Value: What comes after the equal sign for a setting.Setting: A soft-coded configuration property.Section: The title of a set of settings enclosed in square brackets ( ).INI file: A configuration file composed of sections, settings, and values.The following terms are used to describe the INI file format. The following nomenclature is used throughout this guide and should be understood before proceeding. See the advanced Skyrim INI and SkyrimPrefs INI guides for an advanced and comprehensive review of the configuration settings. Its purpose is geared toward how these will affect the game rather than being a comprehensive resource. This guide is intended to be a general guide to the configuration settings for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim game as set through INI files, including Skyrim.ini, SkyrimPrefs.ini, Plugin INIs, and Mod Organizer (MO) INI Tweaks. Suggested first reading: Skyrim Installation Guide, Skyrim Launcher Guide Guide scope Users reading this are likely the tinkering type or are interested in more detail around configuring Skyrim in order to increase quality or performance, but this guide is not an essential component of a successful STEP installation. This is an ancillary guide to the official STEP Guide created to reduce the length of that guide.
