The Alters

Overview

U+ for The Alters is a graphics enhancement and performance improvement mod that provides advanced control over lighting, reflections, and visual effects.

Configuration

Setting Options Keybind Description
AmbientOcclusionMethod ssao,gtao   swap between SSAO (default) and GTAO
Bloom off,percent_20,percent_40,percent_60,percent_80,percent_100,percent_120,percent_140,percent_160,percent_180,percent_200 CTRL+F3 changes intensity of bloom
ChromaticAberration game,off,on   Recommend disabling in most games as it often just blurs the image for no benefit
DLSSAutoExposure off,on   Toggles DLSS Autoexposure (a DLSS feature) in most games this should be on, but some games like Stalker2 can have artifacts with it on
DepthOfField game,off,on   allows turning off depth of field
EnableKeybinds off,on   Enables individual setting keybinds if they are available, does not change global keybinds
LODBias game,off,minuspoint5,minus1,minus1point5,minus2   Forces textures to be higher resolution, -0.5 is the safest, more can cause frequency patterns to appear, some games benefit from more than others
LightDrawDistance game,x1_0,x1_5,x2_0,x2_5,x3_0   extends view distance for lights
MotionBlur game,off,low,medium,high,reallyhigh,alltheblur F4 U+ improves motion blur quality in every game by default, recommend a small amount of blur ~0.2
ReduceInputLatency game,off,on   option to reduce input latency at a potential FPS cost if you are not mostly GPU bound or have a weak CPU
Vignette game,off,on F3 game/off/on