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 |