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Controls decorative dust, insects, leaves and environmental particles.
FPS
Low
Visual
Low
VRAM
Very low
CPU
Low
Latency
None
What it does
Controls decorative dust, insects, leaves and environmental particles. Lower values can clean up busy scenes as well as save performance.
Games may also call it: Environmental Particles, Ambient Effects, World Particles
Decision guide
Lower it when
Lower it after the biggest settings are tuned and you still need a little more headroom.
Keep it high when
Keep it higher when the effect supports the art direction and performance remains stable.
Handheld advice
Treat this as a secondary handheld tweak after resolution, upscaling, shadows and heavy lighting are under control.
Restart
Usually not required
Some games still apply changes only after reloading a scene or restarting.
Do not overread the meter
Lower values can clean up busy scenes as well as save performance. This score is an editorial cross-game estimate, not a measured result for every engine.