Silent Hill: Townfall

Silent Hill: Townfall runs on Unreal Engine 5.6.1, and its minimum spec starts at an RTX 2060 Super or an RX 6600. This guide gives you a free Engine.ini, the in-game settings to change first, and fixes for stutter on a weak PC.

Can you run Silent Hill: Townfall on a low end PC?

• OS: Windows 11
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i7-8700K
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD Radeon RX 6600
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage: 75 GB
• DirectX: 12

If your PC is below these specs, the game may run poorly even with this config. The config lowers the work your GPU has to do, but it can’t make up for missing hardware.

Best Silent Hill: Townfall settings for low end PCs

• Set the graphics options to their lowest values, then change the items below.
• Upscaling: Pick TSR or TAAU, since both work on any GPU. DLSS needs an Nvidia RTX card, and FSR 4 needs a recent AMD card.
• Ray tracing: Turn off hardware Lumen. The config below also turns off Lumen reflections.
• Frame rate cap: The game has a limiter from 30 to 240. Set it to 60. If your PC can’t hold 60, set it to 30.
• V-Sync: Turn it off. It locks your frame rate to your monitor’s refresh rate.
• Window mode: Pick borderless windowed.

Silent Hill: Townfall Engine.ini location and install

1. Download the zip with the button above. Unzip it and find the Engine.ini file.
2. Close Silent Hill: Townfall completely, including any launcher that is still running.
3. Press Windows + R, paste %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Townfall\Saved\Config\Windows and press Enter. If the folder doesn’t exist, start the game once, close it and try again.
4. If the folder already has an Engine.ini, rename it to Engine.ini.bak. This is your backup.
5. Copy the new Engine.ini into the folder.
6. Start the game.

What the config changes

The file changes only the settings listed here.

Post-processing

• Motion blur is off.
• Depth of field is off.
• Color fringing at the edges of the screen is off.
• Lens flares are off.
• Light shafts are off.
• Film grain is off.
• Sharpening is set to 0.6.

Lighting and reflections

• Ambient occlusion, screen space reflections, subsurface scattering, contact shadows and capsule shadows are off.
• Volumetric fog uses a coarser grid.

Shadows

• Shadow quality is set to 2.
• Shadow resolution is capped at 1024.
• Shadows reach a shorter distance.
• Small objects drop their shadows sooner.

Draw distance and foliage

• View distance is set to 80 percent of the default.
• Detail mode is set to 1.
• Anisotropic filtering is set to 4.
• Grass and foliage density is set to 60 percent.

Lumen, Nanite and virtual shadow maps

• Lumen reflections are off.
• Lumen mesh distance field tracing is off.
• Nanite detail is set lower.
• Virtual shadow maps use a lower resolution for directional and local lights.

The streaming settings turn on async loading and turn off forced garbage collection, for smoother loading and fewer hitches when you move between areas.

How to fix Silent Hill: Townfall stuttering and FPS drops

Silent Hill: Townfall is an Unreal Engine 5 game, so the first launch compiles shaders. Let that finish, and expect hitches for the first few minutes.

If you can, install the game on an SSD. It needs 75 GB of storage.

Then work through the basics on Windows:

• Close background apps, such as browsers and overlays from launchers.
• Update your GPU driver from the official site: Nvidia, AMD or Intel.
• On a laptop, plug in the power cable and set the power mode to best performance.

Undo the changes

Delete Engine.ini from the folder. If you made a backup, rename Engine.ini.bak back to Engine.ini instead. The game rebuilds its defaults.

Silent Hill: Townfall FAQ

Where is the Silent Hill: Townfall Engine.ini file?

Silent Hill: Townfall keeps it in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Townfall\Saved\Config\Windows. Press Windows + R, paste the path and press Enter. If the folder isn't there yet, start the game once, close it and check again.

Can Silent Hill: Townfall run on a low end PC?

Silent Hill: Townfall needs at least an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or an AMD Radeon RX 6600, with 16 GB of RAM. A PC below that may run it poorly, because the Engine.ini file lowers the work your GPU has to do but can't replace missing hardware.

Which upscaler should I use on an older GPU in Silent Hill: Townfall?

Pick TSR or TAAU, since both work on any GPU. The game also offers DLSS 4 and FSR 4, but DLSS needs an Nvidia RTX card and FSR 4 needs a recent AMD card, so older GPUs should skip them.

How do I fix Silent Hill: Townfall stuttering and FPS drops?

Let the first launch finish, because Unreal Engine 5 compiles shaders and causes hitches for the first few minutes. Install the game on an SSD if you can. Close background apps, update your GPU driver and use the best performance power mode on a laptop.