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Blur be Gone! | Turning Off/On the Distance Blur in Grounded
By Rat_
Not a big fan of the distance blur? Not to worry. I'll show you exactly how to turn it off.
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Introduction
Welcome!
So. You don't particularly like the distance blur? To be honest, me neither. So. Let's get rid of it!

This guide will show you how to get from this:



To this:


In a few easy steps!

Small Warning.
I have heard rumours that this may impact performance. Personally? Removing it does nothing for me, doesn't effect anything. However, your experience may be different - so - I have shown below how to opt out of removing the blur if you do feel as if it has effected your gameplay, or if you simply don't like it.

It's very easy to do so check it and then change it - it's completely safe as well, and wont corrupt any save files or anything like that. So. Feel free to try it - see if you like it, then keep or go back to having it the vanilla way afterwards.
How to remove the distance blur.
Step One:
Go to your desktop and press the: Windows Button + R
This little search tab will then come up on your screen somewhere


Step Two:
Write, or Copy&Paste: %appdata%
into the search box, like so:


Once you've done that press OK and it'll take you to a screen like this


...You'll want to backtrack to AppData by just pressing the AppData button on the top bar


Then just click on 'Local'


Then go to the search function on the top right and type in: Maine
Search for it then you should have it pop up, click on it.


Then - press Saved then Config then finally WindowsNoEditor
Should get you here:


Engine.ini is the file we want to edit. Double click on it, and open up the engine.
You should be greeted by this


Now. All you need to do this copy&paste this beneath the already present settings
[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=0



Just like I have in the picture.

Then save the file and close it, and then head in game and test that it worked.

How to get distance blur back.
Has removing the blur impacted your performance or you simply don't like it?
Fair enough.
To get it back, all you need to do is to repeat all the previous steps and just simply delete what you pasted in earlier. Remember to save it afterwards.


Then open up your game and check to make sure the blur is actually back! Then, bam. You successfully put Blur back into your game.
ENDEX
All done. Enjoy!
And - also feel free to check out my other Grounded Guides!

Credits:
Punished_Rhodesian
ItsDone
74 Comments
Dragonking 14 Jan @ 3:02pm 
@infra-dan-accelerator unit 84725
replace [USERNAME] with your personal user.

[code] /home/[USERNAME]/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/962130/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Maine/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor/Engine.ini [/code]

I found this by using the Grounded ID to search in /steamapps/compatdata , and going through the same process as windows. Hope this helps!
curnowalfie 5 Oct, 2024 @ 4:27am 
[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0
r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=0
Vincont 2 May, 2024 @ 3:35pm 
Easier to:

Push Windows Key + R

Copy and paste the link below

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Maine\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini

Add lines as instructed in original comment to the newly opened .ini.
infra-dan-accelerator unit 84725 17 Apr, 2024 @ 6:25pm 
How do i do that on Lunix or Steam Deck?!
Brandon 4 Mar, 2024 @ 8:39pm 
Just a tip, turning off depth of field in this game will not impact your performance in any way. The only potential con is seeing anomalies the developers hid behind it. Think of the depth of field as a fog post-processing effect. It hides geometry issues or texture pop ins.

In-fact it COULD in theory, help your performance as their implementation is very aggressive even on the lowest quality setting. The constant turning it off and on when its needed could create inconsistent framepacing, thus leading to stutters.
Rat_  [author] 2 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45pm 
mfkers when they are actually able to see what they doing :steamsad:
CyberContour 2 Jan, 2024 @ 8:09am 
You know what I like about this tutorial? Title advertises turning off depth-of-field only, but then proceeds to slide in motion blur too. We got us another hater here. lolz
Rat_  [author] 13 Nov, 2023 @ 10:03pm 
get gud
Kai Hellbush 13 Nov, 2023 @ 5:30pm 
wow this is a very hard guide plus if you have a steam deck that wont go well
Tokin Jesus 25 Sep, 2023 @ 2:50pm 
you can instead just do %localappdata% to get to appdata/local