Game Settings - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Game Settings Overview

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order offers a comprehensive settings menu covering graphics, audio, controls, accessibility, language, network, and gameplay. Proper configuration ensures a smooth performance, immersive experience, and avoids potential frustrations. This guide details each setting, recommends optimizations for different hardware tiers, and highlights commonly misconfigured options.

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Graphics Settings

The graphics menu provides extensive options to balance visual fidelity and performance. The game uses Unreal Engine 4, which is demanding on mid-range and older hardware.

Display Mode

Fullscreen: Best performance, exclusive access to GPU. Recommended.

Windowed Fullscreen: Alt-tab friendly, slight performance penalty. Use if you often switch windows.

Windowed: Useful for testing or multi-monitor setups, but reduces performance.

Resolution

Native resolution: Match your monitor's native resolution for crisp image. Lower for performance gains.

Resolution Scale: Slider (50-100%). A quick way to improve performance. 80% with TAA looks acceptable.

Graphics Quality Presets

Low / Medium / High / Epic: Adjusts many settings in bulk. Recommended starting point.

Custom: Manually set individual options for fine-tuning.

Key Individual Settings (Performance Impact: Low/Medium/High)

Setting	Impact	Recommendation
View Distance	Medium	High (quality) / Medium (performance)
Shadow Quality	High	Medium (balanced) / Low (performance)
Anti-Aliasing	Medium	TAA (Epic) for best quality; FXAA (Low) if performance is tight
Texture Quality	Low (mainly VRAM)	High if VRAM >= 4GB; Medium if 2-3GB; Low if lower
Effects Quality	Medium	High for particle-rich scenes; Medium for performance
Post-Processing	Low	High for bloom and depth of field; Medium to save a few frames
Ambient Occlusion	High	Medium or Low (performance-heavy)
Volumetric Fog	High	Medium or Low (can obscure vision, also performance hog)
Motion Blur	Low	Personally toggle off for clarity; "On" adds cinematic feel
Film Grain	None	Personal preference; off for cleaner image
Chromatic Aberration	None	Off to reduce blurriness

Recommended Presets by Hardware Tier

Low-End (e.g., GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM)

Preset: Low

Resolution: 1080p

Resolution Scale: 75-80%

Turn off Motion Blur, Film Grain, Chromatic Aberration

Texture Quality: Medium (if VRAM allows)

Target: 30-45 FPS stable

Mid-Range (e.g., GTX 1660 Super, RTX 2060, 16GB RAM)

Preset: High

Resolution: 1080p or 1440p

Shadow Quality: Medium

Ambient Occlusion: Medium

Volumetric Fog: Medium

Target: 50-60 FPS

High-End (e.g., RTX 3070/3080, 32GB RAM)

Preset: Epic

Resolution: 1440p or 4K (with DLSS if available? No DLSS in this game, but use Resolution Scale)

All settings maxed except possibly Motion Blur and Chromatic Aberration (personal)

Target: 60 FPS at 1440p; 30-60 FPS at 4K (use 80% resolution scale)

Special Attention Points

Shadow Quality: High shadows cause significant performance drops during intense combat and in dense forests. Setting to Medium retains good visuals.

Volumetric Fog: Drops frame rate heavily on Bogano and Zeffo. Medium is a good compromise.

Motion Blur: Can cause motion sickness for some players. Disable if you feel dizzy.

Resolution Scale: Lower below 70% yields blurry image. Pair with TAA to reduce aliasing.

VRAM Limit: Game may stutter if VRAM overflows. Use Texture Quality accordingly.

Audio Settings

Master Volume

Default 100%. Adjust based on your system.

SFX Volume

Sound effects: lightsaber swings, enemy attacks, explosions. Keep at 100% for combat awareness.

Dialogue Volume

Conversation and story moments. Set to 90-100% for clear narrative.

Music Volume

John Williams score and ambient tracks. 80-100% recommended for atmosphere.

Voice Language & Subtitles

See Language section.

3D Audio / Output Configuration

Speakers or Headphones: Select appropriately for spatial awareness.

Stereo / Surround: Choose according to your hardware. 5.1/7.1 if supported.

Subtitles & Closed Captions

Toggle subtitles (Language section) and optionally a "Closed Captions" option for sound cues (e.g., footsteps, alarms).

Easy to Misconfigure

Master Volume too low: May miss audio cues (e.g., enemy ambushes, BD-1 beeps). Ensure balanced with other volumes.

Dialogue vs SFX: If you struggle to hear conversations during combat, raise Dialogue Volume slightly above SFX.

Controls Settings

Keyboard & Mouse

Default buttons: WASD movement, mouse for camera, left click attack, right click block/parry, Q for Force Push, E for Force Pull, etc.

Recommend customization:

Dodge

Force Abilities

Stim (heal)

Sensitivity: Adjust mouse sensitivity to your comfort (default 50%). Higher sensitivity aids quick camera turns.

Invert Mouse Y: Toggle as personal preference.

Controller (Xbox/PlayStation/Generic)

Supports both Xbox and PlayStation prompts.

Dead Zones: Adjust stick dead zones if you experience drift or unresponsive inputs. Default is okay for most.

Vibration: Toggle on/off (personal). Some players prefer off for precise combat.

Button Mapping: Options limited; can swap jump and interact in some menus but not full remapping. Use OS-level remapping if needed.

Special Attention Points

Parry Timing Window: Not adjustable in settings, but consistent latency matters. Use a wired controller or low-latency mouse.

Keyboard + Mouse vs Controller: Controller is recommended for easier platforming and precision dodges. Keyboard is fine but requires practice.

Controller Dead Zones: Too large dead zone delays response. Adjust smaller if you have a new controller.

Input Buffering: The game has slight input lag. Don't button mash; time presses deliberately.

Accessibility Settings

Visual

Colorblind Modes: Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia options for UI elements (health, force meters, enemy indicators).

Subtitles: On/Off, with background opacity adjustment (50% to 100%) for readability.

HUD Size: Normal or Large. Larger HUD helps those with visual impairments.

Camera Shake: Toggle off to reduce dizziness during force attacks and explosions.

Visual Feedback: Not directly adjustable, but in-game Force vision highlights objects.

Auditory

Sound settings earlier apply.

Subtitles for All Dialog: Already included.

Closed Captions: Adds descriptions for important sounds (e.g., \"lightsaber ignite\").

Motor/Control

Aim Assist: On/Off (for controller). On helps with auto-targeting in combat.

Toggle vs Hold: Certain actions like aiming BD-1 can be set to toggle (press once) or hold. Toggle reduces strain.

Button Mashing: Not present in game (wall running requires held button). No accessibility option for reduced repetition.

Easy to Misconfigure

Colorblind Modes: May cause confusion if accidentally enabled. Only enable if needed.

HUD Size: Large may block game view for some. Default is fine.

Camera Shake: On by default; turn off if you experience motion sickness.

Language Settings

Text Language

Choose from available languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc.). Affects menus, subtitles, UI.

Audio Language

Voiceover language separate from text. Default matches system language.

For authentic experience, use English (original cast).

Subtitles

On/Off. Recommended On if playing in non-native language or for better comprehension.

Can be toggled independently per language.

Special Attention Points

Mismatch: Setting text to English but audio to another language is possible but may cause disconnects if you want subtitles in one language and voices in another.

Restart Required: Some language changes require a game restart to apply fully.

Network Settings

Online Services: Toggle on/off for leaderboards and community challenges (optional). Game can be played completely offline.

Data Collection: Telemetry for EA. You can opt in/out.

Connection: Ensure stable internet if you want to sync achievements (Steam/Origin/EA app). Offline mode works fine.

Easy to Misconfigure

None major. Just note that if you launch offline, some achievements may not track until reconnected.

Gameplay Settings

Difficulty

Story Mode: Minimal challenge, forgiving parry window, enemy damage reduced. Suitable for narrative focus.

Jedi Knight: Balanced, recommended for first-time players.

Jedi Master: Standard challenge, tighter parry windows.

Jedi Grandmaster: Highest difficulty, one-hit kills possible. For soulslike veterans.

Custom: Not available. Difficulty affects enemy damage, aggression, and parry timing.

Auto-Aim

Controller only: Toggle aim assist for BD-1. On helps track small targets.

Invert Y-Axis

Applies to both camera and aiming. Set to personal preference.

Controller Sensitivity

Slider for camera speed. Combine with aim assist.

Subtitles & Closed Captions

Already covered, but they are also in gameplay settings.

Special Attention Points

Difficulty cannot be changed mid-playthrough after starting a new game! You must restart to change difficulty. Choose wisely.

Auto-Aim may interfere with precise shots on weak points. Test both on/off.

Controller Sensitivity too low makes camera slow in combat. Raise to 80%+ for quick turns.

Summary: Starting Configuration Checklist

Tips for Optimizing Performance Further

Update GPU drivers (NVIDIA Game Ready or AMD Adrenalin).

Close background apps: especially browsers, Discord overlay.

Disable V-Sync in-game and enable in GPU control panel if screen tearing occurs.

Use Borderless Windowed if Fullscreen stutters (rare).

Cap frame rate via GPU control panel (e.g., 60 FPS) to avoid fluctuation stutter.

Disable Steam/EA overlay if having input lag.

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By following this guide, you can tailor Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order to your hardware and preferences, ensuring an immersive and fluid journey as Cal Kestis. May the Force be with your settings.