How can I improve gameplay performance?
The game automatically detects the type of system you have and configures your option settings for optimal gameplay when you first launch the game. You can adjust the option settings later but if you enable or increase options this can cause slowdowns in gameplay. Defragmenting your hard drive makes saving the game much faster – we recommend you defrag your hard drive prior to installing and occasionally between play sessions. If you are experiencing slowdowns or poor performance, we recommend that you try changing Options settings such as: General Options Lower Screen Resolution Lower Shadow Options Turn on Full Screen Turn off Normal Mapped Terrain Turn off Point Light Shadows Turn off Softer Shadows Lower Texture Resolutions Advanced Graphics Lower Character, High Res. Env. And Low Res Env. Shadow Map Size – especially if any of these are greater than 2048. Turn off Bloom Effects Turn off Enable Light Sources from Party Members Lower Texture Minification Filtering to Point or Linear
