Creating and using User.cfg file

How to create and configure the user.cfg file for Star Citizen 3.0!

A user.cfg file can manually set a list of console variables to execute upon startup of the client.

Get started by first locating your install folder for Star Citizen. Its typically found in Program Files as either "\Cloud Imperium Games\StarCitizen\LIVE" or  "\Roberts Space Industries\StarCitizen\LIVE"

Inside that folder create a txt file called user.cfg ( make sure to have extension on file set to .cfg and not .txt). Open that file up using notepad and copy the following example text between the lines. This example is minimal for maximizing FPS.

---

r_DisplayInfo = 3
r_MotionBlur = 0
r_VSync = 0
r_Sharpening = 0.2
r_ChromaticAberration = 0
r_FogShadows = 0
r_DepthOfField = 0

---

Console Commands List for Star Citizen 3.0

• r_DisplayInfo
  
  • Toggles debugging information display
  • Usage: r_DisplayInfo [0=off/1=show/2=enhanced/3=compact/4=reset]
• r_Height
  
  • Sets the display height, in pixels. Default is 720.
  • Usage: r_Height [600/720/...]
• r_Width
  
  • Sets the display width, in pixels. Default is 1280.
  • Usage: r_Width [800/1024/...]
• r_VSync
  
  • Toggles vertical sync.
  • 0: Disable
  • 1: Enable
  • 2: Enable in FullScreen.  Flush and Sync the DWM
• r_MotionBlur
  
  • Enables per object and camera motion blur.
  • Usage: r_MotionBlur [0/1/2/3]
  • Default is 1 (camera motion blur on).
  • 1: camera motion blur
  • 2: camera and object motion blur
  • 3: debug mode
• r_FogShadows
  
  • Enables deferred volumetric fog shadows
  • Usage: r_FogShadows [0/1/2]
  • 0: off
  • 1: standard resolution
  • 2: reduced resolution
• r_DepthOfField
  
  • Enables depth of field.
  • Usage: r_DepthOfField [0/1/2]
  • Default is 0 (disabled). 1 enables, 2 hdr time of day dof enabled
• r_Sharpening
  
  • Image sharpening amount
  • Usage: r_Sharpening [Value]
•  r_ChromaticAberration
  
  • Chromatic aberration amount
  • Usage: r_Sharpening [Value]
• r_Gamma
  
  • Adjusts the graphics card gamma correction (fast, needs hardware support, affects also HUD and desktop)
  • Usage: r_Gamma 1.0
  • 1 off (default), accepted range on PS3 is 0.8 to 1.25