Icarus: How to Change Graphics Quality Settings for Better FPS

Accessing and Understanding Quality Settings

• 💡 Navigate to Settings → Display → Quality to access graphics options in Icarus.
• 📌 Presets like Low, Medium, High, Epic, and Custom allow for quick adjustments to overall graphical fidelity.

Optimizing Visuals: View Distance, Shadows, and Textures

• 🎯 View Distance, Post-Processing, and Shadows can be adjusted from Low to Epic.
• 🔍 Specific shadow settings include Cascades, Contact Shadows, Light Shadows, Grass Shadows, and Filter Method (PCF vs. PCSS).
• 🖼️ Texture quality and Texture Streaming Pool Size are crucial for visual detail, with auto-suggested values based on VRAM recommended.

Advanced Graphics Options and Performance Enhancements

• ✨ Effects Quality, Foliage Quality, Shading Quality, and Anti-Aliasing offer further customization.
• ⚡ DLSS (Nvidia) and FSR (AMD) are key technologies for smoother gameplay and reduced input lag, with options for Super Resolution and Frame Generation.
• ⚠️ Turning off DLSS/FSR may enable other settings like Anti-Aliasing.

Ray Tracing and Global Illumination Requirements

• 🚀 Ray Tracing, Global Illumination, Ambient Occlusion, and RTX Shadows require DirectX 12 and specific hardware (Nvidia RTX 20 series+ or AMD RX 6000 series+).
• ⚙️ After making changes, you can Apply changes, Restore Defaults, or exit to play.
• 📊 Auto-suggested settings are available as a starting point for your PC's specifications.