Optimized Graphics Settings for Highguard on PC

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Highguard features a large, immersive world with environments you can destroy and stunning visuals that fit its fantasy theme. Although the game has unique features, it shares performance problems common in games made with Unreal Engine 5. This guide will show you the best PC settings to boost performance and get the most out of your Highguard experience.

Optimized Graphics Settings for Highguard on PC

Highguard lets players customize the graphics settings to get the best balance between visual quality and performance. Unfortunately, the game might have a memory leak, meaning performance can get worse the longer you play.

Many players have reported that their game is limited to 60 frames per second (FPS), even though the developers didn’t intend this. Fortunately, there’s a simple fix I’ll show you later in this guide.

Here are some graphics settings to help Highguard run smoothly on your computer.

Settings Type Settings Name Best Setting Notes
Display Windowed Mode Windowed Fullscreen Works just as well as regular full-screen, and allows players to switch in and out of the game with ease.
Resolution Native When selecting the Windowed Fullscreen option, the resolution will be auto-selected as the native res of your display.
V-Sync Off Turning V-Sync on will introduce input lag, so best to leave it disabled.
Max FPS Uncapped Best not to lock your FPS. Despite selecting uncapped here, players will be locked to 60 FPS, but there’s a fix to this issue that will be discussed after this section.
Field of View (FOV) Player’s Preference While 90 is an adequate FOV which is selected by default. However, players can increase the FOV, but it’ll be costly in performance depending on your hardware.
Graphics Global Quality Custom No need to use a quality preset, as we’ll be tweaking individual graphics settings.
Internal Resolution 65% If you’re using Nvidia DLSS, 65% should be enough to activate the quality mode. You can fall to 50% to use the performance mode, but it’s not recommended to go any lower than 50%.
Anti-Aliasing Mode DLSS/TSR Highguard currently only supports Nvidia DLSS and does not have an option for FSR. Players without Nvidia RTX GPUs will need to use TSR for now.
Shadow Quality Low The shadow quality option takes a major toll on performance, especially in areas outside your base. Best to leave it at low as it does not impact your gameplay.
Global Illumination Quality Low Another taxing graphical setting that will impact how light projects in-game. This is mainly for aesthetics and should be set to low to gain more performance in Highguard.
Reflection Quality Low There are several reflective surfaces indoors that will tank your FPS if you’re raiding a base or defending your own. Best to leave it at low.
Anti-Aliasing Quality High AA Quality will improve the look and crispiness of textures, which will help reduce the blurriness a bit.
Texture Quality GPU VRAM Dependent 6GB VRAM: Low, 8GB VRAM: Medium, 10GB+ VRAM: High
Effects Quality Medium While effects only come into play when there are explosions or other particle effects happening on the screen. If your setting is high, this can cause FPS drops for some players due to the unoptimized nature of the game. Best to keep this at medium.
Post-Processing Quality High –
Foliage Quality Low Greatly impacts FPS in Highguard, as the game consists of large open maps filled with vegetation. This can cause low FPS or even lead to stuttering for players who are engaging in fights outdoors.
Shading Quality Low –

I’ve been testing out Highguard and wanted to share what graphics settings I used to get a smooth experience. My setup is pretty powerful – an Intel i9-14900HX processor, an Nvidia RTX 4080 graphics card, and 32GB of RAM. With these settings, I was consistently getting around 85-90 frames per second indoors, and about 75 FPS when exploring the open world. The lowest 1% of frames dipped to around 55 FPS, but that usually only happened after I’d been playing for a while.

How to Fix the Locked FPS Issue & Uncap FPS for Highguard

Many players have noticed that Highguard FPS is limited to 60, which isn’t great for competitive play. While the game has an option to remove this limit, it doesn’t actually work unless you manually edit the game’s settings file.

To locate the configuration file, look inside the Highguard folder. It holds all the configuration files on your computer. Here’s how to find it:

  1. Press Windows Key + F to open up the Windows Run prompt.
  2. Type Appdata and hit enter.
  3. Head inside the following directories: Local > Highguard > Saved > Config > Windows Client.
  4. Open up the file named GameUserSettings via Text Editor.

Okay, so to get things running smoothly, you need to open the file and adjust a few settings to match your preferred framerate. I’m setting mine to 240 because that’s the highest refresh rate my monitor can handle, but you can choose whatever works best for you!

  • FrameRateLimit_OnBattery=240.000000 FrameRateLimit_InMenu=240.000000 FrameRateLimit_WhenBackgrounded=30.000000 MobileFrameRateLimit=240

Finally, you’ll need to set the FrameRateLimit value to 0.000000 manually. This removes the game’s FPS limit, letting you play at your preferred frame rate.

If the game, Highguard, keeps changing your settings in the GameUserSettings file back to the default, you can try right-clicking the file and selecting “Read Only” to prevent this.

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2026-01-27 14:05