Console Variables for Video Settings (Dragonflight)

In World of Warcraft, Blizzard gives us the ability to swap many different settings in the game with simple /slash commands, including video settings. This can be useful for players who play from different characters across different game clients on a regular basis, but who also turn down their in-game video settings on their "background" clients. By using a macro, players can simply change their video settings on the fly when moving between characters/game clients.


I've created a full walkthrough video showing how these Console Variables can potentially be used, and while the video shows how to use them using ISBoxer, this is not limited to only ISBoxer users.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiyDPf7DCRs


If you have question about these Console Variables and how to use them, or any corrections to them, then feel free to post in this thread. If you are having trouble with something specific to the multiboxing software you are using, then please create a new thread.





FAQ _________________________________________

_How do I read the tables?

Name of In-Game Setting	Name of Console Variable (CVar) Associated with In-Game Setting
In-Game Setting Level 1	CVar Value for In-Game Setting Level 1
In-Game Setting Level 2	CVar Value for In-Game Setting Level 2
In-Game Setting Level 3	CVar Value for In-Game Setting Level 3

_How do I use these values in a macro?

/console consoleVariable value

_Am I locked into the pre-defined settings, or can I experiment with other values?

Short Answer: You're locked in.
Long Answer: Every setting has, at least, one CVar that defines its values in the game. Some settings have CVars (sometimes multiple) that will accept a range of values, but this guide no longer covers that outside of the groundEffectDist CVar, as it's unnecessary to fine tune values to that extent.

_Are these console variables case sensitive as you show them?

No, they are not.

Changelog
2016-20-07 - Everything updated for Legion
2018-21-07 - Everything updated for Battle for Azeroth
2020-17-10 - Shadowlands Updates
2022-11-10 - Dragonflight Updates

Shadow Quality __________________________________________

Shadow Quality	graphicsShadowQuality
Low	0
Fair	1
Good	2
High	3
Ultra	4
Ultra High	5

Liquid Detail ____________________________________________

Liquid Detail	graphicsLiquidDetail
Low	0
Fair	1
Good	2
High	3

Particle Density __________________________________________

Particle Density	graphicsParticleDensity
Disabled	0
Low	1
Fair	2
Good	3
High	4
Ultra	5

SSAO __________________________________________________

SSAO	graphicsSSAO
Disabled	0
Low	1
Good	2
High	3
Ultra	4

Depth Effects ____________________________________________

Depth Effects	graphicsDepthEffects
Disabled	0
Low	1
Good	2
High	3

Compute Effects __________________________________________

Compute Effects	graphicsComputeEffects
Disabled	0
Low	1
Good	2
High	3
Ultra	4

Outline Mode ____________________________________________

Outline Mode	graphicsOutlineMode
Disabled	0
Good	1
High	2

Spell Density ____________________________________________

Spell Density	graphicsSpellDensity
Essential	0
Some	1
Half	2
Most	3
Dynamic	4
Everything	5

Projected Textures ________________________________________

Projected Textures	graphicsProjectedTextures
Disabled	0
Enabled	1

View Distance ___________________________________________

View Distance	graphicsViewDistance
Slider Range 1 - 10	0 - 9

Environment Detail _______________________________________

Environment Detail	graphicsEnvironmentDetail
Slider Range 1 - 10	0 - 9

Ground Clutter ___________________________________________

Ground Clutter	graphicsGroundClutter
Slider Range 1 - 10	0 - 9

Notes:

Value "9" assigns a groundEffectDist of 320, but it can be given a value up to 500. Choosing a slider setting will overwrite any values manually entered.

Texture Filtering _________________________________________

Texture Filtering	textureFilteringMode
Bilinear	0
Trilinear	1
2x Anisotropic	2
4x Anisotropic	3
8x Anisotropic	4
16x Anisotropic	5

Ray-Traced Shadows ___________________________________

Setting	shadowRT
Disabled	0
Low	1
Medium	2
High	3

Ambient Occlusion Type ____________________________________

Type	SSAOType
Auto Detect	0
ASSAO	1
FidelityFX CACAO	2

Notes:

CVar added for sake of completion, but if set to auto-detect, then one of the two other options with automatically be chosen based on magic. In addition, there are many more underlying options that control ambient occlusion, none of which I would expect should be used in a swap macro, and therefore have not been included.

Physics Interactions ____________________________________

Setting	physicsLevel
Disabled	0
Player Only	1
Player and NPC	2

Render Scale ____________________________________________

Render Scale	renderscale
50%	0.50
100% (Normal)	1.00
133% (SSAA 2x)	1.33
167% (SSAA 3x)	1.67
200% (SSAA 4x)	2.00

Notes:

Accepts any value 0.009 - 2.00 (0.9% - 200%)

Resample Quality1	ResampleQuality
Point	0
Bilinear	1
Bicubic	2
FidelityFX Super Resolution	3

¹ Setting only apply when using a render scale other than 100%.

Resample Sharpness2	ResampleSharpness
Disabled	-1
Full Strength	0
Least Strength	2.0

² Setting accepts any value 0.0 - 2.0, where -1 disables it.

MSAA __________________________________________________

MSAA	MSAAQuality
Disabled	0
MSAA 2x	1
MSAA 4x	2
MSAA 8x	3

Multisample Alpha-Test ____________________________________

MSAA Alpha-Test	MSAAAlphaTest
Disabled	0
Enabled	1

Post-Process AA _________________________________________

PPAA	ffxAntiAliasingMode
Disabled	0
FXAA Low	1
FXAA High	2
CMAA	3
CMAA2	4

Notes:

CMAA2 has additional settings, and I'm listing them below for the sake of completion.

CMAA2 Options	Accepted Values	Description
CMAA2Quality	0/1/2/3	Quality Level (Higher = Better)
CMAA2HalfFloat	0/1	0 = 32-bit / 1 = 16-bit
CMAA2ExtraSharpness	0/1	0 = Less Sharp / 1 = More Sharp

Special Effects __________________________________________

Special Effects	Accepted Values
ffxGlow	0/1
ffxDeath	0/1
ffxNether	0/1
ffxVenari	0/1
ffxLingeringVenari	0/1

Note: These CVars enable or disable the following in-game effects:

• ffxGlow - Glow Effect (Bloom)
• ffxDeath - Death Effect (Special desaturation effect used when a spirit)
• ffxNether - Nether Effects (e.g. Mage Invisibility and other effects that render on the screen's edges)
• ffxVenari - Cloak of Ven'ari effect
• ffxLingeringVenari - Lingering Cloak of Ven'ari effect

Camera FOV ____________________________________________

Setting	cameraFov
Slider Range	50 - 90

Sunshafts ______________________________________________

Sunshafts	sunShafts
Disabled	0
Low	1
High	2

Note: Setting no longer exists in the UI, but is still accessible.

Reserved for future expansion.

Are these variables stored server side? I was searching through my WTF folder and cannot find the file that contains them.

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Originally Posted by JohnGabriel

Are these variables stored server side? I was searching through my WTF folder and cannot find the file that contains them.

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They're stored in the config.wtf file, but when certain settings are disabled, they do not show in there. For example, if you are not using MSAA, then you will not see the "MSAAQuality" CVar in the config.wtf file.

RenderScale is possibly the most underrated setting of all for your background windows.

farclip has been by far the most detrimental to instant-swapping of any of these.

// Mode Note: Some posts were moved from this thread into their own thread here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/5...MiRai-s-Videos

Okay, so upon closer inspection it seems that most changes were incredibly easy to adjust for. I'm just going to keep using this thread rather than make another because it's already nicely formatted. I will still urge everyone to take an in-depth look at their macros if they're seeing performance issues after the pre-patch.

Party on, Wayne.

Alright, I think I have everything updated. What you'll see is that Blizzard actually consolidated most settings into their very own single command, so that you no longer have to mess around with multiple CVars for a single setting. With this new format, I was able to quickly dial in some settings for me that seem to be working out great.

Also, for those of you who like to use renderscale, the lowest you can set it is now 0.009, down from 0.08 in WoD.

Enjoy!

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Originally Posted by MiRai

Also, for those of you who like to use renderscale, the lowest you can set it is now 0.009, down from 0.08 in WoD.

Enjoy!

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I called it! Command line WoW!

I honestly don't get why this exists as an option, but I am interested in playing around with it.

The video walkthrough for creating a slot-swap macro has been added to the original post.

Better late than never, right? :)

I'm just going to bump this thread now that the 8.0 pre-patch is here. A few minor changes, including:

Code:

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graphicsParticleDensity now goes up to a setting of 5 (Ultra) — was 4 prior to BfA.
graphicsSSAO now offers a "Good" option at level 3, pushing High and Ultra to values 4 and 5, respectively.

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So, if necessary, update your slot-swap macros!

Updates for Shadowlands:

• Spell Density added
• Particle Density updated
• Resample Quality updated

"/console ffxGlow 0,1" and "/console graphicsLightingQuality 1,2,3" seems to do nothing (tested in high and low settings).

aaaaaand f*king Blizz ... "graphicsTextureFiltering" also doesnt work, they maybe changed it again -.-
"/console textureFilteringMode 0-5" is the correct command.

Maybe ffxGlow and LightingQuality have now also other designations or are not changeable anymore.

Found a solution for lighting: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...cts-off/210859

/console set maxLightDist 2048 and /console set maxLightDist 0

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Originally Posted by deus81

"/console ffxGlow 0,1"and "/console graphicsLightingQuality 1,2,3" seems to do nothing (tested in high and low settings).

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ffxGlow still works as expected, and Lighting Quality is deprecated, so I've removed it.

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Originally Posted by deus81

aaaaaand f*king Blizz ... "graphicsTextureFiltering" also doesnt work, they maybe changed it again -.-
"/console textureFilteringMode 0-5" is the correct command.

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Odd that they'd revert the CVar back to its original name, but maybe since it was moved to the Advanced tab it no longer deservers to bear the "graphics" prefix.

Sorry i didnt see a difference between ffxGlow 0 and 1.

But there is another minior change:
/console MSAAQuality "0" "1,0" "1,1" "2,0" "2,1" "2,2" "3,0" "3,1"

After updating your SlotSwapGuide you can delete our posts since 10-16-2020, 02:07 AM to keep this short.
Btw thanks for the guide.

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Originally Posted by deus81

But there is another minior change:
/console MSAAQuality "0" "1,0" "1,1" "2,0" "2,1" "2,2" "3,0" "3,1"

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There are only three levels of MSAA in the game—2x, 4x, and 8x—which coincide directly with the values "1,0," "2,0," and "3,0."

There are no other available levels of MSAA that could be attached to "1,1," "2,1," "2,2," or "3,1," and the console reflects this.

I have the English client.
If i type /console MSAAQuality 1,1 then in Game Menue -> System -> Advanced -> MSAA gets set from "None" to "Color 2x / Depth 4x"
From 0 to 3,1 it switches between the 8 possible Settings and i see the Anti-Aliasing Effect difference

But with /console ffxGlow 0 or 1 you were right. Didnt see it in Boralus, sorry. I had to go to old Darnassus to see it.

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Originally Posted by deus81

I have the English client.
If i type /console MSAAQuality 1,1 then in Game Menue -> System -> Advanced -> MSAA gets set from "None" to "Color 2x / Depth 4x"
From 0 to 3,1 it switches between the 8 possible Settings and i see the Anti-Aliasing Effect difference

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In DX11L, DX11, and DX12, the only four available settings that I see in my game client are the ones outlined in the guide, and it's been this way since MSAA was re-implemented into the game client back in WoD. The only time I have seen non-matching color/depth levels was back in the WoD 6.1 beta client, which were removed when it went live. So, unless you have a special game client, then those settings should not be exposed (or even available), but even if they were, then non-matching color/depth levels should not be used, because, from what I've been told, they are either a waste of time or could be detrimental to the overall image quality.

This is what the retail (and beta) game clients show as available settings, still today.

Ok, then i dont know what is going on with Blizz. Didnt remember so much crap after a patch.
https://imgur.com/a75YqIr This is on my Client Version 9.0.1.36272 O.o

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Originally Posted by deus81

Ok, then i dont know what is going on with Blizz. Didnt remember so much crap after a patch.
https://imgur.com/a75YqIr This is on my Client Version 9.0.1.36272 O.o

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I don't know why those additional settings would be exposed to you, but I won't be adding those into the guide because it would just create confusion for those who don't also have those options, seeing as they're not standard.

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Originally Posted by MiRai

I don't know why those additional settings would be exposed to you, but I won't be adding those into the guide because it would just create confusion for those who don't also have those options, seeing as they're not standard.

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I don't know either but i have found out now, that these additional settings only appear when i start through ISBoxer. If i start WoW through the Blizzardlauncher, there are only these settings displayed in your Picture. Strange. So the question goes to Lax. I checked all /console commands of your guide because i had to update my own SlotSwapMacro anyway and thought that this was also an error you overlooked. It seems thats a bug on my client.

Dragonflight Update!

Here's what's new...

• NOTICE: All CVars have been changed to a zero-based index! Review and update macros accordingly!
• ADD: Ambient Occlusion Type (SSAOType)
• ADD: Ray-Traced Shadows (shadowsRT)
• ADD: Physics Interactions (physicsLevel)
• ADD: Camera FOV (camerFov)
• ADD: CMAA2, along with its options (Post-Process Anti-Aliasing)
• ADD: Resample Quality Options (Point and FidelityFX Super Resolution)
• ADD: Resample Sharpness (ResampleSharpness)
• UPDATE: MSAA Quality no longer requires X,X format, and instead can just be set to 0/1/2/3.
• UPDATE: graphicsSunShafts setting removed from the game, but the sunShafts CVar still exists (moved to bottom).
• MISC: Re-ordered settings in each post to better reflect how they're viewed in the game's interface.
• MISC: The graphicsQuality CVar still doesn't apply its presets properly - Do not use it.
• MISC: Altering the console variable is not reflected in the UI until after a reload of the interface.

Let me know if there are any corrections that need to be made.