Shadow Quality: how precisely game shadows will be drawn.Note that if you have forced an antialiasing in your graphics card's configuration this setting will be ignored. Antialiasing: You can turn antialiasing on or off here.Using a 16-bit mode will result in more washed-out visuals but can significantly improve performance. If you want a different setting, select it here. Screen Resolution: by default, Mount&Blade inherits the resolution and bit depth specified for Windows itself.As a general rule you should set this to the exact value you have the monitor's refresh rate set to, as anything above this number is just a waste of system resources. Frame Rate: a frame rate higher than your monitor's refresh rate (generally in the region of 50-85 Hz) can result in unwanted effects. The lower the setting the worse the graphics will look but the better the game will perform.

Using the Auto Adjust button will attempt to recommend a texture level suited for your card. Texture Detail: this determines the detail used for textures.Force Vertical Sync.: enabling vertical sync helps reduce or eliminate tearing, but on slower systems it will also result in some loss of performance.Show Framerate: this enables a large frame rate counter in the top-left corner.This setting makes it run in a window instead. Start Windowed: by default, Mount&Blade runs fullscreen.If you do not have a card that supports pixel shading, enabling this will result in unwanted visual oddities. This can reduce game performance somewhat. Use Pixel Shaders: if you have a graphics card which supports it, enabling pixel shaders will give some surfaces a more impressive appearance.If you see unnaturally-bright textures when using DirectX 9 rendering this indicates that your card is unable to process graphics correctly in this mode, and you should therefore switch to DirectX 7 rendering to experience the game correctly.

DirectX 7 rendering eliminates some of the graphical effects the game can produce but requires far less processing power. If you have a modern graphics card (designed with proper support for DirectX 9 or higher) you can use DirectX 9 rendering.

Render Method: for older systems, choose DirectX 7.

If your game looks like either of these, download the latest appropriate drivers for your graphics card (e.g., Nvidia, ATI/AMD).

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