Where Winds Meet is a fantastic RPG leaning into the soulslike trope, and is out on PCs as a free to play title. The game is developed using the Messiah Engine, which is an in house creation. The engine seems to be surprisingly well optimized, and the game runs decently well on low end hardware.
That being said, tweaking a few graphical settings here and there can result in a much smoother, more consistent experience.
Optimized Where Winds Meet PC Settings
| Setting | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Style | N/A | Use whatever, only minor differences in presentation |
| Display Mode | Fullscreen | Leave at Fullscreen, or switch to Windowed if you want to multi task |
| Resolution | 3440×1440 | Swap this to your display’s native resolution |
| FPS Limit | Unrestricted | Leave uncapped; might be worth capping to 60 in the case of handhelds |
| V-Sync | Close | Leave disabled |
| Motion Blur | Close | Leave disabled; personal preference |
| Super Resolution Sampling | FSR | FSR/DLSS; DLSS is restricted to Nvidia RTX GPUs |
| Super Resolution Quality | 70 | Good compromise between visuals and performance |
| Ambient Occlusion | Low | Lowest value for best performance |
| Tesselation | Low | Lowest value for best performance |
| Vegetation Quality | High | Not much of a performance degradation at High |
| Lighting Quality | Low | Lowest value for best performance |
| View Distance | High | View Distance should be high to prevent pop in |
| Effect Quality | Low | Lowest value for best performance |
| Reflection Quality | Low | Lowest value for best performance |
| Real-time Sunlight | Close | Always keep disabled for increased performance |
These settings were tested using an 8050S iGPU, which is roughly as powerful as a mobile RTX 4060. Given the rather mid range nature of this setup, it maintained an impressive average between 45-50 FPS, at the highest performance profile.
You could very well hit 60 FPS, but it might require lowering render resolutions. All things considered, the game might need a few patches to iron out bugs and boost performance.
