No need for pictures on this one. This attribute specifies how long a decal (bullet hole, a shell, a rocket blast, etc..) will stay on screen before erased.
Character Shadows:
Specifies whether the full character shadow will be shown, a blob shadow(less detail but still gives a shadow effect), or no shadow at all. I recommend turning this to blob if you have a mainstream or value card.
Character Shadows Full, Isn't too noticeable.
Character Shadows Blob, But it's there.
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
800x600
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
Tachyon G9500 PRO
51.3
46.6
RADEON 8500
50.2
42
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
50.3
45.7
ASUS V9280S
50.6
44.6
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X
45.9
40.1
Athlon XP 2600+
800x600
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
Tachyon G9500 PRO
48.5
44.2
RADEON 8500
48.3
41.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
47.7
42.7
ASUS V9280S
48.5
43.3
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X
43.9
38.9
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
RADEON 9800 XT
50.3
45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF
50.1
45.4
Tachyon G9500 PRO
51.8
46.6
RADEON 8500
46.5
32
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
50.4
45.7
ASUS V9280S
50.4
45.4
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X
37.2
34.2
Athlon XP 2600+
1024x768
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
RADEON 9800 XT
48.5
42.9
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF
48.6
43.7
Tachyon G9500 PRO
48.4
44
RADEON 8500
45.6
32.1
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
48.1
43.6
ASUS V9280S
48.5
43.9
Chaintech A-G481 MX440 8X
36.3
33.6
Pentium 4 2.8GHz
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
RADEON 9800 XT
50.1
45.6
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF
48.3
40.1
Tachyon G9500 PRO
49.6
41.6
RADEON 8500
33.8
22.5
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
46.7
42.8
ASUS V9280S
41.5
38.6
Athlon XP 2600+
1280x1024
Performance (Frame rate)
Blob
Full
RADEON 9800 XT
48.1
43.7
RADEON 9800 XT 4xAA/8xAF
47.5
40
Tachyon G9500 PRO
47.5
41.5
RADEON 8500
34
22.7
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
45.6
41.9
ASUS V9280S
41
38.3
Decals:
Do you want to see weapon scarring and other effects? If so, turn it on! This is CPU dependant also, so if you have a slower CPU you may experience slowdowns in big fight scenes. Same will apply if you have a very old video card.
![Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Character Shadows Full, Isn't too noticeable. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/24-s.jpg)
![Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Character Shadows Blob, But it's there. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/25-s.jpg)
![Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Decals Off, Decals Off. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/26-s.jpg)
![Unreal Tournament 2004 Optimization Guide [ Decals On, Decals On. @ 1024 x 768 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/27-s.jpg)
On to the physics and world detail settings
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