I have noticed that there is now a performance section in the options menu. What exactly are these options and what do they do?

==I have noticed that there is now a performance section in the options menu. What exactly are these options and what do they do?==

The first option presented to you will be Clip Plane. Clip Plane will be the maximum distance that you &quot;draw&quot; a texture visible to you. The higher the setting, the viewing distance will be greater to you. Try lowering this to the &quot;medium&quot; setting and proceed down to the &quot;near&quot; setting if performance is not suitable

The next option presented to you will be Figure LOD. Figure LOD = Figure &quot;level of detail&quot;. This option will determine at how close of a range you will see a characters texture detail. Try lowering this to the &quot;medium&quot; setting and proceed down to the &quot;near&quot; setting if performance is not suitable. You may also turn this setting off.

The next option presented to you will be Config Shadows. This option will let you set how great of detail you would like shadows to have within the game. This option also let's you select how many shadows are in a given area at a time. Try lowering this to the &quot;Low detail shadows&quot; setting and proceed down to the &quot;classic&quot; setting if performance is not suitable. If none of the settings are suitable, you may select the &quot;No Figures Cast Shadows&quot; option.

The last option presented to you will be &quot;Config Water&quot;. This option has a few sections. The first section let's you choose whether you would like the new &quot;reflective&quot; water or the &quot;classic&quot; water setting. The next set of options given to you are the level of detail of the water reflection. This section is most critical to game performance. Please adjust the detail to the medium or low setting if game performance is taking a hit. The last option is entitled &quot;reflection update&quot;. This setting determines how often the water reflection generate within the game. If performance is not suitable on the highest setting, you may wish to lower the setting accordingly.