53am 
There needs to be a correction for the Mouse smoothing part, the mouse smoothing commands are found in GCInput.ini and not GCEngine.ini
shoeliver 17 Aug, 2020 @ 1:29pm 
I CANT FIND [Engine.PlayerInput]
Dr.StrangeSpock 24 Apr, 2019 @ 6:17pm 
Adjusted per above Tweak but had Error popup regarding DX11 Shaders... and I cannot copy and paste error message as should be available in Windows ..of course due to this Stupid aspect of Windows always.. One has to make a Screen Shot to record such which is INSANE. I will Play around with what I adjusted and see. I have an AMD card. I had to Change these back to False with an AMD Card and causes error message if used on a VEGA 64 and does not make sense to make TRUE anyway :

If you have an ATI Video card
Go to ‘\My Documents\My Games\HOMEFRONT\GCGame\Config’ and open ‘GCEngine.ini’.
Set the following variables as:
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True