explanation about graphical settings?

[zzzornbringer]

i would just like to know what some of the graphics settings mean in detail and what they affect most (gpu or cpu).

most of the stuff is pretty clear but i'm not sure about material quality and reflection quality? changing those doesn't seem to affect the visuals of the game.

does anyone know?

 

[Ben Parry]

Glancing at GraphicsConfiguration.xml to refresh memory - "Reflection Quality" is probably the <Envmap> tag, which offers you low (256 res, 8 levels) and high (256 res, 8 levels). Take your pick!
The <Materials> tag just sets a quality number which I believe individual shaders are allowed to interpret however they like.

 

[RealNC]

which offers you low (256 res, 8 levels) and high (256 res, 8 levels). Take your pick!

Not much of a pick

 

[zzzornbringer]

k, thanks. not really helping me but maybe i'm going to try if i can disable reflections completely. kinda weird that there isn't even a difference between high and low.