Anybody try command line population/vehicle density tweaks?

[r0llinlacs]

So I just read the Nvidia GTA V Graphics and Performance guide and they mentioned command line tweaks for population and vehicle density to override the in-game settings. Has anybody tried this?

 

 

Command Line Tweaks

In C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V, create the file commandline.txt, and add any of the following commands, with a space between each, to modify Grand Theft Auto V when it next loads.

• -benchmark: Automatically loads the in-game benchmark instead of single or multiplayer game modes
• -benchmarkFrameTimes: Output frame times from the benchmark to help identify stuttering
• -benchmarkIterations x: Specifies the number of benchmark runs
• -benchmarkPass x: Limits the benchmark to one of the four scenes
• -benchmarknoaudio: Disables audio in the benchmark
• -disableHyperthreading: Disables Hyper Threading on CPUs
• -goStraightToMP: Loads the game directly into a multiplayer match
• -ignoreDifferentVideoCard: Prevents the game from resetting graphics options when swapping GPUs
• -frameLimit xx: Cap your framerate to a specific value
• -GPUCount: Specify the number of GPUs that should be utilized
• -pedLodBias 0.0-1.0f: Overrides the Population Density setting, enabling you to manually specify the number of civilians. Use in concert with -vehicleLodBias to fine-tune Population Density to your tastes
• -scOfflineOnly: Sets Rockstar Social Club to offline mode, which helps accelerate single-player loading times, and eliminates any spoilerific pop-ups about friends' progress
• -StraightIntoFreemode: Loads the game directly into multiplayer freemode
• -vehicleLodBias 0.0-1.0f: Overrides the Population Density setting, enabling you to manually specify the number of vehicles. Use in concert with -pedLodBias to fine-tune Population Density to your tastes

To remove a setting and revert to defaults, simply delete it from commandline.txt, or delete the file itself.

 

 

Has anybody tried it?

 

What is the default setting for a 100% slider? It says 0.0-1.0 is the range but what is default for a 100% slider? How many peds/vehicles will a 1.0 value produce?

Edited April 22, 2015 by r0llinlacs

[interfreak]

Why don't you try it yourself and report back? I'm curious as well, but I'm at work at the moment.

[r0llinlacs]

I just tried but I have the Steam version and I get an error "the game was not launched via the Steam client".

 

EDIT: Just figured out how to do command lines with steam and I tried the 1.0f setting and it didn't seem like there were any more pedestrians than a normal 100% slider.

Edited April 22, 2015 by r0llinlacs

[interfreak]

I'm most curious about this command:

 

-fxaa: Set FXAA quality (0-3)

 

as FXAA is either 'on' or 'off' in game, so it would be great to see what the different versions of FXAA are like.

 

Can someone test this out with all 4 presets? (0 to 3)