Hello Everyone,
I'm posting here as I have received an inquiry as to how I have played, in the past, with such low video graphic settings. Having low settings is helpful to to people who are using poor video cards, RAM, or CPU and cannot upgrade that hardware for some reason.
In the past, I achieved around 5 to 10 FPS on my laptop which clocked in at around 2.30 GHz, had 6 GB of RAM, and had graphics drivers that didn't work due to my downgrading of the operating system. I can only suggest that the tanking role is doable under such circumstances - I was able to complete all of the trials that were released at the time on hard mode as a tank with such settings. Mechanics that required quick timing were difficult to adapt to because I often found that my visual window for dealing with such mechanics was not in sync with the true timing window that said mechanic was actually occurring within.
You can see how I completed VSO...
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Here is the view that I had after an unfortunate death that I had when becoming stunned by the mages phase transition mechanic at the same time that an axe heavy attack was occurring.
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Dear lord, thank you for changing that awful knockdown mechanic
@ZOS_RichLambert .
For those of you who are left reading this, then I am assuming that original Morrowindesque graphics do not frighten you and maybe you have some FPS troubles.
I can offer the following advice that will help you achieve extremely low graphics, but please bare in mind that I haven't used such settings in about a year of time and am just assuming that such settings still work.
Option A - Lower Your In Game Settings
Display
Display Mode - Try to play in Full Screen (I know that doing so is a pain)
Vertical Sync - Off
Anti-Aliasing - Off
Gamma Adjustment - As low as you can handle
Graphics
Graphics Quality - Minimum (This will change your other settings)
Texture Quality - Low
SubSampling Quality - Low
Shadow Quality - Off
Water Reflection Quality - Off
Maximum Particle Systems - 768
Particle Suppression Distance - 35
View Distance - 0
Ambient Occlusion - Off
Bloom - Off
Depth of Field - Off
Distortion - Off
Sunlight Rays - Off
Grass - Off
Overall
Overall, these graphical settings will make your game look much worse, but you can actually make the game look ever more worse by not using the in game options, but instead altering your user settings file.
Option B - Lower the Settings Within Your UserSettings.txt File
You can navigate you your User Settings file by navigating to the following address on your hard drive that you have ESO installed to.
C:\Users\Personofsecrets\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live
Within that location will be your UserSettings.txt file. Please note that the hard drive you have installed ESO to and your user name may be different compared to mine and that means that your address which contains your UserSettings.txt file may be ever so slightly different.
Before making any changes to your UserSettings.txt file make a backup of that file. I suggest that you copy and paste it to your desktop. In the case that you don't like the changes made to your settings, then you will have the backup to get things back to normal.
Copy the settings found in the expanded spoiler box below, then highlight the settings within your user settings folder, paste the settings that you copied from the spoiler box (replacing your original settings within the UserSettings.txt file), and finally save the file.
SET GamepadPreferredEnabled "0"
SET MouseRawInput "1"
SET MouseSensitivityFirstPerson "0.50000000"
SET MouseSensitivityThirdPerson "1.00000000"
SET MouseSmoothing "0"
SET InvertMouseWheel "1"
SET InvertMouseY "1"
SET InvertMouseX "1"
SET DistantFoliageEnabled "1"
SET PFX_SUPPRESS_DISTANCE_v2 "35.00000000"
SET PFX_GLOBAL_MAXIMUM "768"
SET MULTI_GPU_CHECK "1"
SET CachedRLREnabled "0"
SET CachedReflectionResolution "0"
SET CachedShadowFiltering "0"
SET ScreenshotFormat.2 "PNG"
SET PregameScreenAdjustEnabled "0"
SET PregameGammaCheckEnabled "0"
SET HardwareCheckEnabled.3 "0"
SET SUB_SAMPLING "0"
SET REFLECTION_QUALITY_v3 "0"
SET PARTICLE_DENSITY "0"
SET HIGH_RESOLUTION_SHADOWS "0"
SET SHADOWS "0"
SET GAMMA_ADJUSTMENT "113"
SET VIEW_DISTANCE "0.40000001"
SET GPUSmoothingFrames "10"
SET MIP_LOAD_SKIP_LEVELS "2"
SET RAIN_WETNESS "0"
SET LENS_FLARE "0"
SET GOD_RAYS_v2 "0"
SET ANTI_ALIASING_v2 "0"
SET AMBIENT_OCCLUSION "0"
SET COLOR_GRADING_v1 "0"
SET BLOOM "0"
SET DEPTH_OF_FIELD "0"
SET TONE_MAPPING "0"
SET COLOR_CORRECTION "0"
SET SOFT_ALPHA "0"
SET DISTORTION "0"
SET CHARACTER_LIGHTING "0"
SET DIFFUSE_2_MAPS "0"
SET DETAIL_MAPS "0"
SET NORMAL_MAPS "0"
SET SPECULAR_MAPS "0"
SET CLUTTER_2D "0"
SET SIMPLE_SHADERS "0"
SET WATER_FOAM "0"
SET VSYNC_INTERVAL "1"
SET VSYNC "0"
SET MAX_ANISOTROPY "0"
SET PreferMaximizedWindow "0"
SET PreferExclusiveFullscreen "0"
SET FULLSCREEN_v5 "0"
SET FullscreenHeight "1080"
SET FullscreenWidth "1920"
SET WindowedHeight "1025"
SET WindowedWidth "1908"
SET ShowPetsAtCharacterSelect.2 "1"
SET TrialAccountType3SeenVersion "0"
SET TrialAccountType2SeenVersion "0"
SET TrialAccountType1SeenVersion "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingPetDoTEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingPetDamageEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingPointGainsEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingStatusEffectsEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingHoTEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingHealingEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingDoTEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingDamageEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextIncomingEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingPetHoTEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingPetHealingEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingPetDoTEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingPetDamageEnabled "0"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingStatusEffectsEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingHoTEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingHealingEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingDoTEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingDamageEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextOutgoingEnabled "1"
SET ScrollingCombatTextEnabled "0"
SET SiegeCameraChoice "0"
SET IsServerSelected "0"
SET SelectedServer "0"
SET OverscanHeightAdjustment "0"
SET OverscanWidthAdjustment "0"
SET OverscanYOffset "0"
SET OverscanXOffset "0"
SET CharacterSelectForceAllCharacterPreloads "0"
SET PlayerStandInsMaxPerFrame "8"
SET PlayerStandInsEnabled.2 "0"
SET FOVChangesAllowed "0"
SET AgreedToPEGI "1"
SET LuaMemoryLimitMB "64"
SET GamepadSensitivityFirstPerson.2 "0.72000003"
SET GamepadSensitivityThirdPerson.2 "0.85000002"
SET GamepadInvertX "0"
SET GamepadInvertY "0"
SET GamepadVibrationEnabled "1"
SET SOUND_ENABLED "1"
SET FOOTSTEPS_VOLUME "50.00000000"
SET FOOTSTEPS_ENABLED "1"
SET SPEAKER_SETUP "0"
SET VOICE_CHAT_VOLUME "65.00000000"
SET BACKGROUND_AUDIO "0"
SET VO_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET VO_ENABLED "1"
SET UI_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET UI_ENABLED "1"
SET AMBIENT_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET AMBIENT_ENABLED "1"
SET SFX_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET SFX_ENABLED "1"
SET MUSIC_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET MUSIC_ENABLED "0"
SET AUDIO_VOLUME "51.00000000"
SET AUDIO_ENABLED "1"
SET TooltipFilter "-1"
SET TooltipNumOptions "2"
SET Language.2 "en"
SET GraphicsDriver.7 "D3D11"
SET PatchDataPath "game:/GameData/"
SET CacheDataPath "machine:/Cache/"
SET ViewedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedCodeOfConductVersion "1"
SET AcceptedPrivacyPolicyVersion "2"
SET AcceptedTOSVersion "2"
SET AcceptedEULAVersion "3"
SET DirectionalDamageIndictorVisibleInThirdPerson "0"
SET CameraFramingTransitionEnabled "1"
SET SkipPregameVideos "0"
SET HasPlayedPregameVideo "1"
SET AssassinationKillCamera "1"
SET MinFrameTime.2 "0.01000000"
SET ParticlesEnabled "0"
SET MaxCoresToUse "6"
SET RequestedNumJobThreads "-1"
SET RequestedNumWorkerThreads "-1"
SET FreeUnusedGrannyFileSections.2 "0"
SET IsTrustedMachine "1"
SET RememberAccountName "1"
SET AccountName ""
SET LastRealm "PTS"
SET CustomUIScale "1.00000000"
SET UseCustomUIScale.2 "0"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapEnabled "1"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapTimeWindow.2 "185"
SET ClampGroundTargetEnabled "1"
SET MonsterTellsEnabled "1"
SET CameraZoomDistancesSynced "1"
SET SiegeCameraZoomDistance "6.00000000"
SET WeaponsOutCameraZoomDistance "10.00000000"
SET WeaponsSheathedCameraZoomDistance "10.00000000"
SET MaxNetworkWriteBuffer "10485760"
SET MaxNetworkReadBuffer "10485760"
Notes On the UserSettings.txt File
The UserSettings.txt file becomes updated quite frequently. If you compare this list of user settings from the spoiler to your current user settings, then you will see that there are many current settings that didn't exist during the time that my suggested user settings are from.
Don't worry about that. In my experience, upon launching the game, your user settings file will be updated to include new settings, but any values that you input into the UserSettings.txt file will be the same. You can even go back in and change around those settings to your liking. As an additional note, I think that if you mistakenly have some incompatible user setting, then it will converted into a compatible setting - correct me if I'm wrong here.
Overall
You may be wondering why you should go through the trouble of changing your UserSettings.txt file instead of just using the in game graphic options. The reason for changing the user settings file is because there are some graphical settings that can only be altered from within the user setting file. I noticed this difference when Maw of Lorkhaj was released. When I started playing after that game update, I noted that my armor suddenly had an ugly shine to it which I assumed was impacting my FPS. Luckily for me, a friend of mine suggested that I change my user settings file based on an Imperial City update file that I had stored on my computer from a past PTS. After updating my user settings file, that ugly armor shine disappeared and maximum FPS was achieved.
Play around with your user settings file. You may find some interesting things there that make not just your graphics more desirable, but also change other parts of the game. One example of this is that you can remove the playing of the awful Blade of Woe animation. You can do some super cool stuff this way.
In Summary
I thank you for stopping by and hope that my guide helps your gaming experience out. Feel free to post some screen shots of your brand new Ultra Low™ graphical settings. I would love to know any other cool things that you find hidden within the UserSettings.txt file.
Sincerely,
LT
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, i for myself wont be leaving this game today or tommorow but if the game dryes out i might leave, i would love to hear your opinions on the matter, and if you believe the game can sustain for a lot longer then tell me why 
