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    Default 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.





    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.



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    2018-21-07 - Everything updated for Battle for Azeroth
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    2022-11-10 - Dragonflight Updates
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    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.
    Last edited by MiRai : 11-10-2022 at 10:13 PM Reason: Dragonflight Update

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    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
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    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.
    Last edited by MiRai : 11-10-2022 at 10:34 PM Reason: Dragonflight Update
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnGabriel View Post
    Are these variables stored server side? I was searching through my WTF folder and cannot find the file that contains them.
    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.
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    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.
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    // Mode Note: Some posts were moved from this thread into their own thread here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/5...MiRai-s-Videos

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    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.

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