OPEN BETA: Sims Graphics Rules Overhaul

NOTE: THIS IS A BETA VERSION, IF YOU USE IT PLEASE REPORT ISSUES TO ME!

It's time for another update to the GraphicsRules.sgr file! Visual appearance is much the same but there are a tonne of performance updates and a few other bits!

Looking to put it live to the public next week Friday (3rd September) so any and all feedback is welcome. If you're a Patron (thank you so much!) you can drop a comment on this post, everyone else can tag me in a tweet @isimp4sims

Changes below. New tweaks in this Beta are in the list as β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 and have bold text

• LightingQuality
  ⦿ ShadowMapSize increase to 5K
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 Mac fix conditional - if Nvidia GPU and is Mac then ShadowMapSize is 3K
  ⦿ ShadowDecal disable
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 SSAO (Ambient Occlusion) moved to ViewDistance
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 DoF (Distance Blur) moved to ViewDistance

• GeneralReflections
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 WaterReflectionAreaThreshold disabled for Low/Med/High
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 MirrorFade and MirrorFarPlane a little above default for Low/Med
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 MirrorFade and MirrorFarPlane conditionals - max for high end PCs only

• ObjectQuality
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 ObjectLODBias the same for Live and Build
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 ObjectLODInterestBias now different for Low/Med/High
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 MipDiscard disabled

• TerrainQuality
  ⦿ TerrainLODBoost increase
  ⦿ SeasonalBlendTolerance disable for high setting
  ⦿ TerrainSlopeScaling disable

• EdgeSmoothing
  ⦿ FSAALevel increase
  ⦿ ☆𝕟𝕖𝕨 FSAALevel increase even more
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 FSAALevel conditionals based on computer specs

• SimQuality
  ⦿ RenderSimLODDistances and RenderSimTextureSizes max for Low/Med/High

• ViewDistance
  ⦿ ClipPlaneDistances max
  ⦿ FogDistances max
  ⦿ SkyboxClipDistances max
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 ViewDistance: Low and High are now the same other than DoF and SSAO
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 DoF and SSAO. Low is with distance blur. High is with out. Game Restart Required.

• AdvancedRendering
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 RenderPretransform enable
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 TerrainSpecScale disable

• Other
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 ShadowCache and Instancing size increase for high end computers
  ⦿ ClipPlane values increase
  ⦿ ObjectSizeCullFactor max
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 DeformerMapsCache disable for high end computers
  ⦿ ☆𝕟𝕖𝕨 Telemetry disable
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 CursorAcceleration disable
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 Tutorial disable
  ⦿ β𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕒 HideReportedContent disable
  ⦿ ☆𝕟𝕖𝕨 logSystemInfo "GraphicsRules tweaked by Simp4Sims" for troubleshooting

When installing you can either replace the existing file or rename the old file. The game will ignore files unless they have the exact name GraphicsRules.sgr. So you can rename the existing one to currentGraphicsRules.sgr and then drop the beta version in. Making it easy to roll back in case there are any issues.

Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Config Override

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NOTE: Distance Blur is now tied to View Distance. Set View Distance to Low to have blur in the distance. Set View Distance to High to have no blur. A game restart is required for the blur to render.