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# CVar Reference (Short)

The 5 CVars actually recommended as player-facing menu rows, plus a quick pointer to the full list.

## The Menu-Safe Set

| CVar                         | Suggested ControlType                  | Why it's safe                                                               |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `r.ScreenPercentage`         | `Slider01` (50–100) or `SliderStepped` | Resolution scale — the single most impactful, always-safe player control    |
| `t.MaxFPS`                   | `IntDropdown` or `Stepper`             | FPS cap — common, expected, never destabilizing                             |
| `r.VSync`                    | `Toggle`                               | Universally safe binary toggle                                              |
| `r.MobileContentScaleFactor` | `Slider01` (50–100)                    | Mobile-specific resolution control, same safety profile as ScreenPercentage |
| `sg.ResolutionQuality`       | `SliderStepped`                        | Same resolution control via the scalability group path                      |

These 5 are the ones safe to add as [Virtual CVar Settings](/aqs-doc/building-menus/virtual-cvar-settings.md) — predictable ranges, no crash risk, no competitive fairness concerns. Everything else in the full list should stay in `CVarOverrides`, set by you in a preset, never handed directly to a player as a live control.

## Quick Category Overview

The full reference covers 100 CVars across three categories:

* **Engine & Rendering Stability** — streaming, shadows, Lumen, Nanite, TSR, post-process quality tiers
* **Gameplay & Simulation Stability** — frame rate, physics solver iterations, network replication, particle budgets, garbage collection
* **Mobile-Friendly** — forward vs deferred shading, MobileHDR, dynamic light caps, mobile-specific Lumen

## Get the Full List

This short page covers the essentials. For the complete 100-CVar categorized reference with ranges, defaults, and stability notes on every single one:

[**📄 Download: Understand Your Console Variables (PDF)**](https://github.com/KimsFerdy/AutoQualitySwitcherDoc/blob/main/docs-assets/AQS_Understand_Your_CVars.pdf)


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