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Similar to any other competitive Battle Royale game, you will need the best visual , framerate , and audio settings to excel in Apex Legends. To achieve this, you will need to tweak and tone down several unwanted parameters like Anti-Aliasing , Volumetric Lighting , and Incoming Voice Chat Volume from the in-game settings.
So, here is a list of the best overall, balanced settings for Apex Legends for each platform.
Image via Respawn Entertainment Gameplay Settings Parameter Value Interact Prompt Style Compact Button Hints On Crosshair Damage Feedback Off Damage Numbers Stacking Ping Opacity Faded Obituaries On Minimap Rotation On Weapon Auto Cycle on Empty On Auto Sprint Off Double Tap-Sprint Off Jetpack Control Hold Incoming Damage Feedback 2D/3D (Both) Taking Damage Closes Deathbox or Crafting Menu Off Hop-up Pop-up Off Streamer Mode According to your choice Anonymous Mode According to your choice Usage Sharing Disabled Performance Display On Club Invites Disabled
Accessibility Settings Parameter Value Color Blind Mode Tritanopia (If required) Subtitles Off Subtitle Size - Enable Accessible Chat Features Off Convert Incoming Voice To Chat Text Off Play Incoming Text Chat As Speech Off
Video Settings Parameter Value Display Mode Full - Screen Aspect Ratio 16:9 (Native) Resolution 1920 X 1080 Brightness According to your choice Field of View 110 Sprint View Shake Minimal
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Video Settings - Advanced Parameter Value V-Sync Disabled Adaptive Resolution FPS Target 0 Anti-Aliasing None Texture Streaming Budget Medium (3GB V-RAM) Texture Filtering Anisotropic 2X Ambient Occlusion Quality Disabled Sun Shadow Coverage Low Sun Shadow Detail Low Spot Shadow Detail Disabled Volumetric Lighting Disabled Dynamic Spot Shadows Disabled Model Detail Low Effects Detail Low Impact Marks Low Ragdolls Low
Customization in Autoexec.cfg Apart from the in-game video settings, you can also change some parameters for better optimization in the Autoexec file. By default, you can find the file Installed Drive\Installed Directory Folder\ Steam\steamapps\common\Apex Legends\cfg\autoexec.cfg
Open the file with any text editor like Notepad or WordPad and replace it with the given values . Save the file before closing it.
Mouse/Keyboard Settings Parameter Value Mouse Sensitivity 1.6 (800 DPI) Mouse Acceleration Off Mouse Invert Off Lighting Effect Off
Mouse/Keyboard Settings - Keybinds Parameter Value Move Forward W Move Backward S Move Left A Move Right D Sprint Left Shift Jump Space/MouseScroll Crouch(Toggle) - Crouch(Hold) Left Ctrl Tactical Ability Q Ultimate Ability Z Interact/Pickup E Alternate Interact X Inventory Tab Map M Attack Left Mouse Button Toggle Fire Mode B Aim Down Sight(Toggle) - Aim Down Sight(Hold) Right Mouse Button Melee Y (According to your choice) Reload R Cycle Weapon - Equip Weapon 1 1 Equip Weapon 2 2 Holster Weapons 3 Equip Grenade G Equip Survival Item Left Alt Use Selected Health Item 4 Use Syringe 5 Use Medkit 6 Use Shield Cell 7 Use Shield Battery 8 Use Phoenix Kit 9 Character Utility Kit H Inspect Weapon T Open Equip Wheel/Thank You F1 Ping Middle Mouse Button (Click) Ping(Enemy Here) F Ping(Going Here) According to your choice Ping(Looting Here) According to your choice Ping(Defending Here) According to your choice Ping(Watching Here) According to your choice Ping(Someone's Been Here) According to your choice Push To Talk(Hold) Caps Message Match(In Match) Enter Screenshot According to your choice Character Info F2
Audio Settings Parameter Value Master Volume 80-90% Voice Chat Input Device System Default Voice Chat Record Mode Push To Talk Open Mic Record Threshold 1300 Incoming Voice Chat Volume 80% Sound Effects 100% Dialogue Volume 80% Lobby Music Volume According to your choice Sound in Background Off Play Incoming Text Chat as Speech Off Convert Incoming Volume to Text Chat Off
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Image via Respawn Entertainment Controller Settings Use either Default , Evolved , or Grenadier button layouts. Each one is perfectly fine for both casual and ranked matches.
Parameter Value Stick Layout Default Interact/Reload Button Tap to use and reload Crouch Button Hold Aim Button Hold Survival Slot Button On L2/R2 Button Deadzones None Menu Cursor Speed According to your choice
Controller Settings - Movement/Aiming Parameter Value Movement Deadzone Small Inverted Look Off Vibration Off
Controller Settings - ALC Parameter Value Deadzone 5% Outer Threshold 2% Response Curve 10 Per Optic Settings On Yaw Speed 300 Pitch Speed 190 Turning Extra Yaw 250 Turning Extra Pitch 0 Turning Ramp-up Time 0% Turning Ramp-up Delay 0% ADS Yaw Speed 130 ADS Pitch Speed 85 ADS Turning Extra Yaw 30 ADS Turning Extra Pitch 30 ADS Turning Ramp-up Time 0% ADS Turning Ramp-up Delay 25%
Controller Settings - Per Optic Settings Parameter Value 1x Optic/Iron Sights 1.1 2x Optic 1.4 3x Optic 1.6 4x Optic 1.6 6x Optic 1.6 8x Optic 1.6 10x Optic 1.9
Controller Settings - Target Compensation Parameter Value Target Compensation On Melee Target Compensation On Target Compensation Style Default
Video Settings Parameter Value Field of View(FOV) 106 FOV Ability Scaling Disabled Sprint View Shake Minimal
Audio Settings Parameter Value Master Volume 80-90% Sound Effects Volume 100% Dialogue Volume 80% Music Volume According to your choice Lobby Music Volume According to your choice Disable Voice Chat Off Convert Incoming Voice To Chat Text Off
Remember, you can always tweak and change any sensitivity parameters listed above according to your preference.
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