This guide is for Windows OS. Llinux, and Mac, you're on your own. And, like all performance guides you find online, Your Mileage May Vary.

After changing the settings that I will explain to you in a second, I went from a 25-30 fps with heavy stuttering in towns, to 45-60 (with vsync) in towns. So with that being said, first thing's first, install this on an SSD. While it didn't grant me a huge FPS boost, (less than 5) it helped stablize my gameplay. Less freezing / stuttering especially in towns.

Surprised by how terribly this game ran on my meager machine, and the lack of graphical configuration options in-game, I decided to try tweaking some of the settings to see what I could do. No config files or .ini files were found in my search, so after searching through google a bit, I found that the settings are actually set through the registry, which I found odd.

If you're not familiar with windows registry it can be daunting at first glance, the fastest way to get there is to access the "Run" command. Windows Key + R
Type in

This will open the registry editor. Obviously. Here in this window, clear everything in the address bar up top and paste this:



Press enter to browse to that registry entry.

In the window panel on the right of the Registry Editor, you should see a metric f*ckton of items, thankfully, they are in alphabetical order. Search the for the item labeled




Or, in the events that this option was changed, something along the lines of MultiSample. Once the item has been found, double click it, and change the Value Data to zero. The number 0, not the word. This will effectively disable the Multisampling and give you (hopefully) a decent FPS boost.


You can also mess around with the value labeled
If you absolutely cannot stand a bit of jaggies, but chances are, if you aren't new to this type of game then you wont mind the lack of antialiasing.

Disable multisampling in the registry.

Like I stated earlier this also cleared up the general stuttering as well as the freezing I had when heavy FX were being played. (Summons, AoE spells, etc.) Although I should probably clarify that i'm not sure if it was moving it to an SSD or the registry tweak that fixed the stuttering...

Anyway, I hope this also works for you, as it did for me, and I hope that obsidian sees and takes note of this issue and can maybe allow us a little more control over the graphical settings in the future.

I'll update this guide if I find anything else useful. Like and favorite this guide so others can see it, even if it didn't work for you, it could work for someone else!



Also, if anyone were curious about my specs, while not great, they are: