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Welyn’s Rust Game Preferences Revealed

Content Creators are Boosting Rust’s Popularity

In addition to marketing efforts, content creators are playing a significant role in driving player counts for video games. Just like Among Us experienced a sudden surge in popularity, it appears that Rust could be the next game to follow suit.

Notably, OfflineTV members such as Scarra, Toast, and Poki have recently taken up Rust and have been live-streaming their adventures on their own server. The member count on the server continues to grow each day, with even well-known names in the Rust community, like Welyn, joining the server.

Welyn is an avid Rust player who has been creating guides and gameplay videos about the game on his YouTube channel since late 2016. He has also built a Twitch community since 2018, consistently averaging around 1,500 viewers whenever he streams Rust.

While Welyn has become well-versed in the game and has mastered its finer details, he has optimized his settings to use his hardware to its full potential. It’s important to understand which settings offer visual enhancements and which are necessary for gaining a competitive advantage. If you want to save time and start playing with optimized options, Welyn’s settings will keep you covered for a while.

Here are Welyn’s settings for Rust:

Welyn’s General and User Interface Settings

Field of view75Compass visibilityOn
User interface scale0.8Show chatOff
Show brandingOffShow nametagsOff
Game tipsOff

Welyn’s Graphics Settings

Welyn’s Image Effects

Anti-aliasingOffDepth of fieldOff
Ambient occlusionOnHigh quality bloomOn
Lens dirtOffMotion blurOff
Sun shaftsOnSharpenOff
VignettingOff

Welyn’s Graphics Quality Settings

Graphics qualityFourShadow qualityTwo
Shadow cascadesTwo cascadesMax shadow lightsZero
Water qualityTwoWater reflectionsTwo
Shader level505Draw distance2,500
Shader distance499Anisotropic filtering16
Parallax mappingOneGrass displacementOn

Welyn’s Mesh Quality Settings

Particle quality86Object quality170
Tree quality160Max tree meshes83
Terrain quality82Grass quality83
Decor quality81

Welyn’s Physics and Experimental Settings

Max gibs213Occlusion cullingOff
Grass shadowsOnContact shadowsOn