Quick Start with Ultra+

Everything you need to go from zero to playing — install, apply presets, and configure, all in one place. The fastest way to get started is with Ultra+ Manager (UPM), which handles downloading, installing, updating, and configuring Ultra+ for all your games.

1. Install Ultra+ Manager

Download UPM

Download Ultra+ Manager from NexusMods or the Ultra Place Discord.

Install and launch

UPM automatically detects your installed games. If a game isn’t detected, you can manually point it to the game’s root folder.

Click Install

Select a game and click Install Ultra+ (or Update if you already have an older version). That’s it — UPM downloads and installs everything.

2. Apply presets

Presets are the recommended starting point — don’t change every setting by hand. All up-to-date Ultra+ mods include presets, and quality presets are generated automatically the first time you launch a game.

1. Apply the uplus_defaults preset first — the recommended baseline for each game
2. Apply your preferred quality preset, then apply settings as normal
3. Fine-tune individual settings later if you want

Quality levels:

• low — performance-focused (still better than vanilla, not “poor quality”)
• medium — balanced for most hardware
• high — high quality, well-rounded
• veryhigh — very high quality
• epic — maximum quality, significantly higher than the game’s own “Epic” preset

3. Configure your settings

All settings can be tweaked directly in UPM’s game view — no manual file editing needed.

1. Open UPM and select your game
2. Adjust settings using the interface
3. Press F12 in-game to apply changes — no restart needed

For the full list of settings, what each one does, and per-hardware recommendations, see the Configuration guide.

4. Use the in-game overlay (optional)

UPM includes a built-in overlay for changing settings while you play:

• Default keybind: Ctrl + Shift + F11
• Your game must be in borderless windowed mode for the overlay to work
• Newer mods support AutoApplyConfig — settings (and presets) change live as you adjust them in the overlay

5. Play

Launch your game normally. UPM doesn’t need to be running — settings are loaded automatically on game startup.

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