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I don't know the My Documents equivalent on a Mac, but in Windows check your rglconfig.ini inside the Mount&Blade Warband folder (the same one that holds your character information). Open rglconfig.ini with notepad/etc and change 'useondemandtextures = 1' to 'useondemandtextures = 0'. Sep 03, 2016.

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A guide explaining which settings you need to change in order to run Bannerlord smoothly.

Guide to Performance Tweaks and Settings

Introduction

We all have different hardware as well as demands, therefore writing perfect settings for one or few configurations will help almost no one. Therefore there came an idea to me that explaining how various settings work should help you configure your game to however you’d like it to run.

Aspects to consider before setting up Bannerlord:

Do you focus on single or multi player game?

Multiplayer is always significantly more demanding than singleplayer, therefore if you plan on playing both I recommend testing results in multiplayer. It is very possible that your PC might run SP smoothly on high, but struggle with stable frame rates on medium in MP.

Monitor refresh rate and expectations

Do you aim at 30, 60, or 144 FPS? When playing single player, the amount of FPS will not matter as much as the player’s reaction as well as intelligence (at least I hope so) will always surpass bots. Therefore choosing stable 30 FPS and more beautiful graphic settings might be more preferable to some than lower quality but smoother image. This is very subjective. Nonetheless, for multiplayer I strongly recommend aiming at 60 FPS or more as the difference might be a matter of killing your enemy or losing to him as with FPS around 30 will give you inferior reaction to what is happening. Giving up graphical eye candy for more smooth image should be your preference. 144 FPS should be aim only if you have high refresh-rate display and powerful hardware to support it.

General performance of your system

Be realistic, how do you suspect the game will run on your hardware? You will not get decent results the first time, so start at some likely to be satisfying results the first time and then either lower or improve settings depending how the game works for you.

The game’s performance depends on: CPU, GPU, RAM and drive. I will assume that you have at least 16 GB of RAM, because if you do not, then you really should upgrade it. The speed of RAM should not affect performance in any significant way, therefore this guide will not mention it further. The guide will focus on the CPU, GPU and drive dependency.

Keeping in mind all of the above, let’s begin.

CPU and GPU Settings

The below settings should help you change settings depending how CPU or GPU limited your PC is. Next to each setting I put in brackets the device it is dependent. You can ignore “drive” requirements if you have SSD, however, if you still use HDD, then keep those on low.

Video

Screen Resolution (GPU): Preferably use native of your monitor, only lower if otherwise game is unplayable. Lowering will result in extremely blurry image (unless you still use CRT monitor).
Resolution Scale (GPU): Same as screen resolution, but lowers only 3D resolution without 2D menus.
V-Sync (GPU): Disable unless you experience screen tearing, drawback of V-Sync is that you might experience input lag, therefore it’s better to always leave it off.

Performance

Estimated GPU Memory Usage:Watch that it never goes beyond your GPU’s capacity when changing any settings!
Number of Corpses (CPU, GPU) – CPU heavy, GPU light.
Sound Channels (CPU) – Unless you have a high end CPU, then set the sound channels to Low (128) or even Very Low (64). This will lower demand on CPU while you’re unlikely to hear much difference in the game anyway.
Shader Quality (GPU, CPU) – Calculates color of each rendered pixel, mostly uses GPU, but CPU also.
Texture Streaming Budget (GPU memory) – Recommended: LOW for < 2 GB VRAM, MEDIUM 2-3 GB, HIGH 4+ GB
Texture Quality (GPU, drive) – Quality of textures to load into GPU.
Shadow Quality (GPU) – Quality of shadows is calculated by GPU.
Shadow Type (CPU, GPU) – The amount of shadows is calculated by CPU, then results sent to GPU for further rendering.
Shadow Filtering (GPU) – Additional filtering of shadows done by GPU.
Particle Detail (CPU, GPU) – Amount of particles is calculated by CPU, further rendering by GPU.
Particle Quality (GPU) – Quality of particles is done by GPU only.
Foliage Quality (GPU, CPU) – Quality is done by CPU, but this settings changes the amount as well, hence taxes CPU too.
Character Detail (CPU, GPU) – Characters use CPU for more details (while quality of details depends on GPU).
Environment Detail (CPU, GPU) – Similar to the above, but with environment.
Terrain Quality (GPU) – Textures on the ground, GPU bound.
Number of Ragdolls (CPU) – Physics fully calculated by CPU.
Occlusion Method (GPU) – Additional filters by GPU.
Texture Filtering (GPU) – Additional filters by GPU.
Water Quality (GPU) – Done by GPU.
Anti-aliasing (GPU) – Additional filters by GPU.
Lighting Quality (CPU, GPU) – Light sources calculated by CPU, then sent to GPU for further rendering and quality refinement.
Decal Quantity (CPU) – The amount of decals is calculated by CPU.
Depth of Field (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.
Screen Space Reflection (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.
Cloth Simulation (GPU) – Cloth physics are done by GPU in this particular engine.
Interactive Grass (CPU) – Minor grass physics calculated by CPU.
Sun Shafts (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.
Subsurface Scattering (GPU) – Visual effect to improve lighting on some materials calculated by GPU.
Tesselation (GPU) – Improves geometry of objects, calculated by GPU.
Bloom (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.
Film Grain (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.
Motion Blur (GPU) – Minor effect by GPU.

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Reduce Damage to Player (1/2 or 1/4)
Reduce Damage to Friends (1/2 or 1/4)
Turn down Combat AI (found in main menu under options).
Turn down Tactical Speed (found in main menu under options).
Turn down Campaign AI (found in main menu under options).
Turn off Stamina (found in camp options menu).
Turn off Wounds (select at beginning of game).
Turn off Gear affects skills (found in camp options menu).
Turn off Blood loss (found in camp options menu).
Turn off Player stumbling (found in camp options menu).
Turn off Rest improves morale (found in camp options menu).

Make your own House Rules prior to initially starting the game and adhere to them strictly. That is what I, Fallen Lord, do to make the game more enjoyable for me.

As an example, the House Rules that I generally play with are the following:

-Absolutely no save scumming except under extraordinary circumstances.

You cannot go back in time except when a save becomes corrupted or if a major bug occurs. I feel this helps to keep the game pure.

-No changing House Rules during the game.

I like having strict house rules for the game otherwise the game loses a lot of its luster, challenge, and purity for me.

-I re-edit my character ONE TIME back down to experience level 0, ONCE I reach level 18.

Doing so allow you re-level your player up from 0 while maintaining your previous gained attribute points. This makes the beginning of the game less grindy and more fun for me. This also allows for more skills points to be accumulated during the course of the game and provides for a more diverse playing experience.

-I edit my character at the beginning of the game to give an extra 3 attribute point in one category and an extra 2 skill points in one skill set.

My ideal set-up is to boost my strength by +3 compared to the baseline starting attribute level and boost my character's path finding skill by +2 compared to its baseline skill set. Those robber knights can be savage early on.lol. I feel this makes the beginning of the game much more manageable and enjoyable, while still allowing for a less hardcore challenge :)

-Reduce Player damage to 1/4.

This allows me to last longer in battles, especially sieges, and really impact the course of the battle. I find it more enjoyable to be an absolute, badass killing machine.

-Keep Friend damage at normal.

I think reducing friend damage is too OP and cheapens the gaming experience.

-Reduce Hero damage to 1/4.

This allows the enemy lords and companions to stand-out more and I feel adds soul to the game.

-Keep Hero damage dealt to Normal.

-Combat AI: Good. Free penny slot games.

Makes combat come alive more and seem more fluid. I think it helps balance out a damage reduction to the player.

-Tactical speed: Normal.

-Campaign AI: Alternate between Normal and Good every 100 days.

I find this provides an excellent balance between not being too easy or too hard while still allowing the AI to impact course of the game.

https://herelup235.weebly.com/blog/fafa-slots-free-coins. No down load casino. -I keep on Stamina, Gear affects skills, Shield bash, Player Stumbling, and Rest improves morale.

-I turn off blood loss.

I find blood loss annoying especially in prolonged battles such as sieges. I want to be involved in the action and find it less enthralling to be viewing the combat via ghost cam early on. I do not like gradually and progressively seeing my life force drain away.

Banana party games. -I generally decline wound option at the beginning of the game.

Sometimes I also accept the wound option too. Just depends on how hardcore of a play through I am feeling. For the casual player who is trying the mod for the first time, I recommend to consider disabling wounds.

-Ensure the box is selected to allow for the White Walker invasion to occur.

I think the White Walker invasion is one of the most important and cool aspects of this mod. One of my biggest complaints about the Warband series is the lack of end game content, soul, story line, and final objective besides just conquering everyone. I think the White Walker invasion provides the player with a greater propose, essential end game content, and helps to capture the essence of a Game of Thrones.

Disclosure:

These House Rules are NOT endorsed by Produno and is just what I often do to augment my own playing experience. The mod is met to be intrinsically challenging. It is a fine balance between not losing out on the essence of the mod and cheapening the playing experience, while tailoring the gaming experience to optimize your enjoyment and reduce aspects of the mod that you may find potentially frustrating.

Q25: How do I edit my character back to 0 experience after I reach a certain level?

A25: To edit your character select “export” on the stats menu screen besides your character. Then, go to your documents folder and then go into your Mound and Blade Warband folder and click into the document with your character's name on it. From there change the experience (xp) back to 0 in the document. Then save the document and import the character. You can find the import button in the stats menu screen besides your character near the export option.

Here is a link that helps explain the process of editing your character:https://steamcommunity.com/app/48700/discussions/0/1318835718951677634/

Q26: The Robber Knights are too challenging. What are your thoughts on this topic, Fallen Lord?

A26: One of the biggest “complaints” I hear is that the Robber Knights and other bandit factions such as Mountain Clans and Hill Tribesman are too challenging, especially in the early game. I personally like the challenge the Robber Knights bring. I also like the atmosphere of desperation and death being around every corner that the Robber Knights help foster I think the Robber Knights can also be a boon later in the game as you can rescue prisoners by defeating them.

I believe one of the reasons the Robber Knights are as challenging as they are is to prevent over exploitation of trade routes too easily. I think Robbers Knight also help to capture the brutality of the world of a Game of Thrones. It is a harsh realm.

Q27: Do you have advice on mitigating the challenge of the Robber Knights?

A27: If the Robber Knights are too challenging you have various options, including but not limited to the following:

-You could start in Essos.

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This would allow the player to avoid the Robber Knights entirely in the beginning of the game. However, I get that doing so would not allow you to participate in the main quest line and that Westeros is currently more complete in terms of content compared to Essos.

-You could make up and adhere to your own House Rules.

I do find that using my House Rules does make the game much more enjoyable for me, especially the beginning of the game. This includes helping deal with the scourge that the Robber Knights can be early in the game :)
You could boost your path finding skill through editing at the beginning of the game while keeping all the rest of your attributes and skills the same.

-If you are feeling really ambitious you could decrease the Robber Knights' path finding skills.