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BioShock Infinite - Tweak Guide

By AngelGraves13

Enable GUI Scaling / Expand FOV / Reduce Mouse Sensitivity

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12 Jan, 2023 @ 8:52am

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Guide Index

Overview

Locating BioShock Infinite's Config Files

XUI.ini

XInput.ini

XUserOptions.ini

XEngine.ini

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Locating BioShock Infinite's Config Files

You will need to locate your XEngine.ini, XUI.ini and XUserOptions.ini to make the necessary changes mentioned in this guide. A simple search should locate the necessary folder.

%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\BioShock Infinite\XGame\Config\

XUI.ini

Enable GUI Scaling
* Change MaxResolutionUpScale to 1.0

OFF "MaxResolutionUpScale=0.0"

ON "MaxResolutionUpScale=1.0"

Unscaled Gameplay Menu

Scaled Gameplay Menu

Unscaled HUD

Scaled HUD

XInput.ini

Reduce Mouse Sensitivity
* Change the value to desired amount. I found 50 to be a better value than the default of 60.

[Engine.PlayerInput]
MouseSensitivity=50.0

XUserOptions.ini

Reduce Mouse Sensitivity
* Change in-game Mouse Sensitivity Slider Values
An overall good fix if your mouse is too fast and the minimum option isn't low enough

[XCore.XUserOptionsManager]
MaxMouseLookSensitivity=0.250000

Enable 90 Degree FOV
* Change in-game FOV Slider Value to MaxUserFOVOffsetPercent=28.570000.

MAX "MaxUserFOVOffsetPercent=15.000000"

MAX "MaxUserFOVOffsetPercent=28.570000"

In-game Slider at MAX with 15% offset

In-game Slider at MAX with 28.57% offset

XEngine.ini

Reduce Stuttering
* Change PoolSize to Larger Value
[TextureStreaming]
PoolSize=2048

Enable Max Quality Mode
* Change bUseMaxQualityMode=False to bUseMaxQualityMode=True
This setting will produce the best visuals in-game and sets all shadows to 4096 resolution.

Enable Floating Point Rendering
* Add FloatingPointRenderTargets=True to [SystemSettings]
Renders the Image more accurately with floating point precision. Useful for all Unreal Engine games.

FloatingPointRenderTargets=False (Default)

FloatingPointRenderTargets=True

Integer Rendering (Standard)

Floating Point Rendering

19 Comments

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el_crabbo 23 Oct @ 2:51pm

Thank YOU!

The Arizona Ranger 5 Oct @ 3:53am

Howdy. Thanks for the guide. I have a 1440p monitor and was tired of how small the hud was. 0.5 was perfect.

One thing that might be handy to add is to put "-nointro" into the launch settings on steam to skip all the logos every time you boot the game.

Evaaa 23 Apr @ 2:15pm

thank you bestie

NathW14 20 Mar @ 5:04pm

No matter what I do - playing at 1440p on a 1440p monitor - the HUD won't change. It doesn't get smaller, it doesn't get bigger. Any ideas?

iKROOZ 26 Sep, 2023 @ 6:59pm

Great guide, thank you!

Sandu Ciorbă 23 Aug, 2023 @ 7:26am

i cant seem to find FloatingPointRenderTargets in XEngine.ini

gnarface 4 May, 2023 @ 2:03pm

This is great information! I recommend also changing [SystemSettings] / UseHighQualityLightShaftRendering from False to True. I only figured that out because of this guide though, thanks!

Sir Lunchalot 22 Apr, 2023 @ 1:48pm

In case the UI scale option is too big for you, you can just type 0.5 instead of 1.0 for it to show a medium sized HUD

Sir Lunchalot 21 Apr, 2023 @ 5:30am

Still really helpful even in 2023. Thanks for that guide!

PConsoul 9 Jan, 2023 @ 10:47am

I played this game when it came out and now 2023 I still find this guide useful when I'm playing it again

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